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Castle Rock · WA, USA
In 1959, a witness in Castle Rock, Washington, reported a large cigar-shaped object with evenly spaced windows drifting silently over treetops at night, for about 30 seconds.
New Albany · IN, USA
Cigar shaped object hovered in the sky
Nelson · NE, USA
this was told to me from the man who seen the object. it was after a softball game in the summer of 1959. he was in the country going h
Karangaroa (New Zealand) · New Zealand
aged 12 in 1958 saw dull silver stationary cigar tube shaped object in clear sky with no markings or sound for 5 minutes.
Baldwin Park · CA, USA
In 1958, an eleven-year-old girl in Baldwin Park, California, reported seeing a cigar-shaped object hovering near her home for about five minutes before it left.
Coffeyville · KS, USA
In 1958, a group of four adults and seven children in Coffeyville, Kansas, reported observing a cigar-shaped object, with one witness describing an unexplained loss of time.
Howell · MI, USA
In 1958, a witness in Howell, Michigan, reported a large glowing cigar-shaped object that appeared to be descending as if landing, lasting 30 to 45 seconds.
Madison · WI, USA
A witness in Madison, Wisconsin reported a large, fuchsia-pink cigar-shaped object slowly flying over a building, observed for about an hour in December 1957.
Martelle · IA, USA
I Fly and have been in Viet Nam and around the world and have never seen anything like it again.
Beaver Co. {Western Pennsylvania; Rte. 288) · PA, USA
Multiple witnesses in Beaver County, Pennsylvania reported a cigar-shaped object with many colored lights, seen from less than 100 feet away, for about 20 minutes in September 1957.
Hopkinsville · KY, USA
Witnesses in Hopkinsville, Kentucky reported four silent, metallic silver, cigar-shaped objects in the sky for about ten minutes in September 1957.
LUDLOW · MA, USA
A witness in Ludlow, Massachusetts reported a large, black, cigar-shaped silhouette tapered at both ends, with a bluish-white light flashing at one end, for about two minutes in August 1957.
Ludlow · MA, USA
A witness in Ludlow, Massachusetts reported a black, silhouetted cigar-shaped object with a flashing light on one edge, hovering before dropping out of sight, for up to five minutes in August 1957.
Del Rio · TX, USA
A car owner near Del Rio, Texas reported that a cigar-shaped object reportedly burned the paint off a new car, during an encounter lasting about half an hour in July 1957.
Iceland · Iceland
A witness in Iceland reported a cigar-shaped object, estimated at 400 feet long and 75 feet in diameter, resembling shiny aluminum, in July 1957.
Phillipsburg · NJ, USA
Witnesses in Phillipsburg, New Jersey reported a cigar-shaped object in the sky after nightfall, observed for about seven minutes in July 1957.
Williamsport · PA, USA
A small, cigar-shaped object entered my field of vision while I was standing on the back porch of second-story apartment building.
Arctic · AK, USA
spacecraft found in artic between 1953 to1961 2 bodys recovered. front page of newspapper
Canton · OH, USA
A witness in Canton, Ohio reported a cigar-shaped object remaining motionless for over a minute before moving west at extreme speed and vanishing, over about three minutes in May 1957.
Norfolk · VA, USA
A witness reported a cigar-shaped object hovering over Interstate 264 in Norfolk, Virginia for about a minute and a half in September 1956.
Dove Creek · CO, USA
A witness near Dove Creek, Colorado reported a cigar-shaped object releasing smaller objects that performed unusual aerial maneuvers, over about 20 minutes in June 1956.
Richfield Springs · NY, USA
Witnesses reported six cigar-shaped objects flying together over a lake near Richfield Springs, New York for about two minutes, in a sighting dated to 1956 or 1957.
Vista · CA, USA
A witness in Vista, California reported a bright orange, cigar-shaped object estimated at several miles long, observed for 15 to 20 minutes in June 1956.
Farragut · TN, USA
A witness in the Farragut, Tennessee community reported a cigar-shaped object in the sky for about ten minutes in June 1956.