Cylinder UFO Sightings
2,179 Cylinder-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1937, peaking in 2014 (130 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 2,179
- Span
- 1937–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (130 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Cylinder
1937–2022 · peak 2014 (130 reports)
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Wittmann · AZ, USA
Tumbling red cylinder moving very slowly, then disappeared.
Gold Bar · WA, USA
Obverved floating cylinder on sunny afternoon.
Gold Bar · WA, USA
One black floating cylinder shaped object moved in air floating ...turned like it was being driven from horizontal to vertical.
Denver · CO, USA
Dark sky, cylinder with light and clouds in it swirling around.
Henderson · NV, USA
The UFO/plane/missile was very high and traveling very fast. The direction of flight was from Area 51 towards the Edwards Air Force bas
Green Valley · AZ, USA
UFO over Green Valley, Arizona.
Webster · MA, USA
My wife and kids went into a 7-Eleven I was parked outside and the sun roof of my car was open and I happen to look up and there was ci
Portland · ME, USA
Cylindrical object disappeared in clear skies.
Marieville (Canada) · QC, Canada
Dark cylinder with lights @ both end, speed approx 300 km/h @ 2000 feet going in straight line @ approx 340 deg. North without noise,
Yerington · NV, USA
Shiny cylindrical object.
Cranston · RI, USA
Orange fiery cylinder traveling slowly across the night sky. ((anonymous report)) ((NUFORC Note: Possible airliner in Sun? PD))
Bow · WA, USA
Photograph of an unidentified large cylindrical object in the air.
Dudley · MA, USA
High altitude motionless white cylinder in daytime.
Bainbridge Island · WA, USA
Boxy cylinder/barrel shaped with flickering orange glow on one side moving slowly.
Shavertown · PA, USA
Cylinder shaped UFO Shavertown, Pennsylvania
Belleville · NY, USA
Former student pilot sees an object that he cant explain.
Ponte Vedra Beach · FL, USA
Continues white light across, object disappeared in the air
Decatur · AL, USA
Coming from Huntsville and saw like a white cylinder hovering in the sky. Thought it may have been plane but it didn't move. Thought it
Moriarty · NM, USA
Silver shiny cylindrical object low in sky in broad daylight.
Boise · ID, USA
Large black tube shaped object, 50 ft long, began to ascend into the sky in a slow "swimming" motion, until it was no longer visible.
Brockville (Canada) · ON, Canada
Rotating cylinder.
Nelson · AZ, USA
UFO observed near Nelson, NV. ((NUFORC Note: Report from retired aerospace employee. PD))
Richfield · WI, USA
Looked like white tube moving effortlessly from south to north in morning sky...
Sooke (Canada) · BC, Canada
thank you Peter for all your great work. Coast to Coast Insider here. This was an amazing event. I was driving and proximately 50 km/h
Stover · MO, USA
Observed cylinder shaped object with triangle lights.