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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Palomar Mountain · CA, USA
Cigar shaped craft with glowing Orbs entering craft.
Memphis · TN, USA
Objects over Memphis, 8pm mostly every night! ((NUFORC Note: Student report. One of several from the same source. PD))
Boca Raton · FL, USA
Cylinder-shaped object, seems to be spinning, gives off red, green and white lights. ((NUFORC Note: "Twinkling" star?? PD))
Kent Island · MD, USA
silver cylinder craft in sky appearing to watch a lightening storm, white fin on it, right off of Kent Island
Toledo · OH, USA
Spinning cluster of very bright red, blue and yellow lights in the Western sky.
Annapolis · MD, USA
White cylinders with fins moving over Eastport, Annapolis.
Spicewood · TX, USA
I am a Commercial Pilot and trained observer with regard to aircraft and weather
Springfield · MA, USA
It was crazy
Visalia · CA, USA
The green glowing aircraft
Concord · NC, USA
UFO seen over Charlotte Motor Speedway shortly after the race ended.
Wichita Falls · TX, USA
Cylinder shaped craft in Wichita Falls, TX. Faded away...
New York · NY, USA
Hovering UFO over Central Park
Montgomery/Oswego · IL, USA
Huge object hovers then disappears?
Rosamond · CA, USA
Bright orange object over Rosamond, CA. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch from Vandenberg AFB at 21:24 hrs. (Pacific). PD))
Leeds (UK/England) · United Kingdom
rocket body ufo seen over leeds
W. Sacramento · CA, USA
Slightly elongated brite white light silently traveling west to east then blacked out rapidly
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Cylinder shape with no obvious means of propulsion maintained consistant low altitude & speed.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Giant 55 gal. silver drum
Oakland · CA, USA
I was standing on my roof around midnight and saw a flying object no more than 3000 Ft in altitude travelling south silently and at a h
Ellington · CT, USA
Cylinder hover over trees proceding down R30 south
Jackson · TN, USA
Cylinder Shaped UFO over Jackson TN
Wichita · KS, USA
Cylinder shaped object sighted above Wichita, KS
Broken Arrow · OK, USA
Cylinder floating in the sky.
Mira Mesa · CA, USA
Cylindrical object in sky over Mira Mesa
Burgaw · NC, USA
Long uniformly shaped cylinder overhead at low altitude, minimal sound and changed direction easily