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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Cherokee Village · AR, USA
MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: This object passed directly overhead, diagonally, back to front, horizon
Orangeburg · SC, USA
Orangeburg, S.C. to Augusta, GA. - fall 1986 - lights following car - multiple witnessess. Radio request for sighters
Owensboro · KY, USA
"Baton-shaped" object moving end-over-end in clear afternoon sky.
Halandri (Near Athens) (Greece) · Greece
250 foot silver cylinder
Meridian · MS, USA
Silver cylinder craft flying silently, lower than normal air craft, rotating as it flew, with writing on the side (could not read it)
Kleinmachnow/Berlin (Germany) · Germany
Ich wurde beim Fernsehen gestört,als plötzlich ein grelles Licht in mein Zimmer schien,meine Tochter und rannten nach draussen... WIr s
Barboursville · WV, USA
Fast moving cylinder object vanishes into sky.
Kankakee · IL, USA
On the evening of June 20, 1985 I observed what appeared to be an Unidentified Flying Object at around 21:00 hrs. At the time, I was
San Francisco · CA, USA
Redball of light flew sideways in front of window, Mom broth. and I turned and stared. coverded with light knocked us out.
South Gate · CA, USA
Large Object hovering over house with flashing lights that were turning. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Brandon (outside Jackson) · MS, USA
I lived in Crossgates on the north end of the lake I woke up suddenly, got up out of bed and looked out the glass doors. Just above tr
Logan · UT, USA
A brief description of three separate UFO sightings and encounters.
Altha (near) · FL, USA
The object hovered behind a cloud for close to a half hour and if it was a helecopter it would have made a sound.
Irvington · KY, USA
No summary available.
Deming area · NM, USA
Cylindrical object hovering above the car as we traveled in the New Mexico desert.
Tampa · FL, USA
cylindrical shaped object with rotating display
Christney · IN, USA
A man & his son watched 4 cilinders with lights throuigh a telescope. ((NICAP report))
Chesterfield · VA, USA
The date of this sighting is unknown, so I did best guess. This is among many many sightings I've had as a kid. This is the most memora
Crosby · TX, USA
Several unexplained incidents reported by family and friends in Crosby Texas during the early 80's.
Southwest Harbor · ME, USA
Two crafts taking or dumping water
Highland Park · IL, USA
I stood below a very large silent floating cylander with spokes and lights projecting out of it.
Mountian View · CA, USA
Matelic cylindrical object sighted from Navy P3 Orion from above, houvering near Lookeed instalation.
Sweetwater · TN, USA
A UFO sighting in Sweetwater, Tennessee in 1982, witnessed by many
Stuttgart/Augsburg (Germany) · Germany
I was driving south on the autobahn in Germany in the summer of 1982, somewhere between Stuttgart and Augsburg. Thick forest was on bo
Johannesburg (South Africa) · South Africa
The above date is a guess but it was reported to the Johannesburg Star who reported that there were other witnesses in rearby suburbs.