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The "Sea Fury" Radar-Visual Incident near Goulburn, 1954
August 31, 1954 · Sky above the Goulburn district, near Marulan, west of RAN Air Station Nowra (HMAS Albatross), New South Wales
Australia
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
42Partially documented
The Vernon Cigar and Five Discs: Bernard Miserey's Night over the Seine
August 23, 1954 · Vernon, Eure, Normandy (banks of the Seine)
France
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
25Thinly documented
Tananarive mass sighting and blackout
August 16, 1954 · Avenue de la Libération, Tananarive (Antananarivo)
Madagascar
UAP · Cigar · 27 sources
33Partially documented
The BOAC 'Flying Jellyfish': Captain James Howard and the Stratocruiser Centaurus
June 29, 1954 · Near the Quebec-Labrador border, about 150 nautical miles southwest of Goose Bay, Labrador
Canada
UAP · Formation · 16 sources
30Partially documented
Pro early
Port Swettenham "Flying Cigar" Sightings
March 12, 1954 · Port Swettenham harbour (now Port Klang), Klang, Selangor, Federation of Malaya; second sighting also over Cheras
Malaysia
UAP · Cigar · 16 sources
24Thinly documented
The Coniston Saucer Photograph (Stephen Darbishire)
February 15, 1954 · Little Arrow Farm, Torver, below Coniston Old Man, Lake District (then Lancashire, now Cumbria)
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources · 2 photos
14Thinly documented
The Kingman, Arizona Crash-Retrieval Claim
May 21, 1953 · Near Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona (exact site disputed)
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
15Thinly documented
George Adamski's Desert Center Contact
November 20, 1952 · Colorado Desert, about 10 miles from Desert Center on the road toward Parker, Arizona, Riverside County, California
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 46 sources
39Partially documented
The Marignane Airport Landing (Gabriel Gachignard)
October 27, 1952 · Marignane airport (now Marseille Provence Airport), Bouches-du-Rhône
France
UAP · Cigar · 11 sources
14Thinly documented
The Angel Hair Sightings at Oloron-Sainte-Marie and Gaillac
October 17, 1952 · Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), and Gaillac, Tarn
France
UAP · Cigar · 15 sources
28Thinly documented
Pro early
Yaak Air Force Station radar-visual sightings
September 1, 1952 · Yaak Air Force Station, Hensley Hill, Lincoln County, Montana
United States
UAP · Cigar · 12 sources
40Partially documented
The Asni and Oukaïmeden Sighting and the Moroccan Saucer Cluster of July 1952
July 13, 1952 · Oukaïmeden ski station and the Sanglier qui fume inn near Asni, High Atlas, south of Marrakech
Morocco
UAP · Sphere · 15 sources
37Partially documented
Orfeo Angelucci's Burbank Contacts
May 23, 1952 · Burbank and Los Angeles, California
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Kaliszewski Balloon-Crew Sightings
October 10, 1951 · About 10 miles east of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and north of Minneapolis, Minnesota
United States
UAP · Cigar · 24 sources
37Partially documented
Pro early
The Puerto Maldonado "Smoking Saucer" Photograph
July 19, 1951 · Puerto Maldonado and Iberia, Madre de Dios, Peru
Peru
UAP · Cigar · 14 sources · 2 photos
34Partially documented
The New Delhi Flying Club Cigar
March 15, 1951 · Delhi Flying Club hangar, Safdarjung Aerodrome, New Delhi
India
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
32Partially documented
The Sioux City Mystery Plane
January 20, 1951 · Sioux City municipal airport (now Sioux Gateway Airport), Sioux City, Iowa
United States
UAP · Other · 18 sources
38Partially documented
Pro early
The "Two Pullman Cars" Object of Cortez Road: Captain Sames of Eglin AFB
January 27, 1949 · Cortez Road between Bradenton and Cortez, Manatee County, Florida
United States
UAP · Cigar · 11 sources
18Thinly documented
Pro early
The Jackson "Megaphone" Object: Pilot Thomas A. Rush and Blue Book Incident 233 (1949)
January 1, 1949 · In the air east of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, on approach to North Jackson Airpark
United States
UAP · Cigar · 15 sources
30Partially documented
The Chiles-Whitted Encounter
July 24, 1948 · 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama (near Hayneville, Lowndes County)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 66 sources
41Partially documented

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  • Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 19 January-15 May 1954 FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-06-05· 6 pages· 6 pages mention it
    • p. 5 …Finally, the object headed north. ## FAR EAST ## British Malaya SIGHTINGS OF CIGAR-SHAPED OBJECTS -- Istanbul, Son Posta, 15 Mar 54…
    • p. 6 …Finally, the object headed north. ## FAR EAST ## British Malaya SIGHTINGS OF CIGAR-SHAPED OBJECTS -- Istanbul, Son Posta, 15 Mar 54…
  • Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 19 January-15 May 1954 FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-07-30· 3 pages· 3 pages mention it
    • p. 1 …the region close to the Pyrenees border observed a cigar-shaped object traveling rapidly at an altitude of 2,000…
    • p. 3 …Finally, the object headed north. ## FAR EAST ١٠٠٦ ## British Malaya SIGHTINGS OF CIGAR-SHAPED OBJECTS -- Istanbul, Son Posta, 15 Mar…
  • Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-10-25· 3 pages· 2 pages mention it
    • p. 2 …REPORT "FLYING CIGAR" AND "SAUCERS" IN NORTHERN FRANCE -- Paris, Le Figaro, 27 Aug 54 A 25-year-old man of…
    • p. 3 …flying object, in the shape of a short, fat cigar flying from east to west over Lyon. The object was…
  • Non-Orbit Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 10 December 1953-2 M Arch 1 FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-04-03· 6 pages· 2 pages mention it
    • p. 3 …The same observation was reported by several witnesses from Nouvelles-les-Champlitte and Langras. ## NEAR EAST/AFRICA ## Algeria CIGAR-SHAPED…
    • p. 4 …The same observation was reported by several witnesses from Nouvelles-les-Champlitte and Langras. ## NEAR EAST/AFRICA ## Algeria CIGAR-SHAPED…
  • Non-Orbit Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 10 December 1953-2 March 1954 FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-05-26· 3 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 2 …The same observation was reported by several witnesses from Nouvelles-les-Champlitte and Langras. ## NEAR EAST/AFRICA ## Algeria CIGAR-SHAPED…
  • Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-09-01· 4 pages· 2 pages mention it
    • p. 3 …REPORT "FLYING CIGAR" AND "SAUCERS" IN NORTHERN FRANCE -- Paris, Le Figaro, 27 Aug 54 A 25-year-old man of…
    • p. 4 …flying object, in the shape of a short, fat cigar flying from east to west over Lyon. The object was…

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Videos16 · see all

Released footageDOW-UAP-PR0532022
"Cigar Shaped or Fast Spherical UAP clip 15 OCT 22"
PURSUE release
Video1951
cigar-shaped UFO in delhi
From The New Delhi Flying Club Cigar
Video1973
Lt. Col. Lawrence Coyne talks about a cigar-shaped UFO flying above his helicopter, October 18, 1973
From The Coyne Helicopter Incident
Video1976
Cigar-shaped UFO and 3 entities witnessed by Joyce Bowles and Ted Pratt, Winchester, England, 1976
From The Winchester Encounters: Joyce Bowles and Ted Pratt
Video1954
OVNIS en France : vagues de soucoupes volantes (partie 1), L'Heure H
From The Vernon Cigar and Five Discs: Bernard Miserey's Night over the Seine
Video1965
Do you remember The Warminster Thing?
From The Heytesbury Vicarage Cigar: A Vicar's Family Watches a Glowing Object Over the Village
Video1965
The Thing
From The Heytesbury Vicarage Cigar: A Vicar's Family Watches a Glowing Object Over the Village
Video2007
Alderney UFO sighting explained | This Is Why
From The Alderney UFO Sighting: Captain Ray Bowyer and the Two Yellow Cigars

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