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The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave
c. 1947 · United States (nationwide, heaviest in the Pacific states: California, Washington and Oregon)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 31 sources
55Partially documented
The Ghost Rockets (Spökraketer), Scandinavia, 1946
July 19, 1946 · Lake Kölmjärv, Överkalix, Norrbotten, Sweden (wave across Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark)
Sweden
UAP · Cigar · 54 sources · 3 photos
86Well documented
Pro early
The Onkerzele Apparitions: Léonie Van den Dijck and the Virgin
August 4, 1933 · Lourdes grotto and apparition chapel, St Martin's Church, Onkerzele, Geraardsbergen, East Flanders
Belgium
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
32Partially documented
The Magenta Crash and Mussolini's Gabinetto RS/33
1933 · Magenta, Lombardy
Italy
UAP · Disc / saucer · 27 sources
3Thinly documented
The Tillinghast Airship: New England's Phantom Searchlight
December 1909 · Worcester, Massachusetts, and towns across New England
United States
UAP · Other · 19 sources
26Thinly documented
The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909
July 1909 · Kelso, West Otago, and across New Zealand
New Zealand
UAP · Cigar · 20 sources
26Thinly documented
The British Phantom Airship ("Scareship") Wave of 1909
March 23, 1909 · England, Wales and Ireland (Peterborough, East Anglia, Birmingham, Cardiff and Caerphilly, Belfast, Kingstown)
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 36 sources
48Partially documented
Pro early
The Haworth Police "Airship" Sighting
December 1901 · Marsh Lane, Haworth, Worth Valley, West Yorkshire
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 15 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
The Hot Springs Airship Encounter
c. 1897 · Outside Hot Springs, toward Jessieville, Garland County, Arkansas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
The Merkel Airship Anchor
April 25, 1897 · Merkel, Taylor County, Texas
United States
UAP · Unknown · 12 sources
9Thinly documented
Alexander Hamilton's Airship Calf-Napping, Le Roy, Kansas (1897)
April 19, 1897 · Hamilton farm near Le Roy, Coffey County, Kansas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 21 sources
9Thinly documented
Aurora, Texas Airship Crash
April 17, 1897 · Aurora, Wise County, Texas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 70 sources
33Partially documented
Mystery Airship Wave of 1896 and 1897
November 17, 1896 · Sacramento, California, then Northern California, the Midwest and Texas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 45 sources
41Partially documented
Maunder's "Strange Celestial Visitor": the auroral torpedo of 17 November 1882
November 17, 1882 · Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, with sightings across England, the Netherlands, Belgium and France
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 25 sources
33Partially documented
The Galisteo Junction "Aerial Monster" and the Collector of Curiosities, 1880
March 26, 1880 · Galisteo Junction (now Lamy), Santa Fe County, New Mexico Territory
United States
UAP · Cigar · 22 sources
30Partially documented
Pro early
The Bonham Sky Serpent and the Fort Scott Serpent
June 1873 · Near Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
15Thinly 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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