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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

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Three Airline Crews and a Battleship-Sized Object over Portugal
July 30, 1976 · Over the Alentejo, about 40 miles south of Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
33Partially documented
83% match
The Ploërmel Gendarmes' Cigar
July 22, 1985 · Ploërmel and Campénéac, Morbihan, Brittany
France
UAP · Cigar · 18 sources
30Partially documented
82% match
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
81% match
The Elmwood Park Police "Hide-and-Seek" Object
November 4, 1957 · Elmwood Park, Cook County, Illinois (chase ending near Elmwood Cemetery, River Grove)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 11 sources
16Thinly documented
79% match
The Haworth Police "Airship" Sighting
December 1901 · Marsh Lane, Haworth, Worth Valley, West Yorkshire
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 15 sources
16Thinly documented
79% match
Dumfries five-officer police sighting, late 1979
c. 1979 · Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 10 sources
24Thinly documented
79% match
The Corning Police "Aluminum Cigar"
July 4, 1967 · Corning, Tehama County, California (over Interstate 5, about two blocks south of Jay Munger's all-night bowling alley)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 14 sources
18Thinly documented
79% match
Taipei cigar-shaped object and Tsai Chang-hung's observatory photograph
June 28, 1967 · Taipei City Observatory, Yuanshan, Taipei (object over Guanyin Mountain, New Taipei City)
Taiwan
UAP · Cigar · 8 sources · 3 photos
27Thinly documented
79% match
The Viney Grove Silver Object with Lighted Windows (Bill Estep)
August 4, 1965 · Viney Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 13 sources
14Thinly documented
79% match
The Cressy Cigar: Rev. Lionel Browning's Sighting, Tasmania 1960
October 4, 1960 · Anglican rectory, Cressy, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Australia
UAP · Cigar · 12 sources
26Thinly documented
78% match
The Girl Guide Leaders' Silent Airborne Machine, Himbleton 1971
August 12, 1971 · Himbleton, near Droitwich, Worcestershire (long filed as Wombourne, Staffordshire)
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 14 sources
20Thinly documented
78% match
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
77% match
The Heytesbury Vicarage Cigar: A Vicar's Family Watches a Glowing Object Over the Village
June 3, 1965 · The vicarage, Heytesbury, near Warminster, Wiltshire, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 20 sources
16Thinly documented
77% match
Francis Chichester's Airship over the Tasman Sea
June 6, 1931 · Tasman Sea, off the coast of New South Wales, between Lord Howe Island and Jervis Bay (estimated about 80 miles east of Sydney)
International waters
UAP · Cigar · 12 sources
15Thinly documented
77% match
The Rhodope Coast Huge Cigar: Fishermen and Farmers at Molyvoti and Imeros, 1985
October 3, 1985 · Shores of Molyvoti and Imeros, Rhodope regional unit, Thrace
Greece
UAP · Cigar · 7 sources
15Thinly documented
76% match
The New Delhi Flying Club Cigar
March 15, 1951 · Delhi Flying Club hangar, Safdarjung Aerodrome, New Delhi
India
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
32Partially documented
76% match
Bishop Michaud's "torpedo-shaped" fireball, Burlington, Vermont
July 2, 1907 · Corner of Church Street and College Street, Burlington, Vermont
United States
UAP · Cigar · 20 sources
34Partially documented
76% match
The Belleville UFO Flap
January 15, 1987 · Belleville, Wisconsin (sky west and southwest of the village, toward New Glarus)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 6 sources
31Partially documented
75% match
The Booysens Hovering Lights, Pretoria
July 21, 2010 · Attie Street, Booysens, Pretoria, Gauteng
South Africa
UAP · Triangle · 10 sources
11Thinly documented
75% match
The East African Saucer Wave and the Nairobi Police Patrol-Car Pursuits
c. 1954 · Nairobi, Kenya (wave also reported at Dar es Salaam, Mombasa and Kampala)
Kenya
UAP · Other · 12 sources
23Thinly documented
75% match
The Sasolburg Water-Droplet Craft and Ground Marks
November 18, 1993 · Sasolburg, Free State
South Africa
UAP · Other · 9 sources
19Thinly documented
75% match
The Minsk UFO: Two Aeroflot Tu-134 Crews Over Byelorussia, 1984
September 7, 1984 · Airspace near Minsk, Byelorussian SSR
Belarus
UAP · Other · 18 sources
33Partially documented
75% match
The Lake Erie Coast Guard "Football" UFO, Eastlake, Ohio
March 4, 1988 · Lake Erie shore, Eastlake, Lake County, Ohio (Coast Guard responders from Fairport Harbor)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 16 sources
26Thinly documented
75% match
The Bacup Police Station Cigar
c. 1967 · Bacup police station, Bacup, Lancashire, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 14 sources
16Thinly documented
75% match