UFO and UAP cases: cylinders and cigar shapes

26 well-documented UFO/UAP encounters describing cylinders and cigar shapes, 1561 to 2024: 10 unresolved, 7 disputed, 6 explained, 2 identified, 1 unassessed. Each case has its sources, timeline and the official or best explanation.

26 cases

• Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg 14 April 1561 · Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Germany) EXPLAINED
• Mystery airship wave 17 November 1896 · California to the Midwest and Texas, United States EXPLAINED
• Aurora, Texas airship "crash" 17 April 1897 · Aurora, Wise County, Texas EXPLAINED
• The 1909 New Zealand airship scare 23 July 1909 · Kelso, West Otago, and across the South Island, New Zealand DISPUTED
• Ghost rockets — Lake Kölmjärv 19 July 1946 · Lake Kölmjärv, Norrbotten, Sweden UNRESOLVED
• Chiles–Whitted encounter 24 July 1948 · Near Montgomery, Alabama EXPLAINED
• Oloron-Sainte-Marie "angel hair" 17 October 1952 · Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques DISPUTED
• Florence stadium sighting 27 October 1954 · Stadio Comunale (Artemio Franchi), Florence DISPUTED
• Bahía Blanca and Espora air base sightings 11 May 1962 · Bahía Blanca and Espora Naval Air Base UNRESOLVED
• Gemini 4 — McDivitt’s “beer can with an arm” 4 June 1965 · In orbit, passing over Hawaii, on the 20th revolution of Gemini 4 DISPUTED
• Zond IV re-entry — the “craft with windows” 3 March 1968 · Across the sky from Kentucky through Ohio to Pennsylvania IDENTIFIED
• Coyne helicopter incident 18 October 1973 · Near Mansfield, Ohio DISPUTED
• The Moroccan coast “UFO” — a Soviet rocket part re-entering 19 September 1976 · Along the Atlantic coast of Morocco, from Agadir to Kenitra and inland to Meknes and Fez IDENTIFIED
• Broad Haven schoolchildren — the Welsh Triangle 4 February 1977 · Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales DISPUTED
• The object that fell near Bermejo — Bolivia’s 1978 search 6 May 1978 · El Taire hill above the Bermejo River, Tarija department, on the Argentine border UNRESOLVED
• Cecconi G.91R photographs over Treviso 18 June 1979 · Treviso Sant'Angelo air base, Veneto DISPUTED
• Gulf Breeze photographs 11 November 1987 · Gulf Breeze, Florida EXPLAINED
• Lake Michigan lights — 911 calls and a weather radar 8 March 1994 · The Lake Michigan shore of Ottawa and Muskegon counties, Michigan (Grand Haven to Holland) UNRESOLVED
• America West Flight 564 over the Texas Panhandle 25 May 1995 · Over Bovina, Texas, near the New Mexico border UNRESOLVED
• USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" 14 November 2004 · Pacific Ocean ~100 mi SW of San Diego UNRESOLVED
• Alderney airline sighting 23 April 2007 · English Channel near Alderney & Guernsey UNRESOLVED
• American Airlines 2292 — “cruise-missile type of thing” 21 February 2021 · Northeastern New Mexico, at about 36,000 ft UNRESOLVED
• AARO’s “Eglin UAP” — a lighting balloon 26 January 2023 · Eglin Air Force Base training range, over the Gulf off north-west Florida EXPLAINED
• February 2023 shoot-downs (Alaska, Yukon, Lake Huron) 10 February 2023 · Deadhorse AK · Yukon · Lake Huron UNRESOLVED
• Tyndall "Tic Tac" — USCG C-144 24 April 2024 · Southeastern U.S., near Tyndall AFB, Florida UNASSESSED
• The Yemen orb and the Hellfire — shown to Congress 30 October 2024 · Off the coast of Yemen (exact location not released) UNRESOLVED

By shape

• Lights and fireballs 137
• Spheres and orbs 60
• Discs and saucers 47
• Formations and rows of lights 19
• Triangles and V shapes 19