Shape Profile
Cylinder Sightings
3,506 reports describe a cylinder-shaped object — 1.63% of every sighting in the National UFO Reporting Center record.
Total reports
3,506
Share of all sightings
1.63%
Top state
CA
381 reports
Peak decade
2010s
1,334 reports
Trend by decade
are cylinders rising?Top 10 states
geographic spreadLatest 20 cylinder sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | State | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-26 | Arbuckle | CA | 5 min | There were 4 lights one craft that broke into two and two and went separate directions |
| 2023-10-21 | Klamath Falls | OR | A couple of seconds | Heard loud crash and then saw object fly by. |
| 2023-10-14 | Newcomb | NY | 1 minute | Middle of the woods lit up like a football stadium was a dome with lights attached or what looked like people or the... |
| 2023-10-12 | Seattle | WA | 6 minutes | See attached photos |
| 2023-10-06 | Grand rapids | MI | 20 seconds | Cylinder above clouds going against the wind |
| 2023-10-05 | Parker | CO | 7 minutes | It was orange object it was massive, it looked similar to a plane but definitely not a plane, it had a giant sphere in... |
| 2023-09-17 | Hueytown | AL | unsure 4 hours I know | Initially noticed something hovering then I started paying attention and watched the next night when the sky was full of... |
| 2023-09-16 | Versailles | IN | It happened for several h | I got up to use the bathroom and saw bright lights near my window that were beyond anything I've seen |
| 2023-09-09 | Old town | FL | On video at 11:18:46 pm | Video on my security camera |
| 2023-09-09 | A few miles north of Osawatomie | KS | About 5 minutes | White tic-tac shaped object that hovered and didn't move. |
| 2023-09-07 | Red Bluff | CA | less than two minutes | Light in the sky moved zig zag pattern |
| 2023-09-05 | Payson | UT | 2 minutes | White Tic-tac shaped object hovering stationary over foothills near Payson, Utah. |
| 2023-09-01 | Drexel Hill | PA | — | Saw bright objects in the sky did not look like planes slowly in a pattern |
| 2023-08-31 | Ambridge | PA | 50 seconds | A silver or gray line that was very high up barely visible. |
| 2023-08-29 | Ashtabula | OH | 90 seconds | Just cruising along after work and spotted a white cylinder or tictac shape something sitting still in the sky |
| 2023-08-29 | Youngstown | OH | 4-5 minutes | While driving on I-80 East, saw something hovering,about 2000 feet, not moving, in front of me. The morning Sun... |
| 2023-08-24 | Alachua | FL | Approximately 10 secs | White tic tac looking object in sky |
| 2023-08-22 | Las Vegas | NV | 20 sec. | Going very fast. |
| 2023-08-18 | West Lake Hills | TX | 3 seconds | A yellow glowing cylinder with a dome on top, and ring of light around it. About the size of an ottoman. |
| 2023-08-17 | Wesley Chapel | FL | One minute | Glowing cylinder object, moving at a slow rate of speed north |