Cigar UFOs
Back in the days of Adamski and Co., as many of you will be keenly aware, so-called gigantic flying cigars and mother-ships were all the rage. And here’s a newly-surfaced account concerning a sighting of just such a craft over the UK in the 1970s.
In some ways, this new story reminds me of the following incident, which is described in official British Royal Air Force files of 1942.
Dating from December 2, 1942 and with the title of Report by the crew of 61 Sqdn. A/c ‘J,’ Captain W/O Lever, of object seen during raid on TURIN, night of November 28/29th, 1942, the documentation at issue reads as follows:
“The object…was seen by the entire crew of the above aircraft. They believe it to have been 200-300 feet in length and its width is estimated at 1/5th or 1/6th of its length. The speed was estimated at 500 m.p.h., and it had four pairs of red lights spaced at equal distances along its body. These lights did not appear in any way like exhaust flames; no trace was seen. The object kept a level course. The crew saw the object twice during the raid and brief details are given below.”
The author of the report continued:
“After bombing, time 2240 hours, a/c height 11,000 feet. The aircraft at this time was some 10/15 miles South-West of Turin travelling in a northwesterly direction. The object was travelling South-East at the same height or slightly below the aircraft. After bombing, time 2245 hours, a/c height 14,000 feet. The aircraft was approaching the Alps when the object was seen again travelling West-South-West up a valley in the Alps below the level of the peaks. The lights appeared to go out and the object disappeared from view.”
The document concluded:
“The captain of the aircraft also reports that he has seen a similar object about three months ago North of Amsterdam. In this instance it appeared to be on the ground and later travelling at high speed at a lower level than the heights given above along the coast for about two seconds; the lights then went out for the same period of time and came on again, and the object was still seen to be travelling in the same direction.”
Frankly, I’m all for the return of the giant, flying cigars. The tiresome black “Flying Triangles” have hogged the limelight for far too long.
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Feb 21 2008 
February 21st, 2008 at 9:15 am
A guy I knew back in Britain, Jamie, said he once had a broad daylight sighting of a cigar shaped UFO. He was out in the middle of the British (Cheshire) countryside, driving down a dead straight lane, when the UFO came from nowhere, flying in front of his car a few hundred feet up in the air. He sped up to get closer but he said it paced him perfectly for about 5 minutes. It then shot off at an incredible speed.
Jamie said it was like the thing was making fun of him and his prized BMW M3.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:52 am
Maybe they stopped using cigar-shaped crafts because they realized Nicotine was causing a lot of harm to us
But hopefully they’ll stop using the Dorito-shaped UFO too, and replace it with something healthier and more colesterol-free
February 21st, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I was hoping that the cigar would be replaced by a joint. That would be so far out man! It might be a little too revealing, though.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Sage: LOL!
February 21st, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Hehehehe!! That would be naughty of them. I think an advanced civilization should set a good example and be an inspiration.
And with a slight variation to the cigar design I think a baseball bat shape would be a nod of the over-sized grey mellon to the clean living folk who have made the sport what it is today
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 am
Well, I couldn’t say-I’m a pipe smoker
m’self.
I did have an interesting experience
awhile back, though. I was waiting on
the bus one fine cool morning, the sun just barely up in the west and what should I see overhead but a shining,
almost glowing metallic cylinder silently cruising due west. A few moments observation confirmed my suspicion that it was simply a Jet liner
(Probably a 737 ) catching the rays of
the rising sun on its fuselage, and flying at he just the right attitude
relative to the observer ( myself ) to
obscure the wings. But it was neat
moment.