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Cigar-shaped object
Objects & phenomena
An elongated, cylindrical shape frequently reported since the nineteenth century (“mystery airships”) and then by pilots in the 1940s and 1950s, as in the 1948 Chiles-Whitted sighting. Some have spoken of “mother” ships carrying smaller craft. Possible explanations include elongated balloons, meteor or aircraft trails, and lenticular clouds.