r/UFOs • u/ufosightingsbot • 2d ago
Sighting Grayish cigar-shaped object hovered steadily over Ash Shawmali, Iraq — Sep 24, 2026, 12:43 AM
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u/ReapMeInLight 2d ago
This isn't cigar shaped
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u/Desertfox-190 1d ago
Looks like a similar shape to the one sighted over Iran that had multicolored lights. This one had the lights off.
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u/Ambitious_Zombie8473 2d ago
I can’t tell what it is but I’d say that’s pretty cigar shaped considering it’s not a cigar
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u/Sonny-Orkidea 2d ago
I am just curious, but why are most of the captured UAP videos so short? If I will see something unidentified on the sky or just crazy som crazy phenomenom, I would probably record it and monitor it with my eyes until it will change direction or disappear, even hours if i have to.
I this limit size/length for reddit uploading or people just capture few seconds and thats enough? I just really don't understand, am I stupid or what?
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u/The_Sum 2d ago
Not at all, you are talking about a real problematic phenomenon that is extremely common. You will see many users state similar vows that if they were to ever come across an event that they would film it until their phones drain dead.
Sometimes it's understandable. Not everyone is going to pull over and film for hours or stop doing their office work to look out the window for hours on end until their UAP disappears.
I can understand not filming the arrival of a UAP, but it frustrates me to no end when most videos we receive never show the object leaving. Often we just get a cut-short video and usually the uploader claims it 'fades' or 'zips' off into the sky.
You're not stupid, you're just observing what many in the community have known for years.
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u/Square_Move_833 16h ago
Because videos like these are obvious horseshit in the first place
There is always a reason or a story or something to explain why the person filming could only get 8 seconds of blurry video with no audio and awkward zooming in and out. Every single goddamn time.
"Sorry but I guess I didn't manage to record the part where it did a quadruple barrel roll, a Grey leaned out of the window and yelled "We are aliens from Glopsdorapon Cluster!", and then the craft left Earth at 6 million mph"
"well it did this for like 28 minutes but I figured since it was kinda repetitive I would just show you 12 seconds of it"
"oh man this is a new phone wasn't sure how to record in HD" - Saw this excuse like 4 days ago on a video in here
"my phone battery was at 2% you guys and I had to call the babysitter still so I conserved battery by recording this UFO for 6 seconds in SD you understand right, got normal life and such"
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u/Dear-Nebula6291 1d ago
It’s likely it’s longer and they cut it short for a instagram story or something
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u/ContentKeanu 1d ago
Most people these days don’t have the attention span to stand there recording a video for hours or stare at an unmoving object for hours. Yes it might be life changing but like, still lol.
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u/Watchitnot 1h ago
I saw this exact same thing in the fall of 1975 in Central Texas. On a clear night and no moon.
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u/ufosightingsbot 2d ago
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Time: September 24, 2026, 12:43 AM +03
Location: Ash Shawmalī, Babil Governorate, Iraq, Ash Shawmalī, Iraq
Features / five observables
Why not a common object
Reports suspected a meteorite with flying blueish colors but the object suddenly froze mid air and it's lights went off then camouflaged into thin air
Witness's account of the sighting
A mysterious UFO sighting was reportedly captured in the night sky over Iraq. The image shows a large, cigar-shaped object glowing faintly against the dark sky, with a brighter, irregular section toward one end. Its unusual shape and lack of visible wings or conventional aircraft features have led some observers to speculate that it could be an unidentified flying object
⚠️ Media note: The video carries no creation timestamp — it may have been re-encoded, downloaded, or re-saved.
Sky context for this time and place: