22/03/2022 - Olton, Birmingham – White Cigar UFO Sighting

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report

Author: Dave Hodrien

Release Year: 2022

Last Updated 20/07/2026

Notes: For privacy reasons precise locations have been omitted

In late March 2022 my daughter Kira had a UFO sighting while at school. She excitedly told me about what she’d seen on her arrival home.

Sighting Details

It was roughly mid-day and Kira was in her Maths class at her school in Olton, Birmingham.

She was stuck on a question and so stared out of the classroom window thinking of what the answer could be. It was a sunny day outside with only patchy clouds in the blue sky.

Looking to the South South East she noticed what appeared to be a white coloured cigar-shaped object with rounded ends (which some may describe these days as a tic-tac). It appeared to have two vertical lines along it splitting it into three distinct segments. It was at an elevation of 45 degrees in the sky, and hard to tell exactly how far away it was.

The object appeared to be completely stationary in the sky. Kira stared at it for around 6 seconds. She didn’t know what to do about the presence of the object. She jumped out of her seat and grabbed some scrap paper to draw the object. Other children in the class wondered what she was up to.

It took about 5 seconds for her to grab the paper and return to her desk. When she looked back outside the object had completely vanished. Disappointed that the object was no longer present she wrote down some notes about what she had seen.

Towards the end of the lesson her teacher noticed her looking out of the window. As the lesson ended he asked her "Did you see something in the sky?" She just nodded excitedly.

Sighting Analysis

Kira seemed extremely honest and genuinely excited about what she had witnessed when I spoke with her about it in the evening, so I have no reason to doubt that it took place. When I asked her how she felt at the time she said “At first I was like ‘What the hell is that?’ and then I was like ‘Oh my goodness it could be a UFO!’ It was exciting, but kind of scary as well!”

The object certainly sounds intriguing. It was stationary in the sky so cannot have been an aeroplane visible at an unusual angle. The vertical lines on it splitting it into sections make it sound like a structured object rather than just a small cloud. Also, if it was a cloud it is unlikely to have dissipated in such a small space of time.

While a glint of sunlight coming through the glass cannot be entirely ruled out, surely she would have seen this on other occasions at the same time of day? To my knowledge Kira had never seen the object before, nor has reported it since.

I did consider the idea of it being a hand glider or even someone sky diving and descending on a parachute. However, the fact that it was stationary seem to make these explanations unlikely. If it was a white coloured novelty balloon of some kind surely it would have still been visible when Kira returned to her desk?

At this time I am unable to find a suitable mundane explanation for what was observed, and therefore it remains a mystery.

Copyright Dave Hodrien 2026