FLYINGSAUCER

Flying saucer

A flying saucer is a type of described flying craft with a disc or saucer-shaped body, commonly used generically to refer to any anomalous flying object. In 1947 the term was coined but was later officially supplanted by the United States Air Force in 1952 with the broader term unidentified flying objects or UFO's . Early reported sightings of unknown "flying saucers" usually described them as silver or metallic, sometimes reported as covered with navigation lights or surrounded with a glowing light, hovering or moving rapidly, either alone or in tight formations with other similar craft, and exhibiting high maneuverability.

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flying saucer

Noun

  1. An unidentified flying object; UFO; usually with disc-like properties.
    Some connect the recent spate of flying saucer sightings with a rumored top-secret military aviation project.
  2. In fiction, an alien interplanetary vessel with a disc-like shape and generally metallic appearance.


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