Flying-saucer meaning

An unidentified flying object of presumed extraterrestrial origin, typically described as a luminous moving disk.
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A UFO, orig. and typically saucer-shaped, that is thought to be an alien spacecraft.
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(informal) 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.

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In fiction, an alien interplanetary vessel with a disc-like shape and generally metallic appearance.
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Sentence Examples

  • What would you do if you saw a flying saucer?

  • You know, Howie, I've given some thought to your flying saucer analogy.

  • Only a few flying saucer advocates spoke from the fringes with a positive slant.

  • He's not only seen Howie's flying saucer but he had proof, pictures with little green men, and an owner's manual to their ship, and, by his definition a self-centered jerk with most of his brain somewhere on an Interstate highway or a motor home grill stands in his way from announcing his findings and waiting for a call from the Nobel committee.

  • forceful personality might persuade others that an unusual or unexpected light is really a flying saucer.

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