a UFO, orig. and typically saucer-shaped, that is thought to be an alien spacecraft
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flying saucer
noun
An unidentified flying object of presumed extraterrestrial origin, typically described as a luminous moving disk.
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Noun
(plural flying saucers)
- (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.
- In fiction, an alien interplanetary vessel with a disc-like shape and generally metallic appearance.
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