flying object
11Flying saucer — is the name given to a type of unidentified flying object (UFO) with a disc or saucer shaped body, usually described as silver or metallic, occasionally reported as covered with running lights or surrounded with a glowing light, hovering or… …
12unidentified flying object — also called flying saucer any aerial object or optical phenomenon not readily identifiable to the observer. UFOs became a major subject of interest following the development of rocketry after World War II and were thought by some… …
13Flying saucer (disambiguation) — Flying saucer primarily refer to: * Flying saucer, the name given to a type of unidentified flying object (UFO),Flying saucer may also refer to:Movies* The Flying Saucer, a 69 minute 1950, American, black and white science fiction film, * Earth… …
14flying saucer — flying disk shaped object alleged to be extraterrestrial, unidentified flying object, UFO …
15Unidentified Flying Object — The Air Force defines it as: an airborne object that by performance, aerodynamic characteristics, or unusual features, does not conform to known aircraft or missiles, or does not correspond to Air Force definitions of familiar or known objects …
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16unidentified flying object — noun a) Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air, primarily used to refer to objects that seem to be at least of small familiar aircraft size. Abbreviated UFO. The lights seen over the city last night …
17unidentified flying object — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. UFO, flying saucer, spaceship, alien craft. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. UFO, flying saucer, *bogey …
18flying saucer — [n] spaceship extraterrestrial vessel, spacecraft, UFO, unidentified flying object; concepts 504,506 …
19unidentified flying object (UFO) — Aerial object or optical phenomenon not readily explainable to the observer. Interest in UFOs increased with developments in aeronautics and astronautics after World War II. A U.S. government panel investigating sightings in the 1950s reported… …
20object — I n. 1) a material, physical object 2) a sex object 3) (grammar) a direct; indirect object 4) (misc.) an object of derision; an unidentified flying object (= UFO) II v. 1) to object strenuously, strongly, violently 2) (D; intr.) to object to (to… …
