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unidentified flying object

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English

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Anunidentified flying object photographed in Belgium in 1990.

Etymology

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The phrase is usually attributed to US Air Force officerEdward J. Ruppelt (1923–1960) who coined it as a replacement of the termsflying saucer andflying disk.

Noun

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unidentifiedflyingobject (pluralunidentified flying objects)

  2. Anything notreadilyexplainableappearing to move through or besuspended in theair.
    Hypernyms:UAP(broadest sense) <phenomenon
    Synonyms:UFO,UAP(aerial sense),unidentified aerial phenomenon,unexplained aerial phenomenon
    Coordinate terms:TLE(“transient luminous event”)(sky);USO(“unidentified submerged object”)(water)
    The lights seen over the city last night, originally termedunidentified flying objects, turned out to be spotlights from a car dealership reflecting on low clouds.
    1. (especially and originally) Such things as seem to be discreteobjects and comparable toaircraft.
      She said that theunidentified flying object then turned around, zoomed to a higher altitude, and loitered briefly before speeding off.
      Hypernyms:UAP,unidentified aerial phenomenon,unexplained aerial phenomenon
      • 2023 February 12, Julian E. Barnes, Helene Cooper, Edward Wong, “What’s Going On Up There? Theories but No Answers in Shootdowns of Mystery Craft.”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:
        The U.S. and Canada are investigating threeunidentified flying objects shot down over North America in the past three days. Militaries have adjusted radars to try to spot more incursions.
  3. (colloquial) Analienspacecraft.
    Hypernyms:spacecraft <craft,vessel,vehicle
    Hyponyms:flying saucer,flying disk
    He said that the strange beings then took him aboard theirunidentified flying object and examined his body.

Translations

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anything in the air not readily explainable
colloquial: an alien spacecraft

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