flying saucer
noun
plural flying saucers
: any of various unidentified flying objects usually described as being saucer-shaped or disk-shaped
Ra claims that in December of 1973, in the dish of a French volcano called Puy-de-Lassolas, he was taken onto a flying saucer, where he met a four-foot humanoid extraterrestrial with olive-colored skin, almond-shaped eyes, and long dark hair.—
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But the notion of mysterious objects hurtling through the air in a way that appears intelligently controlled is hard to seperate from the stigma of little green men and flying saucers.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Lush lumps of rock crab arrived in a flying saucer made of ice and covered with kohlrabi shaved thin as a layer of frost.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Until someone produces high-definition videos of flying saucers and little green men, the evidence might not be extraordinary enough to demand such extraordinary explanations.
—Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Fast-forward to a couple of missions later, and these two new visitors are getting sidetracked and causing unrelated mayhem with a flying saucer, naturally.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Lush lumps of rock crab arrived in a flying saucer made of ice and covered with kohlrabi shaved thin as a layer of frost.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Until someone produces high-definition videos of flying saucers and little green men, the evidence might not be extraordinary enough to demand such extraordinary explanations.
—Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Fast-forward to a couple of missions later, and these two new visitors are getting sidetracked and causing unrelated mayhem with a flying saucer, naturally.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Flying saucer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flying%20saucer. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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