flying saucer

noun

plural flying saucers

: any of various unidentified flying objects usually described as being saucer-shaped or disk-shaped

Raël 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 …

—Toby Lester

Examples of flying saucer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One video that has been widely shared across social media included the lid of an oil storage tank propelled high into the sky, appearing to be a flying saucer surrounded by dark smoke. —Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Actor Brandon Wilson is credited as playing Nathan Twining; the real Twining wrote a famous 1947 memo that gave credence to sightings of flying saucers. —Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 19 June 2026

For decades, the public has been obsessed with the idea of little green men piloting flying saucers visiting Earth. —Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 June 2026

Its quiet assurance that experts had a handle on flying saucers and a plan to meet them felt comforting. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flying saucer

• crosser
• rosser

Kids Definition

flying saucer

noun

: any of various unidentified flying objects often reported to be saucer-shaped or disk-shaped