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

The special cup is red and features a fluffy dog with flying saucer ears on one side and a holiday tree on the other. — Fielding Buck, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026

In front of thousands of fans, a lit-up, smoke- and firework-spewing flying saucer known as the Mothership—a 1,500-pound aluminum-and-glass craft featuring a 241-pound landing ladder—descended onto the stage and out popped Clinton. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2026

Other files cover reported flying saucer sightings around California’s Catalina Island. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

George Jetson, the dad in the family, works for a company called Spacely Space Sprockets and commutes to work in a vehicle that looks like a flying saucer. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Sep. 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