You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZunidentified flying object
noun
plural unidentified flying objects
: a mysterious flying object in the sky that is sometimes assumed to be a spaceship from another planet
The Peking Evening News said today that it was swamped with telephone calls from people reporting an "unidentified flying object" over the city. The bright round object spotted yesterday turned out to be a research balloon reflecting the sunlight, the newspaper said.—
The New York Times
called also UFO
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