Some connect the recent spate of flying saucer sightings with a rumored top-secret military aviation project.
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Flying saucer — is the name given to a type of unidentified flying object (UFO) with a disc or saucer shaped body, usually described as silver or metallic, occasionally reported as covered with running lights or surrounded with a glowing light, hovering or… … Wikipedia
Flying saucer — Saucer Sau cer, n. [F. sauci[ e]re, from sauce. See {Sauce}.] 1. A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table. [1913 Webster] 3 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flying saucer — ☆ flying saucer n. a UFO, orig. and typically saucer shaped, that is thought to be an alien spacecraft … English World dictionary
flying saucer — flying saucers N COUNT A flying saucer is a round, flat object which some people say they have seen in the sky and which they believe to be a spacecraft from another planet. [OLD FASHIONED] … English dictionary
flying saucer — [n] spaceship extraterrestrial vessel, spacecraft, UFO, unidentified flying object; concepts 504,506 … New thesaurus
flying saucer — ► NOUN ▪ a disc shaped flying craft supposedly piloted by aliens … English terms dictionary
flying saucer — n a large round spacecraft from somewhere else in space, that some people believe they have seen in the sky →↑UFO … Dictionary of contemporary English
flying saucer — noun count a round flat object believed to be a SPACECRAFT from another planet ─ compare UFO … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
flying saucer — noun an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins • Syn: ↑unidentified flying object, ↑UFO • Hypernyms: ↑apparition, ↑phantom, ↑phantasm, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
flying saucer — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms flying saucer : singular flying saucer plural flying saucers a round flat object believed to be a spacecraft from another planet • See: UFO … English dictionary
