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flying saucer

noun

Etymology

From an interview given by amateur pilot Kenneth Arnold who described seeing nine flying objects that were "moving like saucers being skimmed across a lake". The description was not meant to describe the shape of the objects, only how they maneuvered, yet the misinterpretation took hold and gained popularity.

Definitions

  1. A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO

    A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.

    • Some connect the recent spate of flying saucer sightings with a rumored top-secret military aviation project.
    • An engram is NOT [...] One of the little green men Americans claim have crashed in flying saucers.

  2. An alien interplanetary vessel, typically disc-shaped and of metallic construction.

  3. A form of confectionery, a small spheroidal capsule of rice paper filled with sherbet.

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