UFO

noun

ˌyü-(ˌ)ef-ˈō

ˈyü-(ˌ)fō

plural UFO's or UFOs ˌyü-(ˌ)ef-ˈōz

ˈyü-(ˌ)fōz

: a mysterious flying object in the sky that is sometimes assumed to be a spaceship from another planet : unidentified flying object

"All right." The President sighed. "Is there anybody around this table who thinks UFOs and this signal from Vega have anything to do with each other?"—

Carl Sagan

In 1966, the first UFO "abduction" was described in journalist John G. Fuller's book The Interrupted Journey.—

Keay Davidson

called also UAP, unidentified aerial phenomenon, unidentified anomalous phenomenon

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Today, he’s built a brand as a go-to name for debunking UFO sightings and conspiracies. —

Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 That endorsement never came, though an agency report endorsed the idea of an app for collecting UFO sightings. —

Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024 One of Kreskin’s less successful stunts was his 2002 guarantee that a UFO would appear over Las Vegas on June 2. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024 In November, the Pentagon released a new report stating that hundreds of UFO sightings were actually balloons, birds and satellites, or other explainable phenomena. —

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