unidentified flying objects

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• Unidentified flying object — UFO redirects here. For other uses, see UFO (disambiguation). Photograph of alleged UFO, New Jersey, July 31, 1952 A term originally coined by …   Wikipedia

• Unidentified Flying Object — Objet volant non identifié Pour les articles homonymes, voir UFO. Un objet volant non identifié (souvent abrégé OVNI, calque de l anglais américain UFO qui signifie unidentified flying object) est un phénomène aérien qu un ou plusieurs témoins… …   Wikipédia en Français

• unidentified flying object — also called  flying saucer        any aerial object or optical phenomenon not readily identifiable to the observer. UFOs became a major subject of interest following the development of rocketry after World War II and were thought by some… …   Universalium

• Unidentified Flying Object — UFO Foto aus dem Jahr 1952. UFO ist die Abkürzung für „Unidentifiziertes Flug Objekt“ (engl. Unidentified Flying Object). Der Begriff bezeichnet Phänomene, die von menschlichen Beobachtern als am Himmel oder in der Umgebung fliegende Objekte… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• unidentified flying object — noun a) Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air, primarily used to refer to objects that seem to be at least of small familiar aircraft size. Abbreviated UFO. The lights seen over the city last night …   Wiktionary

• Unidentified Flying Object —    The Air Force defines it as: an airborne object that by performance, aerodynamic characteristics, or unusual features, does not conform to known aircraft or missiles, or does not correspond to Air Force definitions of familiar or known objects …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

• unidentified flying object (UFO) — Aerial object or optical phenomenon not readily explainable to the observer. Interest in UFOs increased with developments in aeronautics and astronautics after World War II. A U.S. government panel investigating sightings in the 1950s reported… …   Universalium

• flying — O.E. fleogende flying, winged, prp. of FLY (Cf. fly) (v.1). Flying buttress is from 1660s; flying fish is from 1510s. Flying saucer first attested 1947, though the image of saucers for unidentified flying objects is from at least 1880s. Flying… …   Etymology dictionary

• Unidentified submerged object — An Unidentified Submerged Object, or USO, is defined as any object or optical or mechanical detection phenomenon of unknown origin observed under water that remains unidentified even after thorough investigation. The maritime analog to UFOs, or… …   Wikipedia

• Flying Saucer Working Party — The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence’s first official study into UFOs was called Flying Saucer Working Party or the FSWP which has its roots in a study commissioned in 1950 by the MOD’s then Chief Scientific Adviser, the great radar scientist… …   Wikipedia

• flying saucer — noun Date: 1947 any of various unidentified flying objects usually described as being saucer shaped or disk shaped …   New Collegiate Dictionary