Flying saucer

A flying saucer (also referred to as a flying disc) is a term for a supposed type of described flying craft with a disc or saucer-shaped body, commonly used generically to refer to any anomalous flying object. The term was coined in 1947 but was officially supplanted by the United States Air Force in 1952 with the broader term unidentified flying objects or UFO's. Early reported sightings of unknown "flying saucers" usually described them as silver or metallic, sometimes reported as covered with navigation lights or surrounded with a glowing light, hovering or moving rapidly, either alone or in tight formations with other similar craft, and exhibiting high maneuverability.

While disc-shaped flying objects have been interpreted as being sporadically recorded since the Middle Ages, the first highly publicized sighting by Kenneth Arnold on June 24, 1947, resulted in the creation of the exact term by U.S. newspapers. Although Arnold never specifically used the term "flying saucer", he was quoted at the time saying the shape of the objects he saw was like a "saucer", "disc", or "pie-plate", and several years later added he had also said "the objects moved like saucers skipping across the water." Both the terms flying saucer and flying disc were used commonly and interchangeably in the media until the early 1950s.

Flying saucer (disambiguation)

A flying saucer is an unidentified flying object (UFO) that is saucer-shaped. The term may also generally refer to any UFO.

Flying saucer(s) may also refer to:

Books & Periodicals

  • The Flying Saucer Mystery, the 58th book in the series of Nancy Drew written by Carolyn Keene
  • Flying Saucers (magazine), a defunct periodical published and edited by Raymond A. Palmer devoted to ufology
  • The Flying Saucers Are Real, a book that investigates numerous encounters between USAF fighters, personnel, and other aircraft, and UFOs between 1947 and 1950
  • Flying Saucers from Outer Space, a 1950 non-fiction book by Donald Keyhoe
  • Military flying saucers, about a number of aircraft that have been proposed over the years
  • Films

  • Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, a 1956 American science fiction film directed by Fred F. Sears and released by Columbia Pictures
  • The Flying Saucer, a 1950 American science fiction feature film – the very first film about flying saucers
  • Flying Saucer Daffy, a 1958 short film that stars American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges
  • Flying saucer (confectionery)

    Flying saucers are dimpled discs made from rice paper, filled with sherbet. The first flying saucers were produced in the 1960s. They remain a popular sweet in the United Kingdom, with a 2004 survey naming them as the most popular sweet of all time, while a 2009 survey ranked them as the 12th most popular sweet in the country.

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    Flying Saucer

    by: The Wedding Present

    She waited there just like she said she would
    But it was all too much when she said that she loved me
    I felt right there and then as if I could
    Reach out and touch the stars above me
    And I surrender
    I can't forget her
    I still remember
    Every word she said
    And I want her
    She kind of launched a
    Flying saucer
    Right inside my head
    There are a lot of things I thought I'd never do
    But one look in her eyes and I knew what I was missing
    That's why I thought I'd come and talk to you
    Oh well you seem so wise, but I'm not even listening
    Because my fireball
    Is going to call
    It's getting late
    She knows I'll wait
    Oh I surrender
    I can't forget her
    I still remember
    Every word she said
    She got me spinning
    From the beginning
    I see her face
    In outer space
    Oh I want her
    She kind of launched a
    Flying saucer
    Right inside my head




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