Unidentified flying object

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1 English 1.1 Noun phrase 1.1.1 Abbreviation 1.1.2 Synonym 1.1.3 Translations

English

Noun phrase

unidentified flying object (plural unidentified flying objects)

1. 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, or, usually at a minimum, at least significantly larger than a small bird.

   The lights seen over the city last night, originally termed unidentified flying objects, turned out to be spotlights from a car dealership reflecting on low clouds.

2. (colloquial) An alien aircraft

Abbreviation

• UFO

Synonym

• flying saucer

Translations

• Czech: neidentifikovatelný létající předmět m (abbreviation UFO m)
• Dutch: (abbreviation UFO n)
• Esperanto: ne-identifita flug-objekto , (abbreviation NIFO )
• Finnish: tunnistamaton lentävä esine , (abbreviation UFO or ufo)
• French: objet volant non-identifié m (abbreviation OVNI m)
• German: unidentifiziertes Flugobjekt , n (abbreviation UFO, n)
• Italian: oggetto volante non identificato m (abbreviation OVNI m)
• Russian: неопознанный летающий объект (abbreviation НЛО )
• Swedish: Oidentifierat flygande föremål , Oidentifierat flygande objekt (UFO)
• Vietnamese: tàu bay chưa nhận biết , đĩa bay