unidentified flying object

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air.
2. Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air.
3. (colloquial) An alien spacecraft.

Sinonieme

UFO

flying saucer

🛸

Vertalings

UFO

objet volant non-identifié

oggetto volante non identificato

OVNI

objeto volador no identificado

unidentifiziertes Flugobjekt

unbekanntes Flugobjekt

άγνωστης ταυτότητας ιπτάμενο αντικείμενο

ΑΤΙΑ

UFO

disco volante

🛸

ovni

ιπτάμενος δίσκος

ovni

Etimologie (Engels)

The phrase is usually attributed to US Air Force officer Edward J. Ruppelt (1923–1960) who coined it as a replacement of the terms flying saucer and flying disk.