Definitions for unidentified flying object
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
uniden′tified fly′ing ob′ject(n.)
Category: Common Vocabulary, Aerospace
Ref: See UFO.
Princeton's WordNet
unidentified flying object, UFO, flying saucer(noun)
an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
Wiktionary
unidentified flying object(Noun)
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.
unidentified flying object(Noun)
An alien spacecraft. More commonly called a UFO.
Origin: The phrase is usually attributed to Edward J. Ruppelt who coined it as a replacement of the terms flying saucer and flying disk.
Translations for unidentified flying object
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
unidentified flying object(adjective)
an object from outer space, eg a flying saucer.
- vreemde vlieënde voorwerpAfrikaans
- جِسِم غَيْر مُحَدَّد الهَوِيَّه، صَحْن طائِرArabic
- неидентифициранBulgarian
- objeto voador não identificadoPortuguese (BR)
- nezjištěný létající předmětCzech
- unbekanntes FlugobjektGerman
- Uidentificeret Flyvende ObjektDanish
- ούφο, ιπτάμενο αντικείμενο άγνωστης ταυτότητας (ΑΤΙΑ)Greek
- objeto volador no identificado (OVNI)Spanish
- ufo, tundmatu lendav objektEstonian
- بشقاب پرندهFarsi
- ufoFinnish
- objet volant non identifié (O.V.N.I.)French
- עֶצֶם בִּלתִי מְזוּהֶה (עַבָּ”מ)Hebrew
- उड़न तश्तरीHindi
- NLOCroatian
- UFO,„repülő csészealj”Hungarian
- piring terbangIndonesian
- fljúgandi furðuhluturIcelandic
- ufo, oggetto volante non identificatoItalian
- 未確認飛行物体Japanese
- 미확인 비행 물체Korean
- nenustatytas skraidantis objektasLithuanian
- neidentificēts lidojošs objekts (NLO)Latvian
- objek terbang yg tdk dapat dikenal pastiMalay
- onbekend vliegend voorwerpDutch
- uidentifisert flygende objekt, ufoNorwegian
- nie zidentyfikowany obiekt latającyPolish
- ovniPortuguese
- obiect zburător neidentificat (OZN)Romanian
- неопознанный летающий объектRussian
- UFO, neidentifikovateľné lietajúce objektySlovak
- neznan leteči predmetSlovenian
- neidentifikovani leteći objekatSerbian
- oidentifierat flygande föremålSwedish
- จานผีThai
- uçan daireTurkish
- 不明飛行物體，幽浮Chinese (Trad.)
- нерозпізнаний літальний об'єктUkrainian
- نا معلوم اڑنے والي شئUrdu
- vật thể bay không xác địnhVietnamese
- 不明飞行物体，飞碟Chinese (Simp.)
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