flying saucer
Example Sentences
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In a work on paper, a flying saucer shoots neon-orange beams at a nuclear power plant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Reports include a flying saucer seen from a guest house, a 7ft alien-like figure coming out of a hedge and a "cigar-shaped" UFO near a schoolyard.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023
The description was striking – a dark gray cube inside a clear sphere – quite different from the classic "flying saucer."
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2023
In time, a flying saucer will zip into view, bringing the story’s first act to a close and sending Asteroid City into government-imposed lockdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
He would not raise his eyes to the sky, though he knew there was a flying saucer from Tralfamadore up there.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
