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

For all its deeper thoughts, “Fargo” is a cartoon at heart, with exaggerated characters in extreme situations, and a willingness — as with Season 3’s flying saucer — to get weird.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

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

In 1980, a popular book called "The Roswell Incident" by Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore described an alleged flying saucer crash and government cover-up 33 years prior near Roswell, New Mexico.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 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