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

The early stages of the flying saucer age really is the story of the start of the Cold War.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 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

The description was striking – a dark gray cube inside a clear sphere – quite different from the classic "flying saucer."

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2023

It went by like a little flying saucer, then crashed in the dirt.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis