unidentified flying object

Example Sentences

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Instead of crashing, the unidentified flying object had “descended slowly, gently, like an old man settling into a bath.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

A U.S. fighter jet later shot down an unidentified flying object in Canadian airspace.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2023

But her title suggests an unidentified flying object, and — with its topside helicopter-like blades — the sculpture looks ready for a journey aloft.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

“The public has seemingly heard about another new unidentified flying object seemingly on a daily basis,” McConnell said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2023

People who reported seeing things got laughed at, mostly because they call any unidentified flying object a flying saucer.

From The Flying Stingaree by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)