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(informal) A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.

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flying saucer

Source Word

flying saucer

informal

Japanese Meaning

円盤型の未確認飛行物体（UFO）。特に、1947年にパイロットのケネス・アーノルドによる目撃報告に由来する非公式な表現。

Late last night, witnesses claimed they saw a glowing flying saucer hover above the old mill before disappearing.

昨夜遅く、目撃者たちは古い製粉所の上空で光る円盤型のUFOが浮かび、消えたと主張しました。

Sense（1）

Some connect the recent spate of flying saucer sightings with a rumored top-secret military aviation project.

Sense（2）

(science fiction) An alien interplanetary vessel, typically disc-shaped and of metallic construction.

Sense（3）

A form of confectionery, a small spheroidal capsule of rice paper filled with sherbet.

flying saucers

（ plural ）