flying saucer

flying saucer
a) An unidentified flying object; UFO; usually with disc-like properties.

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

b) In fiction, an alien interplanetary vessel with a disc-like shape and generally metallic appearance.

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