unidentified flying object

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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

The U.S. military intercepted an unidentified flying object on Feb. 10 over the Arctic Ocean near Alaska, another on Feb. 11 over the Yukon Territory and a third over Michigan on Feb. 12.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 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

The US has shot down another unidentified flying object, this time over Lake Huron near the Canadian border, in what is the fourth such incident this month.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 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)