NounSingular unidentified flying object Plural unidentified flying objects unidentified flying object (plural unidentified flying objects)
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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Unidentified flying object (commonly abbreviated as UFO or U.F.O.) is the popular term for any aerial phenomenon whose cause cannot be easily or immediately identified by the observer. The United States Air Force, which coined the term in 1952, initially defined UFOs as those objects that remain unidentified after scrutiny by expert investigators, though the term UFO is often used more generally to describe any sighting unidentifiable to the reporting observer(s). Popular culture frequently takes the term UFO as a synonym for alien spacecraft. Cults have become associated with UFOs, and mythology and folklore have evolved around the phenomenon. Some investigators now prefer to use the broader term unidentified aerial phenomenon (or UAP), to avoid the confusion and speculative associations that have become attached to UFO. Another widely known acronym for UFO in Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian is OVNI (Objeto Volador No Identificado, with variant regional spellings). Studies have established that the majority of UFOs are observations of some real but conventional object—most commonly aircraft, balloons, or astronomical objects such as meteors or bright planets—that have been misidentified by the observer as anomalies, while a small percentage of reported UFOs are hoaxes. Only between 5% to 20% of anomalous sightings can be classified as unidentified flying objects in the strictest sense (see below for some studies). Some scientists have argued that all UFO sightings are misidentifications of natural phenomena and historically, there was debate among some scientists about whether scientific investigation was warranted given available empirical data. Very little peer-reviewed literature has been published in which scientists have proposed, studied or supported non-prosaic explanations for UFOs. Nevertheless, over the years UFOs have been the subject of many investigations that have varied widely in scope and scientific rigor. UFO reports became frequent after the first widely publicized U.S. sighting, reported by private pilot Kenneth Arnold in 1947, that gave rise to the popular terms "flying saucer" and "flying disc." Since then, millions of people have reported that they have seen UFOs. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Was Jesus an Unidentified Flying Object? Q. Was Jesus an Unidentified Flying Object? Asked by evilcastrator - Mon Aug 10 09:55:11 2009 - - 13 Answers - 0 Comments A. yes Answered by Urg - Mon Aug 10 10:01:00 2009 Unidentified Flying Object? Q. Anyone have a clue as to what this is?? Asked by Renee - Thu May 10 14:16:45 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. Some people believe it is the government testing aircraft- quiet aircraft for warfare in Area 51. It is top Secret area. others believe it came from outer space Watch Independence DAY IT'S ON U.F.O.'s. They have also found USO's. Unidentified Swimming Objects. Answered by DaneMaricich - Thu May 10 14:25:26 2007 Why don't you believe Unidentified Flying Objects exist?
Q. 1) There are thousands of witnesses with nothing to gain by coming forward, especially commercial pilots and military officers. 2) It basically comes down to who's word do you trust. Do you really believe the official line over these witnesses? 3) If one person saw something, then it could be anything. However, if groups of witnesses are seeing the same thing? Mass hallucination? Are they all mistaken? 4) If you need physical proof, consider these sightings are of things that don't touch the ground. How do you acquire physical evidence? 5) What might a jury conclude? Yes, it is all circumstantial, but the evidence is heavily corroberated. 6) Why don't they land on the White House lawn? If there is an intelligence beyond our… [cont.] Asked by Vote Reptilian - Wed Feb 21 20:35:10 2007 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments A. Of course I do. But just because it's unidentified, doesn't mean it's extra-terrestrial. Answered by Voodoid - Wed Feb 21 20:38:52 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "unidentified flying object"
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