Initialism

UFO

  1. unidentified flying object

Noun

Singular UFO

Plural UFOs

UFO (plural UFOs)

  1. An unidentified flying object.
  2. (informal) An alien spacecraft.

Derived terms

Related terms

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Mon Jan 11 01:00:36 2010

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.

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 a small percentage of reported sightings (usually 5 to 20%) 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.

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Tue Dec 29 06:19:58 2009

Could the original human beings have beeen brought to this Planet in a UFO?
Q. Apparently there is a much narrower band of variation in human DNA than that in other mammals, in fact we all seem to be descended from seven women. So perhaps a passing UFO, seeing that Earth was already colonised with animals similar to those on board, left a seed colony to replicate.
Asked by Lynden - Wed Dec 2 13:41:14 2009 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The theory that humans are descendants of aliens is as plausible as Darwin's theory that we evolved from apes. There is no proof of either. However, science has been trying to find the link between humans and apes for years and have come up empty. Since we didn't hatch from nothing, why not theorize we are descendants from aliens? *** EDIT *** For Razor who gave me a meaningless link "proving" humans evolved from apes. "2. It is the opinion that: a. The [UFO] phenomenon reported is something real and not visionary or fictitious. b. There are objects probably approximating the shape of a disc, of such appreciable size as to appear to be as large as man-made aircraft." *** EDIT 2 *** Edit: The link is "meaningless" because… [cont.]
Answered by hammster - Wed Dec 2 14:04:54 2009

Why are UFO videos always blurry and the UFO is so far away?
Q. Don't they have the zoom option in the camera? There's not one UFO video that shows some detail of the UFO itself.
Asked by anon13 - Sun Dec 27 02:37:37 2009 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Alien UFO's are pure energy. The entire ship is glowing and it is difficult to see it's details, even when up close. Even NASA's space shuttle only could see a ball of energy. The following video of actual extraterrestrial spacecraft was taken by NASA.
Answered by hammster - Sun Dec 27 09:09:49 2009

Did you vote to invite the huge UFO to appear tomorrow?
Q. I understand that you have to vote 'in your head' to allow the UFO to appear on October 14th. Ask something like, "Do you wish that the Galactic Federation show up to help', then just answer 'yes' or 'no'. I voted, anybody else?
Asked by LyranLightworker - Mon Oct 13 23:12:18 2008 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments

A. This is ridiculous. It should be in the Paranormal category.
Answered by Bella - Tue Oct 14 00:42:25 2008

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See also:

  • Mutanex Earth PortalMutanex Earth Portal
    bombshelter.org
    Crossroads of human-alien hybrids, time travelers, and shamanistic practitioners offering guidance for earth survival until the return of the UFO's.
  • Space a GoGoSpace a GoGo
    spaceagogo.com
    The creation of life on the Earth by extraterrestrial Elohim.
  • Unarius Academy of ScienceUnarius Academy of Science
    unarius.org
    An educational and scientific organization, founded in 1954 by Dr. Ernest L. and Ruth E. Norman, Cosmic Visionaries. The founders laid down a bridge that is a cosmic link to the Space Brothers.
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