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Unidentified flying object

An unidentified flying object (UFO) is an object or phenomenon seen in the sky but not yet identified or explained. The term was coined when United States Air Force (USAF) investigations into flying saucers found too broad a range of shapes reported to consider them all saucers or discs. UFOs are also known as unidentified aerial phenomena or…

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Terminology and prevalence of belief

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Unidentified flying object

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Triples35
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Unidentified flying object

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Unidentified flying object → Captain Edward, During, ETV, For, He, Kenneth Arnold, Obviously, Ruppelt, The, UAP, UFO, UFOs, Unidentified, USAF, While

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the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry have provided prosaic explanations for UFOsinstance ofScientists and skeptic organizations0.80text
namely that they are caused by natural phenomenainstance ofScientists and skeptic organizations0.80text
human technologyinstance ofScientists and skeptic organizations0.80text
delusionsinstance ofScientists and skeptic organizations0.80text
and hoaxesinstance ofScientists and skeptic organizations0.80text
parheliainstance ofand atmospheric optical phenomena0.80text
lenticular cloudsinstance ofand atmospheric optical phenomena0.80text
the 1959 publication of Flying Saucersinstance ofThe cultural phenomenon showed up within some intellectual works0.80text
Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kindinstance ofseen in films0.80text
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrialinstance ofseen in films0.80text
meteorsinstance ofand astronomical objects0.80text
bright starsinstance ofand astronomical objects0.80text

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