Unidentified Flying Object

Definition: Unidentified Flying Object

Unidentified Flying Object

Noun

1. An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins.

Domain	Definition
Geography	Unexplained moving phenomenon observed in the sky. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Unidentified Flying Object

Synonym: flying saucer (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Unidentified Flying Object

Non-English Usage: "Unidentified Flying Object" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Serbo-Croatian (ufo).

Domain	Title
Periodicals	British Unidentified Flying Object Research Association Membership Bufora (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "unidentified flying object"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		ukendt flyvende objekt (contrary:Identified Unflying Object). (various references)

French		OVNI (contrary:Identified Unflying Object), objet volant non-identifié, objet volant non identifié (contrary:Identified Unflying Object). (various references)

German		unbekanntes Flug-Objekt (contrary:Identified Unflying Object), unbekanntes flugobjekt. (various references)

Greek		άγνωστης ταυτότητας ιπτάμενο αντικείμενο (contrary:Identified Unflying Object), ΑΤΙΑ (contrary:Identified Unflying Object). (various references)

Hungarian		ufó (u.f.o., ufo), azonosítatlan repülő tárgy. (various references)

Italian		oggetto volante non identificato. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ユーコン准州 (eugenics, eunos, euphemism, European television satellite, Eutelsat, euthanasia, euthanasie, humor, submarine, U-boat, UFO, ufology, usance, usance bill, used car, user, user interface, user-friendly, users, utility, utility program, utility room, utopia, U-turn, youth, youth hostel, youth market, Yugoslavia, Yukon Territory), 未確認飛行物�" . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ユーフォー (UFO), みかくに�"ひ�"うぶったい. (various references)

Pig Latin		identifiedunay yingflay objectay

Portuguese		objeto voador não identificado (ufo), objecto voador não identificado (contrary:Identified Unflying Object). (various references)

Russian		НЛО, неопознанный летающий объект. (various references)

Spanish		objeto volante no identificado (contrary:Identified Unflying Object). (various references)

Turkish		ufo (unknown flying object), uçan daire (flying saucer, ufo), tanımlanamayan uçan cisim. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 69 64 65 6E 74 69 66 69 65 64 46 6C 79 69 6E 67 4F 62 6A 65 63 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01101001 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01100110 01101001 01100101 01100100 00100000 01000110 01101100 01111001 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01001111 01100010 01101010 01100101 01100011 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#110 &#105 &#100 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#105 &#102 &#105 &#101 &#100 &#32 &#70 &#108 &#121 &#105 &#110 &#103 &#32 &#79 &#98 &#106 &#101 &#99 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0069 0064 0065 006E 0074 0069 0066 0069 0065 0064 0046 006C 0079 0069 006E 0067 004F 0062 006A 0065 0063 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
unidentified flying object	68
unidentified flying object picture	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Unidentified Flying Object

Definition: Unidentified Flying Object