How to Use unidentified flying object in a Sentence

unidentified flying object

noun
  • Since it was shot down off the coast of South Carolina, the U.S. has shot down three other unidentified flying objects.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 22 Feb. 2023
  • In subsequent days, three more unidentified flying objects were shot down over Alaska, the Yukon and Lake Huron.
    Leonard David, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2023
  • These unidentified flying objects caused such a fear and furor that many were tracked avidly, some disappeared magically and at least one was shot down by the US military.
    The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Three unidentified flying objects recently shot down may be harmless.
    David Leonhardt, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The United States military is capable of many things, but finding the remnants of an unidentified flying object scattered across a blinding expanse of Arctic ice in minus-30-degree weather using six available hours of daylight is not one of them.
    Katie Rogers, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2023
  • But over the last few decades, as science and mass media have expanded, the obsession with unidentified flying objects and possible extraterrestrial life has exploded.
    Kelsey Klimara, ABC News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • President Joe Biden said yesterday that three unidentified flying objects shot down last weekend over North American airspace were most likely balloons tied to private companies, or research institutions.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Earlier today, three witnesses came before Congress to testify about their experiences with unidentified flying objects.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 26 July 2023

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