Flying saucer
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As a flying saucer ( English flying saucer ) are supposed discus - or saucer-shaped flying objects referred unknown origin. Mostly they are described as silvery or metallic , often with colored lights or surrounded by a halo. The flying saucers are one of the most well-known types of hypothetical spaceships , the so-called UFOs (Unknown Flying Objects). They are said to have the ability to hover, to accelerate and brake abruptly, to reach very high speeds and to be generally superior to conventional aircraft.
Most of the reports and photos of flying saucers have been shown to be errors or falsifications. There is no evidence for the existence of flying saucers in the sense of flying machines of extraterrestrial origin.
In the science fiction -literature and science fiction films , especially from the mid-20th century the appearance of flying saucers is popular.
Origin of the term
The origin of the term "flying saucer" came from press reports after a sighting of several flying objects of unknown origin near Mount Rainier (USA) on June 24, 1947. The witness Kenneth Arnold , an American businessman and hobby pilot, will Cited in the first newspaper reports with a description of the objects as saucer-like aircraft or shaped like saucers . Of the total of nine objects, Arnold described eight objects as flat and round, and one object as more sickle-shaped. The term flying saucer (flying saucer) thus became a fixed term for similar sightings.
In a 1950 radio interview, however, Arnold denied using the term saucer to describe the appearance of the objects. He always described the objects as a disc . The term flying saucer was a misunderstanding:
“… When I described how they flew, I said that they flew like they take a saucer and throw it across the water. Most of the newspapers misunderstood and misquoted that too. They said that I said that they were saucer-like; I said that they flew in a saucer-like fashion. "
“… When I described how they flew, I said they fly like you take a saucer and make them jump over the water. Most newspapers misunderstood this and misquoted me. They wrote that I said they were saucer-like; I said they were flying saucer-like. "
Use of language and symbolism
Unidentified flight objects (UFOs) are described relatively often (in approx. 30% of cases) similar to a flying saucer. Based on this, the term was initially used as a synonym for UFO in everyday German , but today it usually describes the stereotype of UFOs as space vehicles of extraterrestrial civilizations.
Against this background, aliens (often depicted as little green men ) in caricatures form an immediately understandable icon in front of a landing flying saucer , which associates a naive or unbiased external view of the caricatured cultural aspect.
Characters and Emoji
With the Unicode version 10.0 published in June 2017, the character U + 1F6F8 flying saucer was added to the traffic and map symbols block and made available as emoji at the same time .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90. Central Intelligence Agency (US), June 27, 2008, accessed on June 29, 2013 (the image can be accessed via the link text “Passoria, New Jersey, July 31, 1952”).
- ↑ Nolan Skiff: Impossible! Maybe, But Seein 'Is Believin', Says Flier . In: East Oregonian . June 25, 1947.
- ^ Bug-Eyed Salesman Reports Fast-Flying Mystery Planes . In: Norman Oklahoma . June 26, 1947.
- ↑ Martin Shough: The Singular Adventure of Mr Kenneth Arnold . Ed .: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. Revised / July 2010. July 2010 ( nicap.org [PDF; 4.8 MB ; accessed on March 1, 2013]).
- ^ Edward R. Murrow: The Case for the Flying Saucers . Telephone interview with Kenneth Arnold as part of a radio documentary. In: CBS (ed.): Radio Special Report . April 7, 1950 (in English, online [accessed March 6, 2013]).
- ↑ Type catalog and distribution of the UFO cases investigated by MUFON-CES. MUFON-CES, December 1999, accessed November 24, 2009 .
- ↑ Code charts - Transport and Map Symbols. (PDF) UTC (Unicode Technical Consortium), June 20, 2017, accessed on July 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Emoji Recently Added, v5.0. UTC (Unicode Technical Consortium), July 7, 2017, accessed July 12, 2017 .