English word senses marked with topical category "Ufology"

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• ARV (Noun) Initialism of alien reproduction vehicle.
• Anunnaki (Proper name) A group of Sumerian, Akkadian and Babylonian deities in no known particular order including but not limited to Enki, Enlil, Ninlil and 'known as the fourth' Enbilulu.
• Anunnaki (Proper name) An extraterrestrial reptilian race supposed to originate from a hidden planet called "Niburu", thought to be the overlords of a secret world government and equated with the Nephilim by conspiracy theorists.
• Area 51 (Proper name) A secret military facility, airport, and airbase in Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada, United States. It is the subject of conspiracy theories claiming it is where the US government hides extra-planetary alien visitors.
• EBE (Noun) Initialism of extraterrestrial biological entity.
• ETI (Proper name) Initialism of Ethical Trading Initiative.
• ETV (Noun) Initialism of extraterrestrial vehicle.
• Haunebu (Noun) Any of a class of flying saucers supposedly built by the Nazis.
• Hessdalen light (Noun) An unexplained light sometimes seen in the Hessdalen valley in Norway.
• MIB (Noun) Initialism of man in black.
• MIB (Noun) Initialism of man in black.; Initialism of men in black.
• Min Min light (Noun) An unexplained light reportedly appearing in the sky in remote parts of Australia, especially northwest Queensland, possibly caused by reflections of distant light in the dry air conditions.
• Mothman (Proper name) A legendary creature, regarded as a cryptid or alien, reportedly seen in West Virginia in the mid-1960s.
• NHI (Phrase) non-human intelligence
• Nordic (Noun) A race of extraterrestrials similar in appearance to Nordic humans.
• Pleiadean (Noun) An alien being from the Pleiades.
• Roswell (Proper name) A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Canyon County, Idaho.
• Roswell (Proper name) A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Chaves County, New Mexico, known for conspiracy theories that its Roswell Army Air Field has recovered UFOs and extraterrestrials.
• Roswell (Proper name) A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Chaves County, New Mexico, known for conspiracy theories that its Roswell Army Air Field has recovered UFOs and extraterrestrials.; The most significant ufological event of a region.
• Roswell (Proper name) A place in the United States:; A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
• Roswell (Proper name) A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Miner County, South Dakota.
• Tall White (Noun) A member of a certain race of extraterrestrials
• UAP (Noun) Initialism of unidentified aerial phenomenon; synonym of UFO (“unidentified flying object”)
• UFO (Noun) Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft.
• UFO nest (Noun) A crop circle, regarded as a landing site for UFOs.
• UFO religion (Noun) A religion in which extraterrestrials figure prominently.
• UFOer (Noun) Initialism of unidentified flying object experiencer (“a person who has witnessed a UFO or has established contact with its alien occupants”).
• USO (Proper name) United Service Organizations
• Vril (Noun) A kind of flying saucer supposedly built by the Nazis.
• abduction (Noun) Alien abduction.
• alien (Adjective) Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
• alien abduction (Noun) The abduction of a person by extraterrestrials.
• ancient astronaut (Noun) Any of the extraterrestrial beings that, according to the pseudoscientific belief of paleocontact, visited Earth in the distant past, influencing human culture, technology, or religion.
• angel (Noun) An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
• angel hair (Noun) A sticky, fibrous substance reported in connection with UFO sightings and other paranormal manifestations.
• black triangle (Noun) One of a class of triangle-shaped unidentified flying objects, usually with a light in each corner.
• cerealogy (Noun) Alternative form of cereology
• cereology (Noun) The investigation, or practice, of creating crop circles.
• close encounter (Noun) A supposed observation, or observation of evidence, of extraterrestrial beings or their craft.
• contactee (Noun) A person who has been contacted by alien beings from outer space.
• crop circle (Noun) An area in a field of crops where the stalks have been flattened into a circle or other geometric shape, performed as a prank or sometimes ascribed to UFO activity etc.
• fastwalker (Noun) Synonym of UFO.
• flying saucer (Noun) A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.
• foo fighter (Noun) Any of various unidentified flying objects, as reported by Allied pilots during World War II.
• ghost rocket (Noun) Any of the rocket- or missile-shaped unidentified flying objects sighted in 1946, mostly in Sweden and nearby countries.
• gray (Noun) Synonym of grey alien
• grey alien (Noun) An archetypical humanoid alien, usually described as having grey skin, elongated, hairless, sexless features, and a large head with bulbous black eyes; chiefly associated with flying saucers, alien abductions and conspiracy theories relating to cover-ups by the United States government, such as Area 51.
• insectoid (Noun) An insect-like creature.
• intraterrestrial (Noun) any of a race of sapient beings who live inside the Earth and operate UFOs
• little green man (Noun) One of the supposed extraterrestrial occupants of UFOs.
• man in black (Noun) A covert government operative, wearing a black suit and black aviator sunglasses, believed by conspiracy theorists to cover up UFO incidents.
• milab (Noun) A deceitful military operation performed to convince the targets of the operation that they have had an encounter with extraterrestrial beings, though it is actually a staged ploy.
• military abduction (Noun) A deceitful military operation performed to convince the targets of the operation that they have had an encounter with extraterrestrial beings which is actually a staged ploy
• missing time (Noun) A time period of amnesia or a gap in conscious memory reported by individuals who have experienced alien abduction.
• paleocontact (Noun) The theory that intelligent extraterrestrial beings (sometimes called ancient astronauts) visited Earth in the distant past, influencing human culture, technology, or religion.
• pelicanist (Noun) Someone who attempts to explain away UFO reports by means of any explanation, however illogical.
• repeater (Noun) A person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena.
• reptilian (Noun) A reptilian alien, especially (ufology, often capitalized) of a shapeshifting race alleged to secretly control the world.
• reptoid (Noun) A member of an extraterrestrial sapient species said to resemble a reptile, often ascribed shapeshifting capabilities and implicated in many conspiracy theories.
• rod (Noun) A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
• saucercraft (Noun) A hypothetical flying vehicle with a disc-like shape; flying saucer.
• saucerman (Noun) Someone who travels in a flying saucer.
• scoutcraft (Noun) A spacecraft used for scouting.
• skyfish (Noun) Synonym of rod (“rod-shaped optical phenomenon”)
• space herpes (Noun) A generic disease found in space, especially one transmissible by sexual encounters.
• swamp gas (Noun) A skeptical explanation that is provided in order to debunk a UFO sighting that a believer regards as ludicrous, illogical or disingenuous.
• ufo (Noun) A UFO.
• ufological (Adjective) Of or pertaining to ufology.
• ufologist (Noun) A person who studies UFOs.
• ufology (Noun) The study of UFOs.
• ufonaut (Noun) A pilot or passenger of a UFO.
• unidentified flying object (Noun) An alien spacecraft.
• visitor (Noun) An extraterrestrial being on Earth.
• weather balloon (Noun) a skeptical explanation to debunk a UFO sighting that a believer regards as silly, illogical or disingenuous

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