[Rick.Donaldson]

Cuz it is flying, and you don’t know what it is. If you can’t identify it, it’s a UFO. Note, a UFO is not necessarily a “flying saucer” and it isn’t necessarily “from out there”.

I wish folks would get off this. I’m an amateur astronomer, and over the last forty plus years, I’ve seen a LOT Of weird things in the sky (no, I don’t think they were aliens)... lol

But, just because someone sees something he or she can not explain doesn’t mean they are kooks.

[I see my hands]

Words have more than one meaning. Everyone knows the words the initials UFO stand for. An unknown insect can be a UFO when you take the words literally.

In common parlance UFO means alien craft (even if it is hovering and not flying). It's American English and used properly.

No need to get riled.

[weegee]

UFOs are TIME MACHINES from the FUTURE...

[I_like_good_things_too]

Thank you— I was there, and my husband & I saw these lights. We were fascinated for about maybe 10 minutes, then moved on with our evening. I didn’t even realize until a few years ago that there was some sort of controversy about the sightings. I just assumed it was some sort of military thing we weren’t supposed to know about.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

I agree with you. A lot of folks have come to associate UFO with flying saucers and aliens and kooks. I have seen lots of UFO’s. I have absolutely no reason to believe that I’ve ever seen an alien craft.