unidentified flying object

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unidentified flying object
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unidentified flying object

Summary

unidentified flying object ranks in the top 0.38% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,167 views/month, #295 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • unidentified flying object is a type of unidentified object[2].
  • unidentified flying object is a type of flying object[3].
  • unidentified flying object is used for flight[4].
  • unidentified flying object's Commons category is recorded as UFOs[5].
  • unidentified flying object's Unicode character is recorded as 🛸[6].
  • unidentified flying object comprises UFOs in fiction[7].
  • unidentified flying object's significant event is recorded as Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting[8].
  • unidentified flying object's significant event is recorded as 1947 flying disc craze[9].
  • unidentified flying object's significant event is recorded as Roswell incident[10].
  • unidentified flying object's significant event is recorded as 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident[11].
  • unidentified flying object's significant event is recorded as Phoenix Lights[12].
  • unidentified flying object's significant event is recorded as Ruwa UFO incident[13].
  • unidentified flying object's significant event is recorded as Rendlesham Forest incident[14].
  • unidentified flying object's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Unidentified flying objects[15].
  • unidentified flying object's described at URL is recorded as https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/ufos[16].
  • unidentified flying object's facet of is recorded as UFO conspiracy theories[17].
  • unidentified flying object's facet of is recorded as UFO religion[18].
  • unidentified flying object's facet of is recorded as psychosocial hypothesis[19].
  • unidentified flying object's facet of is recorded as extraterrestrial hypothesis[20].
  • unidentified flying object's facet of is recorded as interdimensional hypothesis[21].
  • unidentified flying object's facet of is recorded as time-traveller UFO hypothesis[22].
  • unidentified flying object's described by source is recorded as Project Sign[23].
  • unidentified flying object's described by source is recorded as Project Grudge[24].
  • unidentified flying object's described by source is recorded as Project Blue Book[25].
  • unidentified flying object's described by source is recorded as The Flying Saucers Are Real[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include unidentified object[2] and flying object[3].

Use and Application

unidentified flying object is used for flight[4]. It comprises UFOs in fiction[7].

Why It Matters

unidentified flying object ranks in the top 0.38% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,167 views/month, #295 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named by Edward J. Ruppelt
    Topic has template Template:UFOs
    Aliases
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    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 528, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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