saucer n.
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[1878 Denison (Texas) Daily News 25 Jan. in C. Lorenzen & J. Lorenzen UFOs (1969) i. 10
When directly over him it [sc. a flying object] was about the size of a large saucer and was evidently at a great height.]
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1947 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 5 July 1/4
Describing what they saw as flat, translucent plates 12 to 15 inches in diameter, several Port Huron, Mich., residents reported seeing the βsaucersβ.
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1969
Marion Zimmer Bradley
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Nothing would have been easier for them than to cut me down when they finished questioning, or simply to cut our saucer adrift, first dismantling the drives, so that we died in space.
Brass Dragon (1980) viii. 144
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1989
David Dvorkin
Daniel Dvorkin
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As soon as that area rotated back into view, photon torpedoes flashed out from beneath the Centurion βs saucer and into the area of weakened M'dok deflector shields.
Star Trek: Next Generation: Captains' Honor viii. 157
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1995
Chris Carter
In Reagan, Tennessee, a truck driver loses power, saying he saw a saucer and lights.
Truth is out There: Official Guide to The X Files The Episodes: Season 1 138
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2014
Stephen Coonts
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Once again, Charley Pine had saved the day when she chased the Roswell saucer and it crashed into the ocean as millions watched on TV.
Saucer: Savage Planet i. 3
Research requirements
antedating 1947
Research History
There is an 1878 Denison (Texas) Daily News report cited in a 1969 source that refers to a flying object as a saucer. However, the 1947 cite is the earliest direct usage known.
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