How to Use unidentified aerial phenomenon in a Sentence

unidentified aerial phenomenon

noun
  • Navy acknowledges the three clips of declassified military footage as unidentified aerial phenomena.
    — ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Burlison in recent months has pushed government officials to reveal more information about unidentified aerial phenomenon, the new term for what used to be called UFOs.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Against that backdrop, the Appropriations Committee is now reviewing whether to commit public funds to a study of unidentified aerial phenomena.
    — Meghan Portfolio, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
  • UFOs, the term for unidentified flying objects, has in recent years given way to UAP — unidentified aerial phenomena or unidentified anomalous phenomena.
    — ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The new Pentagon website includes 162 declassified files on UFOs, or unidentified aerial phenomena.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • Connecticut lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require the state to study unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) — better known to most people as UFOs.
    — Meghan Portfolio, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The statement on his Truth Social platform signals new transparency on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), meaning unexplained observations in the sky, an issue that has drawn Washington’s attention for years.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Ackles most recently appeared in Tracker Season 2, Episode 2, at which point an investigation into unidentified aerial phenomena landed the Shaw brothers in the crosshairs of an unnamed government contractor who previously worked with their late father, Ashton.
    — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Fifty years ago, few people predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union, the internet, a global pandemic, artificial intelligence, congressional hearings about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), or the unprecedented political events that have shaped the past decade.
    — Kris Putnam-Walkerly, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

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