# "UFO" means UNIDENTIFIED Flying Object. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 7, 2004, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932 "2004-07-07T11:40:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/21 "2004-07-07T22:50:25Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > [Dork Hat On] > Well Duh! Aren’t you forgetting that the saucer would be travelling at WARP speeds, far above the velocity of the average particle? The kinetic energy from such a collision would OBVIOUSLY counteract ANY collision not along the profile. > > And really, does it make a difference with the radiant forcefields used by today’s inter-stellar spacecraft? > > Geez man! PAY ATTENTION > [Dork hat still on for some strange reason] I see that the Dork Side is strong in you… ---
**Author:** ![laigle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@laigle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laigle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/22 "2004-07-07T23:00:19Z")
Bah on UFOs. You’ll know the aliens have come when they start opening offices in Guatemala to outsource their tech sector. Hell, I bet they won’t even be secretive about it, they’ll pop up on CNN and let the nations of the world start bidding on tax breaks to get their factories. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/23 "2004-07-08T02:26:04Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > The term “UFO” is **not** synonymous with “alien craft”! It simply means that the flying object was **not identified**. Perhaps you can educate your boorish acquaintences that the preferred term is “IGV” Intelligently Guided Vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/24 "2004-07-08T03:43:09Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > I’m not sure that conical shape would be all that benificial to a craft that spends 99.999999% of it’s time in space and 0.000001% of it’s time investigating Earth, especially since the craft would need some advanced hyperspace FTL drive. FTL??? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/25 "2004-07-08T03:51:30Z")
Faster Than Light Can do do the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs! ---
**Author:** ![qcomdrj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a6a055/32.png) [@qcomdrj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qcomdrj)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/26 "2004-07-08T03:51:52Z")
FTL, fruit of the loom. You have seen south park haven’t you. Step 1. Collect underpants (FTLs) Step 2. Step 3. Make lots of money. Maybe step 2 is selling them to the aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/27 "2004-07-08T03:55:28Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Can do do the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs! So? A parsec is a unit of _distance_. I can do the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs, too. On my bicycle. Of course, I’ll be _really_ old when I get there. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/28 "2004-07-08T03:57:44Z")
Duh! Everybody knows that! That’s why it was funny when Han Solo said it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/29 "2004-07-08T03:59:27Z")
btw, **Q.E.D.** , _ **WHOOSH!** _ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/30 "2004-07-08T06:35:45Z")
> [@qcomdrj](#): > > FTL, fruit of the loom. You have seen south park haven’t you. > Step 1. Collect underpants (FTLs) > Step 2. > Step 3. Make lots of money. > Maybe step 2 is selling them to the aliens. Um, that’s Step1. Collect underpants Step 2. Step 3. Profit Now I’m going to have the Undepants Gnomes song stuck in my head for the next week. You will pay for this. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/31 "2004-07-08T06:39:35Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > _ **WHOOSH!** _ Nuh uh! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/32 "2004-07-08T07:52:20Z")
Geez, **Rilch** , Japanese sci-fi would drive you up the wall. They adopted “UFO” as a word (pronounced “_you-foe_”) and use it simply to mean “spaceship.” Quite jarring to hear [the beautiful Lum](http://lum-chan.bbox.org/) constantly talking about her own _personal_ ufo. Ataru is being even more of a jerk than usual? “I’m sleeping in the ufo.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/33 "2004-07-08T11:16:49Z")
Everybody knows that, like dinosaur bones, UFOs are created by Satan to shake our faith in God, Jesus, and the teachings of the Holy Bible. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/34 "2004-07-08T13:08:42Z")
Why do UFOs always land in America and speak perfect American English?. Let’s see how they cope when they hear “How’s it hanging mate?” and “take us to your leader” gets then appointment with this [http://www.primeminister.govt.nz/](http://www.primeminister.govt.nz/) She is a good women, but she may scare away the aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932/35 "2004-07-08T19:09:20Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Duh! > > Everybody knows that! That’s why it was funny when Han Solo said it. Actually, he said he could do it in _under_ 12 parsecs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-means-unidentified-flying-object/253932.md?page=1)