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ufology | Word of the Day
February 28, 2018
ufology
[yoo-
fol
-uh-jee]
noun
1.
the study of unidentified flying objects.
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WORD OF THE DAY
ufology
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QUOTES
The First International Congress on the U.F.O. Phenomenon, which ended here yesterday, brought the two groups uncomfortably together, and, after a week of heated debate, a single theory of
ufology
seemed further away tha[n] ever.
-- Alan Riding, "Scientists and Laymen in Conflict At World Conference on U.F.O.'s,"
New York Times
, April 25, 1977
ORIGIN
Ufology
was first recorded in 1955-60.
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