Meanings
plural saucerians
- An extraterrestrial being visiting the Earth.
The saucerians are here from another, dying, planetary system; they contact Marvin later, and now talk slowly enough to make themselves understood.
2017, Bill Warren, Keep Watching the Skies! - human sciencesA person who has communicated with an extraterrestrial being.
The “contactees” or “saucerians” surfaced in 1952 in southern California. They presented themselves as selected by superior beings from other planets for a special assignment—save the world.
2001, David A. Clary, Before and After Roswell, page 63Synonyms: contactee
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who has communicated with an extraterrestrial being.
Origin
From saucer + -ian, in reference to flying saucers.
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