Flying saucer Emoji

Travel

A silver, disc-shaped craft featuring glowing lights along its rim and a transparent dome on top. It is the definitive shorthand for unidentified aerial phenomena and interstellar travel.

Usage Context

Used to discuss science fiction, space exploration, or conspiracy theories. It is frequently sent when someone wants to signal that a situation feels bizarre, out-of-this-world, or suspicious. It often appears alongside 👽 to imply an alien presence or 🚀 to talk about travel beyond Earth.

History

Added in Unicode 10.0 in 2017, this emoji responded to the massive cultural demand for a graphical icon representing UFOs. It was designed to bridge the gap between retro 1950s sci-fi tropes and modern internet discourse regarding space phenomena.

Details

Glyph

🛸

Unicode

U+1F6F8

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f6f8:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDEF8;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory transport-air

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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