# 🛸 Flying saucer emoji

🛸 Flying saucer is an emoji in the air and space set of Travel & places. It was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017. Related words: aliens, extra, terrestrial and UFO.

- Emoji: 🛸
- Unicode name: flying saucer
- Code points: U+1F6F8
- Category: Travel & places, Air and space
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- GitHub shortcode: :flying_saucer:
- Keywords: aliens, extra, flying, saucer, terrestrial, UFO
- Page: https://emojichart.com/flying-saucer-emoji

## What it means

Shaped like a round disc, usually with a dome on top, this spacecraft is the classic UFO. Aliens, extraterrestrials, UFO sightings and science fiction all call for it, as does anything strange or otherworldly.

## How to type 🛸

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “flying saucer”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “flying saucer”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “flying saucer”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “flying saucer”.
- GitHub: Type :flying_saucer: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | platillo volante | ovni, platillo volante |
| Français (fr) | soucoupe volante | alien, extraterrestre, ovni, OVNI, soucoupe volante |
| Deutsch (de) | fliegende Untertasse | Alien, Außerirdisch, fliegende Untertasse, UFO |
| Italiano (it) | disco volante | alieni, disco volante, extra terrestri, marziani, spazio, ufo, UFO |
| Português (pt) | disco voador | alienígena, disco, ET, extra, óvni, terrestre, voador |
| Nederlands (nl) | vliegende schotel | aliens, buitenaards, buitenaardse wezens, science fiction, ufo, UFO, vervoermiddel, vliegende schotel, voertuig |
| Svenska (sv) | flygande tefat | flygande tefat, UFO |
| Polski (pl) | latający talerz | fantastyka, kosmici, kosmita, latający, sci-fi, sf, spodek, talerz, ufo |
| Türkçe (tr) | uçan daire | uçan daire, ufo, UFO, uzaylı |
| Русский (ru) | летающая тарелка | инопланетный гость, инопланетяне, летающая тарелка, марсианин, НЛО, пришелец, пришельцы, тарелка |
| Українська (uk) | летюча тарілка | летюча тарілка, НЛО, чужі |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ιπτάμενος δίσκος | ΑΤΙΑ, εξωγήινοι, εξωγήινος, ιπτάμενος δίσκος, ούφο |
| العربية (ar) | صحن طائر | صحن طائر, طبق طائر, غريب, فضاء, مخلوق فضائي, مركبة فضائية |
| עברית (he) | צלחת מעופפת | חוצן, חוצנים, חייזרים, עב״מ, צלחת מעופפת |
| فارسی (fa) | بشقاب‌پرنده | بشقاب پرنده, بشقاب‌پرنده, شیء پرندهٔ ناشناس, فضایی, موجود فضایی, یو اف او, یواف‌اُ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | उड़न तश्तरी | उड़न तश्तरी, उड़ान तश्तरी, एलियंस, यूएफओ |
| বাংলা (bn) | উড়ন্ত চাকতি | ইউএফও, উড়ন্ত চাকতি, এলিয়েন, পরিবহন, ভিনগ্রহবাসী, যাতায়াত, স্পেসশিপ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | piring terbang | alien, cawan, ekstra, piring, terbang, terestrial, UFO |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | đĩa bay | đĩa bay, người ngoài hành tinh, UFO |
| ไทย (th) | จานบิน | จานบิน, มนุษย์ต่างดาว, ยานอวกาศ, ยูเอฟโอ, เอเลี่ยน |
| 日本語 (ja) | 空飛ぶ円盤 | UFO, 乗り物, 宇宙, 宇宙人, 未確認飛行物体, 空飛ぶ円盤 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 비행접시 | UFO, 비행접시, 외계인, 우주 생명체 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 飞碟 | UFO, 不明飞行物, 外星人, 外星球, 飞碟 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 飛碟 | UFO, 外太空人, 外星人, 幽浮, 異形, 飛碟 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vlieënde piering
- Akan (ak): sɔɔsa a ɛretu
- Albanian (sq): disk fluturues
- Amharic (am): በራሪ ዲስክ
- Armenian (hy): թռչող ափսե
- Assamese (as): উড়ন্ত চাকি
- Azerbaijani (az): uçan boşqab
- Bashkir (ba): осоусы тәрилкә
- Basque (eu): plater hegalari
- Belarusian (be): лятаючая талерка
- Bosnian (bs): leteći tanjir
- Breton (br): pladenn-nij
- Bulgarian (bg): летяща чиния
- Burmese (my): ပန်းကန်ပြားပျံ
- Cantonese (yue): 飛碟
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 飞碟
- Catalan (ca): plat volador
- Cherokee (chr): ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ ᏖᎵᏙ
- Chuvash (cv): вӗҫекен турилкке
- Croatian (hr): leteći tanjur
- Czech (cs): létající talíř
- Danish (da): ufo
- Estonian (et): lendav taldrik
- Faroese (fo): flúgvandi diskur
- Filipino (fil): flying saucer
- Finnish (fi): lentävä lautanen
- Galician (gl): ovni
- Georgian (ka): მფრინავი თეფში
- Gujarati (gu): ફ્લાઇંગ સૉસર
- Hausa (ha): faranti mai tasowa
- Hungarian (hu): repülő csészealj
- Icelandic (is): fljúgandi diskur
- Igbo (ig): ihe na-efe efe
- Irish (ga): sásar eitilte
- Javanese (jv): piring mabur
- Kannada (kn): ಹಾರುವ ತಟ್ಟೆ
- Kazakh (kk): ұшатын тарелка
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇشاتىن تارەلكا
- Khmer (km): ថាសហោះ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): isahani iguruka
- Konkani (kok): उडण तश्करी
- Kyrgyz (ky): учуучу объект
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): chikajilset
- Lao (lo): ຍົນຈານບິນ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): platillo volador
- Latvian (lv): lidojošais šķīvītis
- Lithuanian (lt): skraidanti lėkštė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): lětajuca šklicka
- Luxembourgish (lb): UFO
- Macedonian (mk): летечка чинија
- Malay (ms): piring terbang
- Malayalam (ml): പറക്കുംതളിക
- Maltese (mt): flying saucer
- Marathi (mr): उडती तबकडी
- Mongolian (mn): нисдэг таваг
- Māori (mi): waka ātea nō ao kē
- Nepali (ne): उड्ने थाली आकारको यान
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Fláyín Sọ́sa
- Northern Sotho (nso): piring ya go fofa
- Norwegian (no): flygende tallerken
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): flygande tallerken
- Odia (or): ଫ୍ଲାଇଂ ସସର୍‌
- Oromo (om): saawuserii balali’u
- Pashto (ps): الوتونکی طشتری
- Punjabi (pa): ਉਡਣ ਤਸ਼ਤਰੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): اُڑن طشتری
- Quechua (qu): platillo volador
- Romanian (ro): farfurie zburătoare
- Romansh (rm): ufo
- Sardinian (sc): discu chi bolat
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): soitheach-fànais
- Serbian (sr): летећи тањир
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): leteći tanjir
- Shan (shn): ဢၢင်ႇမိၼ်
- Sindhi (sd): اڏامندڙ بس
- Sinhala (si): පියාඹන පීරිසි
- Slovak (sk): lietajúci tanier
- Slovenian (sl): leteči krožnik
- Somali (so): shey sidii digsi oo duulaya
- Swahili (sw): kisahani kinachopaa
- Tajik (tg): лаълии паррон
- Tamil (ta): பறக்கும் தட்டு
- Telugu (te): ఎగిరే పళ్లెం
- Tigrinya (ti): ዝነፍር ሳእኒ
- Tongan (to): peleti puna
- Tswana (tn): piring e e fofang
- Turkmen (tk): uçýan tabak
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): lětacy taler
- Urdu (ur): اڑن تشتری
- Uyghur (ug): ئۇچار تەخسە
- Uzbek (uz): uchar likopcha
- Welsh (cy): soser hedegog
- Wolof (wo): sukup buy naaw
- Xhosa (xh): isosa ebhabhayo
- Yoruba (yo): àwọ kékeré tí ń fò
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): àwɔ kékeré tí ń fò
- Zulu (zu): isosa endizayo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F6F8` |
| HTML | `🛸` |
| CSS | `\1F6F8` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F6F8}` |
| Python | `\U0001F6F8` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 9B B8` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DEF8` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%9B%B8` |

## Questions

### What does the 🛸 flying saucer emoji mean?

Shaped like a round disc, usually with a dome on top, this spacecraft is the classic UFO. Aliens, extraterrestrials, UFO sightings and science fiction all call for it, as does anything strange or otherworldly.

### How do I type the 🛸 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “flying saucer”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :flying_saucer:.

### When was the 🛸 emoji added?

🛸 was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🛸?

U+1F6F8. In HTML you can write 🛸, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F6F8}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/flying-saucer-emoji