UFOer

See also: ufoer

English

Etymology

From UFO +‎ -er.

Noun

UFOer (plural UFOers)

1. (ufology, uncommon) Initialism of unidentified flying object experiencer (“a person who has witnessed a UFO or has established contact with its alien occupants”).
   • 1992, Spirited Women Book Company (publisher), At the Crossroads‎^[1], page 48:

     Ring sees both the NDE and UFOE as modern day shamanic initiations in which the journeyer (NDEer or UFOer) enters an "imaginal" reality, an alternative reality that coexists with physical reality and that is equally real.

   • 1995, American Society for Psychical Research (publisher), The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research‎^[2], volume 89, page 85:

     I claim to be a counseling psychologist, a UFO researcher, and a UFO experiencer (UFOer).

   • 2005, Chris Gethard, Weird New York, Your Travel Guide to New York's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets, page 25:

     People began meeting at certain spots at night to keep a lookout for more UFOs. They became known as skywatchers or UFOers.

   • 2016, Kenneth Clatterbaugh, The Freedom of Will, page 234:

     A small UFOer, whose badge said, "Billy Clark," spoke up. "But by your own criteria, many experiences of extraterrestrials are also real.