alien encounter
Meeting otherworldly visitors
An alien encounter is a purported meeting or interaction with extraterrestrial beings.
The term ranges from distant UFO sightings to alleged abductions and direct contact.
Believers classify encounters by proximity and type of interaction: She claimed to have had an alien encounter in the desert.
The phrase carries skeptical undertones in mainstream usage but earnest meaning within UFO communities.
- UFOUnidentified aerial craft
- spaceshipVehicle for interplanetary travel
- abductionUnlawful seizure of person
- missing timeUnremembered time span
- extraterrestrialBeing from outer space
third kind · little green men · flying saucer · probe · anal probe · mothership · crop circles · gray · Roswell · lights · night sky · beam · bright lights · telepathy · visitor · contact · sighting · invasion
- speculative fictionsci-fi, science fiction, dystopia, fantasy, futurism
- Extraterrestrialsextraterrestrial, ET, UFO, flying saucer, Grey
- space fictionscience fiction, spaceship, sci-fi, astronaut, space adventure
- First Contactgreeting, landing, communication, first words, meeting
- paranormal experiencesghost sighting, haunting, apparition, poltergeist, ESP
- scary storiesghost story, horror story, scary story, spine-chiller, campfire story
alien, encounter, aliens, alienate, alienated, alienating, alienation, alienable, inalienable