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Standard UFO design in Invasion of the Flying Saucers (1956). Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
Standard UFO design in Invasion of the Flying Saucers (1956). Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar
Standard UFO design in Invasion of the Flying Saucers (1956). Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

Is the flying saucer the best shape for a spaceship?

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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

UFO sightings are often of saucer- or disc-shaped objects. Is there any evidence that this is an efficient or indeed feasible shape for intergalactic travel?

Graham Hines

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