Meaning

1 senses
  1. (derogatory)Someone who attempts to explain away UFO reports by means of any explanation, however illogical.

Origin

From pelican + -ist. Coined by Jerome Clark in reference to claims that Kenneth Arnold's U

From pelican + -ist. Coined by Jerome Clark in reference to claims that Kenneth Arnold's UFO sighting in 1947 was pelicans.

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Forms

plural: pelicanists
Singularpelicanist
Pluralpelicanists

regular

Word family

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See also

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