Flying Saucer 🛸

🛸 (U+1F6F8) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.

What it is and where it’s used: Flying Saucer is part of the Symbols family (block: Transport and Map Symbols). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.

History & usage: FLYING SAUCER depicts the flying saucer emoji. Use it to represent a spaceship or science fiction idea in messages and user interfaces. It can symbolize space travel, exploration, or a futuristic mood in conversations and storytelling. In chats and apps, it works as a playful emblem for space themes in games or tech discussions. Across platforms, appearance varies and color or style may change by font or app, so add surrounding text for clarity. If a platform lacks color emoji support, a monochrome or text style fallback may be shown. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning so all users understand the symbol.

Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F6F8 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.

Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.

Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.

See our category page for related symbols.