Editing UFO

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'''{{wp|Unidentified flying object|UFOs}}''' ('''Unidentified Flying Objects'''), also stylized as '''U.F.O.s''' and referred to as '''flying saucers''',<ref>{{cite|quote=[[Funky Kong|You]] mean, like, [[List of implied species#Interplanetary Visitor Dudes|little green apes]] in flying saucers?|author=[[Donkey Kong]]|publisher="[[Watch the Skies]]"|accessdate=March 16, 2025}}</ref> are the basic means of transportation for aliens. UFOs are high-tech vehicles that can travel large distances in space. There are also many different kinds and shapes. Some look like saucers (hence the name), and others look like squares. A frequently occurring design is the {{wp|George Adamski|Adamski-type}} commonly found in Japanese pop-culture.<ref>Robinson, Nick. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1eOQl16x-8 Why do Japanese UFOs look so different?]. Retrieved December 5, 2022.</ref>

 

Within most kingdoms in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', there is a regional bird that compliments the local topography. In lieu of birds, a '''small UFO'''<ref name=art>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, kikai, Rachel Roberts, and Jenny Blenk, editors|date=2019|title="Wooded Kingdom" in ''The Art of Super Mario Odyssey''|format=First English Edition|location=Milwaukie|publisher=[[Dark Horse Books]]|page=149}}</ref> appears in the [[Moon Kingdom]] after the kingdom's [[Moon Rock]] has been struck. Striking it with [[Cappy]] makes it release a collectible [[Power Moon]] and hover off into the sky. The UFO is tiny, vaguely floral, has one eyed stalk, and contains a single [[Soirée Bouquet]] within its body. It closely resembles the giant boss [[Torkdrift]], itself similar to a {{wp|flying saucer}}, but it was created by [[Bowser]] and consequently does not come from the [[moon]]. A relationship between this small UFO and Torkdrift is alluded to in ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'' but kept deliberately vague.<ref name=art/> It also occurs alongside other regional birds in the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)|Mushroom Kingdom]] once [[Princess Peach]] and [[Tiara]] permanently return.

Various kinds of UFOs appear in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]''. In the level [[Go-Go Yoshi (level)|Go-Go Yoshi]], UFOs made from plastic cups and hanging from wires are worth the highest score of points when punched away. UFOs made of cardboard and piloted by [[Shy Guy]]s appear throughout the flip side of [[Altitude Adjustment]]. Most of them are red, three are golden and required for a request from the [[Blockafeller]] in [[Sky-High Heights]], and one is blue and larger than the others with colored stars and an antenna on it and ridden by the [[Poochy Pup]]s. The golden and blue UFOs appear as costumes in Sky-High Heights. Plastic UFOs of a different design appear in the level [[Ride the Stars]], where the pink one (referred to as a "[[List of crafts in Yoshi's Crafted World|stylish UFO]]") is wearing a red bow. There are also large UFOs that serve as swinging platforms Yoshi can cross by paths of green tape.