Spinning Top Flying Saucer with Spire, Atomic Age

A flying saucer shaped like a spinning top. A conical upper hull with four raised fins rises to a tall, tapering spire with a ring and a ball tip, the wide rim is studded all round, and a deep cone underneath narrows down to a short collar on a round display base. The phrase "flying saucer" took off after pilot Kenneth Arnold's widely reported sighting in June 1947, and through the 1950s the domed disc became the standard look for visitors from space in films, comics, toys and Atomic Age advert…

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