It predates that. One of the first sightings to use the word saucer was in 1878. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213938/http://www.americanchronicle.com/a

It predates that. One of the first sightings to use the word saucer was in 1878. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213938/http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/17732 https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213938/http://www.americ...