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Shannon Shelmire Wynne (born December 2, 1951) is an American restaurateur living in Dallas, Texas. Wynne currently co-owns and operates restaurants in six states and 14 cities, including The Flying Saucers in Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri; The Flying Fish in Texas, Tennessee, and Arkansas; Rodeo Goat in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas; [1] and Mudhen ...
History. The first flying saucers were produced in the early 1950s when an Antwerp -based producer of communion wafers, Belgica, faced a decline in demand for their product. Astra Sweets, which purchased the Belgica brand, continues to manufacture flying saucers in the present day. Flying saucers are officially registered as a traditional ...
The Flying Saucer is a 1950 independently made American black-and-white science fiction spy film drama. It was written by Howard Irving Young, from an original story by Mikel Conrad, who also produced, directed, and stars with Pat Garrison and Hantz von Teuffen. The film was first distributed in the U.S. by Film Classics and later re-released ...
A special attraction is the flying saucer-shaped structure atop the bridge's 84.6 m (278 ft) pylon, housing an observation deck and a restaurant, which since 2005 has been called UFO (previously, Bystrica). The restaurant serves both traditional Slovak and international cuisine, describing its cuisine as "Mediterasian". [6]
At 33,000 sq ft (3,100 m 2), it was the largest such themed restaurant when it opened in November 1998. [1] Businessmen and founders Paschal M. Phelan and Simon Deith claimed at its opening, "It's the fusion of fun and good food and fantasy." [1] Flying saucer
The distinctive white building resembles a flying saucer that has landed on its four legs. [4] The initial design was created by James Langenheim, [5] [6] of Pereira & Luckman, [3] subsequently taken to fruition by a team of architects and engineers, headed by William Pereira and Charles Luckman, that also included Paul Williams and Welton Becket.
The Flying Saucer in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, is a 1978 building constructed in Brutalist style and originally opened as a café, restaurant, newsstand, gift shop and pharmacy. [1] It was subsequently a Lal's supermarket from 1988 to 1997. It has been restored by Sharjah Art Foundation and is now open as a community art space.
On June 26, 1947, the Chicago Sun coverage of the story may have been the first use ever of the term "flying saucer".. The Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting occurred on June 24, 1947, when private pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed that he saw a string of nine, shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier at speeds that Arnold estimated at a minimum of 1,200 miles an hour (1,932 km/h).