abbreviations

UFO

Unidentified Falling Object

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

Not "Unesco"

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VErtex LOcator detector (part of the LHCb detector)

Very-high-energy LHC

Very Large Telescope

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Weakly interacting massive particles

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Worldwide LHC Computing Grid

No article

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European X-ray Free-Electron Laser

Particle detector on the HERA accelerator at DESY

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