The Flying Saucer was constructed between 1974 and 1978 at what was, until 1972, the gateway to the British Air Force and Trucial Oman Scouts camp in Dasman. Its distinctive shape led to the naming of the roundabout by local residents. The Flying Saucer consists of a star-shaped canopy around a seven-metre-high dome over a circular arrangement of eight columns and V-shaped pillars.