QuickCheck: Was the term 'flying saucer' created by journalists?

The phrase "flying saucer" is arguably one of the most iconic and readily understood to have emerged out of the 20th Century, with almost anyone anywhere understanding what is meant when it's said.

With that said, it has also been claimed that the term was actually coined by the media and not an eyewitness believing that what they saw was a flying vehicle from another world.