How to Get the UFO in Life in Prison
The saucer is why this prison is not just another copy — here is the path.
The UFO is the signature vehicle. Official binds list E/Q for up and down. Xbox maps UFO up to Y and down to B. You do not spawn in one. You leave the prison, walk the outside map, and take the saucer from its hide. This page is the companion to how to escape (you usually need to be out first) and to the White Tree (you often need the saucer to leave the trade fence).
Where players find it
Community clips and comments agree on a rural cluster: behind the barn, up a mountain, then left. Older 2022 videos used place 8689257920; the live game is 72659788689464, but the UFO fantasy and many stash spots carried over. If the pad is empty, someone else is flying — wait or hunt hidden weapons while it respawns.
You can also be taxied. Criminals in a saucer sometimes pick inmates out of the yard. That is a people route on the escape list, not a spawn.
How to fly
Sit, then E up, Q down (PC). Do not confuse E/Q with punch on F or crawl on C — controls has the full table. Motorcycles still wheelie on Shift; police cars still siren on T. The UFO is for height: over walls, into the White Tree pen, up to the floating Heaven platform.
Why you want it besides flex
- Tree exit. The White Tree sits in a fence. Scissors cut out; the saucer flies out. The taser-as-criminal video tells people to park the UFO next to the tree before
/e prayso they are not trapped with a new Taser and no door. - Heaven badge. Get the UFO, find the platform above the prison (crank draw distance),
/e pray. Badges calls it 0.5% rare. - Gun runs. Rocket launcher pickups and some mountain stashes are easier from the air. See hidden weapons.
- Raids. Criminals drop into the armory from above instead of eating the front gate.
What the UFO is not
It is not a gamepass. It is not a code. Godmode does not spawn it. Infinite Yield fly is a banned substitute that the catalog already marked stale. Private-server /cmd can sandbox vehicles; public servers will report a noclip UFO.
If you are still inside, finish a tool escape from the tools tier list first. New accounts: getting started. After you can fly, learn tree trades so the saucer pays for itself. Then hunt Heaven or go back for friends. The court sentenced you to life; the saucer is how you commute.
Flight mistakes that waste a perfect pad
The pad being up does not mean you can fly yet. Clear the hill of campers first. A sniper on the barn roof owns every first-time pilot. Approach from the mountain side, sit, then E. If you mash punch you will leave the seat. If you take off inside the prison walls you are still an inmate until you cross the perimeter — height is not escape by itself. Park beside the White Tree before you pray or you will tase yourself into a cage. Heaven is a second trip: max draw distance, look straight up, find the platform, pray. Do not spend your first saucer on Heaven while a minigun is free on the road. Taxi a friend only after you can land without eating a fence. Private servers can spawn toys. Public servers report fly hacks. This saucer is the legal version of that itch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for inmates, guards, and criminals.
Can I get the UFO as an inmate inside?
Usually you leave first via how to escape, unless a criminal taxis you.
What keys fly it?
E up and Q down on PC. Full table on controls.
Do I need it for the White Tree?
To leave the fence, yes or bring scissors.