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2017/12/27

Navy airman wishes to fly a UFO UFOで飛んでみたい海軍飛行士

The New York Times has reported that two former Navy pilots had a dramatic encounter with a UFO in 2004. On December 16, Pentagon has released video evidence recorded during the event.

In 2004, near the San Diego coast, David Fravor and Jim Slaight spotted a UFO 100 miles off the coast while flying F-18s. The missile cruiser USS Princeton was trailing the object for two weeks. The pilots saw the object at 80,000ft, then it descended to 20,000ft and disappeared from the radar.

Fravor saw a 40-foot oval-shaped object hovering 50 feet over the sea, causing waves in the water. He advanced to get a closer look, but the object began ascending toward him and then disappeared. He said, "It accelerated like nothing I’ve ever seen," and he was "pretty weirded out." When the two fighter jets moved 60 km to a meeting place (referred to in the navy as a 'cap point'), the object was already at the cap point. He concluded: "I have no idea what I saw. It had no plumes, wings, or rotors and outran our F-18s. I want to fly one."

The jets returned to their mothership and reported the details, but no further investigation was done.

Key Vocabularies :

trail [verb] の後を追う、を追跡する。後を付ける, ascend [verb] 上昇する。ある空中で上昇すること, cruiser [noun] 巡洋艦。駆逐艦よりも大型な、比較的速い戦艦, hover [verb] 浮かんでいる。一定の高さに留まる, conclude [verb] 結論づける、分析する。すべての証拠を調べた後に、何かが真実であると判断すること,

Quiz

本文の内容や単語について問う問題です。問題は全部で5問あります。是非チャレンジしてみて下さい。

1. Their plane had a technical issue.

2. They observed unusual waves in the sea.

3. They detected a strange object in the sky.

4. All of the above.

1. Florida coast.

2. San Diego coast.

3. Virginia coast.

4. Alabama coast.

1. UFO.

2. Ship.

3. Radar.

4. Fighter plane.

1. Catch up.

2. Speed up.

3. Tie up.

4. Put up.

1. outlook.

2. outlast.

3. outran.

4. outburst.

1. The UFO looked beautiful.

2. It had unusual features and surpassed his jet.

3. It was his childhood dream.

4. It can fly without being seen.

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Navy airman wishes to fly a UFO UFOで飛んでみたい海軍飛行士

Quiz

1.
Why were the pilots so shocked and surprised?

2.
Where did they come across the UFO?

3.
USS Princeton is a

4.
The object accelerated like nothing else he had seen before.
In the above sentence, what does the word accelerate mean?

5.
The UFO ____the jet plane.
Fill in the blanks.

6.
Why did Fravor want to fly a UFO?

Navy airman wishes to fly a UFO UFOで飛んでみたい海軍飛行士

Quiz

1. Why were the pilots so shocked and surprised?

2. Where did they come across the UFO?

3. USS Princeton is a

4. The object accelerated like nothing else he had seen before.In the above sentence, what does the word accelerate mean?

5. The UFO ____the jet plane.Fill in the blanks.

6. Why did Fravor want to fly a UFO?

1.
Why were the pilots so shocked and surprised?

2.
Where did they come across the UFO?

3.
USS Princeton is a

4.
The object accelerated like nothing else he had seen before.
In the above sentence, what does the word accelerate mean?

5.
The UFO ____the jet plane.
Fill in the blanks.

6.
Why did Fravor want to fly a UFO?