UFO AND PROJECT BLUE BOOK

There are over 12,000 reports of UFOs, unidentified flying objects, most of those sightings were explained. However, hundreds of sightings still remain unidentified to this day. In 1952, the U.S. Air Force starts Project Blue Book to analyse those strange objects in the sky.

UFO AND PROJECT BLUE BOOK.

It is the year of 1952 and the U.S.Air Force starts Project Blue Book.The project wants to analyse unknown¹ objects that people sometimes see in the sky.

Josef Allen Hynek is a scientist² who works for Project Blue Book.He is the son of Czech immigrants.He is a professor of physics³.

When people see a UFO in the sky, it is usually a plane, light or another known⁴ object.But they get confused and think that it is a UFO.But there are also many unexplained sightings, like the strange objects above the city of Washington in 1952.

Professor Hynek doesn’t believe in unknown⁵ flying objects at the beginning.But later he says that some things cannot be explained⁶ with science⁷.Professor Hynek is called “the father of ufology”.He is even the author of the word “UFO”.He sees ufology as a new type of science.

Vocabulary: ¹neznámý| ²vědec| ³fyzika| ⁴známý| ⁵neznámý| ⁶vysvětlený| ⁷věda
Language notes: Project Blue Book=Projekt Modrá kniha| U.S.Air Force=Letectvo Spojených
států|in the sky=na obloze| get confused=být zmatený| unexplained sighting=nevysvětlené
zpozorování| flying object=létající objekt|the father of ufology=otec ufologie| UFO=(z
angl.unidentified flying object)=neidentifikovaný létající předmět
Sources: nytimes.com|qz.com|en.wikipedia.org.