UFO Sighting!

10/10/2020 3:47:00 PM

Photo Illustration. Image: nymag.com

Do you know?

  • The idea of aliens and that other worlds might be inhabited actually goes back to ancient times. The question was a matter of real debate among philosophers, scientists and theologians in the Western world by the 18th century and it was widely accepted that alien civilizations existed.
  • The first well-known UFO sighting occurred in 1947, when businessman Kenneth Arnold claimed to see a group of nine high-speed objects near Mount Rainier in Washington while flying his small plane.

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In this image from 2015 video provided by the Department of Defense, an unexplained object was tracked as it soared high along the clouds. Image: latimes.com

Listen and choose the correct answers.

  • Who have examined UFO sightings?
  • What is the lenticular cloud formed by?

According to the audio, __________ have examined UFO sightings.

  • Astronauts
  • Scientists
  • Many people

The lenticular cloud is formed by ___________.

  • waves of wind
  • water drops
  • ice crystals

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

What is a UFO? The U unidentified. The F stands for flying. The O stands for . Many people think they have seen UFOs. They think the UFOs are from outer space.

Scientists have looked into UFO sightings. Most of the time, the UFOs can be . Believe it or not, UFOs are a very common thing. You see them all the time. What can they be?

Many UFOs are clouds. They are a special kind of cloud. They are lenticular clouds. This kind of cloud is like a . It is by waves of wind that blow around . The blowing winds make each cloud smooth and rounded, just like a flying saucer. Sometimes UFOs look as if they are spaceships. They look as if they are spaceships hovering because they may not move for hours.

Read and answer the following questions.

A U.F.O. in New Mexico in 1957. Image: nytimes.com

What is a UFO? The U stands for unidentified. The F stands for flying. The O stands for object. Many people think they have seen UFOs. They think the UFOs are from outer space.

Scientists have looked into UFO sightings. Most of the time, the UFOs can be identified. Believe it or not, UFOs are a very common thing. You see them all the time. What can they be?

Many UFOs are clouds. They are a special kind of cloud. They are lenticular clouds. This kind of cloud is shaped like a lens. It is formed by waves of wind that blow around mountaintops. The blowing winds make each cloud smooth and rounded, just like a flying saucer. Sometimes UFOs look as if they are hovering spaceships. They look as if they are spaceships hovering because they may not move for hours.

Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 2

When you "hover", you _____
  • cannot be identified.
  • quickly fly into space.
  • blow around a mountaintop.
  • stay in one place in the air.
Identified is to unidentified as _____
  • pen is to pencil.
  • known is to unknown.
  • chill is to freeze.
  • wall is to swim.
If you see a UFO, it might be a _____
  • cloud.
  • whale.
  • tiger.
  • house.

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. What is a UFO? The U unidentified. The F stands for flying. The O stands for . Many people think they have seen UFOs. They think the UFOs are from outer space.
  2. Most of the time, the UFOs can be . Believe it or not, UFOs are a very common thing. 
  3. Many UFOs are clouds. They are a special kind of cloud. They are lenticular clouds. This kind of cloud is like a . It is by waves of wind that blow around . 
  4. Sometimes UFOs look as if they are spaceships. 

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. "The book's by T.C. Smith." "What does the ‘T.C.’ ?"
  2. We now know that solid are largely made up of empty space.
  3. They use traditional methods to the stone.
  4. She is beautiful through Eddie's camera .
  5. The helicopter overhead.
  6. Bend the wire so that it a ‘V’.
  7. How many different trees can be by her sister?
  8. Normally, clouds hung around the .