Fact or fiction? Reading: UFOs on Earth a) Read the article below. b) Read the article above and tick whether the statements are T (= true) or F (= false). Then listen and check. T F 1. In 1957, a farmer in New Mexico found something like a UFO. 2. It all happened in Roswell, New Mexico. 3. The government told the farmer that it was a crashed weather balloon. 4. Many people didn’t believe the government. 5. The military said that it had nothing to do with a top-secret project. 6. Nowadays, people can’t visit the city of Roswell anymore. c) What do you think about aliens? Use the sentence starters and write a personal statement of about 60 words on “Aliens and what I think about them” in your exercise book. I (don’t) believe in aliens because … . I think that aliens are … . Aliens probably exist on … . In my opinion, aliens are … . It’s difficult to say because … . 3 3.8 qi96eq F L O R I D A A L A B A M A MARYLAND C A L I F O R N I A C O L O R A D O CONNECTICUT DELAWARE A R K A N S A S G E O R G I A I D A H O I O W A K A N S A S K E N T U C K Y LOUI S IANA M A I N E MASSACHUSETTS M I C H I G A N M I N N E S O T A MISSISSIPPI M I S S O U R I M O N T A N A N E B R A S K A N E V A D A NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY N E W Y O R K N O R T H C A R O L I N A N O R T H D A K O T A O H I O O K L A H O M A O R E G O N P E N N S Y L V A N I A RHODE ISLAND S O U T H C A R O L I N A S O U T H D A K O T A T E N N E S S E E T E X A S U T A H VERMONT V I R G I N I A WE S T V I RG I N I A W A S H I N G T O N WASHINGTON D.C. W I S C O N S I N W Y O M I N G I N D I A N A I L L I N O I S N E W M E X I C O A R I Z O N A C A N A D A M E X I C O C U B A In the summer of 1947, a rancher found something that he couldn’t identify. He found something that looked like a UFO in his sheep pasture outside Roswell, New Mexico, USA. Officials from the local Air Force base near Roswell told the farmer that it was a crashed weather balloon, but there were many people who believed it was the remains of an unidentified flying object. Almost 60 years after the story of this mysterious happening, the US military wrote a report saying that this event in Roswell had something to do with a top-secret atomic espionage project called Project Mogul. Still, many people think that the US government wasn’t telling the truth and that the UFO theory is true. Hundreds of curious people visit the town of Roswell and the crash site every single year. 32 6 Unit Aliens thirty-two Nur zu Prüfzwecken – E gentum des Verlags öbv
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