英语翻译UFOOrigin:1953ItisnocoincidencethatthefirstreportedsightingsofunidentifiedflyingobjectscameaftertherevelationsofthesecretmilitaryprojectsofWorldWarII.Americahasalwaysbeenalandofinvention,fromthecottong
英语翻译
UFO
Origin:1953
ItisnocoincidencethatthefirstreportedsightingsofunidentifiedflyingobjectscameaftertherevelationsofthesecretmilitaryprojectsofWorldWarII.Americahasalwaysbeenalandofinvention,fromthecottongintothetelephone,fromtheairplanetotheMotel(1925).Butwartimeinventionsraisedthestatusofourtechnologyfromawe-inspiringtomythic.Workingintotalsecrecywhilespendingbillionsofdollarsbuildingwholecitiesandmanufacturingplants,theManhattanProjectsucceededinextractingtheenergyoftheatomandbuildingadoomsdayweapon.WhatcouldnotbeaccomplishedbytheAmericanmilitaryworkinginsecret?Whatelsewasbeingaccomplished?
Thiswasthebackgroundforsightingsofpeculiarobjectsintheskies,beginninginJune1947,intheSouthwesterndesertareawhichhadsomanysecretmilitaryinstallations.Theobjectscouldbesomenewsuper-secretaircraftdevelopedbytheU.S.military.Orcouldtheyhavebeendevelopedbysomeothertechnologicallyadvancedbeings,perhapsfrombeyondtheEarthorthesolarsystem?Afterall,wenowknewthatthetechnologytopermitspacetravelwaspossible.Andtheseelusiveobjectstraveledfarfasterandmaneuveredfarmoreadroitlythanevenajetairplane.
Thereweremanyskeptics,however,whoconsideredtheobjectspieinthesky--ormoreexactly"flyingsaucers"(1947),sinceexcitedobservershaddescribedtheobjectsassaucer-shaped.Thenameflyingsaucerscaughton,makingseriousresearchdifficult.Asa1953bookFlyingSaucersHaveLandedcomplained,"eversincethecliché'flyingsaucer'wascoined,thegreatestandmostexcitingmysteryofouragehasbeenautomaticallyreducedtothelevelofamusichalljoke."
Thebelieverspreferredthesolemngovernmentdesignationunidentifiedflyingobject,firstusedin1950.Butthatwasalittleweightyforeverydayuse,soin1953theacronymUFOwascoinedtoreplaceit.Ithasdignifiedthepursuitoftheelusiveobjectseversince.Thosewhostudythemhavebeenknownatleastsince1959asufologists,andtheirfieldofstudyhasbeenufology.Butmostpeoplestillcouldn'tfindthealienspaceshipinthetailoftheHale-Boppcometof1997,andthesaucers--oops,UFOs--stillhaven'tlanded