跪求一篇有關於UFO的英語文章

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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’tlandedontheWhiteHouselawn。