UFO- Skills Test

UFO- Skills Test

By Nikko Katano

a. Many credible accounts of UFO sightings have emerged over the last several decades.

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b. ​There is scientific data to prove that UFOs are real, and the government agrees.

HINT: Main idea is what the WHOLE thing was about.

Which statement below is the main idea of this article?​

​Discuss with your group

Multiple Choice

Which statement below is the main idea of this article?

• Many credible accounts of UFO sightings have emerged over the last several decades.

• There is scientific data to prove that UFOs are real, and the government agrees.

a. by questioning the large amount of money dedicated to UFO research.

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b. ​ by reporting that the government launched a full investigation in the 2004 sighting

HINT: look in the first paragraph

​How does the author support the claim that the U.S. government may believe in UFOs?

​Discuss with your group

Multiple Choice

How does the author support the claim that the U.S. government may believe in UFOs?

• by reporting that the government launched a full investigation in the 2004 sighting

• by questioning the large amount of money dedicated to UFO research

a. "Why would the government spend such a large amount of money on this type of research?"

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b. ​ "It was called the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program (AATIP)."

HINT: Intro section- Paragraph two

​Which piece of text evidence from the article best supports your answer to the above question?

​Discuss with your group

Multiple Choice

Which piece of text evidence from the article best supports your answer to the above question?

• "Why would the government spend such a large amount of money on this type of research?"

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• "It was called the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program (AATIP)."

a. "Hundreds described the same shape and having "soft, glowing, bluish lights."

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b. "​Witnesses claimed that the objects were flying too fast to be birds."

HINT: Lubbock, Texas

​Which piece of text evidence discredits Project Blue book's claim that the UFOs were just birds reflecting the street lamp lights?

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Multiple Choice

​Which piece of text evidence discredits Project Blue book's claim that the UFOs were just birds reflecting the street lamp lights?

• "Hundreds described the same shape and having "soft, glowing, bluish lights."

• "​Witnesses claimed that the objects were flying too fast to be birds."

a. An air tracking station was able to locate an object in an area of a sighting, but could not determine what kind of aircraft it was.

​b. Immediately, two Air Force F-16s were sent to locate the unidentified object.

HINT: Belguim

​Which statement below supports the police officers' claims that they did see something in Belgium on November 29, 1989?

​Discuss with your group

Multiple Choice

​Which statement below supports the police officers' claims that they did see something in Belgium on November 29, 1989?

• Immediately, two Air Force F-16s were sent to locate the unidentified object.

• An air tracking station was able to locate an object in an area of a sighting, but could not determine what kind of aircraft it was.

a. A formal investigation was launched into the UFO sighting off the California coast.

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​b. The U.S. government had kept information about UFO sightings secret.

HINT: California Coast

Which claim is made in the subsection California Coast?​

​Discuss with your group

Multiple Choice

Which claim is made in the subsection California Coast?​

• The U.S. government had kept information about UFO sightings secret.

• A formal investigation was launched into the UFO sighting off the California coast.