UFO Alert! eRead

What did Brazel do for a living?

• He was a military doctor.

• He was a sheep rancher.

• He drove a dump truck.

• He trained wild horses.

Some people thought the debris meant aliens .....

• were serving in the military.

• had crashed on Earth.

• could read our minds.

• wanted to steal sheep.

Project Mogul was an experiment to develop

• thin body armor.

• faster tanks.

• weather monitors.

• spy machines.

During the Roswell incident, government officials wanted information. They wanted to know which countries were

• expanding their borders.

• conducting nuclear tests.

• gathering large armies.

• borrowing money from banks.

The government wanted to know what would happen to pilots who

• fell from high altitudes.

• thought they saw aliens.

• did not drink enough water.

• breathed in gas fumes.

People saw soldiers carrying objects. What was suspicious about the objects?

• The objects leaked green fluids.

• The objects were the size of humans.

• The objects seemed to be moving.

• The objects smelled like rotten meat.

Scientists tried to use balloons to

• carry sound sensors.

• transport weapons.

• signal to planes.

• track wild animals.

What were the soldiers really carrying?

• cement sculptures

• crash-test dummies

• children’s toys

• research animals

What best describes the debris Brazel found?

• two halves of a flat wooden ball

• metal balls inside stone tubes

• rope wrapped around cement blocks

• paper, plastic, foil, and metal sticks

A rumor is a story that has not been proved to be true. What is an example of a rumor in this article?

• The debris was from an alien crash.

• The rancher called the authorities.

• The military collected the debris.

• The government explained what the debris was.