UFOs Selection Test

What is the main purpose of the passage?

• To inform readers about different UFO sightings

• To convince readers that UFOs are real

• To explain why the government hides UFO investigations

• To entertain readers with fictional UFO stories

Why might the author include the details in the introduction about government investigations like Project Sign?

• To show that the government sometimes investigates unusual events

• To prove that all UFO sightings are real

• To explain why scientists think UFOs are dangerous

• To show that UFOs only appear in certain places

The author’s use of questions such as “Are we not alone?” in paragraph 2 serves to -

• Challenge readers to come to their own conclusions

• Explain why UFO investigations are necessary

• Provide factual evidence supporting UFO existence

• Convince readers that UFO sightings are hoaxes

This question has two parts. Answer Part A, then answer Part B.

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

• by giving several examples of open cases by the U.S. government

• by giving quotes from government officials on specific UFO sightings

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

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

Part B: 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?

• The following are actual reports of UFO sightings in history.

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

• In 1948, the government had also funded a UFO investigation called Project Sign.

How did the witnesses in Lubbock, Texas, react to the UFO sightings?

• They dismissed it as a natural occurrence.

• They documented the event over several weeks.

• They immediately called the Air Force.

• They assumed the lights were from street lamps.

Which piece of text evidence proves Project Blue book’s claim that the UFOs were just birds reflecting the street lamp lights is untrue?

• The professors even tracked the lights over the following weeks during twelve additional sightings.

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

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

• Soon, dozens of reports came in across the area.

What can the reader infer about the F-16 pilots’ experience with the UFO in the section Belgium?

• The pilots easily caught up to the UFO.

• The UFO was able to move faster than the planes.

• The pilots could not see anything in the sky.

• The UFO was traveling very slowly.

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What is one reason skeptics doubt the sightings in Belgium?

• The UFOs flew at impossible speeds.

• The reports came from unreliable witnesses.

• Many people claimed to see the UFO due to rumors.

• The object was not tracked on radar.

Why was the Navy Pilot Commander David Fravor's sighting significant? Choose TWO answer choices.

• He was the only one who had ever seen a UFO.

• His sighting was recorded on video.

• It provided strong evidence for UFOs due to its specific details and credible sources.

• The sighting was immediately explained by the Navy.