[BBC] Mystery flying objects

What exactly did navy pilots see in 2004? Were they UFOs?

링크

Vocabulary

UAP an acronym for unidentified anomalous phenomena; alien or UFO

• acronym : 앞머리를 딴 말
• anomalous : 이레적인, 변칙의
• phenomena : phenomenon 의 복수형 -> 현상

flying saucer a disc-shaped craft supposedly flown by aliens

• supposedly : 추정상의
• saucer : 접시모양의 물건

integrity being honest in what you say and having moral principles

• integrity : 진실성, 완전한 상태
• moral principles : 도의

personal testimony a story or statement of evidence supported by a person and what they saw, rather than external evidence or hard facts

• testimony : 증언

get a handle on understand and then be able to deal with

• get a handle on : ~을 조작하다, ~을 이해하다, ~을 관리(지도)하다

extra-terrestrial from outside Earth; used to describe aliens

• 지구밖의 -> E.T

In Talk

Beth
Taking a more scientific approach to what the pilots saw, the Tic Tac videos were examined by a panel put together by NASA. Here’s Adam again discussing the findings on BBC World Service programme, The Inquiry:

• Inquiry : 연구, 탐구, 조사, 취조, 심리