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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Green aliens, UFOs said to visit／綠色外星人跟幽浮 據說來訪過
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Aliens from outer space have been visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film Close Encounters was released in 1977, according to secret files collating reports by members of the public.
外太空的外星人好多年來一直造訪英國，幽浮目擊案例在電影「第三類接觸」1977年上映後倍增，根據彙整民眾報告的機密檔案顯示。
The alien craft come in all shapes, sizes and colors but their occupants are uniformly green, the Ministry of Defence files show.
外星人的太空船有各種外型、大小及顏色，但外星人一律都是綠色的，國防部檔案顯示。
The archives are the first batch of a four-year release programme of all the ministry’s UFO files from 1978 to the present day.
這次（公開的）檔案是4年公布計畫的第一批，全部內容將包括國防部自1978年到現在的所有幽浮檔案。
The ministry dismisses 90 percent of the reports as having mundane explanations and leave 10 percent with a question mark and the assurance they are no defence threat.
國防部將其中90%列為可由常識解釋，10%無法確定，但肯定不具國安威脅。
A 1983 report from a 78-year-old out fishing at midnight tells of following aliens in green overalls on to a spaceship and then being told to go away because he was too old and decrepit for their purposes.
1983年半夜出門釣魚的78歲老者說，他跟著全身綠綠的外星人進到1艘太空船，但卻因為他年紀太大、太衰老，不合他們的目標而被他們趕了回來。
Two years later, a typewritten letter to the ministry tells of an alien spaceship being shot down in the river Mersey in northern England by another spacecraft and of the author developing a warm friendship with an alien called Algar.
2年後，寄到國防部的打字信件陳述，1艘外星太空船在英格蘭北部的默西河遭到另1艘太空船擊落，而寄信人與1名叫阿格爾的外星人建立了溫馨友情。
新聞辭典
UFO：unidentified flying object，原意為無法確認的（不明）飛行物體，一般音譯為幽浮。
collate：動詞，整理。名詞，collation，校對。
decrepit：形容詞，衰老的、東倒西歪的、破舊的。decrepit chair／room，老舊不堪的椅子／房間。
