Read the text again and answer these comprehension questions.
1. What shape was the mysterious flying object? 2. What did the captain tell the aviation authorities he did? 3. Did the investigation discover what the flying object was? 4. In which direction did the captain say the object was travelling? 5. According to the report what did the captain expect to happen and what actually happened? 6. Did the UK Airbox Board find what was responsible for the near miss? 7. What did the UK Ministry of Defence do in 2009? 8. How often are UFOs seen by the National Air Traffic Control Services in the UK? 9. Why does Dr Clarke think this report is special? 10. What's Chris Yates' opinion about the sighting? |
1. What shape was the mysterious flying object? It was rugby ball shaped.
2. What did the captain tell the aviation authorities he did? He ducked to avoid the object. 3. Did the investigation discover what the flying object was? No, they were unable to establish the identity of the 'mysterious craft'. 4. In which direction did the captain say the object was travelling? He said it was travelling directly towards his airplane. 5. According to the report what did the captain expected to happen and what actually happened? The captain was expecting the object to hit the plane but instead it passed “within a few feet”. 6. Did the UK Airbox Board find what was responsible for the near miss? No, they were not able trace the object. 7. What did the UK Ministry of Defence do in 2009? It closed its UFO desk and its hotline for reporting UFO sightings. 8. How often are UFOs seen by the National Air Traffic Control Services in the UK? About once a month. 9. Why does Dr Clarke think this report is special? He thinks it's special because he believes the pilot wouldn't have reported the sighting if it hadn't seen it. 10. What's Chris Yates opinion about the sighting? He thinks that they'll probably find a different explanation to the sighting and it wasn't a UFO. |
Think about another mysterious story you've heard from the news or somebody has told you.
Explain where it happened and who witnessed it. Then try to give suggestions to explain what you think might have happened. When we guess about the past, we often use modals of speculation: He must have imagined the UFO. It might have been another airplane. The pilot could have been tired. He may have had to much to drink before flying. It can't have been true. |
Use:
must/might/could/may/can't + verb 3 (the past participle) to talk about possible reasons in the past |