Unidentified flying objects -- the phrase makes you smile, doesn't it? 不明飛行物──這名詞會讓你覺得想笑，不是嗎？
Well, to some people they are real travelers from the great beyond. To others, they're just a joke. 對某些人而言，不明飛行物是真正存在於宇宙中的旅行家。對其他人而言，不明飛行物不過是個笑話罷了。
Now, a panel of former pilots and government officials is calling on the U.S. to investigate the possibilities. 如今，有一群前飛行員和政府官員組成的專案小組呼籲美國針對這件事的可能性進行調查。
Gary Tuchman has a look. 蓋瑞‧圖奇曼的報導。
If you flew on Air France from Nice to London on January 28, 1994, 如果你在一九九四年一月二十八日搭乘法國航空公司的班機由尼斯飛往倫敦，
your captain says he saw a UFO 1,000 feet long just outside your window. 那麼你的機長會說他看到你的窗外有一架長一千英尺的不明飛行物。
It seemed to be a huge flying disk. 看起來像是一架巨型的飛碟。
The now retired pilot is one of 14 men, 包括這位已退休的機長有十四個人，
mainly former government and military officials from seven different countries, 多半是來自七個國家的前政府和軍方官員，
talking about their UFO experiences. 說過他們個人的不明飛行物經歷。
This conference took place in Washington, and the cast of characters was almost strangely, well, conventional. 這場會議在華府舉行，奇怪的是，與會的人物幾乎清一色是一般人，
One of the believers -- former Governor of Arizona Fife Symington. 其中一位是前亞利桑納州州長費佛塞明頓。
The so-called Phoenix lights were seen by many people in 1997. 許多人在一九九七年目睹了所謂的鳳凰城光點。
Skeptics say they were military aircraft or flares, but not the former governor. 對此抱持懷疑的人說，那些是軍用飛機或閃光信號，但這位前州長卻不這麼認為。
It was probably some form of an alien spacecraft. 那可能是某種形式的外星飛船。
Lots of agreement on this panel. 這個專案小組的看法相當一致。
This retired Iranian air force pilot said he saw a UFO while flying. 這位退休的伊朗空軍飛行員說，他在飛行途中目睹了一架不明飛行物。
General Parviz Jafari says he tried to fire a missile, but much of his plane became inoperative. 帕維賈法瑞將軍說，他試圖發射一枚飛彈，但是他的座機大部分都已經失靈。
All the instrument[s] were fluctuating. The radio had garbled. Even, I couldn't have communication with my pilot in my back seat, who was operating the radar. 所有儀器都在跳動。無線電一片雜訊，我無法和後座負責操作雷達的駕駛通話。
So, your -- so, none of your equipment worked. Your missiles didn't work. 所以你……你的設備都失效了。
Do you think it's because this was an alien from another world? 你的飛彈失靈了。你認為這是一個外星來的物體造成的？
Oh, yes. Yeah. (You're sure of that?) Yeah, I'm sure. 是的。(你確定嗎？)對，我確定。
This retired U.S. Air Force sergeant stationed in England said he walked up to a UFO that landed in a forest. 這名曾駐紮在英格蘭，現已退休的美國空軍中士表示，他曾經走上一架降落在森林裡的飛碟。
It maneuvered through the trees and shot off at an unbelievable rate of speed. 它巧妙地在樹林間穿梭，然後以難以置信的速度飛快離去。
A man running for president just said he saw a UFO. 有位正在競選總統的人才剛說他看見過不明飛行物。
I did. And the rest of the account -- it was [an] unidentified flying object. 我看過不明飛行物，終歸一句，那是一架不明飛行物。
And so did a man who was president. 還有一位曾經當過總統的人也這麼說。
I and about 25 others saw something in the air that changed colors and was round... 我和其他大約二十五個人看到天空中有個東西，它會改變顏色，外型是圓的。
Although Jimmy Carter says he doesn't think it was from another planet, 雖然卡特說他不認為那東西是從另一個星球而來，
most of these people differ on that point and want the FAA to investigate all these claims. 但這些人大多不同意，並要求美國聯邦航空總署調查這些的說法。
But the FAA says that's not its job. 但是聯邦航空總署表示，這並非其職責所在。
"We manage the aircraft that we're talking to. 「我們管理的是可以溝通的飛行器，
UFOs are called UFOs because they're unidentified and we're not talking to them." 不明飛行物之所以被稱為不明飛行物，就是因為他們的身份不明，而我們不會跟他們溝通。」
And it's precisely because no one's talking that everybody here is trying harder to make them believe. 正是因為沒人在負責與不明飛行物溝通，所以在座的每一個人才會更努力地要讓他們相信。