【8月30日】看軍聞學英語
■泰戈爾
原文：
The U.S. government has released 162 declassified videos, pictures, and documents regarding so-called unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), which are also still commonly referred to as unidentified flying objects (UFO). The records span in date from the 1940s to the 2020s, come from multiple agencies, and include materials related to claimed UAP sightings at home, abroad, and even on the surface of the moon.
American authorities say this is just the first batch of records to be shared as part of a new push for “total transparency” on this topic, which has long been a source of controversy and criticism. National security concerns have been increasingly raised about UAP sightings, many of which have been determined to be drones or balloons. The very real and worrisome prospect that adversary intelligence-gathering and other malign activities have become muddled with the matter of UAPs is something TWZ has been sounding the alarm on for years now.
"Today, the Department of War [DOW] announced the initial release of new, never-before-seen files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE)," the Pentagon said in a press release. "This interagency effort includes The White House, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Energy (DOE), the DOW’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and additional components of U.S. intelligence agencies."
中譯：
美國政府已釋出162份關於所謂「不明空中現象」，亦即俗稱「不明飛行物」的解密影片、照片與文件。這些紀錄的時間從1940年代到2020年代，來源涵蓋多個機構，內容涉及在國內、國外甚至是月球表面的不明異常現象目擊事件。
美國當局表示，這只是推動該議題「全面透明化」計畫的第一批紀錄，該話題長期以來一直是爭論與批評的焦點。關於不明空中現象目擊事件的國家安全疑慮日益增加，其中許多已被證實為無人機或氣球。一個真實且令人擔憂的可能性是：敵對勢力的情報蒐集及其他惡意活動，已與不明異常現象問題混為一談，這正是《戰區》（TWZ）多年來一直發出警訊的焦點。
五角大廈在新聞稿中表示：「今日，戰爭部宣布初步釋出關於『不明異常現象』的新檔案，這是作為『針對不明異常現象總統解封與報告系統』計畫的一部分。這項跨部會合作包括白宮、國家情報總監辦公室、能源部、戰爭部的全領域異常解決辦公室、國家航空暨太空總署、聯邦調查局以及美國情報體系的其他部門。」
-關鍵軍語-
※declassified：解密的
※intelligence-gathering：情報蒐集