国家地理:The Real Roswell 罗斯维尔飞碟

Jesse Marcel remains¹ convinced that there was one thing in the debris² that could only be extraterrestrial. He described small metal-like I-beams with hieroglyphic³ symbols.

The metal beam like our small miniaturized I-beam, and had these perplexed⁴ violet symbols on the inside edge of that. You know, that's something like, this is alien writing.

While Marcel Junior described as metal I-beams, his father remembered them as not being like metal: it looked more like wood. Such contradictions among eyewitnesses⁵ are widespread among the Roswell faithful. Other key witnesses also described very earthly debris of wooden sticks, tinfoil⁶, a tough paper and rubber strips. Scientists and skeptics alike find it hard to believe an alien spaceship would be constructed from such simple materials.

If you're gonna go from one star system to another, you need a craft that can go a fair fraction of the speed of light. It has to go ten, maybe 100,000 miles a second. Well, a craft like that is going to have to have enormous engines. It's just gonna be something that's gonna, you know, probably be the size of an ocean liner. This is not gonna be a little, you know, souped-up motorbike.

While the physical abilities of this material remain(s) in question, almost all the key witnesses made reference to seeing unusual markings. Jesse Marcel described seeing alien hieroglyphics⁷ on small metal I-beams.

I have to believe this was something from another civilization. I'm actually convinced of that.

The Marcels both think they saw alien hieroglyphics. But other witnesses testify to seeing nothing more than flower patterns. If the origin of these markings can be identified, it might solve the Roswell mystery once and for all.

Words

hieroglyphic : Hieroglyphics are symbols in the form of pictures, which are used in some writing systems, especially those of ancient Egypt. 象形文字(的)

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

3 hieroglyphic   

n.象形文字

参考例句：

• For centuries hieroglyphic word pictures painted on Egyptian ruins were a mystery.几世纪以来，刻划在埃及废墟中的象形文字一直是个谜。
• Dongba is an ancient hieroglyphic language.东巴文是中国一种古老的象形文字。

4 perplexed   

adj.不知所措的

参考例句：

• The farmer felt the cow,went away,returned,sorely perplexed,always afraid of being cheated.那农民摸摸那头牛，走了又回来，犹豫不决，总怕上当受骗。
• The child was perplexed by the intricate plot of the story.这孩子被那头绪纷繁的故事弄得迷惑不解。

5 eyewitnesses   

目击者( eyewitness的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The examination of all the eyewitnesses took a week. 对所有证人的质询用了一周的时间。
• Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face. 几位目击证人证明他们看见那几个警官打了米勒的脸。

6 tinfoil   

n.锡纸，锡箔

参考例句：

• You can wrap it up in tinfoil.你可以用锡箔纸裹住它。
• Drop by rounded tablespoon onto tinfoil.Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown.用大餐勺把刚刚搅拌好的糊糊盛到锡纸上，烘烤9至11分钟，直到变成金黄色。

7 hieroglyphics   

n.pl.象形文字

参考例句：

• Hieroglyphics are carved into the walls of the temple. 寺庙的墙壁上刻着象形文字。
• His writing is so bad it just looks like hieroglyphics to me. 他写的糟透了，对我来说就像天书一样。