A UFO SIGHTED IN KANSAS

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A UFO SIGHTED IN KANSAS
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A UFO SIGHTED IN KANSAS

• One November night in 1971, sixteen-year-old
  Ronald Johnson saw a UFO on his parent's farm
  near Delphos, Kansas. Standing outside, Ronald
  heard a strange, rumbling sound and saw a bright
  mushroom-shaped object suspended in midair a few
  feet off the ground. The glow underneath it grew
  brighter and the sound turned to a high-pitched
  whine as the object lifted up and sped away.

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CONTD

• Ronald called his parents who ran out to see a
  bright light disappearing in the sky. The trees
  all around were glowing and the ground where the
  object had been sighted was marked with a glowing
  gray-white circle over eight feet in diameter.
  When Ronald and his mother touched the soil
  there, their fingers became numb.

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CONTD

• The circle lost its glow but the mark stayed on
  the ground for several months. Nothing would grow
  there but a few mushrooms. Was the ring made by
  hot exhaust gases from an alien craft?

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QUESTIONS

• 1. The main idea of the story is
• a. a UFO may have visited the Johnson farm and
  left a strange circle.
• b. a UFO can be very bright and noisy.
• c. a UFO made trees glow.

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QUESTIONS

• 2. When Ronald and his mother touched the ground
  where the UFO had been sighted,
• a. their fingers began to glow.
• b. their fingers were burned.
• c. their fingers became numb.

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QUESTIONS

• 3. What happened to the circle left by the UFO?
• a. It disappeared quickly.
• b. It remained for several months.
• c. It caught on fire.

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QUESTIONS

• 4. If a UFO flew over your garden, it would
  probably
• a. land because aliens like vegetables.
• b. make the plants grow faster.
• c. kill the plants.