今年9月（ 1992年） ，英國(guó)飛碟研究協(xié)會(huì)（ BUFORA ）慶祝成立30周年。 With this in mind, now might be a good opportunity to review British UFOlogy today.考慮到這一點(diǎn)，現(xiàn)在可能是一個(gè)很好的機(jī)會(huì)，審查英國(guó)飛碟學(xué)今天。 As my primary involvement has been with BUFORA and with the Northamptonshire UFO Research Centre my comments may be biased towards these two organisations.正如我國(guó)主要參與了與BUFORA和北安普敦郡不明飛行物研究中心我的意見(jiàn)可能會(huì)偏向于這兩個(gè)組織。

　　UFO ACTIVITY不明飛行物活動(dòng)

　　The UK has experienced a number of UFO flaps, with fairly major flaps in 1967 and 1977.英國(guó)經(jīng)歷了一些不明飛行物襟翼，公平主要皮瓣在1967年和1977年。 The number of members of BUFORA and possibly other UFO organisations rises and falls with the number of reports.成員數(shù)目的BUFORA及其他可能飛碟團(tuán)體上升和下降的數(shù)量的報(bào)告。 In the late 1960s BUFORA membership approached 1000.在上世紀(jì)60年代末BUFORA成員接近1000人。 In the 1970s it fell to around 500, being boosted towards the end of the 70s to around 800.在上世紀(jì)70年代下降到大約500個(gè)，正在推動(dòng)在接近年底時(shí)的70到800左右。 In the early 1980s membership of many organisations fell drastically, BUFORA fell to only 270 members.在1980年代初期的許多組織成員急劇下降， BUFORA下降到只有270個(gè)成員。

　　In the early days of BUFORA two to three hundred reports were recorded each year.在初期BUFORA 2點(diǎn)58分錄得數(shù)百報(bào)告每年。 In more recent years the level of reports has fallen to around seventy per year.在最近幾年的報(bào)告的水平已經(jīng)下降到約70美元。 Whilst there has been some fall off in UFO activity, the fall has not been as drastic as it appears at first sight.雖然有一些脫落的不明飛行物活動(dòng)，屬于尚未激烈如似乎一見(jiàn)鐘情。

　　Currently the case reports recorded represent properly investigated cases, where an experienced investigator has attempted to interview the witnesses and has carried out additional followup.目前的情況報(bào)告記錄適當(dāng)調(diào)查的情況下，如果有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的調(diào)查人員一直試圖采訪證人并進(jìn)行了額外的隨訪。 In earlier years many cases were recorded which consisted of little more than an initial press report or letter from a witness.前幾年在許多情況下錄其中包括多一點(diǎn)，最初的新聞報(bào)道或信證人。 Many of the British groups have made great efforts over the past ten or so years to improve standards.許多英國(guó)團(tuán)體已作出了巨大努力，在過(guò)去十幾年來(lái)改善標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

　　Over the past few months there have been numerous reports of cigar and bright saucer shaped craft.在過(guò)去幾個(gè)月中有許多報(bào)告的雪茄和光明的飛碟形飛行器。 This flap appears to have been caused by a small fleet of airships newly imported by an advertising agency.此皮瓣似乎已經(jīng)造成的一個(gè)小艦隊(duì)的飛艇新進(jìn)口的廣告代理。 These have been used with illuminated signs at night over several British cities.利用這些有照明的標(biāo)志，晚上幾個(gè)英國(guó)城市。 Although we have had a small number of reports of triangular UFOs, the UK did not benefit from the major wave of sightings which occurred over Belgium during 1990/1991.雖然我們已經(jīng)形成了一個(gè)小型的報(bào)告數(shù)量三角幽浮，英國(guó)并未受益于主要波目擊這期間發(fā)生了比利時(shí)1990/1991 。

　　In recent years there have been very few reports of abduction type phenomena from the UK.在最近幾年出現(xiàn)了極少數(shù)報(bào)告綁架型現(xiàn)象來(lái)自英國(guó)。 One particular case which springs to mind is known as the Aveley case, which concerns a family who had an abduction experience near Hornchurch in Essex during October 1974.一個(gè)特別的案例，以銘記這泉水被稱為Aveley案件，其中涉及家庭誰(shuí)綁架了經(jīng)驗(yàn)附近Hornchurch在埃塞克斯在1974年10月。

　　A growth area in recent years has been the study of crop field circles.一個(gè)增長(zhǎng)領(lǐng)域在最近幾年一直在研究的農(nóng)田圓圈。 BUFORA has been involved in the study of crop circles since 1980, when one of our investigators, Ian Mrzygold, followed up an article in a local newspaper about 'UFO landing sites'. BUFORA一直參與研究的麥田怪圈自1980年以來(lái)，當(dāng)我們的調(diào)查員，伊恩Mrzygold ，后續(xù)的文章在當(dāng)?shù)匾患覉?bào)紙上關(guān)于'不明飛行物著陸地點(diǎn)。 He set out to find the true cause of these.他開(kāi)始尋找真正的原因，這些。 Incidentally, one of the people he approached for advice was a local meteorological consultant Dr Terence Meaden.順便說(shuō)一句，一個(gè)人走近他的意見(jiàn)是當(dāng)?shù)貧庀箢檰?wèn)醫(yī)生特倫斯Meaden 。 Meaden later developed the Vortex theory of circles formation. Meaden后來(lái)發(fā)展了渦理論界形成。 Crop Circles research seems to be going through the same kind of antagonism and in-fighting that mainstream UFO research did during the 1960s and 1970s.麥田怪圈的研究似乎是經(jīng)歷了同樣的對(duì)立和斗爭(zhēng)的主流不明飛行物的研究并在60年代和70年代。

　　UFO ORGANISATIONS飛碟團(tuán)體

　　BUFORA was formed in 1962 as the British UFO Association, adding the word Research to its title in 1964. BUFORA成立于1962年作為英國(guó)不明飛行物協(xié)會(huì)，后面加上研究其名稱于1964年。 It was a federation of eight of the regional UFO groups from throughout the UK.這是一個(gè)聯(lián)邦的八個(gè)區(qū)域飛碟團(tuán)體整個(gè)英國(guó)。 These included the British Flying Saucer Bureau (BFSB), Direct Investigation Group on Aerial Phenomena (DIGAP) and the London UFO Research Organisation (LUFORA).其中包括英國(guó)飛碟局（ BFSB ） ，直接調(diào)查組的大氣現(xiàn)象（ DIGAP ）和倫敦不明飛行物研究組織（ LUFORA ） 。 Both BFSB and DIGAP still exist as independent groups.這兩個(gè)BFSB和DIGAP仍然存在作為獨(dú)立的團(tuán)體。 The other organisations merged their identities into BUFORA.其他機(jī)構(gòu)合并到BUFORA他們的身份。 BFSB is thought to be the oldest of the British UFO Groups having been formed in 1953. BFSB被認(rèn)為是最古老的英國(guó)飛碟團(tuán)體已成立于1953年。 At the time of the formation of the federation LUFORA was the largest of the British groups.當(dāng)時(shí)成立的聯(lián)邦LUFORA是英國(guó)最大的群體。

　　At the time of writing BUFORA has about 400 members mainly spread throughout the United Kingdom.在撰寫(xiě)本報(bào)告時(shí)BUFORA有大約400名成員，主要散布在整個(gè)英國(guó)。 BUFORA has recently sanctioned the formation of a branch in Ireland, our first branch outside the UK. BUFORA最近已批準(zhǔn)成立的一個(gè)分支，在愛(ài)爾蘭，我們的第一支英國(guó)以外的地區(qū)。 Approximately 10 percent of BUFORA's members are distributed around the rest of the world.大約有百分之十的BUFORA的成員分布在世界其他地區(qū)。 Over the years BUFORA has tried to promote objective Research and Investigation.多年來(lái)BUFORA一直致力于推動(dòng)客觀的研究和調(diào)查。 BUFORA is the UK representative of the International Committee for UFO Research. BUFORA是英國(guó)國(guó)際委員會(huì)代表的不明飛行物研究。

　　In addition to BUFORA there are a number of other groups in Britain.除了BUFORA有一些其他群體在英國(guó)。 The other major national organisation is Contact UK, which is based in Oxfordshire.其他主要國(guó)家機(jī)構(gòu)是英國(guó)的聯(lián)系，這是總部設(shè)在牛津。 In common with many groups Contact now has a smaller membership than in the 1970s and early 1980s, but it still active and organises regular conferences in Oxford.同許多團(tuán)體聯(lián)系現(xiàn)在有一個(gè)較小的會(huì)員國(guó)比1970年代和80年代初，但仍積極和定期舉辦會(huì)議在牛津。 A relative new member of the band of national organisations is ASSAP, the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena.相對(duì)新成員帶國(guó)家組織是ASSAP的科學(xué)研究協(xié)會(huì)的異�，F(xiàn)象。 ASSAP has a broader spectrum of interests than just UFOs, taking in many other paranormal events. ASSAP了更廣泛的利益不僅僅是不明飛行物，并考慮在其他許多超自然事件。

　　All of these national networks have their own investigation teams.所有這些國(guó)家的網(wǎng)絡(luò)有自己的調(diào)查小組。 There is a great deal of co-operation between the organisations, often an investigator for one organisation will cover a case originally reported to another organisation and the results will be shared.有大量的合作關(guān)系的組織，往往是一個(gè)組織的調(diào)查將涉及此案的另一個(gè)原先報(bào)告的組織，其結(jié)果將共享。 In a number of instances the area investigator for one national organisation is also an investigator for one of the other national or regional groups.在一些情況下該地區(qū)調(diào)查的一個(gè)國(guó)家組織也是一個(gè)調(diào)查員之一，其他國(guó)家或區(qū)域集團(tuán)。

　　There are maybe two dozen reasonably large regional groups and probably many more smaller local groups.有24個(gè)合理的可能大區(qū)域集團(tuán)，可能還有更多更小的地方團(tuán)體。 The larger groups include BFSB (Avon area), DIGAP (Cheshire), EMUFORA (Nottinghamshire), FUFOIG (Fylde Coast), IUN (Yorkshire), LUFOIC (Leicestershire), MUFORA (Manchester), NLUFOIG (Cumbria), NUFORC (Northamptonshire), PARASEARCH (West Midlands), SKYSCAN (Staffordshire), SPI (West Scotland), SRUFO (East Scotland), SSPR (Derbyshire) and YUFOS (Yorkshire).較大的群體包括BFSB （雅芳領(lǐng)域） ， DIGAP （養(yǎng)） ， EMUFORA （諾丁漢） ， FUFOIG （菲爾德海岸） ， IUN （約克郡） ， LUFOIC （萊斯特） ， MUFORA （曼聯(lián)） ， NLUFOIG （坎布里亞） ， NUFORC （北） ， PARASEARCH （西米德蘭茲） ， SKYSCAN （斯塔�？ぃ┘癝PI （西蘇格蘭） ， SRUFO （東蘇格蘭） ， SSPR （德比郡）和YUFOS （約克郡） 。

　　PUBLICATIONS出版物

　　Apart from BUFORA's UFO TIMES there are a wide variety of UFO orientated publications.除了BUFORA的不明飛行物有時(shí)各種各樣的不明飛行物導(dǎo)向出版物。 The UFO Times is an A4 magazine produced six times per year.不明飛行物時(shí)報(bào)雜志制作一張A4的6倍以上。 It is edited by Mike Wootten.這是編輯的邁克伍登。 The UFO Newsfile is an extract of newsclippings and is published six times per year by Michael Hudson on behalf of BUFORA.不明飛行物Newsfile是一個(gè)提取newsclippings和出版6期，每年邁克爾赫德森代表BUFORA 。

　　Any discussion of other British UFO publications must start with discussion of the Flying Saucer Review (FSR).任何討論的其他英國(guó)不明飛行物出版物必須首先討論飛碟審查（ FSR ） 。 FSR was first published in 1955 and for many years was the world leader amongst UFO journals. FSR是首次出版于1955年，多年來(lái)處于世界領(lǐng)先地位的雜志之一不明飛行物。 The current editor of FSR is Gordon Creighton, who is also a former President of BUFORA.目前編輯FSR是戈登克萊頓，誰(shuí)也是前總統(tǒng)BUFORA 。 In recent years FSR has increased its format size to British A4 size.近年來(lái)FSR增加了格式大小英國(guó)A4大小。 Formerly published six times per year, it has now moved to a four issue per year schedule.以前出版的6倍，每年它現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)轉(zhuǎn)移到四個(gè)問(wèn)題，每年安排。

　　There are a number of other publications, space limitations mean that only the major ones can be mentioned here.有一些其他出版物，空間的限制意味著，只有主要的可以在這里提及。 UFO Brigantia is an A4 publication produced four times per year by the Independent UFO Network.不明飛行物Brigantia是制作一張A4出版的4倍，每年由獨(dú)立不明飛行物網(wǎng)絡(luò)。 It is a mixture of case reports, reviews and theoretical articles.它是一種混合的情況報(bào)告，審查和理論文章。 Current editor is Andy Roberts.當(dāng)前的編輯器是安迪羅伯茨。

　　NUFON News is published by Jenny Randles. NUFON新聞出版珍妮Randles 。 It is an A5 publication, 16 pages, six issues per year.這是一個(gè)第5條出版物， 16頁(yè)，每年6個(gè)問(wèn)題。 The content is approximately 50 per cent case summaries.內(nèi)容大約是百分之五十情況摘要。 The rest of the material includes book reviews and news items.其余的材料包括書(shū)評(píng)和新聞。 A recent addition is the UFO Debate.最近除了是不明飛行物辯論。 This is an A5 magazine published six times per year by David Barclay.這是第5條雜志的6倍，每年由David巴克萊。 Recently David has passed the editorship to Robert Moore.最近大衛(wèi)已通過(guò)編輯羅伯特摩爾。 The mix of material is similar to UFO Brigantia, but the style less sceptical.混合材料類似不明飛行物Brigantia ，但風(fēng)格不太懷疑。

　　Although not strictly a UFO magazine, special mention should be made of the Fortean Times, which does carry some UFO orientated material.雖然不是一個(gè)嚴(yán)格意義上不明飛行物雜志，應(yīng)當(dāng)特別提到的Fortean時(shí)代，它進(jìn)行一些不明飛行物導(dǎo)向材料。 They have recently entered into a marketing arrangement with a national periodical publisher.他們最近簽訂了營(yíng)銷協(xié)議，在全國(guó)期刊出版商。 This has placed the Fortean Times on many newsstands around the country.這已經(jīng)把Fortean時(shí)報(bào)在許多雜志在全國(guó)各地。 The initial reports seem to be that FT has been well received and sales good.初次報(bào)告似乎是說(shuō)，金融時(shí)報(bào)受到好評(píng)，銷售良好。

　　There are a number of publications which specialise in crop circles phenomena, however these are outside the scope of the current article.有許多出版物專注于麥田怪圈現(xiàn)象，但是這些范圍以外的現(xiàn)行規(guī)定。

　　THEORIES理論

　　The general impression in the UK is that most North American researchers are firmly convinced that the extra-terrestrial explanation is the only solution to the UFO phenomena.一般印象中的英國(guó)，大多數(shù)北美研究人員堅(jiān)信，外星人解釋是唯一的解決辦法的不明飛行物現(xiàn)象。 (Of course, this may be the wrong impression, but that is how it comes across.) （當(dāng)然，這可能是錯(cuò)誤的印象，但是這是如何遇到。 ）

　　In the UK researchers have a wide spread on interests.研究人員在英國(guó)有一個(gè)廣泛的利益。 There are still researchers interested in the ETH, but they are less prominent.還有研究人員感興趣的是聯(lián)邦，但他們不那么突出。 We also have various groups of people interested in psychic explanations, UFOs as rare atmospheric phenomena, parallels between folklore and UFOs, and psychological explanations of UFO events.我們也有不同群體的人群中，心理的解釋，飛碟稀有的大氣現(xiàn)象，相似之處民俗和飛碟，和心理解釋不明飛行物事件。 A number of British UFOlogist are also involved in the study of Crop Circles.一些英國(guó)UFOlogist也參與了研究的麥田怪圈。

　　Like UFO theories, there are many different theories put forward to explain crop circles.像飛碟的理論，有許多不同的理論提出了解釋麥田怪圈。 These range from Meaden's Vortex Theory, through all circles are hoaxes to circles are caused by some mysterious intelligence.這些范圍從Meaden的渦理論，通過(guò)各界人士的惡作劇，以引起的一些神秘的情報(bào)。 Each theory has its own group of supporters and this is a great source of rivalry between researchers.每個(gè)理論都有自己的一群支持者，這是一個(gè)巨大的研究人員之間的對(duì)立。

　　CONCLUSION結(jié)論

　　In this short article it has only been possible to provide a brief overview of British UFOlogy.在這么短的文章，只有能夠提供一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的概述英國(guó)飛碟學(xué)。 Hopefully it has shown that we are still alive, fairly active and working on all fronts.希望這表明，我們還活著，相當(dāng)活躍和工作在各條戰(zhàn)線上。