今年9月（ 1992年） ，英國飛碟研究協會（ 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，現在可能是一個很好的機會，審查英國飛碟學今天。 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可能會偏向于這兩個組織。

　　UFO ACTIVITY不明飛行物活動

　　The UK has experienced a number of UFO flaps, with fairly major flaps in 1967 and 1977.英國經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.成員數目的BUFORA及其他可能飛碟團體上升和下降的數量的報告。 In the late 1960s BUFORA membership approached 1000.在上世紀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70年代下降到大約500個，正在推動在接近年底時的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個成員。

　　In the early days of BUFORA two to three hundred reports were recorded each year.在初期BUFORA 2點58分錄得數百報告每年。 In more recent years the level of reports has fallen to around seventy per year.在最近幾年的報告的水平已經下降到約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，屬于尚未激烈如似乎一見鐘情。

　　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.目前的情況報告記錄適當調查的情況下，如果有經驗的調查人員一直試圖采訪證人并進行了額外的隨訪。 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，最初的新聞報道或信證人。 Many of the British groups have made great efforts over the past ten or so years to improve standards.許多英國團體已作出了巨大努力，在過去十幾年來改善標準。

　　Over the past few months there have been numerous reports of cigar and bright saucer shaped craft.在過去幾個月中有許多報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.此皮瓣似乎已經造成的一個小艦隊的飛艇新進口的廣告代理。 These have been used with illuminated signs at night over several British cities.利用這些有照明的標志，晚上幾個英國城市。 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.雖然我們已經形成了一個小型的報告數量三角幽浮，英國并未受益于主要波目擊這期間發生了比利時1990/1991 。

　　In recent years there have been very few reports of abduction type phenomena from the UK.在最近幾年出現了極少數報告綁架型現象來自英國。 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 1974.一個特別的案例，以銘記這泉水被稱為Aveley案件，其中涉及家庭誰綁架了經驗附近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.一個增長領域在最近幾年一直在研究的農田圓圈。 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，當我們的調查員，伊恩Mrzygold ，后續的文章在當地一家報紙上關于'不明飛行物著陸地點。 He set out to find the true cause of these.他開始尋找真正的原因，這些。 Incidentally, one of the people he approached for advice was a local meteorological consultant Dr Terence Meaden.順便說一句，一個人走近他的意見是當地氣象顧問醫生特倫斯Meaden 。 Meaden later developed the Vortex theory of circles formation. Meaden后來發展了渦理論界形成。 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歷了同樣的對立和斗爭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年作為英國不明飛行物協會，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.這是一個聯邦的八個區域飛碟團體整個英國。 These included the British Flying Saucer Bureau (BFSB), Direct Investigation Group on Aerial Phenomena (DIGAP) and the London UFO Research Organisation (LUFORA).其中包括英國飛碟局（ BFSB ） ，直接調查組的大氣現象（ 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BFSB和DIGAP仍然存在作為獨立的團體。 The other organisations merged their identities into BUFORA.其他機構合并到BUFORA他們的身份。 BFSB is thought to be the oldest of the British UFO Groups having been formed in 1953. BFSB被認為是最古老的英國飛碟團體已成立于1953年。 At the time of the formation of the federation LUFORA was the largest of the British groups.當時成立的聯邦LUFORA是英國最大的群體。

　　At the time of writing BUFORA has about 400 members mainly spread throughout the United Kingdom.在撰寫本報告時BUFORA有大約400名成員，主要散布在整個英國。 BUFORA has recently sanctioned the formation of a branch in Ireland, our first branch outside the UK. BUFORA最近已批準成立的一個分支，在愛爾蘭，我們的第一支英國以外的地區。 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。 Over the years BUFORA has tried to promote objective Research and Investigation.多年來BUFORA一直致力于推動客觀的研究和調查。 BUFORA is the UK representative of the International Committee for UFO Research. BUFORA是英國國際委員會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。 The other major national organisation is Contact UK, which is based in Oxfordshire.其他主要國家機構是英國的聯系，這是總部設在牛津。 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.同許多團體聯系現在有一個較小的會員國比1970年代和80年代初，但仍積極和定期舉辦會議在牛津。 A relative new member of the band of national organisations is ASSAP, the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena.相對新成員帶國家組織是ASSAP的科學研究協會的異常現象。 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.所有這些國家的網絡有自己的調查小組。 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.有大量的合作關系的組織，往往是一個組織的調查將涉及此案的另一個原先報告的組織，其結果將共享。 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調查的一個國家組織也是一個調查員之一，其他國家或區域集團。

　　There are maybe two dozen reasonably large regional groups and probably many more smaller local groups.有24個合理的可能大區域集團，可能還有更多更小的地方團體。 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 （雅芳領域） ， DIGAP （養） ， EMUFORA （諾丁漢） ， FUFOIG （菲爾德海岸） ， IUN （約克郡） ， LUFOIC （萊斯特） ， MUFORA （曼聯） ， NLUFOIG （坎布里亞） ， NUFORC （北） ， PARASEARCH （西米德蘭茲） ， SKYSCAN （斯塔福郡）及SPI （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的不明飛行物有時各種各樣的不明飛行物導向出版物。 The UFO Times is an A4 magazine produced six times per year.不明飛行物時報雜志制作一張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，多年來處于世界領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，誰也是前總統BUFORA 。 In recent years FSR has increased its format size to British A4 size.近年來FSR增加了格式大小英國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，每年它現在已經轉移到四個問題，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，每年由獨立不明飛行物網絡。 It is a mixture of case reports, reviews and theoretical articles.它是一種混合的情況報告，審查和理論文章。 Current editor is Andy Roberts.當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.這是一個第5條出版物， 16頁，每年6個問題。 The content is approximately 50 per cent case summaries.內容大約是百分之五十情況摘要。 The rest of the material includes book reviews and news items.其余的材料包括書評和新聞。 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.最近大衛已通過編輯羅伯特摩爾。 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.雖然不是一個嚴格意義上不明飛行物雜志，應當特別提到的Fortean時代，它進行一些不明飛行物導向材料。 They have recently entered into a marketing arrangement with a national periodical publisher.他們最近簽訂了營銷協議，在全國期刊出版商。 This has placed the Fortean Times on many newsstands around the country.這已經把Fortean時報在許多雜志在全國各地。 The initial reports seem to be that FT has been well received and sales good.初次報告似乎是說，金融時報受到好評，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象，但是這些范圍以外的現行規定。

　　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，大多數北美研究人員堅信，外星人解釋是唯一的解決辦法的不明飛行物現象。 (Of course, this may be the wrong impression, but that is how it comes across.) （當然，這可能是錯誤的印象，但是這是如何遇到。 ）

　　In the UK researchers have a wide spread on interests.研究人員在英國有一個廣泛的利益。 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，通過各界人士的惡作劇，以引起的一些神秘的情報。 Each theory has its own group of supporters and this is a great source of rivalry between researchers.每個理論都有自己的一群支持者，這是一個巨大的研究人員之間的對立。

　　CONCLUSION結論

　　In this short article it has only been possible to provide a brief overview of British UFOlogy.在這么短的文章，只有能夠提供一個簡單的概述英國飛碟學。 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，相當活躍和工作在各條戰線上。