今年9月（ 1992年） ，英国飞碟研究协会（ BUFORA ）庆祝成立30周年。 With this in mind, now might be a good opportunity to review British UFOlogy today.考虑到这一点，现在可能是一个很好的机会，审查英国飞碟学今天。 As my primary involvement has been with BUFORA and with the Northamptonshire UFO Research Centre my comments may be biased towards these two organisations.正如我国主要参与了与BUFORA和北安普敦郡不明飞行物研究中心我的意见可能会偏向于这两个组织。

　　UFO ACTIVITY不明飞行物活动

　　The UK has experienced a number of UFO flaps, with fairly major flaps in 1967 and 1977.英国经历了一些不明飞行物襟翼，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.成员数目的BUFORA及其他可能飞碟团体上升和下降的数量的报告。 In the late 1960s BUFORA membership approached 1000.在上世纪60年代末BUFORA成员接近1000人。 In the 1970s it fell to around 500, being boosted towards the end of the 70s to around 800.在上世纪70年代下降到大约500个，正在推动在接近年底时的70到800左右。 In the early 1980s membership of many organisations fell drastically, BUFORA fell to only 270 members.在1980年代初期的许多组织成员急剧下降， BUFORA下降到只有270个成员。

　　In the early days of BUFORA two to three hundred reports were recorded each year.在初期BUFORA 2点58分录得数百报告每年。 In more recent years the level of reports has fallen to around seventy per year.在最近几年的报告的水平已经下降到约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.虽然有一些脱落的不明飞行物活动，属于尚未激烈如似乎一见钟情。

　　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.目前的情况报告记录适当调查的情况下，如果有经验的调查人员一直试图采访证人并进行了额外的随访。 In earlier years many cases were recorded which consisted of little more than an initial press report or letter from a witness.前几年在许多情况下录其中包括多一点，最初的新闻报道或信证人。 Many of the British groups have made great efforts over the past ten or so years to improve standards.许多英国团体已作出了巨大努力，在过去十几年来改善标准。

　　Over the past few months there have been numerous reports of cigar and bright saucer shaped craft.在过去几个月中有许多报告的雪茄和光明的飞碟形飞行器。 This flap appears to have been caused by a small fleet of airships newly imported by an advertising agency.此皮瓣似乎已经造成的一个小舰队的飞艇新进口的广告代理。 These have been used with illuminated signs at night over several British cities.利用这些有照明的标志，晚上几个英国城市。 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.虽然我们已经形成了一个小型的报告数量三角幽浮，英国并未受益于主要波目击这期间发生了比利时1990/1991 。

　　In recent years there have been very few reports of abduction type phenomena from the UK.在最近几年出现了极少数报告绑架型现象来自英国。 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 1974.一个特别的案例，以铭记这泉水被称为Aveley案件，其中涉及家庭谁绑架了经验附近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.一个增长领域在最近几年一直在研究的农田圆圈。 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一直参与研究的麦田怪圈自1980年以来，当我们的调查员，伊恩Mrzygold ，后续的文章在当地一家报纸上关于'不明飞行物着陆地点。 He set out to find the true cause of these.他开始寻找真正的原因，这些。 Incidentally, one of the people he approached for advice was a local meteorological consultant Dr Terence Meaden.顺便说一句，一个人走近他的意见是当地气象顾问医生特伦斯Meaden 。 Meaden later developed the Vortex theory of circles formation. Meaden后来发展了涡理论界形成。 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.麦田怪圈的研究似乎是经历了同样的对立和斗争的主流不明飞行物的研究并在60年代和70年代。

　　UFO ORGANISATIONS飞碟团体

　　BUFORA was formed in 1962 as the British UFO Association, adding the word Research to its title in 1964. BUFORA成立于1962年作为英国不明飞行物协会，后面加上研究其名称于1964年。 It was a federation of eight of the regional UFO groups from throughout the UK.这是一个联邦的八个区域飞碟团体整个英国。 These included the British Flying Saucer Bureau (BFSB), Direct Investigation Group on Aerial Phenomena (DIGAP) and the London UFO Research Organisation (LUFORA).其中包括英国飞碟局（ BFSB ） ，直接调查组的大气现象（ DIGAP ）和伦敦不明飞行物研究组织（ LUFORA ） 。 Both BFSB and DIGAP still exist as independent groups.这两个BFSB和DIGAP仍然存在作为独立的团体。 The other organisations merged their identities into BUFORA.其他机构合并到BUFORA他们的身份。 BFSB is thought to be the oldest of the British UFO Groups having been formed in 1953. BFSB被认为是最古老的英国飞碟团体已成立于1953年。 At the time of the formation of the federation LUFORA was the largest of the British groups.当时成立的联邦LUFORA是英国最大的群体。

　　At the time of writing BUFORA has about 400 members mainly spread throughout the United Kingdom.在撰写本报告时BUFORA有大约400名成员，主要散布在整个英国。 BUFORA has recently sanctioned the formation of a branch in Ireland, our first branch outside the UK. BUFORA最近已批准成立的一个分支，在爱尔兰，我们的第一支英国以外的地区。 Approximately 10 percent of BUFORA's members are distributed around the rest of the world.大约有百分之十的BUFORA的成员分布在世界其他地区。 Over the years BUFORA has tried to promote objective Research and Investigation.多年来BUFORA一直致力于推动客观的研究和调查。 BUFORA is the UK representative of the International Committee for UFO Research. BUFORA是英国国际委员会代表的不明飞行物研究。

　　In addition to BUFORA there are a number of other groups in Britain.除了BUFORA有一些其他群体在英国。 The other major national organisation is Contact UK, which is based in Oxfordshire.其他主要国家机构是英国的联系，这是总部设在牛津。 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.同许多团体联系现在有一个较小的会员国比1970年代和80年代初，但仍积极和定期举办会议在牛津。 A relative new member of the band of national organisations is ASSAP, the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena.相对新成员带国家组织是ASSAP的科学研究协会的异常现象。 ASSAP has a broader spectrum of interests than just UFOs, taking in many other paranormal events. ASSAP了更广泛的利益不仅仅是不明飞行物，并考虑在其他许多超自然事件。

　　All of these national networks have their own investigation teams.所有这些国家的网络有自己的调查小组。 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.有大量的合作关系的组织，往往是一个组织的调查将涉及此案的另一个原先报告的组织，其结果将共享。 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.在一些情况下该地区调查的一个国家组织也是一个调查员之一，其他国家或区域集团。

　　There are maybe two dozen reasonably large regional groups and probably many more smaller local groups.有24个合理的可能大区域集团，可能还有万博体育app：更小的地方团体。 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).较大的群体包括BFSB （雅芳领域） ， DIGAP （养） ， EMUFORA （诺丁汉） ， FUFOIG （菲尔德海岸） ， IUN （约克郡） ， LUFOIC （莱斯特） ， MUFORA （曼联） ， NLUFOIG （坎布里亚） ， NUFORC （北） ， PARASEARCH （西米德兰兹） ， SKYSCAN （斯塔福郡）及SPI （西苏格兰） ， SRUFO （东苏格兰） ， SSPR （德比郡）和YUFOS （约克郡） 。

　　PUBLICATIONS出版物

　　Apart from BUFORA's UFO TIMES there are a wide variety of UFO orientated publications.除了BUFORA的不明飞行物有时各种各样的不明飞行物导向出版物。 The UFO Times is an A4 magazine produced six times per year.不明飞行物时报杂志制作一张A4的6倍以上。 It is edited by Mike Wootten.这是编辑的迈克伍登。 The UFO Newsfile is an extract of newsclippings and is published six times per year by Michael Hudson on behalf of BUFORA.不明飞行物Newsfile是一个提取newsclippings和出版6期，每年迈克尔赫德森代表BUFORA 。

　　Any discussion of other British UFO publications must start with discussion of the Flying Saucer Review (FSR).任何讨论的其他英国不明飞行物出版物必须首先讨论飞碟审查（ 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，多年来处于世界领先地位的杂志之一不明飞行物。 The current editor of FSR is Gordon Creighton, who is also a former President of BUFORA.目前编辑FSR是戈登克莱顿，谁也是前总统BUFORA 。 In recent years FSR has increased its format size to British A4 size.近年来FSR增加了格式大小英国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，每年它现在已经转移到四个问题，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，空间的限制意味着，只有主要的可以在这里提及。 UFO Brigantia is an A4 publication produced four times per year by the Independent UFO Network.不明飞行物Brigantia是制作一张A4出版的4倍，每年由独立不明飞行物网络。 It is a mixture of case reports, reviews and theoretical articles.它是一种混合的情况报告，审查和理论文章。 Current editor is Andy Roberts.当前的编辑器是安迪罗伯茨。

　　NUFON News is published by Jenny Randles. NUFON新闻出版珍妮Randles 。 It is an A5 publication, 16 pages, six issues per year.这是一个第5条出版物， 16页，每年6个问题。 The content is approximately 50 per cent case summaries.内容大约是百分之五十情况摘要。 The rest of the material includes book reviews and news items.其余的材料包括书评和新闻。 A recent addition is the UFO Debate.最近除了是不明飞行物辩论。 This is an A5 magazine published six times per year by David Barclay.这是第5条杂志的6倍，每年由David巴克莱。 Recently David has passed the editorship to Robert Moore.最近大卫已通过编辑罗伯特摩尔。 The mix of material is similar to UFO Brigantia, but the style less sceptical.混合材料类似不明飞行物Brigantia ，但风格不太怀疑。

　　Although not strictly a UFO magazine, special mention should be made of the Fortean Times, which does carry some UFO orientated material.虽然不是一个严格意义上不明飞行物杂志，应当特别提到的Fortean时代，它进行一些不明飞行物导向材料。 They have recently entered into a marketing arrangement with a national periodical publisher.他们最近签订了营销协议，在全国期刊出版商。 This has placed the Fortean Times on many newsstands around the country.这已经把Fortean时报在许多杂志在全国各地。 The initial reports seem to be that FT has been well received and sales good.初次报告似乎是说，金融时报受到好评，销售良好。

　　There are a number of publications which specialise in crop circles phenomena, however these are outside the scope of the current article.有许多出版物专注于麦田怪圈现象，但是这些范围以外的现行规定。

　　THEORIES理论

　　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.一般印象中的英国，大多数北美研究人员坚信，外星人解释是唯一的解决办法的不明飞行物现象。 (Of course, this may be the wrong impression, but that is how it comes across.) （当然，这可能是错误的印象，但是这是如何遇到。 ）

　　In the UK researchers have a wide spread on interests.研究人员在英国有一个广泛的利益。 There are still researchers interested in the ETH, but they are less prominent.还有研究人员感兴趣的是联邦，但他们不那么突出。 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.我们也有不同群体的人群中，心理的解释，飞碟稀有的大气现象，相似之处民俗和飞碟，和心理解释不明飞行物事件。 A number of British UFOlogist are also involved in the study of Crop Circles.一些英国UFOlogist也参与了研究的麦田怪圈。

　　Like UFO theories, there are many different theories put forward to explain crop circles.像飞碟的理论，有许多不同的理论提出了解释麦田怪圈。 These range from Meaden's Vortex Theory, through all circles are hoaxes to circles are caused by some mysterious intelligence.这些范围从Meaden的涡理论，通过各界人士的恶作剧，以引起的一些神秘的情报。 Each theory has its own group of supporters and this is a great source of rivalry between researchers.每个理论都有自己的一群支持者，这是一个巨大的研究人员之间的对立。

　　CONCLUSION结论

　　In this short article it has only been possible to provide a brief overview of British UFOlogy.在这么短的文章，只有能够提供一个简单的概述英国飞碟学。 Hopefully it has shown that we are still alive, fairly active and working on all fronts.希望这表明，我们还活着，相当活跃和工作在各条战线上。