Learn English with … Military Police Report Diamond Object Destroying Radio Tower (Mysterious Stories)
🌅 Pre‑Viewing Questions
What do you think when you hear the term "UFO"?
Do you believe the military hides information from the public about unidentified flying objects? Why or why not?
What types of technology do you think might exist that the public doesn’t know about yet?
What would convince you that an encounter with a UFO actually happened?
📽️ Post‑Viewing Questions
What was the most surprising part of the story?
What do you think actually happened at Fort Campbell?
If this really happened, what might be the military’s reason for keeping it secret?
Do you think this incident points more to advanced human technology or something extraterrestrial?
If you were one of the military personnel at Fort Campbell that night, how do you think you would have reacted?
What questions would you ask the witness if you could interview him/her?
How do you think the public would react if an event like this were confirmed today?
🎯 Grammar: Past Perfect vs. Past Simple
Why it fits:
The video involves a sequence of past events—what happened before, during, and after the UFO sighting and tower destruction. That makes it perfect for teaching how to show what happened first in the past.
🧠 Key Grammar Focus:
Past Simple: for completed actions in the past
The object appeared suddenly.Past Perfect: for actions that happened before another action in the past
The radio tower had already been destroyed when the backup team arrived.
✍️ Examples:
Soldiers reported that they saw a glowing object. (Past Simple)
They explained that the object had hovered over the tower before it collapsed. (Past Perfect)
🎯 Grammar: Exercises
🎯 Grammar: Production
✍️ Instructions for Students:
Think of (or choose from a prompt) two related past events.
Write one sentence that uses past perfect for the event that happened first and past simple for the second.
📚 Example Prompts:
A strange light / soldiers arrive
The tower falls / the UFO disappears
Power outage / backup system activate
The general see the footage / call a meeting
Something you experienced in real life (e.g., missed a bus, forgot homework, etc.)
✅ Example Student Sentences:
The UFO had disappeared before the soldiers arrived.
The radio system had failed before the lights went out.
I had already packed my bag when the alarm rang.