Terry Hansen

Biography:

Terry Hansen is a former technical magazine editor and now an independent journalist with a special interest in scientific controversies and the politics of mass media. He has followed the UFO controversy for much of his life and has occasionally written about it for various media, including National Public Radio and the Minneapolis Star & Tribune. He has been a guest on various regional and national broadcast programs, including Dreamland, the History Channel, and Strange Days. He has also spoken before various groups about UFO-related censorship and propaganda. In addition, he has organized and moderated two symposiums about "The Science and Politics of UFO Research" for the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul, one of the nation's largest science museums.

Hansen holds a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in science journalism, both from the University of Minnesota. He was a founding partner of KFH Publications, Inc., a Seattle computer-magazine publishing company. He is a licensed private pilot with ratings for single-engine aircraft and gliders, and skipper of the converted diesel-powered wooden fishing trawler, New Rosa.

Past Shows:

	UFOs & Media Coverage
	Monday August 29, 2005

Journalist Terry Hansen talked about the news media’s role and complicity with the U.S. government to suppress honest coverage of the UFO phenomenon in the name of national security.UFOs were widely covered in major media outlets from the period of 1947 through 1966, he pointed out, but after that time reports greatly diminished. One national publication, the National Enquirer did continue to cover the topic with some accuracy, but with its disreputable material on celebrities, the UFO subject became tarnished by association, Hansen commented. Further, he noted that Gene Pope, the Enquirer's publisher had previously been involved in the CIA's psychological warfare program. The CIA had arrangements with various media to spread its propaganda, Hansen reported. For instance, he said, the 1966 TV show, "CBS Reports," colluded with the CIA in order shape public perceptions about UFOs— offering the conclusion that sightings were merely cases of mistaken identity. He also discussed th ... More
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