UFOs & Media Coverage

Journalist Terry Hansen(1) 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(2) 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 UFOsâ€" offering the conclusion that sightings were merely cases of mistaken identity. He also discussed the 1975 UFO incidents that took place in Montana with craft repeatedly seen flying over an ICBM complex over a number of months. There was only regional coverage of these occurrences, leading Hansen to suspect that a deliberate attempt to hush up the national media had been made.
Hansen will be a featured speaker at the National UFO Conference(3) in Hollywood, which is taking place in early September.

1. http://www.themissingtimes.com
2. http://www.nationalenquirer.com/
3. http://www.nufoc.org/

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