UFO's and Defense What Should we Prepare For

Ipopulation. The famous example of Orson Welles's fictional program taken literally by
radio listeners in 1938, wreaking tremendous havoc in one region of the United States,
may have influenced the reaction of U.S. military personnel vis-a-vis the Roswell incident Iin 1947. The disinformation campaign was skillfully conducted, since it has muzzled the
media for 30 years. Panic, which is accompanied by considerable human chaos (suicides,
people fleeing on the roads, riots, and vandalism, etc.) would cause any government for Iwhich peace alone is a wealth and stability factor for its power to shrink back.
- Mistrust: the fear ofseeing accurate information divulged and repeated with obvious
irony is also a deterrent to openly mentioning UFO questions. This posture is at the core Iof the disinformation and confusion in which public opinion is steeped with regard to what
is true and what is false. It can only be dreaded by decision-makers.
- Fear of ridicule: although ridicule has no longer killed for some time, it is nonetheless I·
often difficult to overcome.
- Manipulation: the media can be manipulated by lobbies or pressure groups for Isectorial purposes (for example, push politicians to create an anti-UFO SDI [Strategic
Defense Initiative]) and could thus become the unwitting spokesmen of a disinformation
campaign or a destabilization attempt.
I:14.2 What Attitudes do the Media Adopt?
- For the tabloids, anything is good if it sells. The public' s curiosity is great and its Idemand generates enticing and often phony articles. AJthough they become the relayer of
incredible theories, it is, on the other hand, thanks to the tabloids that the latest revelations
concerning Roswell made by old witnesses have begun to become known. I- For the major newspapers, irony or aggressiveness are most often a manner of
broaching a taboo subject that no o ne has a handle on. But the press can also spread the
news about an extraordinary phenomenon when, as in the case of San Carlos de Bariloche, Idozens of people were witnesses to it. It sometimes also makes a good presentation of the
UFO case.
- For television and movies, the subject is in vogue because it can be dealt with as Ifiction, and there nothing checks the imagination of the producers. The bizarre fashion
adopted by Channel +",a French television station] for its "Nuit des Extraterrestres
[Extraterrestrials Night]" does not prompt one to take this subject seriously. However, Itribute should be paid to several serious and well-documented broadcasts, like that of
"Arte" in March 1996. I
14.3 What Should Be Done?
IThe future of our planet lies in space. Whether it be overpopulation, a spirit of
adventure, the search fo r other raw materials, a liking for conquest and colonization, or
other, more or less altruistic, motivations, everything is pushing toward humankind's Iexpansion. Will we one day be the extraterrestrials for other planets? When our probes
orbit around more and more distant worlds and film them, what might hypothetical
inhabitants think of the m? IWe must prepare ourselves for this prospect, and the media can help educate the
masses.
A strengthened SEPRA could usefu lly dedicate its efforts to the training ofjournalists Iand could create a documentary site on the Internet.
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