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DID YOU WATCH PETER JENNINGS' CHUM-TV/ABC-TV NEWS PRIMETIME SPECIAL ON UFOS? A GATHERING OF EXOPOLITICAL COMMENTARY.
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Peter Jennings Gives UFOlogists A Hand
By Charlette LeFevre
"More than 80 million Americans believe the earth has been visited by extraterrestrials"
"More than 40 million Americans believe they have seen or know someone who has seen an unidentified flying object."
SEATTLE,
WA. - Peter Jennings feels the answers to UFOs may be in these
statistics, a subject for his upcoming ABC Special "Seeing is
Believing" to air Feb. 24th. A ground making special itself as this
will be the first time the subject of UFOs has been taken on personally
by a major network anchor. Jennings said "This is one of the most
interesting subjects I've worked on" when he was taping for a Northwest
Afternoon program in Seattle February 16th in front of a small audience.
Investigative Reporter
The
show provided a format which highlighted Peter Jenning's broadcast
career starting from the age of nine, his notable interviews with
foreign leaders and presidents, a clip of him stating tenaciously to
the American public "We are going to stay on the air until NASA has
told us what it knows" and a clip of him holding a piece of the Berlin
Wall. The program also commented on his recent trip to Iraq and his
first interview with Bill Gates just that morning. The show gave him a
chance to show himself, his witty humor behind his handsome smile and
indeed that he can even blush when a female audience member called him
"hot, suave, elegant and awesome". Everyone agrees with applause which
makes Peter turn even more red and smile. Yes, he is hot.
He is also inquiring and a bit of his drive might be indicative in his last special on the JFK Assassination. I believe Peter Jennings doesn't want important information to be overlooked to leave future generations wondering why media didn't responsibly ask the questions.
When asked why a UFO special, Peter Jennings stated he didn't know as much about this subject until about a year ago when he started filming this special but "as I keep telling people I work for the news division of ABC not the entertainment division and when 80 million people are interested in something, I wanted to investigate."
On the show a sneak peek of his special was previewed which showed UFO photos, a sighting case involving police and statements from abductees. I was able to ask Peter Jennings if he himself has had any personal sightings or experiences. Peter Jennings related no but stated he raises an issue in his program that if he did have a sighting who would he call? Who would he tell? He urgently pointed out the government would say they are not in the business of UFOs and dismiss the call but might be referred to a man called Peter Davenport. Peter Jennings then excitedly announced Davenport's presence in the audience. Jennings has been working on his special program and had previously contacted Peter Davenport, the Director of the National UFO Reporting Center which was founded in 1972 by retired Seattle firefighter Robert Gribble.
Davenport stated the ABC special on UFOs may be a "landmark program" and significant in the sense it may allow people to feel more comfortable to discuss this issue as he felt there was a certain degree of suppression of this subject.
First Responders
Peter Jennings mentioned " Because so many of the people we interviewed actually turned out to be the very kind of people who in this day and age - the first responders we rely on - airline pilots, both commercial and military, people who work in the police and I was very struck by the seriousness of the people who believed in this and talk about it.
I was also struck - and you see alot in the program - how government failed, all the way from the 1940s when the first UFOs became an issue, how government failed to take this seriously."
Jennings then stated Davenport at least may like that they took the issue seriously and the people involved in UFOlogy seriously.
Without a doubt this is what every UFOlogist and interested person in UFOs has been dreaming about - serious recognition on the "six-o'clock" news.
Groundbreaking and relieving that this breakthrough has occurred in our lifetime. We can now sit our kids in front of the TV in the same way our parents and grandparents watched the moon landing and tell them they are watching something historical.
But something else happened that should be known.
The Handshake
When the film stopped rolling between segments, Peter Jennings unexpectedly got up from his chair, walked across the stage over to where Peter Davenport was sitting and respectfully shook Peter Davenport's hand. Then he quickly sat down.
Wow. I think something happened here. Something monumental
A feeling that a wall between people and the media regarding UFOs that has been in place for years just shattered
I believe at that very moment of the handshake, UFOlogy was suddenly recognized by mainstream media and along with that to some degree the importance of sightings and experiences of millions of people was acknowleged.
I didn't hear a chorus of angels or see a beam of light shine down from the heavens - it was after all a simple handshake but I would like to think that whatever prompted the handshake, with an exchange of kind words, there was a silent acknowlegement of respect for a fellow reporter, perhaps a common feeling of understanding of our humanity or even if you will an imagined cosmic cellular transfer of information. In any manner, I believe our understanding of asking the question if we are alone in the universe just got a helping hand.
Charlette LeFevre
Director Seattle UFO/Paranormal Group
Co-Director Seattle Museum of the Mysteries
CHUM TV’s broadcast schedule for "Peter Jennings Reporting - UFO: Seeing Is Believing"
Canadian/World Premieres
Thursday, February 24th
8:00pm ET On CHUM Local Stations The New VR, The New RO, The New PL, The New NX and The New WI (Simulcast with ABC)
9:00pm MT on A-Channel Calgary and A-Channel Edmonton (Simulcast with
ABC)
7:00pm CT on A-Channel Manitoba (Simulcast with ABC)
8:00pm PT on The New VI (Victoria)
TORONTO, ON - Don't miss the two-hour special "Peter Jennings Reporting-UFO: Seeing Is Believing" premiering on Thursday, February 24th at
8:00pm ET on The New VR, The New RO, The New VI, The New PL, The New NX and The New WI (Simulcast With ABC),
8:00pm PT on The New VI,
9:00pm MT on A-Channel Calgary and A-Channel Edmonton (Simulcast With ABC) and
7:00pm CT on A-Channel Manitoba (Simulcast With ABC).
The idea of UFOs, Unidentified Flying Objects, has been around for centuries, but the answer to whether or not these silvery entities in the sky actually exist has yet to be determined. Peter Jennings explores the stories, both fact and fiction, behind this mystery after conducting almost 150 interviews with scientists, investigators, military personnel and witnesses. He also gives us a fresh look at the history of alien abductions, the mysterious Roswell and the UFO phenomenon itself. Also included in this two-hour special are interviews with skeptics, including professionals and scientists, who believe there are reasonable explanations for the UFO sightings across the world.
Don't miss "Peter Jennings Reporting - UFO: Seeing Is Believing" on Thursday, February 24th at
8:00pm ET/PT on The New VR, The New RO, The New
PL, The New NX and The New WI (Simulcast With ABC),
8:00pm PT on The New VI,
9:00pm MT on A-Channel Calgary and A-Channel Edmonton (Simulcast
With ABC) and
7:00pm CT on A-Channel Manitoba (Simulcast With ABC).
CHUM Television Overview
12 Local Independent Television Stations
21 Branded Specialty Channels
Each
of our television stations telecasts the flavour of the community it
serves: the serious commentary, the passionate oration, the opinion,
the celebrations, the unpredictability. This is the essence of CHUM's
open, inclusive, accessible style of broadcasting.
CHUM's local
television stations include Citytv (Toronto), Citytv (Vancouver), The
New VR (Barrie), The New RO (Ottawa and the National Capital Region),
The New PL (London), The New NX (Wingham), The New WI (Windsor), The
New VI (Victoria and Vancouver Island), A-Channel (Calgary), A-Channel
(Edmonton), A-Channel (Manitoba) and CKX Television (Brandon).
Specialty
analogue services include MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic, MusiquePlus (50%),
MusiMax (50%), Bravo!, Alberta's ACCESS* (60%), Edmonton based CLT*
(60%), CablePulse24 (70.1%), SPACE: The Imagination Station and Star!.
Specialty
digital channels include FashionTelevisionChannel, BookTelevision: The
Channel* (60%), CourtTV Canada (60%), Drive-In Classics, SexTV: The
Channel, MuchLoud, MuchMoreRetro, MuchVibe, MTV Canada, MTV2 and TV
Land.
*access media group owns and operates education services
ACCESS and CLT, in addition to newly launched digital channels
BookTelevision: The Channel and CourtTV Canada. LTA is majority-owned
by CHUM Limited.
CHUM Television is a division of CHUM Limited (TSX: CHM/CHM.NV.B,www.chumlimited.com), one of Canada's leading media companies and content providers, owns and operates 32 radio stations, 12 local television stations and 21 specialty channels, as well as an environmental music distribution division. Through international format licenses and program sales, CHUM's original content is seen in over 120 countries worldwide and is distributed via new media platforms, including interactive television, wireless services and exclusive CHUM-branded Internet properties.
ABC Special - UFOs Seeing Is Believing
The UFO Phenomenon -- Seeing Is Believing
Two-Hour Primetime Special Airs Thursday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.
Feb. 4, 2005 - Almost 50 percent of Americans, according to recent polls, and millions of people elsewhere in the world believe that UFOs are real. For many it is a deeply held belief.
For decades there have been sightings of UFOs by millions and millions of people. It is a mystery that only science can solve, and yet the phenomenon remains largely unexamined. Most of the reporting on this subject by the mainstream media holds those who claim to have seen UFOs up to ridicule.
On Feb. 24, "Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs -- Seeing Is Believing" takes a fresh look at the UFO phenomenon. "As a journalist," says Jennings, "I began this project with a healthy dose of skepticism and as open a mind as possible. After almost 150 interviews with scientists, investigators and with many of those who claim to have witnessed unidentified flying objects, there are important questions that have not been completely answered -- and a great deal not fully explained."
"Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs -- Seeing Is Believing" airs Thursday, Feb. 24 from 8-10 p.m. ET on ABC. The program will be broadcast in High Definition.
This two-hour primetime special reports on the entire scope of the UFO experience -- from the first famous sighting by Kenneth Arnold in 1947 to the present day. The program draws on interviews with police officers, pilots, military personnel, scientists and ordinary citizens who give extraordinary accounts of encounters with the unexplained. Also included are the voices of professional skeptics about UFOs, including scientists who are leading the search for life forms beyond Earth elsewhere in the universe.
The program explores the facts behind the enduring mystery of the
incident at Roswell, N.M., and looks into the strange stories of alien
abductions. Among the UFO cases presented:
Minot Air Force Base, N.D., October 1968 -- Sixteen airmen on the
ground and the crew of an airborne B-52 witness a massive unidentified
object hovering near the base.
Phoenix, March 1997 -- Hundreds witness a huge triangular craft moving slowly over the city.
St. Clair County, Ill., January 2000 -- Police officers in five
adjoining towns all independently report witnessing a giant craft with
multiple bright lights moving silently across the sky at a very low
altitude.
Today if you report a UFO to the U.S. government you will be informed that the Air Force conducted a 22-year investigation that ended in 1969 and concluded that UFOs are not a threat to national security and are of no scientific interest. But as one of the world's leading theoretical physicists says in the program, "You simply cannot dismiss the possibility that some of these UFO sightings are actually sightings from some object created by ... a civilization perhaps millions of years ahead of us in technology."
"Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs -- Seeing Is Believing" is produced by PJ Productions and Springs Media for ABC News. Mark Obenhaus and Tom Yellin are the executive producers.