UPDATE:
DID YOU WATCH PETER JENNINGS’ CHUM-TV/ABC-TV NEWS PRIMETIME SPECIAL ON UFOS? A GATHERING OF EXOPOLITICAL COMMENTARY.
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http://exopolitics.blogs.com/exopolitics/2005/02/did_you_watch_p.html
VANCOUVER, B.C. – On Thursday, February 24, 2005, Canada’s CHUM
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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.
