The June 24, 1947 Kenneth Arnold, the American civilian pilot, the first reported sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO). The U.S. media at the time echoed this testimony, therefore, which the Associated Press (AP) published the news making happen to have a purely local to national level. In the weeks and years following the number of sightings multiplied. UFO phenomenon was born. publications about the thousands and in the Internet search engine Google by just typing the acronym appear 5. 050,000 results. UFO fever or flying saucers began when Kenneth Arnold told reporters experience today is a reality based scenarios. No one has been scientifically proven the existence of these alien craft, no one has denied the possibility of life on other planets.
When the U.S. told his story to the press said, intended to illustrate the movement of those flying objects, which "moved like a saucer thrown across the water." The press took these words, distorted and made the term "flying saucer" synonymous with alien spacecraft. Movies, books and television series have been embedded in this representation and is now part of popular culture. A journalistic error created flying saucers, but what about the UFO phenomenon?
An investigation by science writer Keay Davidson suggests that those UFOs reported over half a century ago by Kenneth Arnold may have been fragments of bright meteors. The scientist says in his article that most sightings occur in June at noon. Dates and times in which rise to the highest percentage of entries meteors in the atmosphere. Coincidence or not, many multiple sightings have been contradicted by scientific evidence and proven, such as 1969, thanks to the skill of a photographer was able to demonstrate that those UFOs were just meteors ionize the air by contact. So why the press moved this information to your pages?
neck Arnold said that those flying objects were saucer-shaped, only described his movement. Scientists have shown that intelligent life exists on other planets, nor have denied. But journalists themselves. Speak, pronounce sentence and make assumptions printed truths. In all the powers of communication are instructed to compare pupils in all the information before publishing. In no lie, tell the truth, or at least to look. The truth is intrinsic to the profession of journalism, but the urge to sell covers so corrupt.
is undeniable that the impact of the press in society is very high. There is a tacit agreement between the journalist and the reader, who buys a newspaper or listen to the radio waiting information, analysis, opinion ... but never a lie, or worse, a half truth.
The reporter must walk gingerly on a world increasingly complex. Observe and transcribe. Watch and photograph. Inform. Therefore you can not take a scientific hypothesis as something contrasted. It is incorrect to make a guess a truth with the mere intention to get a headline. Kenneth Arnold saw nine objects flying from his plane, everyone can believe whatever they want, but there were no flying saucer, this is a mistake. Although, who cares?, Journalists are only hypotheses. AYG
Victor Gutierrez Sanz
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