The Missing Times
by Terry Hansen
The Missing Times is an
investigation into whether some of America’s most influential news
organizations, many of which have maintained close ties to the U.S.
intelligence community, have willingly suppressed full and accurate news
coverage of the UFO phenomenon for a variety of national- security
reasons. After a "case study" of news coverage about UFO
encounters at Montana nuclear-missile facilities, Hansen reveals the
remarkable and persistent difference in UFO-related news coverage between
local and national news organizations. The author then reviews the history
of censorship and propaganda during the twentieth century. He explains how
and why the elite news organizations work closely with government agencies
during times of national crisis, and reviews the evidence for such
media-government collusion over the course of the half-century-long UFO
controversy.
Terry
Hansen is an independent journalist with an interest in scientific
controversies and the politics of mass media. He has followed the UFO
controversy for decades and has written about it for various media. In
addition, he has organized and moderated two symposiums about "The
Science and Politics of the UFO Research" for the Science Museum of
Minnesota. Hansen holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s
degree in science journalism, both from the University of Minnesota. He is
a founding partner of KFH Publications, Inc., a Seattle computer-magazine
publishing company. He is also an active private pilot with ratings for
single-engine aircraft and gliders. He lives on Bainbridge Island,
Washington, with his wife and two parrots.