HOW THE PRESS MYSTIFIES UFOS

The press often has ulterior motives to keep UFOs mysterious.

The press has the goal of making money.

UFOs sell papers:

The press goal of making money affects what the press does.

Where they put the story:

Radio and TV stations do similar things. A new case gets first air on the newscast. The solution to the UFO mystery gets one line in the human interest part.

They combine unrelated material into the UFO story.

Examples:

They don't know their science.

Examples:

They don't check all of the sources.

Examples:

The press reports everything the witness reports as the absolute truth.

Examples of "facts" that the witness can't possibly know:

The press thinks "UFO" whenever something unusual happens.

Whenever some unusual event happens, they think UFOs might be responsible:

The press wants the UFO stories to continue so newspaper sales stay high.