The major networks have blown beaucoup resources and programming hours on UFOs over the years, and the best of the lot — Peter Jennings’ two-hour hedged bet for ABC in 2005 — was a masterpiece of equivocation. Jennings produced what has come to be the MSM formula for UFO coverage, with its distracting allusions to Hollywood movies, rote skepticism from SETI astronomers, and its deference to the condescending attitudes of “mainstream science.”

Last night, independent producer James Fox did more to advance an adult conversation on UFOs than all the recent network slop combined. Unfortunately, it wound up in a niche market — The History Channel — where it will likely be overlooked by the big boys who seem congenitally incapable of fresh approaches.

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