In 2020, have you seen a UFO?
On the 7th SBS'I want to know that', the subtitle of'Is the world getting better?'-Part 3 Blue House UFO 1976' highlighted the blocking and monopoly of information.
On that day's broadcast, the Blue House UFO was illuminated 44 years ago.
Hee-Seok Ahn, who was heading home in October 1976, said that he witnessed a sight he will never forget.
He said, "things that weren't light were moving towards Seoul."
According to his testimony, an unknown light was approaching the Blue House, and after a while, anti-aircraft guns were fired at the lights.
However, contrary to what he witnessed, the incident was reported in the media only in fragments, and the question about this was still not resolved.
Reports at the time reported that anti-aircraft guns were fired at US cargo planes invading the no-fly zone.
Reports stressed that only one American freighter had invaded, and that it was only a horror shot at it.
But what the witnesses saw was too different from this.
What they saw was a lot of lights, and the speed of the aircraft was also different from the speed of a civilian aircraft, drawing attention.
Witnesses explained, "It's just an illuminant. A satellite is identifiable, but it's not a satellite at all."
Witnesses said that both what was reported in the newspaper and the identity of the government revealed are different from the facts.
At that time, it was said that it was a time when society couldn't even talk about denying or criticizing information, and it couldn't be said as it was seen or recorded as it was said.
In the 1970s, media censorship was conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency.
At the time, a media official said, "It is clear that the Blue House UFO case was reduced. It was a time when the case could not be raised."
According to the results of a US investigation at the time, it was revealed that those aboard the civil aircraft were unaware of the fact that the anti-aircraft gun was fired.
In addition, it is difficult to confirm whether the civilian aircraft entered the no-fly zone from the difficultly obtained correspondence at the time, but it turned out that it has regained a safe route around 6:10.
However, the launch time of anti-aircraft guns announced by the government was three minutes later.
In response, the expert explained, "It will be one of two whether someone is wrong or shot after all."
And then, the anti-aircraft gun fired again 27 minutes later.
The expert explained the possibility that the civil aircraft would have returned, "It couldn't be there, and the controller wouldn't have left it. There is a 30-minute gap, and at that time, the plane that took off would have traveled to near Gangneung."
Something similar to the Blue House UFO has also been found elsewhere.
On February 25, 1942, about 15 unknown flying objects appeared above Los Angeles.
In the midst of World War II, anti-aircraft fire was conducted for an hour, and 1,430 were fired.
However, it turned out that no objects shot down or fallen debris were found even with such a launch.
Accordingly, the information claimed that the photograph was distorted, and some argued that the soldiers at war reacted sensitively and fired.
There were also claims that the meteorological observation balloon was mistaken.
In 1997, in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, USA, countless citizens saw nine lights.
Arizona Governor Fife Simington said the citizens were overreacting.
However, he insisted that the Phoenix Wright was actually a UFO after retirement as governor.
And a reporter who continued to report said that the light was a flare fired by the Air Force during secret training at the time.
Then, could the Blue House UFO be a flare?
The direction the Blue House UFO flew was different from that of the Phoenix Light, and it was difficult to see that it was the same flare.
In addition, there is an analysis that it is difficult to emit strong light by itself if it is a meteorological observation balloon.
To know more accurately about the Blue House UFO, photos or records were needed.
Accordingly, the production crew met with an advanced member of the presidential records management expert.
He said, "The records of the president before the Kim Dae-jung administration are one thousand, and every time the government changes in fear of corruption or various government appearances, the records are removed."
However, through other records at the time, it was confirmed that the Blue House UFO record was not exclusive to the Blue House.
At that time, the National Defense Agency received a separate report.
However, it was difficult to confirm the deaths of all members of the National Defense Council at the time.
In this regard, experts said that unless there is a serious situation related to national security, it is appropriate to disclose the request if a request is made, explaining that minutes may exist if the National Defense Council meeting was held, and decided to request a state agency to disclose information on this.
However, the only answer was that no state agency could disclose information about this.
Experts explained, "There are cases where information is not disclosed due to political disadvantage and social confusion, but in fact, it is more problematic because information is not disclosed."
Ahn Dae-hwan, who was seriously injured by anti-aircraft gunfire.
He said he suffered a major injury at the time, where anti-aircraft shells penetrated the shoulder and escaped into the armpit, but the state did not provide any explanation except for free treatment.
He replied, "I want to know why I have to be shot, and why should I take anti-aircraft guns and shoot them in the air of 6 million people in Seoul?"
Experts say, "What did you shoot. This is a shooting against the people of your country. In modern times, it is a big event that would shake the government, but there must have been something we do not know about the work to cover up their mistakes and make them unknown to the outside. I guessed.
A civil aircraft anti-aircraft fire incident two years before the Blue House UFO incident.
At the time, it was analyzed that the US responded to this incident due to the nervousness of former President Park Chung-hee.
And, in fact, 1976, when the Blue House UFO incident occurred, was a time that gave Park Jung-hee a great ordeal.
The day after the launch of anti-aircraft guns, the Korea Gate incident occurred, which caused a stir in Korea-US relations.
Jang Gyeong-soon became a reporter after suffering the anti-aircraft gun incident.
He said, "I knew one thing for sure. From the standpoint of the regime, there is no reason to refrain from firing. From the standpoint of the regime, there is nothing wrong with scaring the people."
As of 2020, what kind of UFO is in the hearts of the people?
Many believed that the celebrity scandal was deliberately raised to cover political issues.
The incredible timing had no choice but to make such doubts.
However, in fact, in the past national manual, there was a thing that said,'If there is a big incident, cover it with a bigger incident'.
In fact, there was a manual to find articles for offsetting the shock, and even recently, there was a situation in which famous celebrities were blacklisted and attempted to expose drug cases of celebrities in blacklists to hide political issues.
In the survey, the people cited the Moon Jae-in regime most as the regime that hid state information from the people.
However, the Moon Jae-in regime was also selected as the most active regime for information disclosure.
It was a proof that the disappointment was great as the expectations were high.
Also, scholars analyzed this distrust as empirical distrust.
It was that he had distrust because he experienced a regime that was ruled by a regime that monopolized information and strengthened power.
In addition, as the confidential information of the country that should be disclosed, many cited the'Seven Hours of the Sewol ferry and Gukjeong Nongdan' the most.
It is true that there is still a desire of the people to know real information in this regard.
In this regard, the expert advised, "The state should do it first, not by demand. It is the basic right of the people before the pros and cons of information disclosure, so the state should disclose it first."
He added, "It is necessary to thoroughly fundamentally think about the value of information. If you previously thought about security, you need to reconsider with the utility of when it is disclosed."
In addition to the'Seven Hours of the Sewol ferry and Gukjeong Nongdan', the public also showed keen interest in the'Yeonpyeong-do civil servant incident' and '5.18 related past history'.
Finally, the broadcast said that UFOs in the era created by blocking information would not be the only story 44 years ago.
Therefore, I hope that the nation will bring a sensitivity that cares about the quality rather than the quantity of information, and that the information that cannot be shared right away will be kept as a record and passed on to the people later, so that the Blue House UFO will not take place in the hearts of the people again. Asked.
In addition, I recalled the period of media control, when there was no coverage, no confirmation of facts, and no suspicion was raised, and reminded once again that the media had a heavy mission to deliver proper information in an era when information is controlled and power is becoming arrogant.
(SBS Entertainment News reporter Kim Hyo-jeong)