CBS

CBS (originally the Columbia Broadcasting System) is one of the 'Big Three' American commercial broadcast television networks, founded in 1927 and now a division of Paramount Global. Its news division, CBS News, produces flagship programmes including CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes, and Face the Nation.

UAP Coverage History

CBS has produced significant UAP-related coverage for decades. Local CBS affiliates have carried landmark reports, including the airing of Linda Moulton Howe's A Strange Harvest documentary on CBS Denver (KMGH-TV) in 1980, which brought cattle-mutilation and UAP claims to a broad US audience. Nationally, CBS's 60 Minutes has produced major UAP segments, most notably the 2021 episode on the 2004 Nimitz Tic-Tac encounter with Commander David Fravor and Lieutenant Commander Alex Dietrich, which is widely credited as a turning point in US mainstream UAP coverage.

Significance

CBS's editorial standards and Bill Whitaker's 60 Minutes piece in particular legitimised US military UAP testimony for mainstream audiences. The network's coverage of subsequent hearings and the 2023 David Grusch testimony has reinforced CBS as a primary broadcast-era data source for US UAP historiography.