It seems to me the History Channel discovered it's demographic was elderly, conservative uneducated & senile nincompoops and decided to pander to them, instead of actually involve itself with History.
Sounds like you prefer the Christopher Columbus discovered America version of History.

How can you be so certain that UFO's don't exist. Maybe enough people do feel that it's possible, that we are not the only life forms capable of exploring space.

Polls have indicated that the majority of American's are open to the possibility that we are not alone. The government says that there's no such things as UFO's, so it must be true. Right! Pour another glass of that Koolaid.
I bet a number of those people watching are Airline Pilots, Polices Officers, military personnel, Astronauts,and other people from all walks of life, including a President of the United States. That's the face of the people that are witness to them. To consider the entire audience as a bunch of uneducated, senile, nincompoops, is self centered and closed minded in my opinion. But that's my opinion only.

Your post convinces me that there has to be life that's more intelligent than us..
What was the last count you have for the number of stars out there? Maybe one of those stations that you clicked past the History Channel to get to, has solved all mysteries, as well as facts that show, we are the only intelligent beings in the Universe.
The weather man say's (UFO's) are clouds or swamp gas brought on by Katrina, end of the story. Right!

Since most people never look up, because they are too busy, with the monkey business of the rat race, I don't expect them to notice the sky above them anyway. That is unless, it's a virtual sky projected against a blue screen for the Weather Channel.
BTW, it's hard to form a reliable opinion about the UFO subject, watching the weather channel.
Humility is a virtue.
