To understand what ufology is, we must refer to the English language. In this language, the acronym UFO is used to name an "unidentified flying object" : that is, an unidentified flying object (UFO, in Spanish).
From UFO derives the concept of ufology , which came to our language as ufology. It is, in short, the study of unidentified flying objects. Ufology can be considered as a pseudoscience, since its claims are not usually endorsed by the scientific community in general.
Ufology holds that UFOs come, in many cases, from other planets. Therefore ufologists affirm that extraterrestrial life exists. To support their sayings, they wield videos, photographs and testimonies that, according to their position, would demonstrate the existence of beings and objects that do not originate from Earth.
Among the phenomena that ufology usually investigates are the appearance of strange marks on crops, the accounts of abductions and the mutilations of animals. In many cases, science has shown that the cases were hoaxes.
UFOlogy frequently denounces conspiracies by international governments to hide alleged evidence of extraterrestrial life. According to ufologists, the authorities do not want the population to become aware of the cases.
UFOlogy, the existence of beings from other planets, has always aroused a lot of interest both among ordinary citizens and artists. Hence, precisely, that the world of cinema and television has been inspired by it to give shape to different products.
A good example of this is the North American television series "The X Files", which enjoyed enormous success in the 1990s and revolved around two FBI investigators who were investigating cases classified as "X". because they made reference to UFO sightings, paranormal situations, the strangest beings…
In fact, we cannot overlook the fact that in Spain there is currently a television program that revolves around aliens, strange sightings and all kinds of events that can be considered impossible or difficult to explain. We are referring to the space "Fourth millennium", presented by the journalist Iker Jiménez and which is broadcast weekly on the Cuatro network.
Beyond controversies, several ufology experts achieved world fame. Uruguayan Fabio Zerpa, based in Argentina, is one of them. Also very popular is the Spanish ufologist Juan José Benítez, author of several books on UFOs and extraterrestrials.
Specifically, among his best-known publications, we can highlight "My favorite UFOs" (2001), "The unidentified crewmen" (1983) or "The spies of the Cosmos" (1983).
However, in Spain the psychiatrist and journalist Fernando Jiménez del Oso (1941 - 2005) also became a very important figure on this issue. He carried out, among many other jobs, the direction of a television program called "Beyond", which was a great success in the 1970s thanks to his research on the UFO phenomenon, for example.