Spain has always been the hot spot on ufological questions. Since the first ‘UFO case’ documented in the Spanish press – a glowing and steaming flying jar In March 1826, thousands of events were recorded in the skies of Campo de Criptana (La Mancha) involving strange objects and supposedly otherworldly creatures. Nothing, however, in 1966 BC. A flying saucer allegedly landed in Madrid’s Aluche district and it has grown over the decades into a complex and bizarre alien cult phenomenon that transcends borders and whose plot weaves a fascinating and convoluted figure. Jose Luis Jordan Penagenius pulling the strings of the hut.
this monday, Movistar+ Plus premieres ‘Ummo’. alien spain’three-part documentary mini-series directed by Laura Pousa and Javier Olivera It sheds light on a case that still lives strangely 56 years later. legion of fans around the world those who still believe that the distant planet Ummo exists and that its advanced inhabitants live infiltrated among us. The series not only explores the endless consequences of the case, but also a exciting social frescoes of late Francoist Spain He is as eager for freedom as he is for something to believe in. And what could be better than an extraterrestrial civilization with a sparkling Scandinavian appearance, eager to share with Celtiberian earthlings astonishing levels of scientific, technological, and social progress.
However, it is absolutely crucial to at least try to explain what the ‘UMMO case’ is all about.
The origin of everything is the sighting and landing of a flying saucer on Aluche. February 6, 1966, in utter patriotic rage against the UFO phenomenon. “The concrete and undeniable fact is that there were two witnesses who spoke of the appearance of a strange flying object in Madrid yesterday Sunday, and part of the charred land,” said the chronicle sent and compiled by the Cifra agency. tabloid newspaper ‘El Caso’. Over time, it was learned that he was one of the witnesses. Jose Luis Jordan PenaAn interesting engineer from Alicante planned the wrong view while participating in the live broadcast. talking about the occult Pioneer of ufology in Spain, Fernando SesmaA space held in La Ballena Alegre, located on Calle de Alcalá, opposite the Post Office (now an Irish pub), in the basement of the former Café Lion in Madrid.
Star Wolf 424
Some participants in the ufological meeting began to receive strangely written letters and phone calls The so-called inhabitants of the planet Ummo, located 14.6 light-years from Earth, orbiting the star Wolf 424. In these detailed letters, equipped with a rich and exaggerated language, Umm incredible scientific and technological knowledge, in a large volume of letters that would span over 1,500 pages over thirty years. One of these letters states that some Umm already live on Earth and On July 1, 1967, a spaceship would appear in San José de Valderas. (Madrid). Said and done: two so-called witnesses would claim to have seen a UFO that day, documenting it with photographs of a circular ship with the same sign at the bottom of which the Ummits signed the correspondence.
Back then no one could have imagined but (fake) photos Another work by Jordán Peña, same as typewritten letters. Ummo’s crazy ball started rolling and it still hasn’t stopped to this day, despite its creator admitting that everything was smoke in the early ’90s. “I am the author of Ummo. An experiment I did to examine human purity got out of control.. It was my fault, I’m sorry,” he told journalist Manuel Carballal in his own time. Of course, the matter was complicated, and it was much more so when the excesses of the Edelweiss pedophile cult that used the Ummo symbol as an aesthetic excuse in the ’80s became known: “It scared me. One thing Ummo, the other. “It was a sect that believed in Ummo. It was a mistake to come up with an innocent idea with a scientific load,” he said.endless legions of Ummo’s followers, including author JJ Benitez, never believed that Jordán Peña was the sole architect of the case and preferred to consider the conspiracy; therefore, his stubborn insistence on thinking as a battle cry, “Umm there!”.
“Jordán Peña was a genius, he was a bright, sane man, full of light shadows but fascinating,” they say. Laura Pousa and Javier Olivera talking to this newspaper. “He devoted his whole life, all his unlimited talent, to creating Ummo. He could turn it into a literary work, gain fame and money. But Ummo gave him nothing. So why did he do that?” asks a few creators who think the inventor of the case is more of a fraud than a fraud. artist of an insoluble discipline. “Everything he draws and writes is a work … we don’t really know where to place it, but there is an artistic proposition there, something close to the concept of ‘performer’,” says Olivera.
‘Beyond’ and Jiménez del Oso
The two directors worked for three long years to shape the series. “It was very difficult because there was a tremendous amount of research work, but we had a great time,” says Pousa, doctor of Film History at the Autonomous University of Madrid. indeed there was hundreds of hours of steamy Spanish Television programs Like the legendary ‘Más tú’ of Jiménez del Oso, to which Jordán Peña himself often goes as an authoritative voice, he discussed the subject passionately and (very) meticulously. evil devil’s advocate Questioning the existence of ummo or ufology itself. “They were great shows where people were really thinking straight and talking seriously about things like Ummo. Hence its impact and repercussion: back then people thought it had to be true if it was on TV”, say the directors.
Another story of Spain
“We learned about the case and found it fascinating how the story of a UFO in Madrid in the 1960s allowed us to tell the story of Spain in a different way,” Pousa said. “It really is almost an excuse to talk about the society and culture of the timeThe filmmaker and visual artist, son of the great Argentine director Héctor Olivera, adds the following about the series: irresistible pop mix Jordán Peña’s family footage from the super 8, magnetic tapes from Televisión Española’s endless archive, historical reenactments and interviews with experts on the subject, such as the journalist Eduardo Bravo (Author of the great article ‘Ummo Incredibly True’)the (amazing) daughter of director Nacho Vigalondo or José Luis Jordán Peña, Maite Jordan.
“There are times when not everything reported is true. But how can this be? I can’t be! The border between truth and lie is too messyand this play is exciting for us as well, because we believe it can create a reflection in the audience about what’s going on today with ‘fake’,” explains Olivera. “I would give it for many series. Everything has too many layers, too many complexes, too many things in it: creation of mythsjoke has become a phenomenon, the role of the media…” Pousa points out with a clear fascination about a phenomenon as unique and vast as Jordán Peña himself.
“Umm there!”
The episode looked like an advertising ‘performance’, but it wasn’t. At the last Sitges Festival, at the premiere of the first episode of ‘Ummo’. At the end of the projection in the Tramuntana room, in Alien Spain, a bearded man dressed in white showed his anger. “A lie! A lie! You’re lying! I delivered a letter to Palete [presidente de Telefónica] and the King!” he shouted, pointing at the screen with his index finger. “Umm there!” she exclaimed, the spectators bursting into laughter and cheering on the spontaneous. Movistar+ Plus gave the impression of being part of its advertising strategy, but the truth is that it was none other than José Luis Jordán Moreno, the son of José Luis Jordán Peña and his wife, who invented Ummo. At the same time, he distributed some papers in which he explained the reasons for his protest: Ummo’s complaint to Movistar Plus+ for infringing on the intellectual property rights that, according to him, would have belonged to his late father, and as co-heir to him.
Source: Informacion
