From: James Easton (texje@BONALY.HW.AC.UK)

BBC Radio have, literally, just broadcast an article on today's press conference. The article featured a radio journalist who was at the conference and this is a brief summary of his report:


It was a strange event...people were frisked before entering. There was no introduction whatsoever, the lights dimmed and flickery scenes appeared on screen.

The film showed 2 men wearing white surgical clothing and "hoods", resembling a beekeeper's covering, with a third man looking through a window. You could see a clock and a telephone and a sign which said "Danger".

On a black slab you could see an "alien" with a large head. It was extremely skinny and looked absurd. One of it's legs was charred.

It looked like something out of a 50's B-movie.

The film was blurred and looked amateurish.

I found it exceedingly boring to be honest.

There were supposed to be shots of a crash site but we didn't get to see those.

The "surgeons" faces were not visible and neither were any surgical instruments. [END]


A brief interview then followed with a reporter from the Sunday People newspaper and he said, "I don't really believe it, but I'll be saying, "here it is, make your own mind up"."

A reporter from NBC also commented that "the footage is certainly compelling", but he also will leave it to others to judge.

Other comments from people present at the press conference:

"The footage is almost perfect, almost too legitimate."

"It looked like they could be actors, it looked like it was a double bluff."

"Even the person who owns the film says he is not sure it is genuine, so how can I be."

"There is clearly a strong financial motive behind it."

"I can't believe anyone could take it seriously."

"It will no doubt receive a mention in the press, along with a few jokes..."

There was no mention of BUFORA's involvement.