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:
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.