Subject: Roswell film -  "A darn good con"
Message-ID: <20894.2FAC6E56@paranet.FIDONET.ORG>
Date: 6 May 95 04:48:12 GMT

Hi Folks,

I have received some phone calls from Dan Smith who has been contacting some
people who have seen today's Roswell footage, shown in the UK, of roughly 20
min worth of the autopsy film in 3 min segments. One person who is claimed to
have seen it is a film producer associated with WGBH, Public TV in Boston. He
noted a subtle but specific anachronism in the film segment of the autopsy: a
coiled phone cord shown in what is purportedly a late 40's era film. He says
that based on what he saw that it's consistent with the type of military camera
work used during the 60's, in terms of coverage using hand held cameras as
opposed to tripod mounted camera work during the late 40's. His opinion of the
film segment he saw of the autopsy is that it's a hoax.

Smith talked with Colin Andrews who says he could make out 6 digits on the
hands and feet.

I suspect that as we begin to get more reports back from people who have seen
this latest film segment that we're going to hear this film is a very clever,
almost professionaly done, con job. Based on what I've heard so far on this, I
further suspect that Mantle and BUFORA might be feeling some backlash in the
very near future. Aside from that and Quest International's admonition of "I
told you so", I think we need to pay closer attention to how Santilli managed
to get this film from Barnett. Where did Barnett get it?

We need to ask some basic questions - Who produced this film and what are their
motives - Was it for Money making or manipulation of the UFO Community..or
both?

If this was some clumsy attempt to reel UFOlogy into a sucker bait..it looks
like it failed if the UFOlogists themselves are actively debunking it. Again,
what was the motive? I would think that the debunking of it would yield a
reduced profit incentive. If it was for manipulation, then there's something
faintly sinister at work here. One of the things reported to is that the
autopsy is shown being conducted on a body which appears realistic, but that
the head "looks fake". How did they hoax the incisions, fluid/blood flow and
organ removal? Is this, in reality, a UFO snuff film?

Don