The
Alien Autopsy
Ray Santilli, a businessman
based in London, was in Cleveland, USA, looking for some music memorabilia
and footage. He met an elderly cameraman who had some of the material he
wanted, and also offered to sell the footage of the "Roswell" alien autopsy.
"As a result of research into film material
for a music documentary I was in Cleveland, Ohio, USA in the summer of
1993. Whilst there I had identified some old film material taken by Universal
News in the summer of 1955. As Universal News no longer existed and I needed
the film to investigate the source of the film and was able to determine
that the film was shot by then a local freelance cameraman. He had been
employed by Universal News because of a Film Union strike in the summer
of 1955". (It was later revealed that the
event took place a year earlier)." The cameraman
was located, following which a very straight forward negotiation took place
for his small piece of film i.e.: cash for three minutes of film. Upon
completion of this the cameraman asked if I would be interested in purchasing
outright very valuable footage taken during his time in the forces. He
explained that the footage in question came from the Roswell crash that
it included debris and recovery footage and of most importance autopsy
footage... After hearing the story I was taken to the cameraman's house
and viewed the footage".
Snapshots from the film
On June 27th, 1995, Ray
Santilli made the following statement in an interview with Philip Mantle,
Director of Investigations for BUFORA (The British UFO Research Association):
"About two and a half years ago we were in the States researching what
was a music documentary and we were looking for some early footage of people
like Bill Hailey, Pat Boone and Elvis Presley, and we came across a cameraman
who in the 1950s was a freelance, he was working for various different
people as and when he was employed, and at one time during the early part
of 1955 he was employed by Universal News to film over a particular weekend
what was a variety of rock concerts and so forth at different high schools
across America. The reason he was employed by Universal News was that there
was a union strike on and Universal News could not use their usual news
cameraman, so he was used..."
Later, he named the cameraman: Jack Barnett.
In an interview on April
8th, 1995, he was interviewed in "Phenomena" magazine:
"The
one thing I can tell you that may be of interest to your readers is that
our cameraman states that the event that occurred in Roswell occurred about
one month before it was announced in the press. What happened was that
the vehicle did crash and they were sent there to film and to clear up
the area. The whole area was totally cleaned up. And then, purely by accident,
a small piece of debris was found in an area that had been cleaned up and
when that was found, the military had to go back in to the area again.
That was a couple of weeks after the main event happened".
The autopsy films (there
are two parts) show two autopsies, presumably filmed in the same room.
The people performing the examinations are wearing protective suits. The
body is hairless, humanoid, and probably female. They have enlarged heads,
abdomens, and have six digits on the hands and feet.
The first autopsy begins
with the eye coverings being removed and similar to the second autopsy,
the eyeballs are visible underneath, rolled upwards. The body is cut open
and various organs removed and placed in receptacles. The head is cut open
and the skull sawn open to remove the brain. The procedures are performed
by two people who take notes as they proceed. Through the observation window,
someone wearing a surgical gown, cap and mask can be seen.
The second autopsy shows
a body with a leg wound and a partially severed right hand, and the procedure
is similar to he one in the first autopsy.
Is it a hoax?
The alien body is very rigid,
'muscley', and the skin seems to be drawn by gravity towards the feet,
rather than down towards the autopsy table. This indicates that the body
could be a cast, made from someone in a standing position. The filming
is also consistent with a hoax. There are significant breaks in filming
and what would be particularly challenging sequences, such as the opening
of the body, are missing.
What's the evidence that it's not a hoax?
Some of the autopsy footage
is very detailed, and very convincing. Certainly, in 1947, there was not
the technology to edit the film afterwards. The 'brain removal' sequence,
in particular, seems challenging as a special effect. Also, when the body
is first shown with the chest area open, a rib cage is evident and the
organs are in an arranged order. Later in the 'organ removal' sequence,
what seem to be cut or sawn ribs are apparent. The skin also appears to
be actually cut into at some points.
Could the bodies be human?
This doesn't seem likely.
There are no apparent veins or arteries. There is no obvious subcutaneous
layer of fat. There is also no known record of any genetic defect which
could explain all of the characteristics evident and neither the organs
or brain can seemingly be explained in terms of a human body.
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