Based on true events, alien autopsy is the story of two unlikely lads from london who became icons of ufology. He presented it as an authentic autopsy on the body of an alien recovered from the 1947 crash of a flying disc near roswell, new mexico. Alien autopsy is a pretty amusing mockumentary style retelling of the story of two london lads who fooled a lot of the world into thinking they had authentic footage of an autopsy being performed. Oct 02, 2017 it was l995 when santillis controversial alien autopsy film was released around the world. It was 1995 when ray santillis controversial alien autopsy film was released around the world. The man behind the infamous alien autopsy film has finally revealed the truth about it. The ant and dec film made me interested in the story of the two men that made the film of the alien and this has them telling how they did it. Cia scientist believed alien autopsy footage was real. Still photo taken from alien autopsy film alien bodies recovered alien crash retrievals roswell alien crash roswell citizens threatened the alien autopsy film. With jonathan frakes, walter haut, jesse marcel jr. Spyros melaris fooled millions in 1995 when he released black and white footage he claimed to show the. A cia scientist thought the fake alien autopsy from the famous roswell ufo crash was actually real, a bizarre leaked memo claims. The full true story will be told in my upcoming book. Alien autopsy is a 2006 british comedy film with elements of science fiction directed by jonny campbell.
I watched this twice on sky and thought it was brilliant. Alien autopsy video faker finally reveals truth behind. Greens career began in 1969 as a senior division analyst for neurosciences at the cia. This disk may not play on most dvdbluray players sold in the us due to region encoding incompatibility.
Extras include the full alien autopsy footage for the first time on dvd, outtakes and extensive interviews with ant and dec and other members of the cast. Even before that date, a very emotional debate had already started. The 1947 roswell incident see number 1 got a boost of credibility in 1995 when a grainy, blackandwhite film surfaced. He also sent one to ray santilli, who happened to be a neighbour of his. Ray santilli, gary shoefield talk the real alien autopsy. Ray santilli, gary shoefield talk the real alien autopsy and. Alien autopsy was the name given to a hoaxed medical examination and dissection of a dummy depicted in a film released in the 1990s by a londonbased entrepreneur ray santilli. While moments in the film have obviously been exaggerated for comic effect, the overall spirit of their story remains intact. Living in rural new hampshire at the time, betty and barney hill claimed to have been abducted by aliens on september 19, 1961. The story behind the alien autopsy hoax live science. I have covered events surrounding this film in many publications around the world and in my new book roswell alien autopsy the truth behind the film that shocked the world so forgive me if i dont cover old ground here. I set out on this journey to try and get to the bottom of the alien autopsy film, and now i have.
Now ray santilli, the man who produced the fraudulent reproduction and has stuck by his claim that he saw the real film, has come forward with a photograph he claims is. His revelation is made as a new movie is released telling the true story of the hoax. To round off the interview, i asked spyros melaris what he had to say to the doubters out there, those that believe the alien autopsy film is the genuine article. However, there are many reasons to doubt this account. It stars everyones favourite duo ant an dec and they do a sterling job. Sep 20, 2010 based on true events, alien autopsy is the alternately bizarre and frequently quirky story of the two unlikely lads from london who become icons in ufology with a discovery that stunned millions.
British entrepreneur ray santillis declan donnelly notorious attempt to pass off a staged video of an alien autopsy as the real thing. With those words, spyros melaris hopes he has put the demons of his 1995 alien autopsy footage touted as secret government film from the 1947 roswell incident to rest. The one thing that i first asked spyros was why was it that he had decided to go public with this information now. A hoax alien autopsy film that fooled the world in. And, you get the whole autopsy film from beginning to end, which i had never seen before. Better than its given credit for, alien autopsy marks the one and only headlining film roles for ant and dec, everyones favourite geordie television duo. About a year and a half ago, on 5th may 1995, the londonbased film producer ray santilli for the first time presented his alleged alien autopsy footage to an audience of invited media representatives and ufo researchers at the london museum. In 1995 london based businessman ray santilli caused what has been arguably the biggest controversy in the entire history of ufo research when he launched his alien autopsy film across the front pages of magazines and via the tv screen in over 20 different countries. It was 1993 when i was first contacted by london businessman ray santilli.
Alien autopsy filmmaker regrets hoax new york post. Tv presenters ant and dec make their big screen debut in a new film based on the true story about two men who find footage of an apparent alien autopsy. He told me the story of retrieving an alien craft was true. But the story has taken a new twist after a leaked memo was allegedly sent to aerospace billionaire robert bigelow from one of his physicists eric davis. Make you think why they have ventured into more film. Jun 30, 2010 we think its about time for an alien autopsy warner home video is releasing the film on september 21, 2010 for dvd, which is, believe it or not, based on a true story.
The long awaited book by spyros melaris, alien autopsy. The reputed creator of a fake et corpse has publicly confessed. The mans name is ray santilli, and the film he was describing is referred to as the santilli film. Alien autopsy casebook the spyros melaris story by philip mantle.
In honor of the release of a film about the 1995 controversy surrounding an. Cia scientist thought fake roswell alien autopsy video was. The true story comes with an accompanying dvd and is priced at. Based on a true story it tells the story of a couple of chancers who convince the world that they have video footage of aliens.
Jun 27, 2016 from alien autopsy update, by philip mantle september 22, 2001. Filmmaker reveals how he faked infamous roswell alien. What has come to be known as the alien autopsy in ufo circles was first made famous in a tv documentary in 1995. We think its about time for an alien autopsy warner home video is releasing the film on september 21, 2010 for dvd, which is, believe it or not, based on a true story. Sep 30, 2010 ray santilli, gary shoefield talk the real alien autopsy and the new film of the same name.
Jun 24, 2016 how an alien autopsy hoax captured the worlds imagination for a decade. In 1995 a man approached a television show producer in great britain and said he had actual film footage of an alien autopsy that was photographed in the late 1940s. The special gained a lot of media attention as well as a lot of criticism for not showing many of the autopsy s significant findings. Real footage of an autopsy on a roswell alien exists it has emerged exclusive. That film was a mishmash of half truths that ray santilli told the script writers.
Sep 28, 2017 one of the men who paid for the creation of the film told the daily express that although the film is fake, it was based off of real footage. Alien autopsy is alien autopsy film fact or fiction. It was released in 1995 by londonbased entrepreneur ray santilli. Actually the film itself was real just like a hollywood scifi blockbuster would be real. For me, it was just a joke, a bit of fun but i have learned my lesson. Its the story of the 2 men who fooled millions of people into thinking that it was all real, and its all quite interesting. The impact of any alien news today is unlikely to match that of 17 minutes of grainy blackandwhite footage debuted in 1995. Alien autopsy based on the true story of ray santilli and friend gary shoefield, alien autopsy is a comedy telling of how ray saw what he believed to be a true alien autopsy video, accidentally destroyed it, made a fake one to replace it, and then sold the rights to the fake video as the world was temporarily convinced of. This however involves the film of an alien autopsy film that harry sold to him after holding onto it since 1947 after the military departments were reorganized and forgot to pick up the film. If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the book it is available february 2008, advanced orders can be placed with diginet uk publications, p.
According to a story shared online, also mentioned in some news outlets, a real footage of an autopsy on a roswell alien does exist and a grainy image from it is also shared by ray santilli, the man who presented the alien autopsy video in past. Alien autopsy aliens, an introduction to the truth. The poor reception to the film pretty much killed there acting career, but im pretty sure there doing ok with their cushy presenting jobs and millions of pounds. Famous alien autopsy film confession reignites debate. In honor of the release of a film about the 1995 controversy surrounding an infamous bit of footage. Alien autopsy 2006 movie parental guide is this movie. Ray has just one more bad luck when the original film deteriorates after being opened in the cannister with the odor of dissolving vinegar.
On may 5, 1995, a highly inflammatory piece of filmfootage was shown to a select audience at the museum of london, england, by a man named ray santilli. With declan donnelly, anthony mcpartlin, bill pullman, gotz otto. As a magician, i wanted to create the biggest illusion ever performed on a. Fox network television special investigating the alien autopsy 1995 footage that was allegedly filmed by the united states military after the legendary ufo crash near roswell, new mexico in 1947. Alien autopsy game over the devil is in the detail the spyros melaris story philip mantle, author of alien autopsy inquest, investigates ray santillis controversial alien autopsy film. The photo, taken on film, was sent to tom carey and has been. Dating back to march 2001, the document has given extraterrestrial enthusiasts renewed hope that the clip, apparently showing an alien.
May 02, 2016 the long awaited book by spyros melaris, alien autopsy. The director, spyros melaris, said in a new oneman show in london that their story that it was a recreation of a real film was false there was no real alien autopsy film. Media frenzy ensues which catapults ray and gary into the limelight, but the two of them have an even bigger secret and if the truth got out what would happen to them. Dec 11, 20 if this scenario sounds familiar, its probably because of the most fabled and legendary story involving an alleged crashed ufo and the subsequent autopsy of its alien crew. How an alien autopsy hoax captured the worlds imagination for a decade. Ufo phenomenon alien autopsy game over the devil is in the detail the spyros melaris story philip mantle, author of alien autopsy inquest, investigates ray santillis controversial alien autopsy film it was 1993 when i was first contacted by london businessman ray santilli. Jonny campbell directs this comic mockumentary inspired by a true story that turned out to be fake. Finally, the truth is exposed, and this dvd is the perfect companion to the warner bros film, telling the real story behind the blockbuster film.
Thus was born the controversy surrounding the nownotorious alien autopsy film a controversy that raged for more than a decade. It was l995 when santillis controversial alien autopsy film was released around the world. It was twelve years since the alien autopsy film hit the headlines. Duped cia scientist believed hoaxed roswell alien autopsy footage. Five films based on reallife ufo incidents a space. Thoroughly enjoyable british film based on the greatest hoax since the 1969 moonlanding stanley kubrick, im looking at you namely the infamous alien autopsy video that went viral across the world in the 90s. However, the movie was made and distributed by warner bros and so melaris felt that he was now able to speak as the story was now in the public domain.
At the time of the 1995 cannes film festival spyros, a film maker and magician, sent faxes to warner bros. With those words, spyros melaris hopes he has put the demons of his 1995. Rent alien autopsy 2006 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Sep 26, 2017 for me, it was just a joke, a bit of fun but i have learned my lesson. Alien autopsy released 7 april stars ant and dec as the two british chancers ray santilli and gary. Five films based on reallife ufo incidents a space blogyssey. Mar 04, 2016 it too was called alien autopsy featuring ant and dec. Nov 22, 2014 a ufo researcher claims to have been given an authentic image of an alien, supposedly taken after an autopsy in the topsecret area 51. In fact, the connections with the autopsy film and with what robert told me are chillingly similar. Alien autopsy always maintains rays assertions that the original footage that he had viewed back in 1992 was real, and that the resulting film. This 1975 madefortv movie was based on the betty and barney hill abduction. Today however, if you ask many ufo devotees theyll tell you it was real.
With those words, spyros melaris hopes he has put the demons of his 1995 alien autopsy footage touted as sec. Whats the rowsell alien autopsy video and is it true. Footage of a dead alien supposedly from a crashed ufo in roswell, nm and moved to area 51 shocked the world. Humoristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal related to the fake.
Director jonny campbell teams with screenwriter william davies for this satirical look at the notorious, purportedly genuine. Nome, alaska became wellknown for the mysterious disappearance of 24 people between the 1960s and 2004, which caused the fbi to investigate. Meanwhile, the truth of what happened at roswell continues. The film is basically about the events of on may the 5th 1995 most people probably remember this as the day that man found out he was not alone in the universe, it tells the story of the two people that found the footage of the alien autopsy but the film says that it was all fake. Bearing in mind, 1986 was years before the autopsy film from ray santilli surfaced. They released, alien autopsy, their first venture into bigscreen comedy fiction, with a script that essentially retells the santilli story, in 2006. The two men met at cannes, and after a couple of bottles of wine santilli boasted that he had an alien autopsy film. The trope maker is the footage of the alleged alien autopsy that occurred after the fateful event in roswell, new mexico which eventually became the fox networks 1995 tv special alien autopsy. Apr 07, 2006 the film is basically about the events of on may the 5th 1995 most people probably remember this as the day that man found out he was not alone in the universe, it tells the story of the two people that found the footage of the alien autopsy but the film says that it was all fake. If this scenario sounds familiar, its probably because of the most fabled and legendary story involving an alleged crashed ufo and the subsequent autopsy of its alien crew. The alien autopsy movie about how the hoaxers created it all was very suspicious.
New twist in decades old alien autopsy controversy. Alien autopsy always maintains rays assertions that the original footage that he had viewed back in 1992 was real, and that the resulting film was accurate to the material that was destroyed. The alien autopsy is a 17minute blackandwhite film supposedly depicting a secret medical examination or autopsy of an alien by the united states military. The patient is an unremarkable comedy that tells the true story behind a notorious 1995 film. He presented it as an autopsy on the body of an extraterrestrial being recovered from the crash of a flying disc near roswell, new mexico on june 2, 1947. It was 1993 when i was first contacted by london businessman, ray santilli.
Ray santilli, gary shoefield talk the real alien autopsy and the new film of the same name. Skeptical inquirer magazine was on to the 1995 alien autopsy film from the outset. Jan 16, 2012 the fourth kind released in 2009, the fourth kind is an alien abduction film loosely based on real life events in nome, alaska. Jun 27, 2006 film of the fake alien autopsy at roswell convinced millions around the world of earths first close encounter. Its potential was realized by tv personalities ant and dec. One of the impressions that you get from the alien autopsy footage is that the body is very humanlike. As per a report by the sun, green went on to provide a professional evaluation of the footage in january 2001 and a summary of his report stated, the alien autopsy film video is real, the alien. It was later revealed that the footage of the alien autopsy was not real, and it was the creation of magician and film maker spyros melaris and sculptor john humphreys. So let us analyze whether the claims of real alien autopsy in roswell back in 1947 are true or false. The storys a bigger story if there was a real film. Bbc manchester entertainment i made the roswell alien.
Cia scientist thought fake roswell alien autopsy video was real. Real footage of an autopsy on a roswell alien exists. I think we saw something in this mess that was real and someone added a bunch of garbage to confuse us. A ufo researcher claims to have been given an authentic image of an alien, supposedly taken after an autopsy in the topsecret area 51.
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