Alien autopsy (1995)
- Original title
- Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)
- Directed by
- Tom McGough
- Genre
- found footage film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 48 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This 1995 pseudo-documentary shows grainy black-and-white footage that claims to depict an alien autopsy after the Roswell incident. It aired on television worldwide and sparked debate about its authenticity. The film was later revealed as a hoax created in a London living room.
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What happens
Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction is a 1995 pseudo-documentary containing grainy black-and-white footage of a hoaxed alien autopsy. In 1995, film was released by British entrepreneur Ray Santilli purporting to show an alien autopsy conducted shortly after the Roswell incident. The footage aired on television networks around the world. Fox television broadcast the purported autopsy, hosted by Jonathan Frakes, on August 28, 1995, under the title Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction, and re-broadcast it twice, each time to higher ratings. The footage was also broadcast on UK's Channel 4, and repackaged for the home video market. The program was an overnight sensation, with Time magazine declaring that the film had sparked a debate "with an intensity not lavished on any home movie since the Zapruder film". The program was thoroughly debunked; the footage was shot on an inexpensive set constructed in a London living room. Its alien bodies were hollow plaster casts filled with offal, sheep brains, and raspberry jam. Multiple participants in Alien Autopsy stated that misleading editing had removed their opinions that the footage was a hoax. Santilli admitted in 2006 that the film was a fake, though he continued to claim it was inspired by genuine, but lost, footage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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