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Alien Autopsy producers admit the footage was a staged 'restoration'

When: Apr 2006
Sources: 2 public sources

Ahead of a 2006 comedy film about them, Ray Santilli and Gary Shoefield said the 1995 'alien autopsy' footage was a re-creation they staged, which they called a restoration of film they claimed to have seen. Sculptor John Humphreys said he made the alien body.

Sources

PressI made the Roswell alien (interview with John Humphreys) (opens in a new tab)BBC Manchester / 2006-04-07
PressA fresh stab at 'Alien Autopsy' (opens in a new tab)Los Angeles Times / 2006-11-10

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How the story came out

This reports on Fox airs 'Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction?' (28 Aug 1995).

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