Alien Autopsy – Fantasy or Reality?

In Ufology (the study of UFO’s), the phrase alien autopsy refers to an examination of an alien corpse that was allegedly performed and recorded in 1947. The recording performed by the American Government was on black and white 16mm film. The footage is also referred to as the Santilli Footage, because it was London-based Merlin Group producer, Ray Santilli who purchased the footage for £ 100'000 in 1995.

So what is an “alien autopsy”? Supposedly, an alien autopsy is a procedure that is carried out on a being of extraterrestrial origin after it has died. The belief in these alien autopsies, along with the belief that they are being carried out by the United States Government, is one of the core components of numerous UFO conspiracy theories. The term “alien autopsy” is used in pop-culture, fiction and Ufology regardless of its validity.

The 17-minute footage of the typical “Gray” alien, an almond-eyed, gray-skinned creature with a large head and small body, getting dissected was presented on television in Britain and America in 1995. The broadcast drew bigger viewing audiences than Live-Aid. The incredible images of the disemboweling of the being were sensational enough to have made front page news worldwide.

Ray Santilli claimed to have purchased the footage from a former cameraman for the military who had been behind the camera for the autopsy performed on the alien from the now famous 1947 Roswell, New Mexico UFO crash site. Each frame was examined thoroughly by doctors and ufologists along with special-effects and film experts. The authenticity of the film has been fiercely debated.

In 2006, Santilli made the announcement that the shocking film was not exactly genuine. In the televised documentary Eamonn Investigates: Alien Autopsy, by British Sky Broadcasting, Santilli kept insisting that the film was a restoration of genuine footage while Eamonn Holmes kept referring to the film as a fake.

Santilli maintained that the film was a reconstruction of an authentic film he had watched in the early 1990’s but subsequently lost. Furthermore, Santilli claimed that frames from the original “real” alien autopsy film were embedded in the new “reconstructed” version, but could not pinpoint exactly which ones they were.

Santilli made explanations as to how he happened to come across the cameraman and subsequently purchase the footage. Altogether, Santilli acquired a lot of two reels of film, twenty-one safety prints and the negative. From this acquisition, Santilli was able to put together four films. Aside from the famous alien autopsy everyone knows from TV, there is also a second autopsy performed on a less-injured creature, footage of a Gray getting examined inside a military tent, and footage of some control panels and I-beams from the wreckage of the craft.

The other autopsy is rare and hard to find. Apparently Santilli had a private showing for only a select few people, among them the Italian journalist Maurizio Baiata. The second autopsy was never shown publicly and was bought by Volger Spielberg. The footage from the tent was eventually proved to be a hoax.

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