From: Eddie Gahan I found this article in the Irish Times 27/3/95. It's probably old hat to you serious Roswell fans but for those of you that are interested here it is. _________________________________________________________________ A TOP-SECRET film allegedly showing dead aliens will be screened for the first time anywhere in the world this summer in Britain. It will also form the basis of a BBC TV documentary due to be screened in August. The 91-minute film, to be shown to an international audience of UFO spotters at a two-day conference at Sheffield Hallam University, has been classified as top secret for almost 50 years. It was shot by US government officials in the desert of New Mexico, allegedly after a flying saucer crash-landed in 1947. US Air Force officials sealed off the site and the film, shot by military camera personnel, was immediately classified. UFO experts claim the truth has been covered up ever since. But the 16 mm black-and-white silent film, shot on 14 reels, was copied by a former military cameraman, now 82 and still living in America, who believed the cover-up was wrong and that the evidence should be publicly examined. He passed it to a British TV documentary film-maker, Ray Santilli - who was in America making a documentary about Elvis Presley. The film is alleged to show scientists examining a creature laid on a slab inside a tent at the crash site, guarded by military police. Scientists carry out an autopsy on the alien body and examine tissue samples. It is also said to show part of the spaceship wreckage - allegedly made from a material that could not be be burned, dented or cut. Experts believe the cover-up was ordered to give US scientists a chance to try to copy the engineering. The UFO conference where it will be screened in August is likely to attract more than 500 enthusiasts from as far afield as Russia and South Africa. Conference organiser Mr Philip Mantle, of the British UFO Research Association, said: ``We have already had the film checked out by Kodak who confirm it is 50 years old, and we now plan to have it examined by film experts at the university.'' Mr Mantle, director of investigations for the UFO association, added: ``I have seen one seven-minute reel. The film is clear and very intriguing. ``Of course, any film or picture can be faked, but if this is a hoax, a lot of people were involved because they can be clearly seen on screen, and by now we might have expected that one of them would have let the cat out of the bag. ``Our intention is to show the film and then Mr Santilli, who is convinced it is genuine, will speak about the film. Then people will have to make up their own minds.''