Film-maker Spyros Melaris insists he headed up a team that created black and white video that fooled the world in 1995
The man who claims he was behind an alien autopsy video that took the world by storm said it was actually shot in a north London flat.
To this day, there are those who refuse to believe that the not-so-out-of-this-world account of the grainy footage’s origins.
But film-maker Spyros Melaris insists he headed up a team that created black and white video that fooled the world in 1995.
At a one-man show held in the Leicester Square Theater last night, he said the ‘alien’ corpse was actually made by sculptor John Humphreys — a special effects expert who also worked on Dr Who.
He told the West End audience that he managed to source 1940s surgeons’ outfits and medical instruments from prop providers in the UK and US.
‘For me, it was just a joke, a bit of fun but I have learnt my lesson,’ he added.
And he says it was his brother and girlfriend who made up the team of ‘government pathologists’ that were filmed carving up the extraterrestrial.
To this day, there are those who refuse to believe that the not-so-out-of-this-world account of the grainy footage’s origins
Mr Melaris says it was his brother and girlfriend who made up the team of ‘government pathologists’ that were filmed carving up the extraterrestrial
He even claims that, at one point, he considered using raspberry jelly for the being’s brain but that it was ‘too dark’
Mr Melaris said they used organs from cows and lambs from a local for the alien’s guts.
He even claims that, at one point, he considered using raspberry jelly for the being’s brain but that it was ‘too dark’.
To add further authenticity to his work, the 16mm film footage was spliced onto an original Pathe newsreel of a 1947 college baseball match in Roswell in a bid to convince experts from Kodak it was genuine.
To add further authenticity to his work, the 16mm film footage was spliced onto an original Pathe newsreel of a 1947 college baseball match in Roswell in a bid to convince experts from Kodak it was genuine
It comes after musician Ray Santilli reportedly made millions when he claimed the footage was shot by a US military official shortly after the 1947 Roswell UFO incident.
Mr Melaris added: ‘I would like to say now that there is a big part of me that feels remorse.
‘I underestimated the response. The reality is that everybody in the UFO community took this film as the smoking gun, proof of UFOs and aliens.’