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ALIEN AUTOPSY - GAME OVER 1 11 1 ALIEN AUTOPSY - GAME OVER ALIEN AUTOPSY ALIEN AUTOPSY - - GAME OVER GAME OVER The devil is in the detail - The devil is in the detail - The Spyros Melaris story The Spyros Melaris story By Philip Mantle By Philip Mantle It was 1993 when I was first contacted by London businessman Ray Santilli. It was l995 when Santilli's controversial 'Alien Autopsy Film' was released around the world. I have covered events surrounding this film in many publications around the world and in my book 'ALIEN AUTOPSY INQUEST' so forgive me if I don't cover old ground here. On June 22nd 2007 I travelled by train to London to meet up with Ray Santilli and his business partner Gary Shoefield. We had a pleasant lunch together and Ray Santilli showed me some frames of film encased in a type of perspex material. Santilli claimed these were original vintage 1947 frames of film from the alien autopsy. As they came with no official seal of approval or had been authenticated by anyone they were useless. Within a couple of days of this meeting my friend and colleague Russel Callaghan, editor of UFO DATA magazine, had a phone call from a man by the name of Spyros Melaris. This man claimed he had lead the team that faked the whole alien autopsy film. He was a 1. Drawing 1. Original pencil sketch of a design for the alien creature by Spyros Melaris. magician and filmmaker and he was now ready Copyright Spyros Melaris. to spill the beans. He gave Russel a run down of the who, what, why and where of the whole affair. Because of my involvement in this affair and eventually he agreed. The conference itself alien, a full list of hand painted story board Russel was soon on the phone to me with the was held over the weekend of October 20th & images of the whole alien autopsy film, original fax messages from Kodak in the USA providing details. It wasn't long before I spoke to Spyros 21st 2007 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. A Melaris myself and he was telling me things in packed audience saw Spyros take the stage on copies of l947 fill canister labels, and a large great detail. During the next few weeks I had Sunday October 21st. I had met him in person portfolio of research material. This was mainly several telephone conversations with Spyros for the first time the night before at the hotel and of vintage (l940's) US military vehicles and Melaris and also put him in contact with US TV I made loose arrangements to formally some vintage US military medical photographs. producer Robert (Bob) Kiviat at his request. interview him at his home later in the year. As The interview itself lasted around two hours Spyros was considering the best way to go promised, Spyros took to the stage and told of and we only touched the tip of the iceberg. The public with his story, he had a book planned and his involvement in the making of the alien full interview can be located online at: thought that a TV documentary might also be a autopsy film. A small few members of the http://www.outtahear.com/beyond_updates/ind ex.html (Alien Autopsy Information section). I good idea. audience were rather upset to hear this but the Along with my colleagues Russel vast majority were fascinated by what he had to would like to thank my colleague Steve Callaghan, Michael Buckley and Steve say. Johnston for transcribing this interview in full. Johnston, I was one of the co-organisers of the I made arrangements to visit the home of The following is based on that interview. UFO DATA annual conference. It just so Spyros Melaris on November 16th 2007 and I happened that the 2007 conference had a loose drove to his house in Hertfordshire with my ALIEN AUTOPSY ALIEN AUTOPSY - - Roswell theme to commemorate the 60th partner Christine. Before the formal audio-taped anniversary of the Roswell Incident. My interview began we had lunch with Spyros and GAME OVER colleagues and I discussed the possibility of his lovely wife Anne. Over lunch Spyros GAME OVER asking Spyros Melaris to make his first public showed us some of the documentary evidence Continued on Page 12 Continued on Page 12 statement on this whole thing at our conference he has to support his claims. This included his diary from l995, hand drawn sketches of the