The following is a report by Cynthia Hind in UFO Afrinews No. 13 

I am sure that every UFO Journal or magazine will be making some commentary on this film. But before you authoritatively shout 'hoax.' etc..., some facts came to light at the recent BUFORA Conference in Sheffield, York 19/08/95 of which people should be aware. 

a) The title 'The Roswell Incident' is a misnomer. Ray Santilli told the audience at Sheffield that the body was only 2-3 hours old; that it was filmed on June 1st, 1947. (This could not possibly be from the Roswell crash of early JULY 1947). 

b) The film was poorly produced. There were several moments lost while it swivelled up and down; where one could not see anything. Then, when it was finally focused, the body of the surgeon often obscured a better view, with the photographer obviously doing his best to obtain a good picture. 

If the film was hoaxed, certainly some of these shenanigans would be used, but not to the extent they were (if I have the time, I will check how many seconds were lost  - certainly more than was needed to convince an audience that the film was authentic). 

c) I cannot understand why the two surgeons the nurse taking the notes, and the photographer, should all have to be covered up like astronauts ascending into the unknown.  The man at the window observing from outside the autopsy room, wore only a cap and a partial face mask. 

The photographer confirmed that he too had to wear the total cover-up, hence the difficulty in filming. Later, he decided, without permission, to discard the head covering and filmed Bodies 1 and 3 without the total cover-up and these were the films taken away by the Army Air Force. He was left with the remaining 14 x 3 minute reels of 'poor' film which he wanted to try and enhance and which the military never collected despite several reminders from him. 

d) The cord on the telephone, which was claimed as anachronism (not available in 1947), was actually first produced in 1937! 

e) One other alternative was that the body might be an example of Turners Syndrome. Turner, however, established his thesis on these anomalies in 1938, so why should an autopsy in 1947 (the established date of the film) be treated with such caution that the surgeons had to wear complete overalls? 

My personal feeling is that ufologists today are so afraid of being ridiculed, scientifically abused, or laughed at, that their immediate reaction to anything unusual or bizarre is to yell 'HOAX' and very loudly too. I cannot give you any definitive information at this stage, but at least I'm making an effort to try and find out the truth. 
 
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For more details on this case see UFO AFRINEWS No. 4