The story began with a report on RockyMountainNews.com last Wednesday, when Jeff Peckman announced that he would be showing a video that showed a live extraterrestrial at a news conference. Of course that got everybody very excited, only to get let down when Bryan Bonner, a member of the Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society, made a mock video of the footage that raised questions as to whether or not Stan Romanek’s video was real.
In what amounts to a bizarre new kind of viral marketing, the footage screened on Friday—to be included in an upcoming documentary about Romanek’s experiences—is also part of a ballot initiative to create a commission that would formalize contact with aliens.
Bonner’s mock video has since been plastered all over the blogosphere and mistaken as Romanek’s video, while their media conference made headlines worldwide. Peckman has made a big marketing splash for both the documentary and his political initiatives, but he also upset many people in the UFO community, who feel that the footage and the photograph is fake. When I first saw the rehash of a Denver news segment on Sunday, I felt the alien peeking through the window was a Photoshop rendition and that these men were looking for fame. So, I dismissed it without realizing just how much of a big deal this story was.
Below is a video of The Larry King Show, where King interviews two skeptics about the motive(s) of Romanek and Peckman.
I found myself smiling as I read the interview with William Shatner Vulture Chatroom. This guy is so funny. I enjoyed the part of the interview where he was propositioned by Koko the gorilla. But then he piqued my curiosity when he fessed up to lying about his UFO experience. Since I don’t follow UFO stories as much as ghost stories, I did a bit of research to see what I could find. Here is one variation of the story.
. . . Shatner had a bizarre UFO experience while riding his motorcycle with friends in the Mojave desert. Supposedly Shatner’s bike stopped working properly. He crashed and became disoriented and his friends mysteriously lost track of him. Shatner claimed to see some kind of shadowy apparition beckoning him from the edge of the horizon. He followed this apparition for hours, eventually arriving at a petrol station where Shatner claimed he saw a silvery, metallic disc hovering overhead.
My search turned up another interesting tidbit (see link below), a video Shatner did with his daughter, Liz. The part where he talks about life on Mars is at the end of the segment, but you can fast-forward to the end. Be prepared for some vague claims.
On the 10th February we had the extreme pleasure of interviewing Earl Fulford, a first hand witness to the infamous ‘Roswell Incident’, now 82 years of age. In July 1947 he was stationed at what was then called the Roswell Army Air Field. (RAAF) He was a Staff Sergeant with a Top Secret clearance and served with the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron. (AES)
In this exclusive interview Earl describes the events that occurred on that fateful day as he personally experienced them. He also provides extensive details regarding his background and military career.
The first segment of this interview will be live in the main area of the OpenMinds Forum within a few days. In the meantime, you can visit their site and read more details about this strange “memory material.” While I’m very intrigued with what this man has to say, I can’t help wondering why the US government hasn’t come crashing down on these people to silence their testimonies.
I just finished watching SciFi Channel’s Roswell Confessions, where five people were interviewed about the infamous coverup. The first three were relatives of the witnesses who are now deceased. I sat there and listened, mildly interested as these people talked about the “grays” and how the government went to great lengths to silence anyone who had either witnessed the crash or had seen the aliens.
When I clicked on the last segment, an interview with Lt. Jack Trowbridge, I expected more of the same. Trowbridge intrigued me with his story about “memory material”, which was found at the crash site. Rather than recant it here, I invite you to watch this segment.
