Рет қаралды 149,813
(2 Jul 1997)
Washington DC, USA - July 2, 1997 and Defence Department archive film
Defence Department archive film:
1. Close shot of test dummy being dropped from high altitude balloon
2. Close shot on board view of dummy falling
3. Wide shot of parachute and dummy landing
APTV - Washington DC - July 2, 1997:
4. Wide shot of news conference with the Fund for UFO Research Inc.
5. Cutaway cameramen
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Don Berliner, Fund for UFO Research
Defence Department archive film:
7. Technicians preparing dummy
APTV - Washington DC - July 2, 1997:
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Don Berliner, Fund for UFO Research
Defence Department archive film:
10. Wide shot of balloon in flight.
11. Close shot of balloon payload disc being dropped.
12. Wide shot of payload disc landing.
13. Close shot still photo of payload disc
14. Mid shot of dummies being loaded onto balloon
15. Mid shot of balloon and dummy launch
APTV - Washington DC - July 2, 1997:
16. SOUNDBITE: Don Berliner, Fund for UFO Research
17. Close shot on-screen view of Internet page offering sale of Alien bust on the anniversary of the Roswell sighting
18. Close shot of Alien bust scrolling to information page
19. Close shot on-screen view of Internet page showing graphic honouring Roswell, New Mexico "Crash Site"
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Don Berliner, Fund for UFO Research
21. Close shot on-screen view of Internet home page offering information about Roswell UFO 50th anniversary activities
22. Close shot of flying saucer on Internet page
STORYLINE:
English/Nat
Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the reputed Roswell UFO landing in New Mexico.
While the US Defence Department explained away the incident as one of their tests, UFO fans say it's a lame theory.
The US Defence Department has said it was dummies like these, dropping from high altitude balloons, that eyewitnesses saw near Roswell, New Mexico, fifty years ago.
But UFO fans refute that.
They say newly released films showing the balloon-dummy tests are merely another attempt by the Air Force to explain away the Roswell UFO sightings.
The Fund for UFO research says it is a lame attempt which is borne of desperation.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"It looks just like they're getting desperate. Either they have an answer to this or they don't. We don't know why they're feeding people answers that are so transparent."
SUPER CAPTION: Don Berliner, Fund for UFO Research
Berliner and associates say eyewitness accounts, including those of former Air Force officials, are in stark contrast to the Air Force dummy test story.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Such dummies are meant to look as human as possible in order to be of any value, in order to present, produce any useful data. No one reported seeing any human-looking bodies in connection with the Roswell incident."
SUPER CAPTION: Don Berliner, Fund for UFO Research
The fund goes so far as to call the latest Air Force effort a "preposterous scheme" to end the speculation over what people said they saw in the desert near Roswell in July 1947.
The Air Force has referred in recent days to a test programme labelled Project Mogul -- testing high altitude balloons, with small payloads carrying instruments.
Again, Berliner and his UFO researchers point to eyewitness accounts which they say punch holes in the Air Force story.
The UFO researchers say very unusual wreckage was found, as well as something completely different to the dummies offered up by the Air Force.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Don Berliner, Fund for UFO Research
SOUNDBITE: (English)
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