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| | Unexplained Mysteries :: The story behind the 'alien autopsy' hoax |
 | | The film—purporting to depict the post mortem of an extraterrestrial who died in a UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947—was part of a "documentary" that aired on the Fox television network. |
 | | (See Joe Nickell, "'Alien Autopsy' Hoax," Skeptical Inquirer, Nov./Dec. 1995, 17—19.)Belatedly, a Manchester sculptor and special-effects creator, John Humphreys, now claims the Roswell alien was his handiwork, destroyed after the film was made. |
 | | He made the revelation just as a new movie, "Alien Autopsy," was being released, a film for which he recreated the original creature. |
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