the hoax was done. >> despite questions about the film's validity the fascination is real. >> when we went public with the alien autopsy footage, we were visited by a number of else gagss from various countst countries around the world. and the people we saw was really high up in their sector of either politics or military. >> it inspired movies such as "independence day." and santilli believes it has a bigger influence. >> first time acknowledged area 51 after our first transmission of the film. we transmitted at the end of august '95, and a couple weeks later the government acknowledged the first time its