Shell reveals that his preliminary chemical analysis of actual imagery from the film matches Kodak Super XX stock manufactured in 1947, and that the film's low fog levels prove it was exposed while still fresh, within a two-to-three-year window. He discloses the existence of a second autopsy not shown by Fox, filmed without protective suits and in much sharper focus. Shell describes additional unseen footage of crash debris featuring I-beams inscribed with raised metallic writing resembling ancient Greek, six-fingered control devices recovered from the creatures, and a tent scene where technicians appear to bandage a possibly still-living being. The crash site, located approximately ten miles southwest of Socorro, New Mexico, has been independently verified as containing a 50-foot excavated and refilled area. Shell notes that a still-unprocessed film canister labeled "Truman" may contain footage of the president inspecting the crash site.
A riveting interview packed with details that push far beyond what Fox ever broadcast to the public.
Key Moments
Preliminary analysis dates the film stock and exposure to within two or three years of 1947: Bob Shell explains that Kodak only confirmed manufacture (1927, 1947 or 1967 are the three possible years given the edge-mark coding); his own preliminary chemical work goes further. The film base is the acetate propionate used for Kodak Super XX, and the very low fog levels mean the high-speed stock had to have been exposed and processed while still fresh - a window of two or three years at most.
Wreckage I-beams contradict Jesse Marcel: thicker metal with raised, alphabetic markings: Shell describes the roughly two-and-a-half minutes of wreckage footage Fox declined to air. The I-beams are not the skinny balsa-wood-like pieces Jesse Marcel described - they are about two-and-a-half inches tall and three inches wide, made of strong metal, with markings raised from the surface rather than painted. Different analysts read the script as ancient-Greek-like, ancient Phoenician, or a digital encoding.
There are two autopsies on film, and Fox has only one of them: Shell drops the disclosure that Fox has not shared with viewers: there are two separate autopsies on the cameraman's footage. In the first, surgeons wear only face masks rather than the full isolation suits, and the close-ups stay in focus. The blurry close-ups Fox aired come from the second autopsy because the cameraman himself was wearing an isolation suit.
Cameraman places the crash near Socorro, not Roswell: Shell states with some authority that the footage has nothing to do with the traditional Roswell incident. The cameraman locates the crash about 10 miles southwest of Socorro, New Mexico, in a small dry lake bed. A colleague visited the site within the last month and confirmed an excavated and back-filled area roughly 50 feet across - exactly as the cameraman described.