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SUBJECT: UFO Cover-Up ? FILE: UFO136
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PART 2
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Initially, the producer who will remain nameless throughout
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this piece professed to having a strong and sincere belief in
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Ufology. For all intents and purposes that appears to have been
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true, except for occasional asides where he demonstrated a far
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stronger interest in butts; both that of cigars and young women.
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About a third of the way into production, the first dark
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clouds appeared, signaling something ominous on the horizon. The
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producer, after having several meetings during production with
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"Condor" and "Falcon"--both alleged clandestine government
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intelligence sources for the show-began showing marked symptoms
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of paranoia. He became quite irascible, demanding and
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dictatorial to all of the production staff. One particular
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demonstration of the came when he spoke with me saying, "I want
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you to get into the possible government cover-up and conspiracy
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based on the data we've collected, but at the same time I want
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you to remain neutral in your approach." To say that his request
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was a contradiction in terms would be an understatement, not to
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mention an impossibility for any writer. My job as the writer
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was to be as objective as possible, which accordingly meant that
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I was to demonstrate, based on the voluminous data at our
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disposal, that a U.S. government conspiracy had in fact occurred
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over the last 42 years and was still in effect.
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After repeated meetings with "Condor" and "Falcon", the
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producer's attitude and orientation toward the show altered even
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further. His increasing paranoia and loss of objectivity caused
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him to ignore virtually every significant piece of information
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and event presented to him in the treatment and original
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screenplay. All attempts to persuade him to take seriously the
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Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents and data from books
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like Clear Intent, Sky Crash, Intruders and Above Top Secret,
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along with facts on the cattle mutilation mystery, were
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fruitless.
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Under normal circumstances, a producer waits for a finished
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first draft of a treatment and/or script before asking for a re-
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write if such is desired. With the frenzied state of mind the
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producer was now in, he would demand to see every page as it was
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written, frequently lose it after it was turned in and if not,
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would ask for it to be re-written because it didn't meet with his
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approval. Because of his confused state of mind, he really had
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no idea exactly what he wanted. The producer's incredible
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indecisiveness drove the creative staff to distraction and
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finally to their wits end, as the show was on a very short-term
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deadline.
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Yes, we did have the cooperation of several government
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intelligence sources. Emenegger said he would talk to his
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sources about furnishing never-before-seen footage of a supposed
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UFO landing at Holloman Air Force Base. Tracking camera footage
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of a missile launch depicting a UFO paralleling the missile
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flight, was also, at one point, made available from another
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associate of Emenegger's. Unfortunately, both of these
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potentially incredible pieces of film footage were ultimately
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withheld.
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When the final treatment and partially completed teleplay
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were presented to the producer, his response was shocking. He
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rejected them because they were too serious. In the producer's
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own words: "What you've given me here is totally useless. I
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can't use a single page of it. I want copy, schlock, camp...not
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screenwriting." My response was simple and straightforward,
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"Don't you want a serious show that will blow people out of their
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chairs? Aren't you concerned with the integrity and quality of
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the program?" The producer simply stared into my face with a
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blank expression.
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End of part 2
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**********************************************
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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