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SUBJECT: UfO Cover-Up ? FILE: UFO135
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PART 1
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UFO Magazine was privileged--or is the word cursed?--to be
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let in on the 'latest' inside information and gossip as the
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production of "UFO Cover-up? Live!" developed over the course of
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many months in the latter part of 1988. When the final product
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aired on October 14 of that year, it was both more and less than
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expected by the UFO Community--enlightening some, frustrating
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many, and throwing most of us back into that endless, spinning
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circle of rumor and speculation as to just who sits at the
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controls when UFO information breaks into big media. Barry E.
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Taff was the original writer hired to prepare the treatment and
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screenplay for the show. The following is his first-hand
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impression of what transpired over the course of "UFO Cover-
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up..." Though based on real events, the opinions he expresses
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should not be taken as reflecting those of either ParaNet or UFO
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Magazine--Vicki Cooper/ASK UFO
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"UFO Cover-Up? Live!": The Untold Story
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by Barry E. Taff
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During the course of development and production of the two-
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hour, prime-time LBS syndicated special "UFO Cover-Up? Live!"
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wild and unsubstantiated rumors circulated throughout the UFO
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community about what was happening, particularly in regards to
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what (or who) the sources of information were and who was calling
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the shots behind the scenes.
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As the original writer for that much discussed show, I can
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reveal some rather startling, although perhaps less-than-
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sensational truths about what REALLY occurred during the course
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of the production, and why the resulting program was an
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amateurish attempt at trying to chronicle and document current
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events and the history of ufology.
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I was hired at a salary well below scale, which was
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acceptable at the time, for we all believed that this program
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would be the chance of a lifetime, especially considering some of
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the creative staff: Tracy Torme, Curt Brubaker, Bob Emenegger,
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Marty (J.R.) Pasetta, Jr. During my initial interview for the
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job, I found the producer to be extremely friendly and very
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concerned that the end product of the show reflect a high caliber
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of writing regarding the show's topic or premise.
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The situation couldn't have sounded any better, and given
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the involvement of associate and segment producers whom I already
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knew and had worked with, along with UFO consultants such as
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William Moore, Jaime Shandera and Stanton Friedman, it was truly
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a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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However, after being told that the show's budget was
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approximately $1,250,000.00 only later to learn that it was
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closer to $825,000.00, I began to worry that things weren't as
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they seemed. As the show progressed in development and
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production, I discovered that I was hired for my vast knowledge
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of Ufology's history, related technology and current events.
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Although as it turned out, this zeal was not shared in entirety
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by the show's producer.
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As we began to choose the sources of information and those
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individuals we wished to be associated with the show, based
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entirely on the validity, accuracy and what we believed to be
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corroborating evidence of their information, incredible rumors
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began to flourish that the show was being run and/or manipulated
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by insiders who were supposedly government intelligence officers
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from such agencies as CIA, NSA or even MJ-12. This matter became
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so comical that the creative staff made up a batch of "MJ" cards,
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ranging from one through twelve, and pasted one on each of our
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desks just to get a laugh when visitors came to the offices.
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End of part 1
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