them? >> he showed me the film. it was remarkable because it was obviously the autopsy of a creature of some kind. safe to say possibly surgeons are certainly operating with a scalpel. they are separating the skin and the body tissue. they're removing organs. and they're placing the organs into glass jars. they're peeling back what seems to be a black film that's over the eye. and they are conducting a medical examination. >> the film you're watching premieres on television in 1995 to more than 11 million viewers. 32 countries buy the rights to televise the shocking film. the audience is told that the footage is authentic. in fact, it is not. according to santilli, it's a re-creation. this is what he says happened to the original alien autopsy footage that he purchased in cleveland. >> we got the film back into england and ran it through the machines.