| UFO activist Jeff Peckman teamed up with UFO | | | | Romanek and Peckman claim that one Denver |
| Experiencer Stan Romanek during a recent | | | | film expert concluded that the video had not |
| press conference to call for a ballot | | | | been doctored. The same expert says that if |
| initiative to create an Extraterrestrial | | | | the image appearing in the window was a |
| Affairs Commission in Denver. Peckman | | | | puppet, it would be a very expensive and |
| believes that the commission will help to | | | | elaborate puppet. That's a non-starter. We |
| prepare the city for extraterrestrial | | | | could just as easily say that someone filming |
| visitations. Romanek is a Colorado native who | | | | a video of a star in the night sky without |
| believes he has already been visited by | | | | special effects was not faking it even if |
| aliens many times and presented what he | | | | they said the star was a UFO. Zack Hildebrand |
| claims is proof of those visitations in the | | | | of Wonderhouse Productions in Hollywood says |
| form of a video of "a living, breathing | | | | that it could cost as little as $100 to |
| alien." The video was filmed in 2003 while | | | | create a simple 'puppet' to do the things the |
| Romanek was living in Nebraska. He claims | | | | alien in Romanek's video does. Members of the |
| that he set up a camera to capture evidence | | | | Rocky Mountain Paranormal Researcher Society |
| of a Peeping Tom that was regularly peering | | | | have already dismissed the Romanek video as a |
| into a room where one of his daughters slept. | | | | fake and created one of their own to show how |
| Romanek released what he said was a small | | | | easy that would be to do. However, a visit to |
| portion of the video to the news media at the | | | | their website shows that their primary |
| press conference with Peckman. Reporters that | | | | interest is in Ghost Research. They proudly |
| attended the event say that the video was | | | | display photos of themselves with the cast of |
| dark and appeared to show what is commonly | | | | the Ghost Hunters television show. That leads |
| described as a small 'grey' type of alien | | | | me to believe that members of the Rocky |
| peeking in a window that is said to be eight | | | | Mountain Paranormal Researcher Society |
| feet above the ground. The 'alien' was | | | | subscribe to the same view held by the Ghost |
| bobbing up and down and blinking its eyes | | | | Hunters which is to debunk first and ask |
| during the brief segment. Jason Sheehan, a | | | | questions later. Without full access to the |
| reporter, self-proclaimed UFO witness and | | | | video, we are left to examine the claims of |
| admitted believer attended the press | | | | Stan Romanek based on his story and the |
| conference and made this statement about | | | | evidence he has publicly displayed. During a |
| Romanek's video in the Denver Westword News, | | | | lecture he recently presented at the Auraria |
| "I was just disappointed. It looked so | | | | Campus in Denver, Colorado, Romanek said that |
| patently fake, so ridiculously cheap and | | | | he videotaped his first encounter with a UFO |
| goofy." I am objective and try to maintain an | | | | east of the Red Rocks Amphitheater near |
| eclectic view of UFOs and the evidence | | | | Denver in 2000. He also spoke about |
| available to support the existence of | | | | government agents, extraterrestrial beings, |
| extraterrestrials and their visits to the | | | | unusual craft, balls of light, threats, |
| earth. I dislike judging what may first | | | | floating objects, bizarre communications, |
| appear to be lackluster evidence for UFOs and | | | | advanced scientific equations, implants and |
| ETs too harshly. After all, we've been | | | | more. On the surface, Romanek's story seems |
| practically brainwashed by the government and | | | | awfully conspiratorial. However, there are |
| mainstream media to believe that UFOs and | | | | many pros among what some consider to be a |
| Aliens are just figments of deluded or | | | | number of cons. One is that some of the |
| overactive imaginations. Others will say that | | | | objects he has filmed were also independently |
| computer generated graphics provide a new and | | | | videotaped by Jeff Woolwine of Phoenix, |
| easy way for almost anyone to create fake | | | | Arizona. Jeff says that many of the objects |
| aliens doing all kinds of things. Those kinds | | | | he has caught on video came right up out of |
| of objections being thrown at us 24/7 are | | | | the Superstition Mountains. He also claims |
| bound to influence our opinion when it comes | | | | that Native American drawings in those areas |
| to viewing evidence like the Romanek video. | | | | show the objects have been doing this for a |
| Portions of the alien video presented to the | | | | long time. Many of Romanek's videos are |
| press have been posted on the internet. If | | | | filmed near mountains. Another interesting |
| those postings are real, you can take at look | | | | pro is the mathematical prowess shown by Stan |
| and decide for yourself. If you care to wait, | | | | Romanek. According to Dana Thibault, a |
| the video will soon be part of a documentary | | | | researcher who claims to have been involved |
| currently titled as "Starseed: The Stan | | | | with Romanek for a year, Romanek suffers from |
| Romanek Story." Romanek says he has sold the | | | | dyslexia and has the math competency of a |
| rights to his alien video to a film company. | | | | fourth grader. Despite his apparent |
| That makes me want to ask him, "How much is | | | | disabilities, Stan has managed to produce |
| that Alien in the window? The one with the | | | | complicated equations that predict little |
| bobbing head and blinking eyes. How much is | | | | known celestial events and allege to provide |
| that Alien in the window? Will your | | | | information about zero point propulsion. |
| documentary be a huge disappointment or a big | | | | Romanek claims to that he received the |
| and wonderful surprise?" I should not be so | | | | equations from extraterrestrials. He does |
| sarcastic, but part of the problem with Stan | | | | have scars and markings that are similar to |
| Romanek's video is his decision to sell it to | | | | those that appear on other people who claim |
| a film company before it has been fully | | | | to have been abducted or contacted by the |
| examined, researched and authenticated. I can | | | | 'grey' type of aliens. However, some of his |
| certainly understand the frustration of | | | | photos leave much to be desired. It's |
| anyone with video, photos or information that | | | | possible that he reads too much into the |
| they're trying to incorporate into a | | | | photos. That is also a common trait among |
| documentary only to find that it's already | | | | abductees and contactees. If I were to |
| been put out on the internet. I have had my | | | | casually look at the evidence for his case |
| own articles, information, video and audio | | | | apart from the alien video, I could easily |
| recordings placed online by others without | | | | conclude that he was in some sort of contact |
| even so much as a brief mention giving me any | | | | with aliens. If Stan Romanek wants people to |
| credit. However, I also believe that the | | | | take his story and alien video seriously, he |
| value of the Romanek video would not be | | | | will have to open himself and his evidence up |
| lessened by showing part of it to the public | | | | to the same sort of scrutiny, examination and |
| prior to the release of the documentary. If | | | | critical analysis that so many who came |
| the same small segment shown to reporters was | | | | before him have had to endure. It's not a |
| released to the public it would give UFO | | | | pleasant process, but in a world where most |
| researchers and video experts time to weigh | | | | people are either true believers or skeptics, |
| in on it. If they could not find enough | | | | there are just not a lot of other options. |
| objections to dismiss it as a hoax, that | | | | For more, visit |
| would increase the value of the video and | | | | |
| make people want to see his documentary when | | | | Author: Bill Knell is a popular paranormal |
| it becomes available. Instead, we find | | | | author, speaker and consultant. Author's |
| ourselves in the familiar 'grey' area of a | | | | Website: Terms To Use Article: Permission is |
| yet another UFO Experiencer wanting people in | | | | granted to use this article for free online |
| and out of the UFO research community to | | | | or in print with inclusion of the author's |
| accept his evidence without seeing all of it. | | | | url. |