Theresa, and all:

I made the sacrifice and plunked down my seven bucks (!!) for the Sept. Penthouse. It was poly bagged and behind the counter, so I couldn't sneak a peek.

Yep, these are the infamous "Hong Kong photos" which have been here, there and everywhere for months. BTW, the captions with the photos in the original Chinese newspaper identify this alien as from a 1977 crash in Guangzhou, China. It was not tied to Roswell, or even the USA.

Linda Howe told me last night that she has supplied copies of these pictures to the fellow who did the aliens for the Showtime Roswell movie (can't recall his name at the moment, was it Johnson?) as well as the so called "fourth autopsy" photos which have been circulating. He says none of these are his creations, although they are similar. He was given a book of photos and drawings to work from when creating his models for the film, and these are similar to some of these photos and drawings.

So, save your money guys and gals. Guccione is either incredibly stupid or just wanted to make up a good story to sell magazines, or maybe this is part of the change seen in OMNI and he is now on the govt payroll to make the whole thing ridiculous.

This still begs the question of what these photos really do show.

Bob

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If you check out the OMNI site at www.omnimag.com you'll find a link that takes you to "Alien Chatter." This is a forum for discussion of the Penthouse ET pix. All of the comments are negative, except for the following one from a Bob Shell. (I know that name from somewhere...)

Alien photos have been published before.

Base: ALIEN CHAT
Keywords: Alien, Autopsy
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 18:33:45 GMT
From: unknown (Bob Shell)*

These photos were published last year in a Hong Kong newspaper and identified there as coming from a UFO crash in 1977 in Guangzhou, China. They have been on the internet for months. They are not the dummy from the Roswell museum, according to the man who made that dummy, but are similar. The question is open as to exactly what they are, but there is no proof that these depict a real being. This requires much additional study, just as the purported Alien Autopsy film which Ray Santilli has, and which I have been investigating for over a year. I'm glad you published the photos, but it does not say much for your research if you didn't know they were published last year in Hong Kong, and have been far and wide on the internet since then.

Good luck in figuring out what they are. If I can help in any way, please let me know.

Bob Shell

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Subj: Serious Media Stuff Section: Crashes/Roswell
To: �Jim Griebel/ASYSOP, 71541,2124 Friday, August 02, 1996 10:12:23 AM
From: BOB SHELL, 76750,2717 #80985

Jim,

You aren't the only one confused.

Apparently Steve Johnson who made the dummy for the Showtime movie "Roswell" says it ain't his dummy in the photos. But the producer of the film said on TV that it definitely is the same dummy.

The photos originated in a Hong Kong newspaper but were put on the internet originally by someone in Japan.

The dummy which Sharper Image sells looks NOTHING like the thing in these photos, and neither did the dummy in the movie. I watched it again just to be sure, and it ain't even close.

I think we need for someone who lives nearby to go to the museum in Roswell and take some photos for us from the same angles. That ought to clear up that end of it real fast. Who've we got in that area? Must be a forum member in or near Roswell who could do this.

Bob