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