The Alien Autopsy Scandal review – an exquisite, playful look at how a faked video swept the world

The story behind the grainy footage of a dummy filled with butcher’s off-cuts is an extraordinarily eccentric and knotty joy – with the hoaxers resembling Scooby-Doo baddies

'I witnessed a real alien autopsy - but government insisted on denying everything'

EXCLUSIVE: A new documentary is resurrecting the story of 1995's elaborate alien autopsy hoax. Former Mirror photographer Mike Maloney's testimony blows the UFO debate wide open

How grainy ‘alien autopsy’ vid caused a global storm & stoked Roswell UFO conspiracy theories before truth was exposed

ON AN August evening in 1995 there was a worldwide broadcast of an 18 minute, grainy black and white film that caused a sensation. According to the report it had been kept secret by the US

TV tonight: a hugely entertaining series about the Roswell alien autopsy

A study in obsession and delusion explores the origin of the scandal. Plus: can Dolly Parton unite the US? Here’s what to watch this evening