Jun 1, 2008 7:36 pm US/Mountain
Video Of Alleged Alien Shown To Reporters
DENVER (CBS4) ―
The Denver man who is pushing a ballot measure to have the city form an "ET Commission" showed video of what he says is an alien Friday morning at a news conference. Reporters were allowed to view the video, but only a still image of it was released to the media.
Jeff Peckman said aliens visit his friend Stan Romanek all the time.
Romanek, who lives in Colorado Springs, allegedly recorded the alien video while living in Nebraska.
The pair has a deal with a documentary company for the rights to the video.
"Not all wrinkly like ET, the extraterrestrial, just youthful, smooth skin, large wide kind of eyes," said Peckman.
Romanke has posted drawings of the aliens he reportedly sees on his Web site.
A scientist at the University of Colorado told CBS4 life elsewhere in the Universe is possible, but hard to prove.
"Unless we see it on another planet, it would be very hard to convince ourselves it is extraterrestrial and came from somewhere else," said Bruce Jakosky, director of the Center for Astrobiology at CU.
Peckman claimed there is a government conspiracy to hide evidence of aliens.
Many at Friday's news conference said more analysis is needed on the video. Other's said it looked like a common extraterrestrial hoax.
Romanek, who was set to appear on Larry King live with Peckman, told CBS4 Friday amid something of a media firestorm "I'm just here to tell my story. I'm not trying to convince anybody."
Denver city councilman Charlie Brown said he was concerned about the negative image the city might be getting with all the media attention.
"I'm concerned about the public relations impact," he said.
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