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16 REVELATIONS a stunned group of military personnel. Who the visitors are, where they're from, and what they want, is unknown. Sandler and Emenegger were actually told that the footage existed and might be made available, but Colonel Coleman never answered the obvious question: if that footage exists, is it a training film, a simulation designed for psychological evaluation, or actual photography of the arrival of a genuine flying saucer from space? I was only peripherally involved in the show, where the historical section drew heavily on Anatomy of a Phenomenon and Passport to Magonia, but I had no input into the production. Those who did, including Dr. Hynek, were very surprised at the way in which Sandler and his crew were admitted at Holloman. Their first request to film there was met with utter disbelief: "You want to come here? With a camera? We're a classified facility. Do you realize how long it will take to get clearances for everyone?" Sandler called his Washington contact to report the difficulty and the expected change in schedule. "We'll soon fix that!" was the re- sponse. The next day Holloman was calling back: "When would you like to bring your crew, Mr. Sandler? The clearances will be taken care of." Until the last minute, Sandler and Emenegger expected to be sup- plied with the actual footage, but it never materialized and the docu- mentary showed standard animation instead, sandwiched between scenes of the actual Holloman location, and elaborate drawings of the so-called aliens. As late as 1988 Paul Shartle stated that he had been shown the actual film, and that it featured three disk-shaped craft, one of which seemed to experience difficulty and landed, while the other two flew off. Three aliens came out. In obvious contrast with most of the UFO literature, which describes beings with little or no proboscis, the gray beings in the film had a pronounced nose and held up an instrument described as a translator. His superiors told Shartle that the film was nothing but theatrical footage purchased by the Air Force, but he had no record of it in his files at Norton. Furthermore, he said, the film appeared "too real to be a training film." And it had been shot by Air Force personnel,