I literally just finished watching this video, so I haven't made up my mind on it yet. (UPDATE: I've decided it's a hoax) However, I can clarify a couple of things, and add a few observations:
thr33tim3 wrote:They purport to have captured Dick Cheney's pupil (eye) "shapeshifting" on camera, as shown in this image sequence:
The clip is not purported to be of Dick Cheney but of a Secret Service agent who detained and beat "Jude Kemper" (who has since apparentely disappeared without a trace) that was trying to break into Cheney's room at a hotel.
Hermit Brad wrote:The price of the DVD is $30.
The price of the DVD is $25, not $30
Pictus wrote:One friend of me was learning light setup for professional studio photography and one of the tricks he learned is to create this effect in the eyes...
It is not still image photography, it is a moving picture. You actually see the eyes change from one form to another. Of course that doesn't prove it wasn't doctored. . but it wasn't a lighting effect.
Observations
In the clip where they are showing the video with the changing eye, there is a stack of tapes next to the video. It includes "Rule by Secrecy" and "The War on Freedom" by Jim Marrs who is also the author of "Alien Agenda". The significance of this is that Brandon Corey and "Mr. X" are both presented in the movie as people who weren't already into conspiracy theories. Of course, he could have acquired them after Jude vanished.
There is also clip of an interview with a man purported to be Richard Weyman, PhD, of the Department of Occult Research, a nonprofit in Denver, CO. I was unable to find any information about Weyman or the Department on the web, and search for "Department of Occult Research" returned that the name was available at the CO Secretary of State website.
In another clip they break into Jude's house which had been condemned. There is a notice on the door from the LA County Sheriff's Dept. which says "No Access No Entre". Curious that the notice was in English and French, not English and Spanish. It was printed on white paper, not orange, and was posted with red duct tape. The address on the house, first described as being in Malibu, later in San Fernando Valley is "5251". There might be a way to confirm some of this info as authentic with the sheriff's dept.
Inside the house, they make a point to film what appears to be a diploma from Yale for a Bachelor of Arts degree awarded to Jude Kemper. One of the signatures on the diploma appears to say "Jim Knuff" and there is a seal in the lower left corner. The seal does appear to match Yale's, though I wasn't able to match the name with any school officials, past or present.
In a part where they go to talk to an LAPD officer who supposedly wasn't returning their phone calls, his vehicle has no license plate.
A marine informant was said to have been found dead with two family members and reported as a triple suicide. The names on the newspaper article are "Danielle South, Ellenore South, and Major Karl South, Jr." I was not able to find anything about a triple suidice or those names on a google or topix.net search. The headline is "U.S. Marine Corp. Family's Death Ruled Triple Suicide."
I also could not find any evidence of the existence of the cult known as "The Arena", of which Karl South was supposedly a member.
A P.I. by the name of "Tony Diaz" was interviewed. I could not find such a person in Dex offering such services, but I did find a chain of places calles "Tony Diaz Bail Bonds"
A people search for "Brandon Corey" in Malibu, turned up no results, but I did find a listing for "Mary A. Hill" who is supposedly his ex-wife. I also could not find a listing for "Jude Kemper".
There was an interview with a Tom Crawford of "Digital Tech Solutions, Inc." I was unable to find any evidence of the existence of this company.
There is a section in the beginning of the video which says that Brandon Corey was invited to Jude Kemper's house in Malibu which shows a picture of the same house that was later said to be Brandon's.
As a final observation, it's a bit curious that this is presented as Episode 1 of a series, while in the movie itself conveys the sense that Truthseeker TV already had other productions. Truthseekertv.com was first registered in April of 2003, and the contact info listed on the whois is clearly bogus.
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