Panel Discussion Roswell (Donald R. Schmitt, Thomas J. Carey, Paul Davids) - X-Conference - 2007

X-Conference 2007
"The Insiders - I"

Hilton Gaithersburg
September 14-16

A project of Paradigm Research Group

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Panel Discussion Roswell (1:27:01)

Thomas J. Carey

Thomas J. Carey is a native Philadelphian and resides in Huntingdon Valley, PA. He holds degrees from Temple University [BS] and California State University, Sacramento [MA] and also attended the University of Toronto [PhD Programme in Anthropology]. Now a Philadelphia area businessman, Tom has been a Mutual UFO Network [MUFON] State Section Director [1986 – 2002] in Southeastern Pennsylvania, a Special Investigator for the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies [1991-2001], and a member of the CUFOS Board of Directors [1997-2001]. Tom began investigating aspects of the “Roswell Incident” in 1991 for the Roswell investigative team of Kevin Randle and Don Schmitt, and, since 1998, has teamed exclusively with Don Schmitt to continue a proactive investigation. Tom has authored or co-authored over thirty published articles about the Roswell events of 1947 and has contributed to a number of books on the subject, as well. He has appeared as a guest on many radio and TV shows throughout the country and has contributed to a number of Roswell-related documentaries on-screen and behind the scenes. Most recently, Tom was a consultant and interviewee [with Don Schmitt] on the highly acclaimed and rated Sci Fi Channel documentary, The Roswell Crash: Startling New Evidence [2002], the History Channel’s, Conspiracy Theory – Roswell [2005], the Travel Channel’s Weird America – Roswell [2005] and the Sci Fi Channel’s Sci Fi Investigates – Roswell [2006].

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Recent Article about Thomas Carey
August 5, 2007 - Author investigates Roswell: Tom Carey has spent years trying to decode what happened on July 4, 1947, near Roswell, NM - Matt Sandy, Philadelphia Inquirer

Published Books
Witness to Roswell (New Page Books, 2007)

Principal Website
Roswell Investigator: www.roswellinvestigator.com

Paul Davids

Paul Davids is a leading expert on the history of the Hollywood connection to science fiction and extraterrestrial-related phenomena. He was executive producer and co-writer of the Showtime film “Roswell,” starring Martin Sheen and Kyle MacLachlan, nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Television Motion Picture of 1994. Though always interested in science-fiction, the UFO issue is a matter of science fact for him, ever since a widely reported 1987 daylight sighting. In 1996 he was guest speaker at the banquet for the 50th anniversary of the White Sands Missile Range Pioneers, where he spoke about The Roswell Incident, and he has produced numerous informational programs about UFO’s.

Paul began in television as segment producer for F. Lee Bailey’s “Lie Detector” in 1983, and then from 1985 to 1987 he served as production coordinator for about 80 episodes of the phenomenally popular “Transformers” animated TV show, most of which Rhino has released on DVD. (He was also writer of some of the episodes). He co-authored six Star Wars books for Lucasfilm and Bantam with his wife, Hollace, and their book “The Glove of Darth Vader” is now in its 25th printing. His other feature film credits include: director of “Timothy Leary’s Dead” (1997); and writer/director of “Starry Night” (Universal Pictures 2001 DVD), which has been repeatedly broadcast on Starz Cinema. He produced and starred in the feature documentary, “The Artist and the Shaman” (2001). His most recent project is the feature documentary, “The Sci-Fi Boys” (2005), featuring Leonard Maltin, Ray Bradbury, John Landis, Rick Baker, Roger Corman, Dennis Muren, Ray Harryhausen, Roy Thinnes and Forrest J Ackerman -- a tribute to many of the luminaries in the history of cinema science-fiction.

Also of note, Paul is an accomplished artist, whose works are in major galleries, and many of which can be seen at the Paul Davids Online Art Gallery at his websites (www.pauldavids.com or www.starrynightmovie.com)

He earned a B.A. from Princeton University, where he won the university’s three top creative writing awards all in one year (including the F. Scott Fitzgerald Prize), and afterwards he studied under full scholarship at the American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film Studies in Los Angeles.

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Filmography
The Sci-Fi Boys (2005)
The Artist and the Shaman (2001) (Producer, Actor)
Starry Night (2000) (Director, Writer)
Timothy Leary's Dead (1997) (Director)
Roswell (1994) (Executive Producer, Co-writer)
Transformers, The Movie (1986) (Production Coordinator)
Transformer TV Series (1986-1988) (Production Coordinator)
She Dances Alone (1981) (Writer)

Published Books
The Glove of Darth Vader (1999) (one of a series of six books)
The Fires of Pele (1986)

Principal Websites
Paul Davids: www.pauldavids.com

Donald R. Schmitt

Donald R. Schmitt is the former co-director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS), where he served as the director of special investigations for 10 years. Before that, he worked as a special investigator for the late Dr. J. Allen Hynek and as the art director for the International UFO Reporter. He is a graduate of Concordia University and the author of dozens of articles about UFOs, as well as the co-author of three books, UFO Crash at Roswell, The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell and Witness to Roswell.

An internationally known investigator in his field, Schmitt is a university-circuit lecturer who has spoken hundreds of times around the globe and has been interviewed by Oprah Winfrey, Paul Harvey, Jim Bohannon and Morton Downey Jr. on such networks and programs as CBS's 48 Hours, Disney Channel, SCI FI Channel, BBC, Learning Channel, Travel Channel, CNN, Today, ABC News, CBS Morning News and Sonja Live; and by print services and publications as AP, UPI, Time, Wall Street Journal, Popular Science and Omni Magazine.

The basis of his research and consultation has been the theme of many documentaries, including UFO Secret: The Roswell Crash; The Roswell Incident; Roswell: The Real Story; Roswell: Cover-ups and Close Encounters; and UFOs: 50 Years of Denial.

Schmitt wrote and narrated the audio CD UFO Crash at Roswell (Caroline Records,1997). He also produced and co-starred with actor John de Lancie in the live theatrical radio drama Roswell, the Unheard Broadcast (Prosaic Pictures 2000).

Schmitt's greatest achievement to date was the Golden Globe-nominated telefilm Roswell, which was based on his first book. In addition to serving as a consultant on the movie, Schmitt made a cameo appearance in the film. Currently, he is a contributing writer for UFO Magazine and is an advisor to the board of directors of the International UFO Museum & Research Center at Roswell, New Mexico.

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Recent Articles about Donald Schmitt
April 18, 2007 - UFO expert: Deathbed revelations Point to Roswell Coverup - Norm Starks, Janesville Gazette

Published Books
UFO Crash at Roswell (Avon, 1991)
The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell (Morrow, William & Co., 1994)
Witness to Roswell (New Page Books, 2007)

Principal Website
Roswell Investigator: www.roswellinvestigator.com

Descriptions taken from the Paradigm Research Group X-Conference website.