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From: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 10:55:42 -0400
Fwd Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 10:55:42 -0400
Subject: Roswell '97 - The After-Math




From: http://www.newsworks.com/NewsWorks/search/1,1260,,00.html

Roswell promoter passed hot checks worth $92,000

By JOHN WISE
Avalanche-Journal

In Roswell, N.M., the visitors - earthly and otherwise - have=20
left. But authorities would like one visitor to come back.

Roswell police are investigating more than $92,000 in hot checks=20
connected to an entertainment promoter in town for the 50th=20
anniversary UFO Alien Encounter festival July 1 through July 6.

Detective Daren Treadwell of the Roswell Police Department said=20
Anaheim, Calif., promoter Jeffrey Immediato used a fraudulent=20
check to start an account with the Bank of America in Roswell.

Treadwell said the promoter used the account to write about 30=20
checks and several bogus cashier's checks to various businesses=20
in Roswell, including two motels. Now Immediato is nowhere to be=20
found.

Kathryn Hellberg, assistant manager of the Best Western Sally=20
Port Inn and Suites on Main Street, said Immediato reserved and=20
used 13 rooms for entertainers and others connected to the=20
promotion.

But when it came time to pay up on Monday, Hellberg said, the=20
promoter's check didn't clear.

"Being over a certain amount, we called the bank and they told=20
us the account was on hold," Hellberg said. "Then we found out=20
about the Roswell Inn and several other businesses."

Bank of America spokeswoman Betty Reiss said she could not=20
comment because the matter is still under investigation.

Roswell Inn manager Joe Babbitts acknowledged that the business=20
was victimized by at least one hot check, but he declined to=20
comment any further.

Hellberg did not disclose the amount for the bounced check, but=20
she said it was more than $5,000.

She said Immediato handed out business cards for his company,=20
Newport Entertainment Inc. But when she tried to call the phone=20
numbers printed on them, she found they were for businesses=20
elsewhere, she said.

The numbers are now disconnected, Treadwell said, and Immediato=20
left no trace of himself.

"The way I understand it, the merchants are just going to have to=20
eat it," he said. "I mean the bank is out that money, too."

Treadwell said his report will be sent to the district attorney's=20
office this week.

"It just depends if I can get enough of a case to issue a warrant,"=20
he said. "We really don't have a lot. It'll just take a little time."

Stan Crosby, one of the organizers for the city's UFO extravaganza,=20
said he was approached by Immediato last year, but no contracts were=20
signed because Crosby didn't feel comfortable with the promoter.

"We tried to warn people about these promoters - that they've got=20
their own reality. They'll tell you anything. That's been my=20
experience," Crosby said.

07/13/97 12:52 AM
Copyright Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 1997

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From: http://www.newsworks.com/NewsWorks/search/1,1260,,00.html

Roswell benefits from 'alien' anniversary

Web posted 7/10/97


The Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Thanks to aliens, two Roswell teens will=20
have their college education paid for next year, David Kinsel and=20
Jennifer Lopez can afford their wedding and flower pots will soon
line Main Street.

Residents of Roswell spent last week playing host to about 40,000=20
visitors marking the 50th anniversary of a purported UFO crash=20
north of town.

This week the community is counting its profits.

"All those people came to town and bought all the UFO paraphernalia,=20
but they also bought gasoline, motel rooms and food,'' said Roswell=20
Mayor Tom Jennings. "It was a real boost for our community."

He said city coffers will benefit, although specific figures will=20
not be available for several weeks because occupancy tax and gross=20
receipts are still being calculated.

"In addition to the money, I think it was a real boost for the=20
camaraderie in our community," Jennings said. ``We had our best dress=20
on."

According to a now-famous story, the government recovered a crashed=20
spaceship and alien bodies from a ranch near Roswell in July 1947.=20
The Air Force has long contended the wreckage was actually a=20
high-altitude balloon. And last month a new Air Force report said=20
people may have mistaken parachute test-dummies as alien bodies.

This year, the town cashed in on international interest in=20
extraterrestrial phenomena, hosting an alien party that included=20
lectures, running races, theater, concerts and museum shows.

The Roswell JayCees, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, ran a UFO trade=20
exposition, renting $150 booths and charging $1 admittance.

Wes Miller said the group netted $20,000, which will fund college=20
scholarships for two Roswell teens.

Miller said some of the profits also have been donated to United Way=20
of Chaves County to be spent on a home for mentally ill people called=20
People Care.

He said smaller civic projects - Santas for seniors and JayCees=20
against youth smoking - also will be funded.

David Kinsel, a waiter at Denny's restaurant in Roswell, said his tips=20
doubled during the six-day celebration, bringing him enough money to=20
pay for his wedding.

"Basically, aliens are paying for me to get married," he said. "Those=20
tips are covering the rest of the wedding dress, my tuxedo, church=20
rental, invitations - just about all of it."

Vonnie Goss, who directed the play 'Ezekiel's Wheels' for the Roswell=20
Community Little Theatre, said all the receipts have not been totaled=20
yet, but she's hoping their seven all-volunteer performances will=20
bolster their accounts by about $1,000.

"On top of the money, we got lots and lots of coverage," she said.=20
"It was fun to have that kind of national and international attention.

The money will go into a fund for the 38-year-old group to build a new=20
theater, she said.

Dusty Huckabee at the Main Street Roswell Project said his economic=20
development organization sold several thousand $2 bumper stickers that=20
say: "Crash In Roswell Tonight."

He said they made about $3,000 after paying for printing, and hope to=20
make $2,000 more by the end of this summer.

The organization will use the money to install 400-pound flower pots=20
on Main Street, Huckabee said.

"It just helps continue our beautification efforts downtown," he said.

Huckabee said he is particularly pleased about positive surveys=20
turned in by visitors. He said that of the 215 surveys he has read,=20
200 are very positive.

"I'm proud to be a Roswellite today." he said.

=A9 1997 Amarillo Globe-News