The IBA stated to carry out a hoax would take "a considerable amount of technical know-how" and a spokesman for Southern Television confirmed "A hoaxer jammed our transmitter in the wilds of North Hampshire by taking another transmitter very close to it."
IBA udtalte at det ville kræve betydelig viden at udføre et sådant fupnummer og en talsmand for Southern Television bekræftede "A hoaxer jammed our transmitter in the wilds of North Hampshire by taking another transmitter very close to it."