Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County | ||
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Director Country of origin Year of production Length |
Dean
Alioto United States 1998 (aired January 20) 50 min |
| A television mock-documentary which presents excerpts and analysis from what is claimed to be the discovery of documentary evidence proving the existence of extra-terrestrial visits to Earth (video-tape of the alien abduction of a family in Lake County, Minnesota). This text is notable not only as an initially successful hoax, but for its inclusion of unrelated interview material with actual UFO experts (an aspect which had many UFO cultists speculating that the ultimate objective of the programme was in fact to discredit any popular belief in UFO visitations). (See also Alternative 3) | ||
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- A deconstruction of the programme by Alien Abduction: Experience and Research
- Viewer discussion of the programme, including a complaint to UPN
- Reaction to the screening of the programme from North Texas Skeptics newsletter