Wednesday, 16. August 2006
Australian UFO Wave

Maybe you've heard about the "Australian UFO Wave" website over the past weeks, with its "sensational" footage of UFOs being "reported" across Australia. UFO researchers, not gullible believers, was very sceptical, not least due to the fact that all reports were anonymous. Now the "Australian UFO Wave" let the cat out of the bag. All was "an experimental digital video project", funded by the Australian Film Commission. In other words - all videos are fakes.

Between June and mid-August 2006 thirty-one clips of UFOs were created. The UFO videos were distributed over the internet via websites and video podcasts. Writers crafted background stories for the sightings, and answered thousands of e-mails using a fictional persona. The process, reactions and responses were recorded for a forthcoming documentary.

The project was hugely successful, being viewed by many millions of people. Very few people suspected that the clips were manufactured. Gradually, the level of plausibility was reduced, but only when the last two clips were uploaded did a large number of people get suspicious. It's also worth noting that two of the UFO clips we distributed were quite genuine - and no researcher was able to pick which two they were.

In our opinion this was not a hoax or deception, but an immersive artwork.

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On the one hand, I can see their point for a 'wake-up call' and 'artwork' - on the other hand it just furthers the field of ufology as one that cannot be trusted, despite there being some excellent researchers out there who have fascinating data.

Here are the clips with the fictional reports and the reality: Australian UFO Wave
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