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William Seger

(11,057 posts)
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 12:02 AM Feb 2014

'Alien invasion' to launch in April - but ...

... but 'UFOs' will be glowing drones piloted by hoaxers

Dozens of volunteers have signed up for what could be the biggest prank in history - aimed at causing an 'apocalypse' in the media

The plans have been drawn up carefully - on an April evening this year, swarms of glowing spacecraft will begin a flight through our atmosphere - and hover over locations around the world.

The goal is maximum panic - and to cause an ‘apocalypse’ in the media. But the pilots of the eerie craft are not little grey men from Alpha Centauri - but UFO fans using drone aircraft.

Dozens of volunteers around the world have signed up for what may be the biggest prank in history - using decades of knowledge of ‘UFO sightings’ to time the launch perfectly.

The ‘aliens’ will be strips of LED lights, on remote-controlled multi-rotor drone aircraft - launched at 8pm, so there are plenty of people to see the ‘invaders’, and held at a distance where it’s difficult to see what’s behind the glowing lights.


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/-alien-invasion--to-launch-in-april---but--ufos--will-be-glowing-drones-piloted-by-hoaxers-084204169.html#1dDDhaf



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'Alien invasion' to launch in April - but ... (Original Post) William Seger Feb 2014 OP
Sounds like a dumb idea to me. Archae Feb 2014 #1
Someone snitched to a UFO blog writer William Seger Feb 2014 #2
On the other hand... William Seger Feb 2014 #3
We didn't need drones or LED's. Archae Feb 2014 #4
LOL, it seems it doesn't take much William Seger Feb 2014 #5
I know, I had a "UFO experience" a few years ago. Archae Feb 2014 #6
It might also teach people Springslips Aug 2014 #7
Didn't this happen recently in Texas? Lordquinton Sep 2014 #8

William Seger

(11,057 posts)
2. Someone snitched to a UFO blog writer
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 12:22 AM
Feb 2014

The dumb part was planning it on a public forum without thinking that someone might do that. The fpvlab.com thread seems to be locked to unauthorized users now, but too late.

I have several "multi-rotor drone aircraft" myself, and they are a heck of a lot of fun. This hurts the hobby.

William Seger

(11,057 posts)
3. On the other hand...
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 03:56 AM
Feb 2014

... if it gets more people thinking about how easy it is to misidentify ordinary things, or how effective simple hoaxes can be, maybe that's not so bad.

Archae

(46,831 posts)
4. We didn't need drones or LED's.
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 11:44 PM
Feb 2014

We caused a UFO scare with 2 sticks of balsa, a candle and a big plastic bag from a dry cleaner.

William Seger

(11,057 posts)
5. LOL, it seems it doesn't take much
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 03:59 AM
Feb 2014

... as long as people can't see sufficient details to identify something and have a predisposition to believe that strange visitors from another planet is a plausible explanation for anything that can't be identified.

One reason you can't "do science" with anecdotes is that there is usually no possible way to weed out simple misidentification, much less outright hoaxes.

Archae

(46,831 posts)
6. I know, I had a "UFO experience" a few years ago.
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 08:36 AM
Feb 2014

I was riding my bicycle home, and on the way I saw a UFO, that the closer I got to it, it changed shape.

Turned out to be several orange balloons tied together and tethered to a car dealership parking lot.

Springslips

(533 posts)
7. It might also teach people
Sun Aug 31, 2014, 09:38 PM
Aug 2014

How hard mass conspiracies are to keep secret when a scattering of remote control pranksters can't even keep quiet long enough to do the prank before it is leaked.

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)
8. Didn't this happen recently in Texas?
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 01:10 PM
Sep 2014

I saw a news story about a bunch of hovering lights in Houston or somewhere and immediately though of this.

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