U.F.O. hoax

A U.F.O. hoax is an event wherein someone fabricates evidence to make others believe that an alien vessel or being has been sighted, or that an action has taken effect, the origins of which are U.F.O. related. People make up stuff for all sorts of reasons: fame, publicity, money, etc. This kind of chicanery often appears in media involving the investigation or study of unexplained phenomena. The most well-known example of such a trope is the FOX Network television series The X-Files. For years, F.B.I. agent Fox Mulder traveled across the country in response to reports of strange sightings or lights in the sky. Many were quickly debunked, while others seem to carry more weight. He was shocked to discover that the only true account of a U.F.O. sighting was the infamous of Roswell, New Mexico crash of 1948. Most so-called U.F.O. sightings since then were in fact government aircraft that had been designed using reverse-engineered technology from the Roswell craft.

Appearances

 * Isis: The Lights of Mystery Mountain
 * The X-Files: My Struggle