Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County

Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County is a documentary that was shown on the UPN network in 1998. Directed by Dean Alioto, the film portrays a family named the McPhersons being abducted by extra-terrestrials in Lake County, Minnesota. It is a recreation of The McPherson Tape, a home video that was claimed to depict an alien abduction. The fact that it is a recreation of another tape has led to confusion over which was the original tape. The en... more

Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County is a documentary that was shown on the UPN network in 1998. Directed by Dean Alioto, the film portrays a family named the McPhersons being abducted by extra-terrestrials in Lake County, Minnesota. It is a recreation of The McPherson Tape, a home video that was claimed to depict an alien abduction. The fact that it is a recreation of another tape has led to confusion over which was the original tape. The entire incident was filmed on a home video camera to appear as though it was a film of actual events. less