Case file · Abduction
Nome and 'The Fourth Kind'
The 2009 film 'The Fourth Kind' claimed to show real archive footage of alien abductions in Nome, Alaska, linked to the town's real string of disappearances.
2009 CE · 64.50, -165.41 · status: hoax
The account
The 'real' psychologist and her tapes were invented. Universal paid the Alaska Press Club to settle complaints over fake news stories created to promote the film.
The sceptical view
An FBI review in the 2000s of people missing in Nome pointed to alcohol, exposure and the cold.