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Fake an Alien Encounter With a Drone Covered in Blinding LED Lights

By Andrew Liszewski Published October 17, 2016, 10:47 am ET

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The hefty, eight-armed Freefly Alta drone is capable of carrying a lot of weight. So in addition to a camera, the folks at YouTube’s rctestflight channel put 1,000-watts of LEDs on board, and a smoke machine, unintentionally creating the perfect way to fake an alien encounter, or a UFO abduction.

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