Imagine how much more convincing alien "sightings" would be if hoaxers actually worked with speculative biology artists..
Like every modern "sighting" that goes around the internet recently has been just the good ol' Gray alien trope, which is nothing more than an outdated misconception of extraterrestrial life(TLDR it stems from a view that assumes intelligent life HAS to be humanoid, which is horribly biased and wrong). This is the no.1 reason alien sightings are dismissed - you can tell it's obviously made by an average joe who still thinks aliens look like that outdated theory.
Imagine a spec bio artist gone rogue and decided to make a life sized CM-Kosemen-type alien puppet, then uses it as a hoax. Like sure, it's still misinformation but atleast it's actually convincing for once, and there's artistic skill and thought put into it. If you're gonna be a hoaxer, do your research!
“On September 16th, 1994, 250 kids at the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe, were enjoying their midmorning recess break when something unexplainable happened. 62 of the schoolchildren began crowding around the edge of the schoolyard and saw a UFO land in front of them. Today, the Ariel School UFO Incident is regarded as one of history's most credible UFO sightings.”
This episode includes recorded witness interviews.
Love a self-inflicted time loop. The main character isn’t trapped. They can stop whenever they want. But how can they when things aren’t perfect yet? They can do better than this. They need to try again. They can get it right this time. They just need to try again. They can stop anytime they want. Just one more time. They can fix this. They just need to try again. There are still things to fix. They just need to try again.