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The Morristown UFO hoax〔http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2009/04/01/the-great-ufo-hoax-of-2009.aspx〕 was originally thought to be an unidentified aerial event, of mysterious floating red lights, that occurred near Morristown, New Jersey, on Monday, January 5, 2009, between 8:15 pm and 9:00 pm. The lights were later observed on 4 other days: January 26, January 29, February 7, and February 17, 2009. The events were actually a hoax, meant as a social experiment.〔〔http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/09-04-01〕 Five flare lights attached to helium balloons were released by Joe Rudy and Chris Russo and seen in the skies above Morris County, New Jersey. Sightings were concentrated in the towns of Hanover Township, Morristown, Morris Plains, Madison, and Florham Park. On January 5, 2009, at 8:28 pm, the Hanover Township police department received the first of seven 9-1-1 calls.〔 〕 Neighboring police departments also received numerous phone calls with regard to the strange lights. Morristown Police Lt. Jim Cullen alerted Morristown Airport about a possible hazard to airplanes. Airport control tower workers reported seeing the lights in the sky, but could not determine what they were. Hanover Township police also contacted the Morristown Airport to try to pick up the objects on radar, but they were unable to pick up anything.〔 Major and local news networks covered the story, and Internet websites, including the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), have posted information about the incident. On April 1, 2009, Rudy and Russo came forward with video evidence proving they were the perpetrators of this hoax, demonstrating how easy it is to fool the so-called UFO "experts."〔 On April 7, 2009, Russo and Rudy pleaded guilty to municipal charges of disorderly conduct and were sentenced to fines of $250 and 50 hours of community service.〔()〕 On July 18, 2009, Russo and Rudy were the guest speakers for the New York City Skeptics at a public lecture in New York City, describing how they pulled off their hoax and the reasoning behind why they performed the hoax.〔http://media.nycskeptics.org/flyers/PLS_RussoRudy.pdf〕 On August 5, 2009, Russo was asked to debate a MUFON investigator on the existence of UFOs. The Morristown UFO Hoax was declared one of the best hoaxes ever on a program that aired on TruTV on April 1, 2015. Russo and Rudy were guests on the show.〔http://www.trutv.com/shows/best-hoaxes-ever/videos/new-jersey-ufos.html〕 ==Revealing the hoax== On April 1, 2009, Russo and Rudy went public announcing that they had perpetrated this hoax to "show everyone how unreliable eyewitness accounts are, along with investigators of UFOs."〔 As at least one police report suspected, Russo and Rudy had launched flares tied to helium balloons. Russo and Rudy described in detail how and why they perpetrated this hoax, and provided links to videos showing their preparations, the launch, and subsequent media coverage and involvement.〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq3cUSl1QEg〕〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOtr9yzUlRM〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morristown UFO hoax」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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