HOAX / FAKECRAFT
The CARET / 'Drone' Photos
2007 · California · USA
WHAT IT IS
Elaborate images of an ornate 'alien drone', tied to a fabricated leaked-document backstory. Regarded as a sophisticated, deliberate hoax.
THE CASE FOR
The strongest thing ever said for it is its craft — the renders and the fabricated 'CARET lab' document set were years ahead of hobbyist standards and internally consistent.
THE CASE AGAINST
No originals were ever produced, the backstory documents are fabricated, and imagery analysts read the drones as composited CG — a sophisticated, deliberate hoax.
WHERE IT STANDS
Hoax / fake. Shown to be fabricated, or confessed by its maker.
STATUS IS OUR CURRENT ASSESSMENT, NOT A VERDICT · REVIEWED 3 SEPT 2026
THE RECORD
- DATE
- 2007
- PLACE
- California · USA
- RECORDED BY
- Anonymous ('Chad', 'Isaac')
- TECHNICAL
- Digital images, alleged California sightings, 2007 · no camera originals ever produced · linked 'Isaac/CARET' documents fabricated
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