Maybe that guy doesn't have the budget, but I'm sure we can find people who do.

Gotta admit, it would be fun to run a "oceans 11" devils advocate best effort to fake aliens.

We could make some pretty convincing fake alien bodies, some crop circles and program some kind of drone light show and combine them all to make some kind of spectacle.

It'd be like that Balloon boy thing...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_boy_hoax

We'd come clean after a few days, but only after we secured a reality show deal with TLC and a few exclusives with TMZ and whatnot.