People use doorbell cameras for a variety of reasons. However, actively searching for extraterrestrial life, well, that may be a first for this modern device. The video-doorbell company Ring has announced it will grant a $1 million award to anyone in the United States who documents “unaltered scientific evidence of a real extraterrestrial life-form on their indoor or outdoor Ring device.”
Your Delivery Is Here and It’s Out Of This World
While the odds of someone spotting an actual extraterrestrial—and getting video of it—are rather small, Ring’s marketing department cleverly came up with this spooky idea. The contest runs until Nov. 3 and is timed to coincide with Halloween, which would be the best time of year to see aliens should they exist.
The bad news is that Ring will not grant the grand prize award to a submitter trying to pass off a human clad in an ET costume. The alien must be authentic for that kind of money.
A More Down to Earth Contest
However, there is some good news for people who get a little creative and enjoy dressing up like aliens. Contest entrants who are unable to record a true extraterrestrial can still win an “Out of this World” prize. “To enter, simply capture and submit your most creative interpretation of an Extraterrestrial sighting on your Ring device, and you will be in the running among your earthling peers to win a $500 Amazon gift card.”
Ring will judge submissions based on a list of criteria, including how creative, funny, and engaging the videos are. Special consideration will be given to entries that include “accessories, homemade spacecrafts and Extraterrestrial-inspired communication with your Ring device.”
What A Time To Be Alive
Last June, residents in a Las Vegas home may have benefitted from a Ring device after allegedly spotting a spaceship in their backyard! Three men reported that they saw an eight-foot-tall figure. The figure had “big eyes” that were “not human” after something purportedly crashed near their home. Police officers responded to the scene but found no evidence of alien life. Still, law enforcement was willing to further their investigation by setting up a camera.
People have always had a fascination with aliens, and some individuals and companies have tried to capitalize off of that interest. In 1995, Fox aired the special Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction?, which drew nearly 100 million viewers! However, it was later exposed as a fraud. The TV network aired distorted footage of an alleged alien autopsy. The filmmaker later revealed in 2006 that the video was not real. The autopsy “blood” was jam, the intestines were from chickens, and the brain was from a sheep.
Still want more alien content? Check out our UFO Roundup for some of the most outrageous Alien stories of 2023!
By Noelle Talmon, contributor for Ripleys.com