Check out this site...the TRUE story of this film.....
http://www.badmovieplanet.com/3btheater/a/alienabductionII.html
This site is a correspondence between the director/producer of the film, and the sites webmaster. It explains why so many people think this is a recreation of a "real" tape, and it also explains why it was on 'SIGHTINGS'(could have been the earlier version, for all i know)...Anyhow, this explains it all, and should put the final nail in the "is this real?", or "is this a remake of something real?" coffin....(unless of course the "director" is lying, and this whole thing is just 1 big conspiracy to cover up these two REAL alien abduction tapes)...he he...