What's the real story behind the movie The Fourth Kind?

Not to insult anyone but the story itself is fake, HOWEVER, there is some fact behind it, just like all movies. There have been people coming up missing in Nome, Alaska that were unexplained, and also the white owl part has been known to be something that abductees have experienced, but only AFTER being abducted. All the footage is fake, and with the actors and actresses breaking the 4th wall, it makes you believe it. Also, in the opening, Nome, Alaska looks nothing like that.