As far as it being rigged or true, I have no idea. Yes, it's TV. Yes, obviously they will go for ratings. Ghost Hunters is a good example of faking for ratings. Of course, it was a bit different. Real ghost hunting would be so dull, pointless and boring, it would quickly become a hum-drum series and off the air. Once they realized that, they started hoaxing. Which really did anger me to be honest.
Is this show faked? Well, they don't need to, at least not to the degree of Ghost Hunters. There is enough unexplained stuff going on to generate interest and ratings. But perhaps they did sell out, who knows.
But your opinions about alien activity - where do you even get that? Are you saying you are privy to the inner workings of alien reconnaissance, and what procedures and methods they would employ? If so, do share!
Otherwise just like everyone else in regards to aliens, you are just speculating. You don't know why they would need lights. Be on a river. Be in that area consistently. Keep in mind IF it were not hoaxed, then it was not visible to the naked eye, just IR. So perhaps they feel in that mode, they are mostly invisible to most natives.
There is no reason to become enraged however. I am willing to keep an open mind until they are proven a hoax. And I never presume to know how an alien mind would work, or why they would do the things they do.
P.S. In regards to Ed Warren - I do think he is a huge hoax. I don't think for a moment he was lucky enough to be the ONLY resident in the area to REPEATEDLY get photos of these aliens. And then of course, encounter them in his back yard as well. He sold a book didn't he? Hmm.. go figure.
