Although the film is set in Lake County, it was shot in Vancouver and all the actors were Canadian. They would be fined $1 for every time they slipped back into a Canadian accent. By the end of the shoot, Dean Alioto had collected $200 altogether.
After the film aired, the network polled the audience, and half the viewers thought the footage was real. This was in spite of the end credits for the performers playing the aliens.
As it had happened with the original U.F.O. Abduction (1989), certain viewers falsely believed this film depicts an actual encounter with aliens and that the film's characters are real people who have gone missing, despite the credits clearly listing the actors playing them. Another conspiracy theory claims this film was only produced to "discredit" the original 1989 movie, which some UFO believers still think is factual. Both films are of course purely fictional, low-budget pictures directed by Dean Alioto, though some conspiracy theorists believe that even the director is actually part of a government cover-up.
Emmanuelle Chriqui had agreed to show her breasts on camera, but changed her mind at the last minute, fearing what her father would say when he found out. As a compromise they had her wear pasties that were blurred out, making it look like Renee was topless.
The original script was coming in at just forty-five minutes, so Dean Alioto spent the next four days hurriedly adding scenes to pad the running time out. Among these include the aliens making the household appliances go haywire, and Matthew and Linda kissing for no reason.