Heading to a village with UFO sightings to investigate — what advice do you have?

Hello dear UFO enthusiasts,

We’re planning to visit a village that has been associated with many paranormal, cryptid (Like Bigfoot), and UFO-related reports since around 2014. Two friends and I will go there with a completely amateur, passion-driven spirit to conduct a small investigation, and we’re planning to stay for about one week. We also want to document the whole process on camera.

Actually, we visited this village once before, back in 2014 when we were younger. At that time, we only had a phone camera, and in a few of the videos we recorded, we believe we captured figures that look like “grey aliens.” The video I’m sharing is one of those. To many of us, it looks like something not from this world, but of course, we don’t know for sure what it is. The figure in the video was watching us from between two tombstones. The lights of the mosque’s restroom next to the cemetery started flickering, and because we felt a strong sense of unease, the three of us ran away without even looking back.

Local people believe there are paranormal entities in the village. Some of the cases, however, seem to me more related to UFO phenomena. For example, one day while we were there, we saw an extremely bright white light in the middle of a forested area in the distance. It was so bright that it felt like something had settled inside the forest. There were no houses or any kind of settlement in that area.

Years ago, we went there with very poor cameras. Now we want to return with better equipment, do a more serious investigation, and turn it into a documentary. The project is called: Y. Village – The Documentary

We actually made a PC game in the past (2024) inspired by the stories we heard about this village. Now we want to explore the documentary side of it. Our goal is to investigate whether what’s happening there is paranormal, related to cryptid creatures, or connected to UFOs/aliens, and to document the process as transparently as possible.

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The main reason I’m posting here is that I believe many of you in this group are far more knowledgeable and experienced than we are. That’s why we really need your advice.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on a few questions:

• What would be your most important advice for a team going on an investigation like this?
• Which equipment do you think we should definitely bring? (cameras, audio recorders, sensors, etc.)
• How should we protect ourselves in case of any potential danger or risk?
• What do you think are the most common mistakes people make when documenting cases like this?
• What kind of method or approach would you recommend to collect more meaningful and useful data?
• What should we pay attention to so that the footage we share is more credible and open to serious discussion?

Our goal is definitely not to claim that we have “proven” anything, but rather to share what we experience and try to understand it together.

Thank you in advance for all your comments and advice.