It's been released back in January but escaped my radar so far ... http://io9.com

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Indeed, a find. Must admit never commiserated with virtual aliens, but there's a time for everything:

"Abducting Humans Is Never Easy

Disney / Pixar's short film Lifted [...] the story of an unfortunate alien named Stu, who is trying to abduct his first sleeping farmer from Earth, while being graded by the ominous Mr. B. We'd like to think that all aliens have to go through some sort of a similar testing process before they're allowed to start experimenting on us. We're just glad the film didn't feature the anal probe final exam. Maybe in the sequel. [...]"
http://io9.com/359392/abducting-humans-is-never-easy