Or perhaps Skunkworks has developed some really, really neat stuff.
One thing is true: Aliens capable of interstellar travel can probably destroy our civilization (race) without breaking a sweat. If they decide that’s what they want to do, we probably can’t do a whole lot about it. So why worry?
IIRC, it was Carl Sagan who postulated IF there is alien life we don't want them to find us for this very reason.
Funny that these aliens can cross interstellar space to visit this out of the way planet, yet when they get here they keep crashing and we keep picking up the pieces.
It’s either that, aliens, or both. I’ve seen articles that speculate that a lot of our One thing is true: Aliens capable of interstellar travel can probably destroy our civilization (race) without breaking a sweat. If they decide that’s what they want to do, we probably can’t do a whole lot about it. So why worry?
—
True. The saving grace is it requires some pretty advanced tech to traverse interstellar space. One hopes that any alien civilization old enough to have developed such tech will also have a level of intellectual maturity to where they have no need to eradicate us. My guess would be they know of our existence and being curious, want to observe us without direct interaction. They would likely be aware that direct interaction at this time in our development would be disruptive, to them as well as us.