Einstein was a theoretical physicist. I can see them calling in an aerospace engineer or a biologist. But a theoretical physicist? Nope, not buying it.
Playing Devil’s Advocate here.
If you had an alien ship with a propulsion system that was like nothing you’d ever seen, and you had no idea how it work, maybe a theoretical physicist, the most famous scientist in the world at the time, would be a person you would want to take a look at it.
Especially if your aerospace engineer had said he had no idea how it worked.
Agree !
Maybe there was a blackboard of equations that needed to be checked !
Exactly.
Propulsion maybe. He wasn’t the only one.
So, you are thinking that this story precludes bringing in other intellectuals to examine the artifacts? How do you arrive at that conclusion?
In theory, they should not have consulted a theoretical physicist. How about a clown who makes animals out of baloons.