[Zuriel]

**By the way, the US government learned to bait them with nuclear weapons and then shoot them down.**

So, inspite of their high tech, they must have been pretty stupid. And also not able to pay us back 10,000 fold.

[GingisK]

High tech could occur just through passage of time. Assume the same Create date. All a civilization needs to do to be 2000 years ahead of us is to avoid a "dark ages". Their tech could be an accidental discovery.

On the other hand, it could be what abductees and first hand witnesses have reported: The Greys are manufactured remotely controlled manipulators, the intelligence being at a great distance. Just like our probes.

[GingisK]

And also not able to pay us back 10,000 fold

They don't think in terms of vengeance. Their purpose here seems to be "deep".