If you are actually interested in the realities, do a Google search for Richard Dolan's ten documents which prove the military's bewilderment. IF research programs were doing work on the technologies, they would have begun doing so AFTER the tech was discovered from 'other sources' or human research programs. Today, we have a pretty good handle on the leading edge of tech during the 30s and 40s, so the 'circular flying crafts were not of Earth origin in 1947.
I think that documentary on the ‘flying saucer’ being tested might have been the Discovery channel.