I never had sex with that alien ...
Bzjedesh Blzrandish!
On the other hand there are invisible untold international protocols that prohibit doing anything that may cause worldwide fear and panic.
The main stream media would try to create fear and panic rather than explain why it is a fantastic opportunity.
Earthlings are no threat to ETs Extraterrestrial conscious beings could annihilate virtually ever person on Earth. However, and this is an important distinction separating us from them, they wouldn't be inclined to ever think about killing another conscious being. Killing conscious beings is an anomaly on Earth. Earthlings plagued by mysticism kill their own. Extraterrestrial conscious beings don't, nor has the thought crossed their minds.
The Universe is about fifteen billion years old. In that time civilizations in different solar systems and different galaxies have "born" dates with billions of years separation. There's civilizations that have billion-year-advanced technology. Imagine with our present nuclear/chemical/biolgic weapons of mass destruction going to war against caveman. Or, match present weapons to those of just a century ago -- B2 bombers and nuclear submarines with multiple-warheads missiles against TNT.
Extraterrestrial conscious beings -- if they were ruled by force -- the civilization with the most advanced technology would rule all civilizations in the Universe. With thousands or millions of light years separating civilizations posing near zero threat to one another it's logical to assume that any contact would be for productive exchange -- science and business expansion -- not war or aggression.
War and initiation of force are the antithesis of science and business. A civilization a thousand years beyond the nuclear decision threshold would not think about killing another conscious being. The nuclear decision threshold is the point in technology advancement when a civilization has the technology to extinguish its population.. If conscious beings can survive a hundred years beyond the the nuclear decision threshold they will have replaced their political/religious leader-follower civilization with a science/business free-market driven civilization.
The debate the country is facing internally is whether to abide by the laws of the world and the Universe to be recognized as a superpower or be truthful to its citizens and the world.
Wrong. The rules of conscious beings on Earth are rule by political/religious aggression. The rules of extraterrestrial conscious beings are science/business free-market competition.
Rules of the Universe.
Your biases and assumptions are showing.
IF as The Bible asserts, this earth/bootcamp is about rearing rulers to rule and reign with Christ over countless galactic clusters and endless ages . . .
the masses
throughout Creation
could, indeed, find the final graduation process keenly interesting.
[Please keep any flames to yourself. If you want reasonable dialogue, fine]