Intense discussions throughout the time immediately prior to meetings with the aliens was one in which consumed the Pentagon on ways to prevent an intergalactic incident however unlikely from getting out of hand with catastrophic repercussions possible under the circumstances.
The aliens mastery of space travel technology made the military leaders extraordinarily wary of offending the visitors from space lest we have ourselves destroyed in the process.
Hence diplomatic protocol of the highest order in interacting with the aliens were given the highest priority Not wanting to leave anything to chance the Pentagon had numerous high-level talks with butler services in England in order to learn the esoteric intricacies of dealing with the rich, powerful, omnipotent with great deference, magnanimity to insure all contact with our extra-terrestrial friends went off without a hitch.
Before the meeting took place, the Pentagon became gravely concerned about security, safety of the President, whereby a local science fiction program depicted catastrophic destruction of a large metropolis as result of a so-called alien having unleashed his laser beam device for a matter of only seconds, the state of laser beam weaponry the aliens might have possessed could very well have posed a mortal danger to the President and others in his entourage as well. After some shot-lived haggling, it was agreed that for the purposes of inter-galactic peace and harmony the aliens would not make their laser beam weaponry public and until they were on their way, they would have to be restricted by a leash-and-collar type device, as seen precisely in the picture of the alien during his meeting with members of the Pentagon, as a safety precaution, in the manner in which all leaders on Earth are protected and kept out of harm’s way.