I predicted that the deep state would toss out some alien life stories when they got really cornered on their Trump disaster, facing jail time. Just to “Hey look, an alien” means to divert public outrage.
You’re very prescient. I never would have thought of that.
That must be in the Saul Alieninsky book of space(d out) radicals.
“Hey, look! An alien squirrel!!!”
Maybe that’s what the gold rush was all about. Hadn’t rained in hundreds of years, and when it did it power-washed 50’ or so of dry soil/dust to reveal the nuggets.