If one follows the general storyline (whether fabricated entirely or somewhat true)...the Pentagon held ‘ownership’ of whatever landed from 1947 to the late 1960s. Under them...were the contracted companies to do reverse-engineering.
At some point in the mid-1960s...this ‘ownership’ got into a long discussion (maybe JFK’s era played into this), and the contracted companies went to Nixon and convinced him that ‘ownership’ would only work if the Pentagon was not involved.
From that era (early 1970s on)...the programs continued with the private companies in full ‘ownership’ and one could make the case that a 2nd gov’t from that point on...started to exist.
Trump, by urging disclosure of the UAP videos, has released a problem that the ‘ownership’ companies can’t really deal with, and the Pentagon probably is hyped-up in some way to lay claim to the empire once again.
Just because something falls out of the sky, doesn’t mean you own it.
The ‘real ‘owners’ will come looking for it sooner or later..................