the story makes me question what CIA was up to with this. As in, classify a ridiculous story in order to make all of the alien stories seem ridiculous.
And it files it away. Even the stupid stuff.
Because you never know when something will come in useful.
An odd name that pops up in several unrelated stories. A string of random numbers. Humans are creatures of habit. We tend to follow the same patterns over and over again. Especially when we are coming up with fiction.