“Imminent” by Elizondo was very interesting. Although when he said what a great guy John Brennan was, I began to wonder about him.
At times I feel like a bug crawling on a rock, that sees the rock as the whole world. I know there is as much of a universe to explore beneath my feet as there is in the great beyond while confronted with the urgency to make that next step and deliver a next generation without getting eaten in the process.

The disclosure is the psy-op.
The government never stopped developing advanced, physics-bending technology after the Manhattan project. The problem they ran into is that anti-gravity, faster than light travel, zero point energy, etc... would upset many of the pillars driving the civilization. The oligarchs who control the world would have been put out.
They invented the story of “UFOs” so that the engineers and physicists would continue working on the tech and keep it a secret. If they thought the tech they were working on was from a UFO and they were sworn to secrecy, they wouldn’t feel bad keeping it from the masses.
Remember the idea of “mass hysteria” if the existence of UFOs were to be revealed? That was a psy-op against the scientists.
For a long time I thought if an alien species made contact with Earthlings, they would promote independence, show where the lies were in government, and deflate the globalists.
But them it occurred me that maybe a very advanced civilization would itself be authoritarian and anti-individualistic. That singular social direction is what would let them advance scientifically in order to travel the vast stellar distances.
“non-human intelligence”
As if this is news? Anyone who has ever had pets can tell you the intelligence of an animal to be sneaky finding food or treats is not to be underestimated. If my border collie had to invent a faster than light spaceship to find new ways to be obnoxious he would.
not worth paying for unless they possess an actual part of an extra-terrestrial vehicle or being and display it in their documentary ... otherwise, just same-ol’, same-ol’ talky talk talk ...
It’s already available on Usenet if you know what I mean. *wink*
So a group of guys who make money off their books and youtube channels sitting around telling people they know the government is hiding information about aliens; sans evidence.
BTW, what university offers a degree to become a Ufologist?