Unfortunately, ID ultimately means God. Did those advanced beings evolve naturally? If so, why couldn't life on this planet evolve naturally? If those advanced beings are supernatural, you come around again to God.
That does not follow.
It makes sense to accept that the origin of life in another part of the universe could have a more readily demonstrable explanation to which we could all say "Aha! If only I'd known about this process, then I could see how it all fit together.""
Who says earth has to be the center of the universe?
It would be like finding a research station on Antarctica and trying to force an explanation of its origin by insisting that we use only the conditions available on Antarctica.