While we're all having fun with this topic, the fact is some very silly people with an agenda have made serious inroads into the public consciousness, and in Congress.
The joke is currently on us.
UFOs/UAPs are now considered real, without any debate right now. The major news outlets have done almost zero fact-checking on anything testified to in that hearing. The NY Post is the lone acception, and since they're a tabloid no one listens to them. Meanwhile the NY Times has jumped into the belief column with both feet, thanks to an inhouse reporter who's been a longtime Woo-laid drinker.
Here's the latest one from the Jerusalem Post about Russians shooting it out with teh aliens:
https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-753288
George Knapp is the source. He talked with one Russian colonel. There's a name that pops up that some of you know, but you should have him on your radars:
Nolan is a bad actor with academic credentials. He's used the Tic-Tac story to insert his beliefs into the government.