re: #81 GlutenFreeJesus

I don’t think there are aliens. It’s just some super crazy secret development program(s) that hardly anyone knows about. I know. What a buzz kill!

That is the most likely explanation: either something here or something developed by our adversaries. Only a few members of an administration or agency are aware of the advanced technology that is being hidden at some highly classified government or private industry site.

Of course, some might be an alien Perseverance — automated craft sent centuries ago to explore worlds in other solar systems and send back information to the host civilization(s). Aliens capable of such development would be capable of programming them to respond to local conditions.