Odd that we don't see these kinds of alien secrets being kept under wraps by governments of Europe. I guess aliens are quite picky what part of the planet they want to be accidentally seen. /s

High ranking government official or experienced pilot does not give you any more klout than the average human which may not always be able to tell the difference between a bird or an alien space craft that they are seeing on a radar image.

IMO, this is being exploited to get more money flowing to the space force. That's it.