I like the one about the man being too old and infirm for the aliens purposes.
The only reason that I can think of for governments keeping quiet about this stuff is that maybe they get technological ideas from aliens?
When I was doing electroncs, many years ago, we had an old guy teaching us called Bob. Bob, who had worked for the british Ministry Of Defence told us that military technoligy was about twenty years ahead of commercial technology but that that gap was closing.
Maybe commercial electronics has caught up with MOD stuff but when it comes to aircraft, Harrier Jump jets took many years to rival and arguably still have not been rivaled.
This is not British patriotism at work here BTW, I think that us brits are one of the least patriotic nations on earth. What is there to be proud of? Starting loads of wars or helping America start a few other wars?
