(James Deardorff proposed a variant of Ball’s idea, known as the leaky embargo scenario, which is compatible with observations of flying saucers. The idea is that advanced and benevolent ETCs have put in place an embargo on official contact with mankind. But the embargo is not total: aliens contact those citizens whose stories are unlikely to be credible to scientists and the government. The aliens want to slowly prepare us for the shock that might come later when they reveal themselves.
Leaky embargo scenario
