Our context here is: "What Should We Do If Extraterrestrials Show Up?". Assuming they exist is central to exploring this context. This doesn't mean anyone expl

Our context here is: "What Should We Do If Extraterrestrials Show Up?". Assuming they exist is central to exploring this context. This doesn't mean anyone exploring the idea necessarily believes or disbelieves they exist. There were a bunch of ex-military who testified publicly as to UFO events surrounding nuclear facilities in the US and the former Soviet Union around the cold war. The UFO's were reportedly deactivating missiles on both sides simultaneously. I don't recall the source exactly but I'm sure it's out there. Anyway, it at least makes some sort of sense (versus other claims about aliens sticking things up peoples butts). I mention it as if this happened, and was some kind of intervention, and presumably successful, it might make sense they subsequently laid low for a bit, potentially matching your correlation. Again, I'm not suggesting any of this is real, it's just an interesting idea within the context of this post.