I think you are extrapolating from your personal experience. If I were to to do the same I'd be saying that there are no religious people around anymore and th

I think you are extrapolating from your personal experience. If I were to to do the same I'd be saying that there are no religious people around anymore and the church's only exist to interfere in politics, the people involved only having "faith" in as far as it justifies there actions. If we had a large and verifiable alien encounter, there would be three types of reaction. Denial - it's a fake, Panic - Run for the hills, Acceptance - Ok, it's what it is, how do we move forward with it. There would be of course be people from each of these groups trying to profit from the event in whatever manner is possible. I think the reaction to the pandemic shows how communities react to uncomfortable events, and I think the difference in reactions from different communities/countries give a pretty good indication on how they would react to an alien encounter. Some countries would react well, others would just dissolve into chaos.