I wonder how long this "secret society" has operated - since Roswell? or more recent? did the increasingly lackluster UAP videos come from the same place as thi

I wonder how long this "secret society" has operated - since Roswell? or more recent? did the increasingly lackluster UAP videos come from the same place as this? or are there two (or more) separate UFO groups in the DoD? it's still totally mind-blowing to me that UFOs went from tinfoil hat territory to major news and congressional hearings seemingly overnight, regardless of whether it's aliens of not.