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It's either one of the most elaborate fabrication ops by US intelligence in the last 50 years (notwithstanding the fact it's completely pointless and irrelevant)
Or it's aliens; aliens who for whatever reason seem interested in shadowing and testing the largest militaries on Earth, a behavior that we can infer points to at least some rudimentary socio-political understanding of humans and implies some kind of limited prime directive being adhered to (considering the fact TicTacs aren't blowing anything up or saving the day anywhere on the planet)
Personally I lean toward fabrication because a TicTac is such a lame shape for a starship and I prefer aliens that intervene when witnessing genocide
Hell of a hoax that's for sure, IF it's fake, idk I'm open to either way.
If I had one theory for why an actual alien ship would end up at Earth, maybe their FTL tech is kind of wonky and they accidentally gate to the wrong planet sometimes.
Why would FTL tech end up at a planet anyway? 99.9999999999999% of space is not planets. You wouldn't end up at the wrong planet, you'd end up in the middle of nowhere.
I mean I can certainly think of ways it could happen, depending on how the interface for a mostly automated navigation system would work.
Just one example, they could have a planetary coordinate system where practically any input would bring you to space near a different celestial body. Like they could be numbered from galaxy / solar system / orbit the way the postal codes work in many countries
Or even simpler, Siri misheard them
Surely they would double and triple check their heading and coordinates unless they were being pursued. But the technology could be as alien as the Infinite Improbability Drive from hitchhiker's guide.
Yeah there are just so many unknowns (and indeed, unknown unknowns) that it is kind of hard to say with any certainty what is plausible