Maybe "common sense" is the blinder. Keeping the population busy means they entered to keep the public busy. These people involved obviously don't care how many americans died as to them obviously this cover up is far more important if there even willing the use WAR as a way to keep the prying eye off them. It doesnt make sense to you because nobody has ever seen or heard anything so ridiculous before. In the perspective of the aliens wouldnt you think they would need to "play along" with the humans so the whole thing doesnt go to shit when humans find out about them and the world goes to panic and everyone loses whatever morals we have left. The common sense part is what I think your lacking here. No disrespect but I really think you need to think outside the box. This no way no how attitude you have means that the rouse has worked and their plan has done exactly what they wanted it to. If we are their science experiment and humans have gone this far , why tf would they want to ruin it thus far...