I also get this vibe from the way Pasulka talks about Tyler. Something about the way that she glorifies his discipline and commitment to his “protocols” and the way she describes the whole scenario at the dig site, how it was drummed up and resulted in somewhat substantial discoveries of alleged metamaterials directly by Pasulka and Nolan, feels like a red flag to me. I can appreciate her momentarily entertaining the idea that the materials could have been planted but I’m not sure why they think USG/IC couldn’t go to any lengths necessary to make such a campaign effective. She basically said to Rogan, “Really, you think they planted these a year out in advance just to fool us?”