At the UAP hearing they said:
The only way to prove we have extraterrestrial tech
>go to the planet
>confirm it's theirs
>comeback to earth
>say they told the explorers it was one of their tech

LMAO it's a joke. this is how they get away with it and why they can't say Atlas is a ship. they'd have to go to it inspect it see the aliens inside and come back and say it's a ship with et's in it.