What if everything is one big psyop

My buddy is recently coming around to the idea that all this UFO stuff, for the past 70+ years, is all some elaborate psyop crafted by many thousands of people to protect the exotic technology that physicists have unraveled in the 19th century. Not a single sighting or claim by anyone ever has any sort of NHI relation and everything is explainable by CIA operations.

What would you say to this theory? I have to agree that this subject has been incredibly exhausting and “steps to disclosure” have been slow with lack of much substance.

I still believe the vast majority of evidence still points to NHI. Curious what people’s thoughts are on this.