an intentional misinformation/disinformation play on the part of the US government than an actual whistleblower situation.
I don’t know why a government organization would want to push this out to the public but it’s not unprecedented for the government to have campaigns like this.
If anyone is interested in a more credible and interesting UFO/Alien story — you need to rent “Moment of contact” from Amazon. Perhaps the most compelling extraterrestrial story I’ve ever heard of.