In a game called Stellaris (space 4x type game) you can find primitive civilizations and infiltrate their society and basically take control through the shadows.
This is not an outlandish idea.
Basically humanity was headed towards a slave colony, or has been one. The best kind of prison is the one with no walls and the prisoners don't even know they are in one.
To certain entities, emotion is food. Some feed of fear, chaos and violence... Hence the ritual sacrifices, endless wars, mass media scaring everyone.
You must be open-minded. The space force wasn't created by accident and UFO declasses are dropping.
Also remember this, if there are baddy ETs, there a good ETs.
I feel like we are getting too much caught up in the game of naming the bloody thing... Listen dude, I find the idea of our fellow humans being blood thirsty, and wanting to assert themselves into our lives, more than scary enough... Call them ETs, call them demons, call them sick fucking individuals... I don't care, just fucking want those monsters out of my life!!! When it's all done, we can play games, sure... I'll name them however you fancy...
The problem is that their last move may be that they reveal themselves as gods to us and start 'helping' us. People may start to worship them