Plausible deniability for shenanigans. You see recently that China asked the UN to look into UFOs?

It’s not hard to put together. Navy already patented a triangular irregular propulsion drone that looks suspiciously similar to the ones caught on film by themselves.

The people filming on board may not be even know what they are seeing. You leak this stuff out gradually.

And then you start using it to actually spy on Chinese ships. And for a very brief moment in time, you have a distinct military advantage. A HUGE one.

If there was ever a time to roll out an unheard of and alien weapon like this, now is the time. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if these were part of a military response to China.