Looks like they are getting ready to reveal the "reptile ruling class".
"The researchers didn't stop there, even suggesting that these cryptoterrestrials may take on different, non-human primate or even reptile forms."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvard-scientists-may-unknown-technologically-150917239.html
That's a genetic logical fallacy.
Address the claim, not the origin.
The character of the origin definitely matters and must be accounted for.
Harvard is a location, not a person. Your point stands to an individual scientist that comes to these conclusions, but not the institution from which multiple scientists and researchers work from.