Sorry Alexander Wendt, but I strongly disagree:
"“The good news is they’re not going to get any data,” Wendt told me, arguing that resistance from the military and intelligence agencies cannot be overcome. The bad news, however, is if the council does get its data and announces the presence of alien intelligence on earth, Wendt believes it’s almost certainly the end of civilization as we know it.
“Not because of war against them, because of war between humans,” he said.
I'm betting strongly against this take.
On the contrary, disclosure, which will humble us, is the medicine we need.
People are so quick to assume we'll become WORSE than we are right now.
I find this gratuitous.
There is pessimism. And then there is apocalyptic thinking.