Why is US government lying about alien contact?

One thing I like about UFO/alien stories is I am convinced human life has a strong religious or metaphysical dramatic component and aliens richly conform to my sense of what that might be. It could be that Grusch’s story is part of a psyop to prepare us for totalitarianism. But that too is dramatic. Both possibilities and more could all be true at the same time. I have had several alien encounters and people that know me well know I have never shied from speaking about them if appropriate conditions arise. It’s not something to brag about but is a real human experience and in that sense something we have an ethical duty to speak about. ABN