Richard Dolan

of human technological capabilities.

That is what really looks to me.

The strongest patterns are definitely behavioral in this.

It's like observe, monitor, approach.

It feels to me like they're testing reactions, occasionally interfering, and then they just leave.

I didn't find a lot of evidence of overt hostility.

But I didn't find any evidence or hardly any of friendly communication either.

So instead, really, the behavior to me resembles, if I had to characterize it, a long-term surveillance and reconnaissance program.

Like whatever they are, they don't seem to be interested in introducing themselves to us, but they do seem interested in studying us.

So, yeah, that's...

Yes, I do.

I think you asked it very, very well.

That's a really good way to put it.

Like if you think of where human civilization was in the year 1900, so 126 years ago, that was the year that we had the first operational submarine ever.

So we go from there.

First time we're going into the water.

And of course, by today's standards, not a very effective submarine, but it was the first.

And then shortly after that, we started developing sonar.

during around the time of World War I. And then radio for above water communication.

And then World War II, you start seeing large battleships and aircraft carriers for the first time.