From a lot of encounters and whistleblower stories I’ve read over the years, one thing that keeps coming up is that whenever humans try using recovered craft or the technology from them, it either malfunctions or starts breaking down. If recovered biologics are real, and their DNA is somewhat compatible with humans, I could honestly see why there would be programs trying to splice alien DNA with human DNA. The idea would probably be to create people capable of actually using the craft and tools without them failing apart, while still keeping those people under government or military control. It reminds me a lot of Stargate Atlantis. In the show, they discover that certain Ancient technology only works for people with the Ancient gene, so they end up creating gene therapy to let normal humans use the ships, weapons, and the Atlantis base itself. The whole thing sounds pretty similar when you think about it. submitted by /u/Longjumping_Orange51 [link] [comments]