The one thing we can suppose is that there is a motive: someone somewhere is trying to accomplish something. So who are our actors, and what could we infer? If they are extraterrestrials then what do they accomplish by conspicuously revealing themselves to the United States Navy and seemingly no one else? Why is the phenomenon unique to the United States Armed Forces, with seemingly no other armed forces or private actors having the same frequency of encounters?

It could be that the United States Navy is simply front running the narrative. Keeping the discussion focused on extraterrestrials means other plausible avenues are not explored.