Yes, theatrics is a good description. The Chicago .gov can't invite a foreign armed force into the US.That would come from GEOTUS and that aint gonna happen!
God dam, stop with all the alien shit. If anything these things are very terrestrial and funded by tax money. There is definitely alien life, but it can't get here just as we can't get there. How about concentrate on the real world and not look for something to SAVE you. Affect the change yourself!