Anecdotal evidence from two former CIA pilots, now retired

I recently spoke with two former pilots for the CIA about UFOs and Aliens. Some of the things they shared featured odd similarities with claims made in past posts in this sub. I’d like to share and see what others think.

The first served during the cold war from the 70’s into the 90’s, 25 years in total. He flew ISR aircraft and participated in early electronic warfare operations. He never saw a UFO or an alien, but claimed he was repeatedly exposed to information about “superior beings.” He declined to be fully read-in to the program because he was “very uncomfortable with the stuff I had seen and did not want to know any more.” He claimed they are the source, in some capacity, of major technical advances in stealth, sensors, handheld computers / smartphones, and autonomous unmanned vehicles (which he claimed to have seen operating in the early 80’s).

The second one is very strange. Worked for AFSOC, JSOC, and then the CIA. He served in Bosnia, GWOT, and on anti-piracy operations. The only thing he was willing share is that “the females like vanilla ice cream, and the males like strawberry.” He was completely serious, sober, and repeated the claim multiple times (he is not familiar with UFO lore or the J-Rod video). When asked how he knew this to be true, he claimed to have “been somewhere I should not have been” while at CIA. He was exposed to this information inadvertently and immediately left the area. He felt very disturbed by what he had learned. I asked him if what he learned/saw had any effect on his religious beliefs – he said it did not.

I asked them both “whatever it is that you know that I don’t know, how did it make you feel when you learned it?” and they each replied that it is far crazier, far more outlandish than I would guess and were astonished they learned it. When asked, both strongly expressed that disclosure should not happen and would be destabilizing.

I believe they were both being truthful. They declined to answer certain questions, and at some point in the conversation each set a boundary about what they were willing to tell me. Neither of them know what reddit is, so I doubt they’ve been reading up on the topic. First time posting here, please let me know if I need to edit the post.