I don't think its funny, and I'm not poking fun. The craft in my opinion are real. We may not be sure what their aircrews are doing here. However, they are spending in real terms billions of dollars, their time and health to be here. I don't think it is a game for either side.
More definitive research is needed.
MSFC passed around a signup sheet for names to be put on the Mars Polar Lander. Peter Ho reports he saw a large V shaped UFO on January 2, 2000. There were dim orange lights along the front of the object. He could hear no sounds. Peter estimates it was five times bigger than a Jumbo Jet.