Where do you think the government is hiding UFO info? How do they keep it quiet? How many people know? Will we ever know the truth?
Like any well-kept secret....
COMPARTMENTALIZATION....
Here's an example. In assuming the government coverup of UFOs and aliens, we'd have people dealing with the following aspects..
1. Crash Retrieval
2. Biologic Retrieval
3. Media Suppression
4. Reverse Engineering
5. Military coverup
etc. etc.
Let's say you're an engineer, part of the project, and you are trying to reverse engineer some kind of component (we'll say an engine, for
example).
Well, you're given this engine, along with a few other people. You're told how the craft worked, maybe even that it was alien, etc. However, your
job and responsibility is JUST to work on that ONE piece of equipment.
Now you could speculate on other aspects, but VERY few people would have the full picture, and these are likely those who've been in the game for a
LONG time, possibly even formerly working under folks like Twining, Forestal, Trudeau, etc. in their later years.
Likewise, the guy picking up the crash debris isn't going to know much beyond his job either... It's kept secret the same way we keep other
secrets. Secrecy agreements, when violated carry jailtime. It'd be easy to trump up a "normal" sounding charge vs. an alien related one, to
prosecute someone, and they know it.
Also, no, it certainly wouldn't be networked. Just like a business, confidential info would only be accessable from within the intranet, and even
then the most secret stuff is likely only to be found on removable storage devices that are secured.
Example, my pop works on the Raptor project for Lockheed in GA. Each day he has a rigorous security procedure to go through, retinal scans, checked
for notes, vids, tapes, you name it, just to be sure nothing confidential goes home. I'd imagine something similar takes place in such facilities
involved with the alien project.
It wouldn't be difficult, and just like other such secrets...the jist of it is already out of the bag, just can't prove it because the "proof" is
easy to control and regain even if it does manage to get out.