Hello, @dedicatedguy, thank you for sharing this article for discussion.
Fermi's paradox allows us to rationalise our beliefs and assumptions a priori through logical thinking. It is undoubtedly a healthy posture, and not just to ponder the existence of extraterrestrial life. However, passing this principle or avoiding it a little is what we science fiction writers do to create some of our plots. As a dramatic possibility, I would love to have advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. Now, as a real possibility, all the questions that can be asked from the Ferm principle seem valid to me, especially considering the supposed proofs of extraterrestrial life, so little serious. Including the official video that you place in the introduction of your article, whose repercussions are controversial.
I think that if there were extraterrestrial civilizations with enough technology to achieve the close encounter, we would already know our neighbors for better or worse.
And I have never seen anything like a UFO in my life.