For many years, UFO skeptics have wondered “where is everybody?” Even those who believe in the reality of the phenomenon have often asked why no aliens have announced themselves on the White House lawn. The silence of the operators of the UFO craft is an unavoidable and unanswered question. It is true that some have claimed to have received communications from the “aliens”. Although we cannot know for certain about the truth of all of such claims, it remains the fact that no open communications have occurred. Why? UFO/UAP historian Richard Dolan suggests that there are abundant reasons why visiting extraterrestrials would avoid open contact with humanity, some possibilities less palatable than others. Here views these possibilities before speculating that advanced civilizations might be waiting for humanity to reach a specific knowledge threshold or develop mental milestone. Drawing parallels to how the agricultural revolution transformed human civilization after millennia of accumulated knowledge led to a transformative insight, he suggests that current fields like artificial intelligence, neuroscience, quantum physics, and genetics might be converging toward another revolutionary understanding of reality. At the same time, Planet Earth seems to be heading toward its 6th great extinction event in its history. As a result, we may wonder if humanity currently constitutes an especially interesting show in this portion of the galaxy. It’s as if we are collectively walking across a tightrope high above a deep ravine, hoping to reach the other side instead of falling off.