Officially, Inanis, Resonants or extraterrestrials do not exist.
Knowledge of Inanis is restricted to a small group within the highest levels of government, military command, intelligence, and scientific research.
The Directorate of Strategic Intelligence coordinates the suppression of public evidence, while specialized military and research units recover artifacts, secure suspected anomaly sites, investigate unusual incidents, and monitor individuals believed to have been exposed to Inanis phenomena. Most personnel involved in these operations receive incomplete or deliberately misleading briefings.
Suspected Resonants are identified primarily through exposure history, witness reports, surveillance, unusual incidents, behavioral evidence, or repeated correlations with unexplained phenomena. The UTA possesses no reliable technology that can simply identify a Resonant or conclusively determine that an unexplained event was caused by Inanis.
The UTA considers Inanis phenomena a threat to planetary security and to the existing political order. Proof of an unknown alien presence could cause public panic, destabilize relations with Mars, encourage unrest in the Belt, or reveal that the Authority cannot protect humanity from every danger.
At the same time, Terran officials fear that Mars may achieve a breakthrough in understanding or exploiting Inanis phenomena first. This has driven the UTA to authorize research that would otherwise be considered illegal or too dangerous.
Known Resonants may be monitored, recruited, manipulated, detained, or transferred to classified facilities. Some cooperate voluntarily in exchange for protection or answers. Others disappear into institutions such as the Vostok Black Archive.
UTA research has accumulated classified observations, recovered materials, experimental data, and records of known Resonants, but these do not form a complete or reliable scientific model. Researchers may recognize recurring effects or develop experimental methods around previous incidents without understanding their underlying cause.
Even within the secret programs, no one possesses a complete understanding of Inanis.