Lol. There's a group of the population that believe what you thought you saw WAS really flying saucers from other planets. I guess there is always a slim chance that at least a few of them were. Maybe that's it, the people over there were looking the other way watching for flying saucers, had to go on a beer run, and missed an attack.
Kleptocrats: a ruler who uses political power to steal his or her country's resources.
Kleptocracy: government by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the expense of the governed.