NNN - An UFO is a valid designation for a droneBegs belief, some information must be getting caught by a classification here
I believe the term you were looking for is "beggars belief".
But threat inflation = bigger budgets.
Whether or not it’s used for budget inflation, who knows. Looking at the backchannel communications and reactions has value. If you can fool the best military in the world, you can fool the next best too.
Sadly "UFO", although maybe factually correct (an object which flies and is unidentifiable), attracts the attention of the loud and uneducated, who believe alien civilizations visit this planet, and confirmation biases themselves into the faith.
The US has EMF technology to remotely take down an entire swarm of drones approaching the base. It doesn't make sense to not use it.
But they do evidently invest heavily in PR and "think tank" activities to drum up support, including misconstruing harmless events as national security threats.