^^ you shouldn't joke or you might anger the lizard people, the secret rulers/influencers of global power.
They are a highly advanced species of amphibious reptiles that evolved in the epoch of Earth's dinosaurs, well-advanced enough to monitor the incoming Chicxulub asteroid but not so advanced they could do anything to divert it at the time. The civilisation split into two factions as the impending doom of the incoming asteroid approached, that they had know about for over a century. One faction, in the minority, built deep underwater bases in the trenches of Earth's oceans that they could return to after watching the cataclysm from orbiting lifeboat ships. The majority of their species, that couldn't fit in the bases, set off in giant spaceship arks to look for new homes amongst the stars, having determined no bodies in the solar system to be adequate for amphibious reptilian life.
The group left behind in the underwater bases had strict ethical and resource limits on expansion of their populations to survive the aftermath of the asteroid impact so never grew much beyond the numbers that returned to Earth after the impact, ensuing tsunamis, earthquakes and decades-long, deep 'eternal' winter. In many ways, they are a monk-like 'religious' sect that lives in enforced minimalism although having developed access to and knowledge of sciences/technologies that could control solar systems. They spend their time always seeking enlightment and ultimately ascension to a higher plane of existence. Let's call them the Annuki, but known by other names, Illuminati, Ancients, etc.
After watching mammals evolve, and then the rowdy apes known as humans, develop over the millenia the Annuki know someday they'll be forced to show themselves to all humanity and explain the situation, basically that they were here first. Sometimes we catch glimpses of their craft flitting in and out of the oceans and off into space (UFO). In the last 50 years as humanity has expanded across the globe and now begins exploring the deep oceans they wish to be left alone and so have contacted some of the highest powered leaders on the planet (UN, US Deep State apparatchik, etc) suggesting a plan to impose artificial limits to growth, "global warming", "environmental" regulation, "sustainability" targeting for the economies of the world, etc.
Humans that have been contacted by them have been sworn to secrecy for now and also are threatened with being labelled nutjobs, murdered or committed upon revelation. Contactees are also awarded favours so feel privileged, somehow enlightened and evangelical about performing the wishes of the Annuki, like members of a planet-saving environmental cult with wisdom given from a higher power and imperatives to justify lording authority over lesser humans and operate outside our usual laws. The Annuki feel everything is going to plan so far but there are hold outs amongst humanity that they see as being problematic, in fact they admire the rebellious spirit, like a cat watching the mice valiantly attempting to escape the slashing claws. In many ways it is a bit of game for them that has evolved over a long long time so they are in no great hurry and get some lulz along the way. The especially get a kick out of the "fossil-fuel" bans, since the oil and gas is largely dead dinosaurs who they feel a particular affinity for, being evolved from the same genetic lines.
Generally the Annuki want to be left alone for now and don't feel any particular animosity, or friendliness, for humans but when military submarine sonars start deafening the whales, underwater explosion testing disturbing the peace, radioactive seawater leaks down towards them and plastic is crapping up the oceans, it is inevitable they will take action. Particularly 'enlightened' apes like James Cameron starts poking around in his deep water submersible in the Marianas trench he might get the footage, and fright, of his life when the Annuki decide enough is enough.