A “galactic federation” is waiting for humans “to reach a stage where we will understand … what space and spaceships are,” said Haim Eshed .

The “Galactic Federation” of aliens has been in contact with the United States and Israel for years, but humanity is not ready to know, according to former Israeli space security chief Haim Eshed.

Eshed, who has been head of Israel’s space security program for almost 30 years, told Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot that cooperation between the United States and the Galactic Federation includes an underground base on Mars. He added that President Donald Trump is aware of the aliens and is close to revealing the truth.

However, according to Eshed, the Galactic Federation prevented Trump from revealing his existence to prevent hysteria, as humanity is not ready.

“Unidentified Flying Objects asked not to publish that they are here, humanity is not yet ready,” said Haim Eshed, to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot. The Hebrew interview was aired on Friday and gained strength after the pieces were published in English by the Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

The news sparked a wave of memes on social media, with many Twitter users joking about the state of the world and what the alleged aliens must think of us.

“Earth: ‘Can we join the Galactic Federation?’ / The Galactic Federation: “the meme of girls looking disgusted at someone at a party, but edited to look like aliens, with purple and green skin, was posted along.

Another Twitter user said, “I’m sending signals to the Galactic Federation to take me with them” and attached a video of a guy dancing with fireworks.

The same user above also tweeted: “BREAKING: Alien from the Galactic Federation captured on camera after a few shots of tequila”