Of course it was a high-ranking officer... They're the only ones with enough access to know about the creature.

They aren't stories, Ma'am. It's the history of an entire hybridized race. We were invaded by an alien race that attempted to enslave us. They subjected early africans to monstrous experimentation and left their DNA altered. In their descendants, this manifests as natural superhuman ability. The community members call themselves Inhumans.