RE: This one is for YOU, Mr. Wizard
This would be along the same lines as the "Shadow Government", Skull and Bones, FreeMasons, etc More or less the best or most elite in specific areas are set aside in their own secret society of sorts to do what they do. There are also those that would say we only have these technologies because of aliens, and to a point this is true. SciFi and such has influenced our imaginations and sciences in sucha way to push them towards these inventions.