Humanoid Alien (The Twilight Zone)

The humanoid aliens are an unnamed humanoid species who visited Earth in the 1960s for reasons that are not entirely clear, but are likely in the vein of conquest. It is known that they were conducting an experiment on Humanity, and monitored the areas of experimentation from nearby locations.

Biology
The humanoid aliens appear identical to Humans in outwards appearance, and any differences in internal physiology are unknown.

Culture and society
Little is known about the society of the humanoid aliens, other than they are an advanced species who conduct experiments on target populations, with seemingly no regard for the safety of said populations. Their experiments consist of merely manipulating power or other factors that would disrupt order, observing the population for their reaction to these changes. This appears to be a prelude to invasion, but rather than use soldiers or other weapons, the humanoid aliens prefer to manipulate populations into turning on themselves, sitting back and watching the population tear itself apart. If this plan fails, it is possible that the humanoid aliens have armies as a backup, or simply leave the planet.

Technology
The humanoid aliens have advanced spacecraft built like UFOs, which are equipped with technologies capable of disrupting and manipulating the power and communications of structures on the ground. This can be used to cut off communities from each other, creating whatever power fluctuations are needed to sow paranoia within the population.

History
In the 1960s, the humanoid aliens arrived on Earth, and began their experiments, which consisted of shutting off power across multiple towns, including Maple Street, cutting off their communications to the outside world, and observing the results. They landed near Maple Street, and would routinely turn on the power of random denizens while leaving the rest without power to prompt the Humans to blame each other for the phenomena, and when there was enough paranoia, they would start randomly turning the power on and off, creating riots within the population. After observing this on Maple Street, one of the humanoid aliens told his colleague that all that needs to be done to throw Humanity into chaos is disrupt order, noting that every Human population they experimented on ended in the same way, blaming each other and starting a riot, although with a few minor variations. Seeing that this pattern can be exploited to have Human settlements destroy themselves, they return to their ship, possibly to begin their conquest.

Appearances

 * The Twilight Zone, s01e22, "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" (1960)