Local Forces ineptitude

[Commissar Pancakes]

Whenever you receive a "Local forces request assistance in clearing downed UFO" event, the UFO in question ends up being pristine with its entire compliment of aliens currently alive.

If a nation managed to shoot down a UFO, doesn't this mean that the craft in question be changed to the marginally damaged UFO sprite with a few aliens already killed?

Or are the aliens just trolling the poor, incompetent Local forces out of pity by landing whenever they suffer "damage" from a non-Xenonaut aircraft?

[Msvknight]

I argued about this awhile ago, we think they bring it down with nets

[TrashMan]

Aline Bob: "The human are on to us! Quick, shoot down a monument to divert their attention!"