Well, if anyone was going to take an untrusting view of the situation, it made sense that it would be Major Elzam. He probably knew more about this kind of thing than she did, anyway.

"If it is some kind of experiment, it's mostly likely on the part of these 'Philemon' and 'Nyarlathotep' entities, ultimately. That seems to be the consensus from the few people who seem to have heard of them before coming here."