Unless of course He did not create aliens, but created man in his image to teach us sentience. The humble choice for good in a sea of evil is the point of creation after all.
Imagine a being dropped in this incredible art work of creation that never looks up with gratitude to wonder about who made it, but spends its whole life navel gazing and stacking coins.
Are they sentient, or to a generous God, are they alien?
What did Obama say about pay grade?
You and I can postulate all day.
God didn’t give us cars and planes in the time of Christ or Moses. We looked at the wonderful world he gave us and eventually figured it out.
Don’t know if that was HIS plan or not. I assume so. But we’re still learning by following the laws of the universe. We push the envelope and discover more and more. If we’re around in 2K more years what more will we know about this Universe? It intrigues me to no end.