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In this case, I would rather it have been any of those things instead of industrial waste.
I agree industrial waste is not an elegant refutation of Aliens did it but it does fit nicely with Occam's razor:
The explanation that requires the fewest assumptions is usually correct
Aliens did it: Assumptions
Intelligent alien life exists.
Interstellar Travel exists.
Out of billions of start systems, the aliens visited earth.
Yet they were dumb enough to crash on arrival.
Industrial Waste: Assumptions
Stuff we have been pumping into the atmosphere for centuries has made it to the ocean floor.