A lady asked an interesting question the other day. "Do aliens just
hop in their space ships, come down to Earth, and walk into human bodies?
The answer is no. It takes a lot of preparation to prepare a Soul to
be a walk in, in another species, even if that species is quite similar to
humans.
First plants and animals have to be taken from Earth and an artificial Earth-like
environment has to be set up somewhere. Then volunteers who are dying
must be selected who have the proper personality. Then, they have to
be taken to the Earth-like biosphere where they eat Earth food, drink Earth
water, watch Earth's entertainments, learn the language and customs of the
people in the area they intend to enter. Then, upon their deaths, they
are transported to Earth, and put in the proximity of an operative working
in some medical facility, and they wait for a suitable body to present itself
for them to inhabit.
Such an operation obviously has to be planned years in advance, are no spur-of-the-moment
thing. An alien doesn't just drop down, say "Oh, here's a handy body!"
and pops in. They have to be acclimatized to our biosphere. It
takes a considerable amount of effort.