The “greys” are the “doll bodies” used by the immortal spiritual beings of The Domain. Just as our consciousnesses inhabit and animate human biological bodies, so do the greys. The big difference being that they can consciously leave those bodies at will, whereas we seem to be tied to ours.

I recommend reading Alien Interview, though greys are not alien, they are immortal spiritual beings from another universe:
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