Naive and out of his depth, yes. Completely stupid, no.
"Tell me how you got here and when you're from." He paused and added, "Please." Because it was the polite thing to do. Also, what he was going to do with the control was try to find out enough to be able to make any sort of decision. If he didn't get information, he'd do the more natural (for him) thing - close his eyes and jump.