What would happen to the Moon if it was lowered onto the Earth?

An absolute madman of a scientist tractors the Moon from it's orbit, and carefully lowers it through the Earth's atmosphere and gently brings it to rest upon the Earth's surface. There is no reentry, there is no impact.

So we have two spherical 'planets' that are in contact with each other. Does the Moon slowly disintegrate due to the gravity, or would it be consumed rather quickly? How would this affect objects near the Moon? How would the shape of this new Earth-Moon potatoid affect things?

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