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...which would be funny if everyone saw it as entertainment. But alas, no. A lot of people seem to use it as kind of a "gateway drug" and take it seriously, and once down that rabbit hole they fall prey to all kinds of conspiracies.

You left one aspect off your list, for a long-running conspiracy. How many of those secret-keepers would have been expected to go senile over the years and blab the whole thing in front of a crowd?

...which would be funny if everyone saw it as entertainment. But alas, no. A lot of people seem to use it as kind of a "gateway drug" and take it seriously, and once down that rabbit hole they fall prey to all kinds of conspiracies.

...which would be funny if everyone saw it as entertainment. But alas, no. A lot of people seem to use it as kind of a "gateway drug" and take it seriously, and once down that rabbit hole they fall prey to all kinds of conspiracies.

The increasing length of time over which it is claimed the conspiracy has been going on is actually hurting their story, it does is allow them to include older and older claims, but it also makes it less and less plausible that the conspiracy has...

That's what made The DaVinci Code so laughable, and so much a waste of time.

I think one of the problems in the UFO world is the conflating of various types of conspiracies with the idea of known secret programs. There are events that you described as "governments doing evil stuff then lying about it". This might include...

This is the kind of debunk we strive for!

And here I thought it was just gravity doing its thing.

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hi, agree entirely, i stress Im no kind of expert on any of this, but recently read "The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and cold war secret intelligence" by Richard J. Aldrich, which i would recommend to anyone interested. The final chapter...

The increasing length of time over which it is claimed the conspiracy has been going on is actually hurting their story, it does is allow them to include older and older claims, but it also makes it less and less plausible that the conspiracy has...

I think one of the problems in the UFO world is the conflating of various types of conspiracies with the idea of known secret programs. There are events that you described as "governments doing evil stuff then lying about it". This might include...

The increasing length of time over which it is claimed the conspiracy has been going on is actually hurting their story, it does is allow them to include older and older claims, but it also makes it less and less plausible that the conspiracy has...