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The conspiracy isn’t “aliens don’t exist.”
The conspiracy is “aliens do exist and the government is hiding them.”
The government spreads this to hide actual secrets.
That’s a name they want you to react to, Semi. It’s a trigger phrase. You think that’s a coincidence? That’s how they tag citizens in the database!
See, everybody thinks the conspiracy is whether aliens exist. That’s amateur hour. That’s what they feed the masses so they can feel smart arguing about it at the Mega Lo Mart checkout line.
The real conspiracy… is that aliens absolutely exist, and the government needs you arguing about it. Keeps your eyes off the real operation—interdimensional trade agreements, cattle mutilation tax write-offs, and whatever’s going on in Nevada that smells like propane and betrayal.
And you know how they keep it buried? They leak just enough “truth” to make it look crazy. Grainy photos, lunatics on late-night radio, a guy named “Dale”, who just happens to sound unhinged—yeah, I’m onto that too.
That’s called narrative control, Semi. You don’t hide the truth—you poison it so nobody credible wants to touch it.
So no, the conspiracy isn’t “aliens don’t exist.” That’s the decoy. The conspiracy is that they’ve turned the truth into a joke… and now anyone who gets close to it gets lumped in with me.
…which is exactly what they want.
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Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to rotate my bug-out tuna supply. The cans have started listening.
Make sure you don't stack your tuna cans vertically, else the government can use them as an antenna!
Exactly. They spread partially incorrect info to hide the real info. Just like they started the flat earth movement to hide the fact that the earth is actually an oblong.
It’s slightly oblong but the real reason is they don’t want people to know about the elephants.
Which country's government?
I’m sure a lot of them, but most of the examples I can think of are American.
And what secrets do these countries hide by saying something about aliens?
In the case of Paul Bennewitz, classified radio transmissions. They convinced him it was aliens and he died in a mental hospital.
Then there was Kecksburg, where a classified spy satellite was deorbited and they just let folks believe it was an alien spacecraft.
Same goes for all the Area 51 and Roswell stuff that helps hide experimental aircraft and secret operations behind a smoke screen of woo.
Yea that's all wackos wanting to believe.
"I make up weird shit in my head and it's all your fault" lol
Bennewitz’s disinformation campaign has been confirmed. The USAF passed him fake documents and encouraged him to think they were UFOs. The book Mirage Men documents this in some detail.