Some Conspiracy Theories Were Created by the Government

There are a lot of conspiracy theories out there, and most of them are made up by assorted nutjobs, but now and then, there are a few that were intentionally crafted by the government to distract from what they were really doing. Better people believe something easily dismissible—that they’re secretly dealing with aliens, for example—than their enemies find out about the classified aircraft project they’re working on before they’re ready to release it to the public.