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UFO conspiracy theories

An ad reads, "Why were these men silenced? They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers"
1956 advertisement, formatted similar to a newspaper article, for the book They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers which promoted a conspiracy theory that government agents were silencing UFO witnesses.[1]: 201 [2]

UFO conspiracy theories are a subset of conspiracy theories which argue that various governments and politicians globally, in particular the United States government, are suppressing evidence that unidentified flying objects are controlled by a non-human intelligence or built using alien technology.[1][3][4][5] Such conspiracy theories usually argue that Earth governments are in communication or cooperation with extraterrestrial visitors despite public disclaimers, and further that some of these theories claim that the governments are explicitly allowing alien abduction.[6] According to the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry little or no evidence exists to support them despite significant research on the subject by non-governmental scientific agencies.[7][8][9][10]

Scholars of religion have identified some new religious movements among the proponents of UFO conspiracy theories, most notably Heaven's Gate, the Nation of Islam, and Scientology.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Barkun2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ University Books (24 June 1956). "They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers". The Los Angeles Times. p. 100.
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  5. ^ a b Robertson, David G. (2021). "They Knew Too Much: The Entangled History of Conspiracy Theories, UFOs, and New Religions". In Zeller, Ben (ed.). Handbook of UFO Religions. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion. Vol. 20. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. pp. 178–196. doi:10.1163/9789004435537_009. ISBN 978-90-04-43437-0. ISSN 1874-6691. S2CID 234923615. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  6. ^ "Cold War hysteria sparked UFO obsession, study finds". The Guardian. May 5, 2002. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  7. ^ Kreidler, Marc (January 1, 2009). "UFOs and Aliens in Space | Skeptical Inquirer". Archived from the original on November 11, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  8. ^ Michael Barkun (15 August 2013). Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America. University of California Press. pp. 85–. ISBN 978-0-520-95652-0. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  9. ^ Barna William Donovan (20 July 2011). Conspiracy Films: A Tour of Dark Places in the American Conscious. McFarland. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8615-1. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  10. ^ Joe Nickell (24 October 2001). Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 120–. ISBN 0-8131-7083-4. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
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