UFOs Aliens and Cover-ups

Typically stories are of alien abduction or infiltration and eminent attack with the earth and mankind in great peril, UFOs Bermuda Triangle, Area 51 and CIA, spies and all like in the movies. Also Illuminati and da Vinci codes, beliefs in Nostradamus prophesies and even a “Bible Code”, match fixing, and from ancient civilisations to moon landings.

In this context most conspiracies are of “secrets” and “cover-ups” and then for sinister reasons. Then commonly too involve all types of secret organisations and mysteries, apparently unexplainable events in history, well known puzzling facts, strange mysterious scientific discoveries, all together with explanations interpretations and reasons. Usually there is money or persecution involved.

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All of this appeals strongly to the imagination, and claimed as evidence. Of course there are many theories of a much more personal and unique nature. Some people apparently make a kind of hobby from it not really believing it themselves, such as imagination and fantasy stories, really just entertainment and has the enjoyment of a shock value as well (similar to some atheists). 

Or for some reason you would like other people to think you actually really believe your story. This means even if you yourself know it is imagination and know it is not true, you would like other people to think you do, and as far as wanting to even convince them of the story in the end. Like a con-artist or for some rhyme or reason. A bit tricky.

Sometimes a theory is believed rigidly by the person and to the point of delusions and mental illness. However, else it might be that the person has difficulty communicating his ideas and experiences. Especially in a foreign language or a matter of lack of  understanding and of training in a given specialised area or being in a strange country.

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You cannot take everything at face value.

Possibly the person knows the theory is not correct, but rather just might actually want to believe it, even as too unlikely. A story could even be remotely logically possible even though sounding very strange and unusual, it does not have to be psychosis.

One must be careful, just because something is a conspiracy theory that in itself does not mean it is necessarily incorrect and false, however unlikely it may seem it is not to say it is not true.