Conspiracy From the Inside

 From WSJ, via MSN. The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America's UFO Mythology.

In fact, a Wall Street Journal investigation reveals, the report itself amounted to a coverup—but not in the way the UFO conspiracy industry would have people believe. The public disclosure left out the truth behind some of the foundational myths about UFOs: The Pentagon itself sometimes deliberately fanned the flames, in what amounted to the U.S. government targeting its own citizens with disinformation.

Ted Gioia: We have now learned that many of the craziest UFO theories were spread by the Pentagon—to hide its own weapons research. We often assume that conspiracy theories come from total crackpots or brave truth-telling outsiders, but most of them probably originate from liars operating inside the system.