> As such, many people are wont to find other explanations for all of this. A simple explanation is that it is all just grifters and loonies, obsession of a few high-level UFO believers in politics, bureaucracy, and media, bolstered by cynical grifters out for publicity and money. However, this cynical explanation is bit too simple for me, not something that would allow for getting
this much attention.
You were SO close, until your final sentence!