Dave Troy is very well researched, and is totally on the money in almost everything he says. Lumping him in with right wing conspiracy theorists is a mistake.
It is possible for a normally-reasonable person to have a moment of panic and say something foolish.
Even if that were what was happening here, would you describe "saying something foolish but being otherwise reasonable" as "lizard theory without the lizards"? If you thought someone was generally well researched, but was incorrect in one instance, would you call their research "research"?