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X Files poll taps top UK conspiracy theories

Posted by Leo on July 31st, 2008 1 Comment Printer-Friendly

In a recent poll, almost half of Britons believe that Area 51 exists to secretly investigate aliens and nearly forty percent believe that the U.S. government orchestrated the attacks on the World Trade Center towers and Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Are Britons really this nutty as a citizenry?

Probably not. Although reported by respected papers like The Guardian and The Scotsman, the poll was conducted online as part of a viral marketing campaign for the new X Files movie I Want To Believe. Although one might argue that fans of X Files are more inclined to be conspiracy minded, thus skewing the results of the poll, one wonders if perhaps this poll inadvertenly gives a metric of the top conspiracy theories amongst the credulous.

Of course, one wonders if the recent spate of news stories promoting Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell’s beliefs in a U.S. government coverup of alien contact aren’t also part of the viral marketing campaign for the new X Files movie. Now that’s a conspiracy theory I could buy into.

Here’s the top 10 conspiracy theories as identified by the poll…

  • Area 51 exists to investigate aliens (48%)
  • 9/11 was orchestrated by the US government (38%)
  • Apollo landing was a hoax (35%)
  • Diana and Dodi were murdered (32%)
  • The Illuminati secret society and masons are trying to take over the world (25%)
  • Scientologists rule Hollywood (17% )
  • Barcodes are really intended to control people (7%)
  • Microsoft sends messages via Wingdings (6%)
  • US let Pearl Harbour happen (5%)
  • The world is run by dinosaur-like reptiles (3%)

Tip o’ th’ hat to Liberal England for the links.


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