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UFO believer Ashton Forbes falls for $3k scam with fake evidence (www.youtube.com)
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Ashton Forbes, a healthcare IT consultant turned UFO/UAP proponent, gained attention for promoting videos claiming Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared due to alien interference, despite evidence debunking the footage. Later, Forbes fell victim to a $3,000 scam involving fake evidence supporting his beliefs, but continued to assert a conspiracy against him.

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[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Conspiracy theorists claim that, but really they simply take the position "government bad" and lazily cease any further critical thinking. Which is why it's easy to rile them up and feed them into the alt right pipeline.