Someone(s) competent to cover up aliens would also be smart enough to muddy the waters and lull us into complacency. I don't think the conspiracy theorists are

Someone(s) competent to cover up aliens would also be smart enough to muddy the waters and lull us into complacency. I don't think the conspiracy theorists are wrong not to treat minor, easily-stageable signs of transparency/incompetence as extra evidence against their beliefs.