Articles with may, could, etc basically don't say anything else but, 'We want some attention for our article now, but do not shoot us if it turns out to be com

Articles with may, could, etc basically don't say anything else but, 'We want some attention for our article now, but do not shoot us if it turns out to be completely bogus. But if we were right, we want to be seen as awesome researchers, bringers of news etc'.