It might also be appropriate to ask about our own intelligence agencies successfully suppressing and manipulating public opinion with regards to disclosure for well over 70+ years.
To think of their reach... That which is "mainstream" is their reach. Even in the 21st century, with disclosure happening, smear campaigns and the like are still happening.
It makes you question, how much of what we're being told- is accurate? How much of it is the preferred version of a story?
And are our own people keeping their brothers and sisters prisoners from being able to advance spiritually and communicate with life from other realms?
Eric, what you write above may be a possibility, but personally I would assign a low degree of probability to it being true. That constitutes an extraordinary claim, and extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence.
Some people retort that the evidence has been hidden too deep. well, that's possible, but no evidence, no extraordinary claim proven. It would be too convenient and self-explanatory.
The above being said, I agree that we should verify the accuracy of a story, with the means of God given logic.
Last, I'm going to provide a nice story. In the deceased forum there were quite a few people pushing peculiar theories. Like the nucleus of the earth being void and populated with peculiar realms. I asked the guy how he would explain the models of the earth interior based on the observation of earthquakes and the effects of the hydromagnetic flow of the nucleus. He answered he had no idea.
The morale is that if we want to criticize a model we should become one with the technicalities of that model and provide scientific proof of our affirmations. Sometimes it's impossible because we just don't have the necessary background.