How do conspiracy theorists get all of their coveted secret government information if it's meant to be hidden and the government would never hand it over?
It's a curious thing. I'm not dismissing any of their claims, but I find it a bit interesting that they can so easily uncover everything that the government doesn't want you to know when it's hidden for a reason.
real conspiracies; like MK-Ultra, we find out through leaks, declassification and similar sources.
The loony-bin conspiracy theories like "moon landing hoax" (any one with a ham radio could track the apollo CSM as it went to the moon, there's no way to hide such a trip. there's really no way to fake those signals.) are mostly sourced from bullshit.
another great example of this is the Birds Aren't Real conspiracy. Which... uh... started as satire. there's plenty of ways they get started, but they all boil down to bullshit.
I mean I build R/C aircraft all the time. one of my favorites is an 8" scale version of the 1950's Day the Earth Stood Still flying saucer for refrence
More than once, I've flown that in a park only for some MAGA-idiot to go fetch a shotgun and shoot at it. these people are not exactly stable.