Brief texts can expand into sprawling conspiracy structures.

Evidence

The Lear statement is brief—only seven printed pages—but dizzying in its claims. It elevates MJ-12 to a conspiratorial position nowhere hinted at in the original papers themselves. It implies a web of subsidiary conspiracies—to silence the news media and the academic community, and to mislead the UFO community as well. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 449

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Conspiracy legends grow more detailed and threatening with each retelling over years — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 382; Over-elaborating a conspiracy produces an undefeatable adversary — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 1070; Conspiracy hierarchies can be recursively nested with the top conspirators themselves being manipulated — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 335 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Over-elaborating a conspiracy produces an undefeatable adversary #expands (0.82) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 1070
• Conspiracy hierarchies can be recursively nested with the top conspirators themselves being manipulated #expands (0.75) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 335
• Ordinary people can generate conspiracy theories on demand #qualifies (0.72) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 218