New World Order ideas entered ufology unintentionally and piecemeal

Evidence

It does not seem to have been consciously undertaken by conspiracists or done for opportunistic reasons, even though in the end it provided a large new audience. Rather, it began in a disorganized, piecemeal fashion, and it provides a case study in the migration of deviant ideas. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 422

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the ‘law merchant’/Milgrom and social-capital material on decentralized institutions emerging without design — here an ideology migrating without design. — connects to: UFO believers were an unexpected new audience drawn into New World Order conspiracy theory — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 398; New World Order conspiracy ideas and UFO beliefs merged into two diametrically opposed syntheses — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 420; UFO conspiracy narratives absorbed right-wing plot motifs without clear influence — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 457 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• New World Order conspiracy ideas and UFO beliefs merged into two diametrically opposed syntheses #complicates (0.85) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 420
• UFO conspiracy narratives absorbed right-wing plot motifs without clear influence #complicates (0.78) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 457