UFO belief pulled New World Order conspiracism out of political exile

Evidence

As long as conspiracy theories, such as those that posit a New World Order plot, were strongly linked to antigovernment militants, anti- Semites, and neo-Nazis, the audience for conspiracism was limited. This was true even though conspiracism has also found a niche among religious fundamentalists as part of Antichrist theology. This political exile, however, now seems to be over, thanks to the incorporation of New World Order conspiracy into UFO beliefs. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 1081

Categorization

• XREF: Pays off the earlier claim that New World Order theory spans the religious-secular divide via UFO lore. — connects to: New World Order conspiracy theory spans the religious-secular divide — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 346; Antigovernment politics fused with UFO belief throughout the 1990s — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 47; UFO believers were an unexpected new audience drawn into New World Order conspiracy theory — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 398 (+4 more)
• ADDENDUM: Reinforces the immodesty-complaints thread about stigma signaling through a parallel dynamic of taint and sanitization across belief domains.