I dont believe the government. I also believe most people who are direct employees of the government are soulless and have no ability to empathize. It would be a mistake to trust them.

I do however trust the thousands of civilian contractors/scientist's/pilots/ who do work for them. Not all of them, and certainly dont believe shit when there is money involved. But I know some of these people, and they wouldnt dedicate their lives to something that was fake. I also have trust in the scientific process, does that make me a idiot? No, because the scientific methods work, but the people that control the information are evil as hell. There are so many people who have ruined their careers as historians/archaeology/scientists because they wanted to find a truth outside of what the experts say is possible. Why all this control if there wasnt something to hide.

We are all entitled to are beliefs and when they are challenged people will get upset, but something tells me you already know this.