Re: true believers
Based on what I have learned, It is more or less a religion. Education, or the lack of it, is a factor but many of the believers are well educated. Scientists, astronauts and educators are included in their ranks.
I have read that the same mentality that caused people to believe in vampires, werewolves, fairys and a multitude of other fantasies, is now expressed in ufo's, alien abduction and conspiracy theories.
Some of the believers are phychotic, some are neurotic and others are just looking for something to believe.