The LUCIFER Telescope Conspiracy

Did you know that the Catholic Church operates a telescope named LUCIFER, with which it is actively trying to find alien life in order to recruit their help in taking over the planet Earth? Well, neither did anyone else, until the RUclips conspiracy theory community arose. And neither did any astronomers in the real-life telescope community. Today we're going to find out exactly how the LUCIFER telescope conspiracy theory came to be, and what are the real-world things that triggered it. Support the show and subscribe to the audio podcast at skeptoid.com/, a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit.