There are millions of various conspiracy theories out there. Let us know how it goes checking all of them twice. As you say, nothing wrong with that.
Here is someone who believes that aliens control mankind.
http://www.sherryshriner.com/sherry/reality.htm
She starts her manifesto with this
If you sit back and analyze how things are run, one thing is evident: That power on earth is in the hands of a nefarious few and they are not human.
There is certainly a chance she is correct, so perhaps you should read all of her works to better consider both sides of that debate, since that is really the only way you can understand it. Do not disagree with it immediately without doing that, because as you say, that would be primal thinking. Use this example to show us how you can advance your thought process, and after that you have a few million more theories to go!
All the best.