That's how it often works. Just because a disinformation agent's claim is denied by his employer, doesn't mean he isn't acting at the behest of his employer.
Here's an interesting story from just yesterday: Pentagon to launch 'one-stop shop' UFO website so public can see all declassified photos, videos and reports after Congress demanded answers about 'non human' aircraft.
What is happening is “information management”—creating/controlling a narrative to steer the story in ways that protect the guilty Deep Staters and enrich military industrial complex contractors.
There is plenty there—but they want to keep everybody looking in all the wrong places...
BTW, do you know why the Pentagon finally published their website? It was because Congress demanded one.
The government has been dragged kicking and screaming into this matter.
The Pentagon has done nothing but lie to the public for 70+ years.
You may be correct that there is a government conspiracy. But at this point, the evidence doesn't support it.
The scientific method and rational thinking require an unbiased search for the truth before a conclusion is reached.
Here's the problem with reaching a conclusion until all the evidence is in: "confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values."