Elevate it above nonsense FOR WHOM?
It's already elevated above nonsense for a vast majority of the populace.
Folks falling for the government's disinformation campaign seem to be the only ones influenced by the nonsense perspective.
Of course, who am I to discourage folks from believing the MSM and the black ops folks.
What does "government disinformation" have to do with asking a guy --- any guy --- to back up his story about something as big as that? Your relative would get the same response if he said he bedded Nicole Kidman.