Most French believe in conspiracy theories, a new research finds

According to a poll conducted by Ifop group on behalf of the Foundation Jean-Jaurès think-tank and the Conspiracy Watch organization, large sections of the French society believed in theories with no roots in established fact.

The survey, whose results were published late on Sunday, tested some of the most famous conspiracy theories on a group of 1,200 people.

Of the well-known of these theories was the one that claims the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th American president, in 1963, which was believed by 54 percent of respondents.

The Apollo moon landing hoax, which generally believes that men never stepped on the Moon in 1969 and that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA, was regarded by 16 percent of the respondents as true.

Researchers behind the survey, which was conduct online on December 19-20, said that of around 12 theories tested some nearly 80 percent of French people believed in at least one of them.

"The results of the survey confirm that we are facing a phenomenon that is not only real but also major, which cuts across our society and influences our collective views to a worrying degree," the think-tank said.

Source: Press TV