You're mixing cryptozoology with actual zoology. One is evidence-based. The other relies on eyewitness accounts. The Coelacanth was known from fossils, which gave scientists a reason to look.
Right, conspiracy time. I've been deep in the Rendlesham Forest rabbit hole again (December 1980, Suffolk, US military base, alleged UFO landing - if you don't know the story, look it up), and...
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