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An inner tube wil not exert equal pressure on all parts of the tyre, due to a mismatch in the exact shapes of each, and there will be a small void near the beads also.
With no tube, the entire tyre volume is at equal pressure.
Whether this produces the phenomenon described by the OP I dont know, but it does make sense.
I ride tubeless for the puncture resistance, not weight/rolling resistance/lower pressure. So far, no punctures in 2 years. I had one burp, mainly due to being lazy, and not pumping up a tyre I knew to be WAY down on pressure, and riding it on a steep rooty descent.