05-15-2011, 11:52 PM
The 'safer' the environment is for people to come forward to discuss their encounters, the more we'll hear from them. But 'safety' is not simply fear of men in black (or whatever), it's not having common experiential context with which to present a foreign idea such as seeing a levitating disc or an astral ET or of being examined. (Many on these forums probably have seen a UFO or alien). Lack of this context is a barrier to communication that is almost impossible to overcome. Even if the non-experiencer were to accept the idea, it would be interpreted within their own framework which would probably be incorrect and possibly harmful. But things have slowly been evolving from dedicated pioneering researchers, to support groups, to seminars, to conventions, etc.