MUFON private knowledge?

[Kent]

On this page http://www.cassiopaea.com/cassiopaea/adventures023.htm there is the following quote:

Terry was pretty excited about the C's "take" on the alien abduction issues because it had been an area in which he had invested a goodly amount of time in hard research and where he had access to materials through MUFON that were not ordinarily available to the average person. He knew that something was going on because the C's seemed to "know" things that were not in the public domain.

Emphasis mine.

Now my question is why is there info that they keep from the public? Can anyone more knowledgeable than me justify this?

I dont like it that there are some people that keep knowledge that affects all of us to themselves, but perhaps there is a good reason.

 

[Approaching Infinity]

On this page http://www.cassiopaea.com/cassiopaea/adventures023.htm there is the following quote:

Terry was pretty excited about the C's "take" on the alien abduction issues because it had been an area in which he had invested a goodly amount of time in hard research and where he had access to materials through MUFON that were not ordinarily available to the average person. He knew that something was going on because the C's seemed to "know" things that were not in the public domain.

Emphasis mine.

Now my question is why is there info that they keep from the public? Can anyone more knowledgeable than me justify this?

I dont like it that there are some people that keep knowledge that affects all of us to themselves, but perhaps there is a good reason.

I don't know the details of this particular case, but I have heard several UFO/abduction researchers state that they keep certain details gleaned from abductees secret (or only pass them on to other researchers), so as to be able to compare them with other cases and see if there is a match that couldn't otherwise be explained as 'cross contamination'. It might be a symbol seen by the abductee, a phrase, or something else distinct and peculiar.

 

[Kent]

so as to be able to compare them with other cases and see if there is a match that couldn't otherwise be explained as 'cross contamination'

Thanks. I can see that as a possibility.

But why blab to a reporter if it is supposed to be kept secret? If I have a secret, the LAST person I'd tell is a reporter. But that's just me.

I could tell you about the UFOs (plural) I saw in daylight , very close, and at low level. But who's to say that I would be telling the truth? There are a lot of people out there that have seen UFOs. Mixing and matching stories while throwing in an oddball "fact" or 2 to make it sound more believable, would be easy in my opinion. What's to stop someone from doing that with an abduction experience?

I hate secrets. I have to wonder why all the secrecy. What are they hiding and why. If there is a MUFON member here with the answer, I'm all ears.

 

[Kent]

OK it looks like I got Terry mixed up with the reporter Frank. My mistake, on that point.

But that does not explain the secrecy.

 

[Approaching Infinity]

OK it looks like I got Terry mixed up with the reporter Frank. My mistake, on that point.

But that does not explain the secrecy.

Terry and Frank were both original participants at the sessions. Thomas French was the reporter. ;)

 

[Kent]

Doh!

I should have stuck to my original topic. Live and learn.