Press & media
Media kit
Everything a reporter needs to cover experiencers accurately and with care, in one place: a fact sheet, quotable boilerplate, and the standard we hold for responsible coverage. The shorthand for that standard is simple. Report the experience, and let the question of what is real stay open.
The one ask
We do not ask anyone to believe a claim about what is or is not real. The case is narrower and harder to argue with. People who report anomalous experiences deserve respect, honest care, and the freedom to speak without losing their jobs, their families, or their standing. Their reports deserve rigorous method rather than reflexive dismissal. That position leaves room for the skeptic, the scientist, the believer, and the undecided to stand in the same place.
Fact sheet
The essentials, ready to quote or paraphrase.
- Who we are
- The Experiencer Team, a community and advocacy organization for people who have had anomalous experiences, and for the family, allies, and clinicians who stand with them.
- What an experiencer is
- Anyone who has had an experience that falls outside ordinary explanation and wants to be heard with respect. The term is deliberately broad and self-identified.
- What we do
- We host a private peer community, a curated library, a self-advocacy toolkit, a public declaration of experiencer dignity, and an anonymous survey that turns lived experience into evidence for changing how experiencers are treated.
- Our position
- Dignity and method, not belief. Respect for the person, rigor for the report.
- What we are
- An independent community of experiencers. We hold no doctrine, take no political side, and do not give medical advice. We do not tell anyone what their experience means.
- Where to reach us
- Press enquiries: contact@experiencerteam.com.
Terms, used precisely
These describe kinds of reported experience. Each names what a person reports, not a conclusion about its cause.
- Near-death experience (NDE)A vivid experience reported during a close brush with death, often including a sense of leaving the body, peace, or a life review.
- UAP or contact experienceA reported encounter with an unidentified anomalous phenomenon or a sense of contact. UAP is the term public institutions now use.
- Spiritually transformative experience (STE)An experience that durably reshapes a person's sense of meaning, purpose, or connection.
- After-death communication (ADC)A reported sense of contact with someone who has died.
- Out-of-body experience (OBE)A reported sense of perceiving from a vantage point outside the physical body.
- ExperiencerA self-identified person who has had one or more of these experiences. We use the person's own framing.
Where the public conversation stands
The ground has shifted in public, on the record, in less than a decade. For the UAP thread specifically:
- On December 16, 2017, The New York Times reported a Pentagon program studying military encounters with objects whose flight characteristics defied known aerodynamics, alongside on-the-record Navy pilot accounts.
- In 2020, the Department of Defense formally released the FLIR1, GIMBAL, and GO FAST videos.
- In June 2021, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence assessed 144 UAP reports and could confidently explain only one.
- In July 2023, former intelligence officer David Grusch testified under oath before Congress about alleged long-running retrieval programs.
- On May 8, 2026, the government opened a public portal at war.gov/ufo and released the first declassified files under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE), with more promised on a rolling basis.
The institutions moved. The people who carried these experiences privately, often at real cost, are the part of the story still waiting to be told well. That is the story we can help you tell.
Covering experiencers responsibly
Our standard for coverage, and what we ask of the reporters we work with.
- Consent comes first, and it can be withdrawnAnyone who tells their story does so by choice, at their own pace, and can pull back at any point before publication. We help members prepare so consent is informed.
- Anonymity is the defaultUse first names, pseudonyms, or full anonymity as the person prefers. Do not publish identifying details a source did not agree to share.
- Report the experience, not a verdict on realityDescribe what a person experienced and how it affected their life. Treat the question of ultimate cause as open rather than settling it for the reader.
- Do not pathologize by defaultAn anomalous experience is not, on its own, evidence of mental illness. Avoid framing that equates the two.
- Choose accuracy over sensationUse the precise terms above. Skip the flying-saucer clip-art and the spooky music. The plain account is the stronger story.
- Include support, and handle hard material with careSome accounts touch grief, trauma, or crisis. Point readers to help, such as our Get help now page, and give sources room to stop.
Boilerplate
Drop-in description for an article or a segment. Quote it directly.
Working with us
We connect reporters who hold the standard above with members who have proactively volunteered to speak to the press. We do not entertain media requests to solicit interviews. We can help with background, accurate terminology, and fact-checking before publication. When coverage turns harmful, whether through doxxing, harassment, or bad-faith framing, we respond quickly in support of the people affected.
Press enquiries: contact@experiencerteam.com.