John Priestland

So that challenged, as we might say, my worldview.

I had a little touch of ontological shock.

But the thing that really affected me was I couldn't find anybody to talk to me.

They all laughed at me.

They said, John, you've got a bit funny.

You've got a bit conspiracy theory.

Go away and leave me alone.

So I had six lonely months where I thought about this a lot, and I just wanted to talk to someone.

And so Unhidden was set up with a simple proposition that we should encourage better conversations around UAPs.

And that's good for people's mental health.

I work in the construction sector and there's a wonderful charity that I was really positive about called Mates in Mind.

We have a great record now on avoiding accidents on construction sites, but we have four times the level of suicides in the construction sector.

Why?

because we have tough blokes, and it's largely blokes, working away from home, and there is a stigma about talking about depression and talking about mental health.

So Makes In Mind encourages better conversations that allow people to get out their problems and share them with their colleagues at work.

And Unhidden is built on the same principle

Our mental health and our well-being is going to be stronger if we push back stigma, we push back shame, and we can start to talk about something which we should be able to talk about just like everything else.

Nothing is special about UAPs.

Let's have an open, honest, data-based and compassionate conversation.

That's the foundation of Unhidden.