Recent UFO events in the media have drawn a lot of attention by the public, U.S. Congress, and those in the DoD tasked now with investigating these incidents.  He will focus on a few recent and exciting cases and then discuss how the stigma associated with reporting is changing, how private organizations are trying to assist the government with data collection, and how such partnerships might work to solve the mystery and to prepare for UFO and/or extraterrestrial contact.  Ben will also discuss the results of his research at Georgetown University regarding the societal consequences of a global Reality Compromising Event (RCE) and whether the world is prepared for disclosure.