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You could always say something like "I believe X, but given your epistemic position, I understand your unwillingness to believe me." I would accept that from somebody who was ostensibly abducted by aliens.
ETA: added "ostensibly." =)
That only works well when the other person is discounting you largely because of concern that you might be lying. Otherwise the 'abductee' and interlocutor should treat the experience as a datum like any other (and probably dismiss it because of the prior).