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He Had a Near-Death Experience and Realized What UFOs Actually Are | Keith Thompson

Third Eye DropsNov 1, 2026

At 24, journalist Keith Thompson nearly drowned in a Hawaiian riptide, left his body, and met dead relatives, including a great-uncle he didn't know had died. That experience launched decades of reporting on UFOs, near-death experiences, seances, and objects that seemingly appear from nowhere. In his new book Anomalous Phenomena, he argues these mysteries share a common pattern that points to a deep interconnectedness at the root of reality, one that materialist science has refused to map.

4 Geniuses Decode the UFO and Consciousness Mystery | Hoffman, Kripal, Kastrup & Gallimore

Third Eye DropsJul 24, 2026

This compilation episode of Third Eye Drops brings together four thinkers (Donald Hoffman, Jeffrey Kripal, Bernardo Kastrup and Andrew Gallimore) to explore whether the UFO phenomenon is fundamentally tied to consciousness rather than nuts-and-bolts spacecraft. The guests compare UFO encounters to ancient religious visions, near-death experiences, Neoplatonic daimons and DMT entity contact, and suggest the phenomenon may communicate through symbolic masks. Hoffman argues that if space-time is just a 'VR headset' created by consciousness, UAP technology that seems to break physics becomes possible, while Kastrup says he is disgusted by what he sees as misinformation in the current UAP disclosure scene.

Breakthrough Research: DMT Entities & the Simulation Decoded | Dr. Andrew Gallimore on Donald Hoffman

Third Eye DropsJul 10, 2026

In this mind-bending episode, neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Gallimore and cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman discuss their groundbreaking collaboration on the nature of consciousness and reality. They explore radical concepts including simulation theory, the role of conscious agents, and the potential of altered states to reveal hidden layers of existence. Gallimore posits that understanding these concepts might eventually lead to science mapping non-human intelligences and the very fabric of reality itself.