Hi there, first time poster here. Been listening to the paracast for about a year now. Since then I've become deeply interested in the paranormal and have had two UFO sightings. I know that some people report that merely being open to the subject and pursuing it can lead to such experiences. Perhaps this is the case with me. Anyway, neither of these sightings really affected me that much. I had no deep sense of fear or slowed/lost time as is commonly reported however last night I had a profound and alarming experience while laying down to bed. The latter of the two episodes happened a few days ago and I feel that this particular incident had a great deal to do with my experience last night.
I'm in a band and we're currently on tour. That having been said I will preface this account by saying none of us were intoxicated, we do not drink or smoke weed while in the van. Only one of us smokes weed (not me). On our way to a show in Atlanta, myself and the other members of the band saw UFOs that were unlike any description I have ever encountered in my research (if you can call it that). We were in South Carolina, near Clemson, SC. It was a clear day, not a cloud in the sky. The sun was going down in front of us. Suddenly I saw two vertical orange rods in the sky. They were about the size of toothpicks. I immediately wrote them off as the run off from jets doing some invasive maneuvers. However they trail never continued. The two rods remained. Then one of the rods vanished before my eyes and then the other. Within about 30 seconds one of the rods returned. This rules out the jet run off hypothesis. At this point, my other bandmates confimed that they too could see this object.
I then noticed that at the top of this rod there was a small object. It was too small for me to provide an accurate description, but I think it was spherical. This object too would disappear and return lit up and then the light would go out. It would do this separate from the rod it sat on top of. After about a minute the whole object faded out within a matter of seconds. Again this was very odd, but no deep sense of fear or "hyper reality" as Dave and Gene have dubbed it.
Last night is when stuff got very real for me. Again I will preface this by disclaiming use of substances. We had played a show in Jacksonville early that night, I had gotten a pretty good buzz from the beer I had been drinking. But after the show we drove five hours to tampa, by which time I was sober and had slept it off. Anyway, As I was laying down to bed and beginning to doze off, yet fully conscious, I recalled this UFO. Suddenly I went into what I can only describe as an intense trance state. I could feel my body dissolve. I had a very uncomfortable feeling of losing control as this panned out. Soon began a rhythmic and recurring distorted and slightly robotic voice which was repeating something in a language I couldn't understand. At this point I was just consciousness and without a body, perhaps I was astrally projecting? I felt a very strong presence with me. I was in some sort of place that I cant really describe. It was ethereal, full of ambient light. I continued to feel very uncomfortable and as if my human mind was no longer human and had become akin to whatever this presence was. I did not understand what it was trying to communicate exactly, I did however seem to understand that it was letting me know that it was there and that it existed. Suddently I came out of the state. I was pretty amped up, heart racing and tense. It was then that I remembered that this was not the first time something like this had happened to me. Other episodes became apparent to me.
I don't really know what to make of all this. I should perhaps mention that I infrequently practice Kundalini yoga and that last night I had done a very brief meditation after lying down. I always feel something of a push in my spine when I do it. This time was no different than any other and I don't feel that its directly linked to the experience, but hey, who knows?
I'm open to any questions, criticisms and what have you. I hope that someone can say that they have encountered something similar.
Thanks for reading.
I'm in a band and we're currently on tour. That having been said I will preface this account by saying none of us were intoxicated, we do not drink or smoke weed while in the van. Only one of us smokes weed (not me). On our way to a show in Atlanta, myself and the other members of the band saw UFOs that were unlike any description I have ever encountered in my research (if you can call it that). We were in South Carolina, near Clemson, SC. It was a clear day, not a cloud in the sky. The sun was going down in front of us. Suddenly I saw two vertical orange rods in the sky. They were about the size of toothpicks. I immediately wrote them off as the run off from jets doing some invasive maneuvers. However they trail never continued. The two rods remained. Then one of the rods vanished before my eyes and then the other. Within about 30 seconds one of the rods returned. This rules out the jet run off hypothesis. At this point, my other bandmates confimed that they too could see this object.
I then noticed that at the top of this rod there was a small object. It was too small for me to provide an accurate description, but I think it was spherical. This object too would disappear and return lit up and then the light would go out. It would do this separate from the rod it sat on top of. After about a minute the whole object faded out within a matter of seconds. Again this was very odd, but no deep sense of fear or "hyper reality" as Dave and Gene have dubbed it.
Last night is when stuff got very real for me. Again I will preface this by disclaiming use of substances. We had played a show in Jacksonville early that night, I had gotten a pretty good buzz from the beer I had been drinking. But after the show we drove five hours to tampa, by which time I was sober and had slept it off. Anyway, As I was laying down to bed and beginning to doze off, yet fully conscious, I recalled this UFO. Suddenly I went into what I can only describe as an intense trance state. I could feel my body dissolve. I had a very uncomfortable feeling of losing control as this panned out. Soon began a rhythmic and recurring distorted and slightly robotic voice which was repeating something in a language I couldn't understand. At this point I was just consciousness and without a body, perhaps I was astrally projecting? I felt a very strong presence with me. I was in some sort of place that I cant really describe. It was ethereal, full of ambient light. I continued to feel very uncomfortable and as if my human mind was no longer human and had become akin to whatever this presence was. I did not understand what it was trying to communicate exactly, I did however seem to understand that it was letting me know that it was there and that it existed. Suddently I came out of the state. I was pretty amped up, heart racing and tense. It was then that I remembered that this was not the first time something like this had happened to me. Other episodes became apparent to me.
I don't really know what to make of all this. I should perhaps mention that I infrequently practice Kundalini yoga and that last night I had done a very brief meditation after lying down. I always feel something of a push in my spine when I do it. This time was no different than any other and I don't feel that its directly linked to the experience, but hey, who knows?
I'm open to any questions, criticisms and what have you. I hope that someone can say that they have encountered something similar.
Thanks for reading.
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