Brief
Esalen Institute
The claims the writer was given for Esalen Institute, in the order they were given.
1
Jeff Kripal experienced a sense of annihilation while sleeping in the same room as Whitley Strieber at a conference at the Esalen Institute in Northern California.
“my Super Natural co-author, Jeff Kripal, experienced it when sleeping in the same room with me at a conference at the Esalen Institute in Northern California.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch18:13699-13846 testimony second hand
2
Whitley Strieber regularly attends conferences at the Esalen Institute in Northern California and uses a relatively isolated room overlooking the Pacific where visitors sometimes appear.
“I go to conferences there often, and sometimes the visitors will show up in the room I use, as it is relatively isolated and overlooks the Pacific, making for easy and secure physical contact for them.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch18:13859-14055 testimony first hand
3
During a night at the Esalen Institute with Jeff Kripal sleeping in a second bed, Whitley Strieber and then Jeff Kripal each experienced a brief physical contact with a visitor.
“one night when Jeff was sleeping in the second bed, there was a brief physical contact, first with me, then a few minutes later with him.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch18:14121-14254 testimony first hand
4
During the contact experience at the Esalen Institute, Jeff Kripal heard a great noise as if of glass breaking, followed by his own voice crying out from within himself, "Oh my God!"
“He heard a great noise as if of glass breaking and then his own voice crying out from deep within himself, “Oh my God!””
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch18:14355-14469 testimony second hand
5
Before Skywatcher was established, Ross Coulthart was invited by Alex Klokus to an event at the Esalen Institute to speak to an audience of potential investors.
“Prior to the establishment of Skywatcher, there was an event that I was invited to by Alex Klokus, who's one of the co-founders of Skywatcher... he invited me to come to Esalen to speak to that audience.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:20:44.4-02:20:52.6 testimony first hand
6
The Esalen Institute event was an opportunity to show potential investors what Skywatcher aspired to do scientifically.
“this was an opportunity to show to potential investors what Skywatcher aspired to do science-wise”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:21:03.1-02:21:09.9 testimony first hand
7
The Esalen Institute Skywatcher event was attended by a group of extremely high net worth people who arrived on private jets.
“it was a bunch of extremely high net worth people who came in on their private jets. I've never seen so many private jets in one place at one time.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:21:23.3-02:21:31.5 observation first hand
8
Jake Barber, David Grusch and Jordan Jozak attended the Skywatcher event at the Esalen Institute.
“And Jake Barber came along as well, as did David Grusch, and so did Jordan Jozak, who ended up becoming one of the psionics who was working with Skywatcher.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:21:33.1-02:21:44.5 observation first hand
9
The aim at the Esalen Institute event was to give Jordan Jozak the opportunity to demonstrate psionic inviting.
“What we were aspiring to do at Esalen was to give Jordan the opportunity to demonstrate psionic inviting.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:22:01.9-02:22:10.1 testimony first hand
10
Jordan Jozak's statement about a blue hexagonal craft was made in front of David Grusch, Alex Klokus and a number of the premier investors, in Alex Klokus's hotel room at the Esalen Institute.
“He said this in front of David Grusch, in front of Alex Klokus, and in front of a number of the premier investors. We were sitting in Alex Klokus's hotel room at Esalen”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:22:58.3-02:23:09.9 observation first hand
11
The Esalen Institute is a spiritual retreat sitting directly above the Pacific Ocean, about three hours' drive south of San Francisco.
“a spiritual retreat that sits right over the Pacific Ocean, but three hours drive south of San Francisco”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:23:18.2-02:23:23.8 administrative
12
The Esalen Institute at Big Sur has hot springs and pools where visitors bathe naked.
“know that it has hot springs, beautiful pools where people can take their clothes off and sit in the pools.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:23:29.8-02:23:37.2 observation first hand
13
At the Esalen Institute Skywatcher psionic inviting demonstration, participants lay on yoga mats on the grass and were invited to meditate and open their minds to inviting a non-human intelligence.
“we very seriously sat down on our yoga mats and lay down on the grass, and we were invited to meditate and open our minds to the idea of inviting a non-human intelligence.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:24:14.1-02:24:23.5 observation first hand
14
Alex Klokus arranged the Esalen Institute Skywatcher psionic inviting demonstration with an even split of 50 per cent men and 50 per cent women.
“What I loved about Esalen was he'd done 50% men, 50% women.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:26:17.9-02:26:21.8 observation first hand
15
One of the Esalen blue hexagonal orb photographs shows swirling faces in a translucent mist, adjacent to the hot springs at the Esalen Institute, viewed from the hill below the main meeting room.
“you see adjacent to the hot springs where all these young men and women were buck naked swimming in the hot springs, swirling faces in a kind of a translucent mist.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:28:17.0-02:28:27.1 observation first hand
16
People present at the Esalen Institute told Ross Coulthart they had seen with their own eyes the swirling faces in translucent mist near the hot springs, so it was not only visible in the photograph.
“People who'd been there told me they'd seen that. So it's not just something on the photograph.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:28:34.0-02:28:38.9 hearsay second hand
17
Whitley Strieber has seen the Non-Human Intelligence beings from time to time at isolated places including the Esalen Institute, and there seeks to stay in a room convenient for them to enter.
“when I go out to places, isolated places where I've seen them from time to time, like the Esalen Institute, what I want to do is be in a room where it's convenient for them to come.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 00:48:39.2-00:48:48.9 testimony first hand