Brief
Consciousness studies
The claims the writer was given for Consciousness studies, in the order they were given.
1
Ross Coulthart considers consciousness, rather than the nuts-and-bolts question of craft and aliens, to be the real mystery of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena subject.
“the real mystery is consciousness ... i don't really care anymore about the nuts and bolts claim of craft aliens it's kind of like tangential to me”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 01:40:00.6-01:40:09.5 opinion first hand
2
Multiple people have independently described to Ross Coulthart receiving downloads, including creative inspiration for art and music and scientific ideas arriving as schematics and diagrams in their heads which they then write down.
“either creative downloads they're inspired to write beautiful art or to do beautiful art or write beautiful music or scientific ideas literally schematics diagrams come into their heads and they write them down and i've had this described to me by multiple people multiple occasions”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 01:40:36.2-01:40:56.0 hearsay second hand
3
A man from a European country told Ross Coulthart that in a liminal state between dreaming and waking a blue being spoke to him, after which he sat in his living room seeing hieroglyphic-looking images which he photographed.
“there was a guy contacted me from a european country and he had had a dream semi-dream in that liminal moment between dreaming and waking where there's a blue being talking to him and then he's sitting in his living room and he's seeing what looked like hieroglyphic images and he's photographing them”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 01:41:32.8-01:41:54.2 hearsay second hand
4
Ross Coulthart considers that something appears to be engaging with the consciousness of at least some humans and trying to communicate.
“there seems to be something engaging with human consciousness, or at least the consciousness of some humans. trying to communicate.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 01:42:25.0-01:42:31.5 opinion first hand
5
Ross Coulthart is wrestling as a journalist with the point at which to give credibility to consistent witness statements of apparently first-hand encounters with a non-human intelligence, often in a semi-dream state that appears real to the witness.
“at what point do i start giving credibility to the idea that there are people giving consistent witness statements of what appear to be first-hand encounters with a phenomenon that appears to be a non-human intelligence that is engaging with them often in a semi-dream state, but which appears to them to be real.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 01:43:13.7-01:43:37.3 opinion first hand
6
Chris Ramsay considers that the majority of reported interactions with non-human beings are non-physical, occurring in an in-between realm that is not quite a dream and that can nevertheless leave physical markings on the experiencer, a problem John Mack also wrestled with.
“that's something John Mack wrestled with as well, was the majority of these interactions with these beings seems to be non-physical. And that doesn't necessarily mean a dream. There is some type of in-between non-physical realm that isn't quite a dream and that can even leave you with physical markings.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 01:43:40.1-01:44:03.4 opinion first hand
7
Until the Esalen Institute demonstration Ross Coulthart thought psionics was probably nonsense, finding it utterly implausible that human consciousness could be connected to something at such a distance and summon or invite it.
“I freely admit that up until that point, I thought it was probably bullshit... it just seemed utterly implausible that you could connect human consciousness to something at such a distance and somehow summon it or invite it to come.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:22:13.2-02:22:31.1 opinion first hand
8
If given the chance to interview an extraterrestrial, Ross Coulthart would ask whether they believe they transcend their physical bodies and have a consciousness that survives after death, which he considers integral to the whole extraterrestrial story.
“I would ask them whether they believe that they transcend their physical bodies and have a consciousness that survives after death. which I think is integral to this whole ET story.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:37:21.2-02:37:36.5 opinion first hand
9
Chris Ramsay considers that a very intelligent species with the capability to preserve consciousness would have seeded a trillion planets as it has done on Earth, and would run many experiments rather than merely take samples and leave.
“i think if you were a very intelligent species you would have done the same thing you've done here to a trillion planets if you had the capability to preserve that flame of consciousness and ... we're not sending a probe there to just take soil samples and leave we're doing a thousand tests”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:42:44.5-02:43:05.4 opinion first hand
10
Robert Bigelow regards the two big subjects as whether we are alone and what happens to a person after death.
“the two big ones are we alone and what happens to you after you die right”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:06:12.6-00:06:17.6 opinion first hand
11
Robert Bigelow considers consciousness to be foundational to everything and ultimately responsible for everything in the universe.
“Consciousness ultimately is responsible for everything in the universe that you can think of. Everything. Everything.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:14:31.9-00:14:38.8 opinion first hand
12
Robert Bigelow considers that after bodily death a person becomes a function of thought, without a body.
“That we go on. And so you become a function of thought and so you say well how is that possible without a body without a container that's impossible it's not”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:16:48.2-00:16:58.6 opinion first hand
13
In Robert Jahn and Brenda Dunne's Princeton University experiment, a computer screen showed a static line and a random event generator produced a second line, with electrons flipped a million times a second so the result should always be an equal 50-50 split.
“a computer screen that had a static line across the screen ... And then you had a random event generator causing a second line to occur. And those electrons are being flipped a million times a second by the random event generator. So it should always be 50-50.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:17:25.3-00:17:44.4 administrative first hand
14
In Robert Jahn and Brenda Dunne's Princeton University experiment, a person concentrating could make the random event generator's line deviate above or below the static line, and it worked.
“So if you're sitting there concentrating, if you're trying to concentrate, you can make a deviation of that line above the static or below the static line. And it works.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:17:49.2-00:17:58.0 observation second hand
15
Robert Bigelow considers that consciousness can have an effect on subatomic particles by pure observation, causing deviations according to the observer's intent.
“consciousness can have an effect on material products, on materials, on...by just pure observation, you can have an effect on subatomic particles. ... And you cause deviations according to your intent.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:18:12.8-00:18:35.9 opinion first hand
16
Robert Bigelow considers that consciousness has an effect in our dimension that can be initiated through clairvoyance, precognition, remote viewing and mediumship.
“So consciousness has an effect in our dimension that we can initiate through various other kinds of things, clairvoyance, precognition, remote viewing, Mediumship.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:18:39.2-00:18:54.9 opinion first hand
17
One of the findings of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) work was that most people have the ability to produce anomalous results that the normal five senses should not be able to produce, using a sixth sense.
“And one of the things they learned that's kind of fun is that most people have the ability to function to produce anomalous results that our normal five senses shouldn't be able to produce. And you're not using those, you're using a sixth kind of sense.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:19:21.9-00:19:41.0 observation second hand
18
Robert Bigelow considers that electrons are reactionary according to human observation and take a specific location only upon measurement or being watched.
“you start at the itty bitty electrons. which are reactionary according to human observation, according to consciousness. And then they become in a specific location upon measurement or being noticed or being watched.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:23:48.2-00:24:05.8 opinion first hand
19
Robert Bigelow considers that if the human body does not need its physical container it exists 100 per cent in consciousness as thought.
“If the human body doesn't need its container, it's 100% existing in consciousness as thought.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:24:23.6-00:24:30.5 opinion first hand
20
Robert Bigelow considers that our three-dimensional system coexists with another dimension in which consciousness exists.
“we definitely have proof that we have a three-dimensional system, not counting time as a fourth dimension ... and we coexist with another dimension. There's a consciousness kind of existing dimension.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:24:33.5-00:24:50.7 opinion first hand
21
Test participants attempting to influence an electron displayed on a monitor by intention grunt, strain and jump up and down in an effort to make it happen.
“And the people are funny, they're performers. They'll grunt, they'll strain, they'll jump up and down, all kinds of things to try and make it happen.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:29:58.4-00:30:04.3 observation first hand
22
Most participants in consciousness experiments attempting to influence an electron on a monitor produce some effect, and some produce substantial effects.
“And most of them have some effect. Some have really good effects, substantial effects.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:30:04.8-00:30:09.5 observation first hand
23
Success in influencing an electron on a monitor by intention depends on an individual relationship and an individual type of technique.
“But it's an individual relationship that you try to establish as to your technique, as individual type of technique.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:30:10.4-00:30:18.9 opinion first hand
24
Research indicates that approximately 100 billion people have lived and died on Earth.
“So the research says, that on the planet Earth, just one little planet, that 100 billion people have died?”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:30:23.8-00:30:33.6 measurement second hand
25
The high cumulative human death toll is explained by short lifespans, high birth rates and many people dying young, with longevity only arriving recently in human history.
“Well, apparently it's a function of that a lot of people didn't live very long. A lot of propagation, a lot of births happened. A lot of people died very young. So you didn't have longevity for most of mankind's existence until just recently.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:30:46.7-00:31:01.8 observation first hand
26
The human population took until 1800 to reach its first billion, and reached the second billion by 1900.
“Yeah, we took till 1800 to acquire the first billion. 1900, though, we got the second billion.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:31:03.3-00:31:08.5 measurement first hand
27
Robert Bigelow holds that consciousness that has passed over exists in a different, more powerful form than that of living people, with greater abilities than a person has in their body.
“What's the size of the consciousness that has passed over and now exists in a different form that's more powerful than we and you and I are sitting here? You have more ability, George, you will have more ability than you have in your containers.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:32:09.6-00:32:26.6 opinion first hand
28
Robert Bigelow holds that if survival of permanent bodily death is real, the accumulated body of consciousness is almost inconceivably huge.
“And you do survive permanent bodily death. That's an enormous body of consciousness that's almost inconceivably huge.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:33:20.9-00:33:31.8 opinion first hand
29
Research into survival of bodily death indicates that only two things ultimately matter: acquiring love and acquiring knowledge.
“And the research says there's only two things that really become important, to acquire love and knowledge. Ultimately, that's the only two things that really matter.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:33:38.3-00:33:47.2 opinion second hand
30
Robert Bigelow believes the accumulated consciousness of the dead forms a super collective creator consciousness that is the source of unifying control in the universe.
“I think what you have is a super collective consciousness. A super, super collective consciousness that's unbelievably powerful is a creator consciousness. So at the very least, is the source of unifying control.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:35:13.9-00:35:34.8 opinion first hand
31
Robert Bigelow believes the super collective consciousness represents dark energy and dark matter and maintains control of the remaining approximately 4 per cent of the universe's energy.
“I think it represents dark energy and dark matter. And I think it maintains control of the other 4% of the energy.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:35:37.0-00:35:43.9 opinion first hand
32
George Knapp considers that consciousness has become a buzzword in UFO circles, invoked without explanation by people who do not understand how consciousness and UFOs are connected.
“consciousness has become sort of a buzzword in UFO circles i hear it from people tossed out all the time they never explain it and i don't think they know their butt from a hole in the ground when they're trying to say that the two are connected”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:35:49.9-00:36:00.8 opinion first hand
33
Robert Bigelow and his team have not only studied consciousness but have had direct experiences of it that he describes as needing to pinch yourself to be sure they really happened.
“and not just study that we have we have experiences... we have experiences that you have to pinch yourself to try to be sure to that those all those different things really happen”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:36:05.7-00:36:17.9 testimony first hand
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Robert Bigelow has run consciousness experiments that hardly anybody knows about, involving one of his security personnel and the Skinwalker Ranch manager, conducted for his own information and knowledge.
“And I've done different kinds of experiments hardly anybody knows about. And one of our security personnel and the ranch manager were involved in those experiments that I did. And those were for my own edificate, my own information and knowledge”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:36:53.6-00:37:17.9 testimony first hand
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Robert Bigelow's consciousness experiments established that a person can have an effect on things at a distance.
“You know, can you have an effect on things at a distance? And the answer is absolutely, you can.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:37:24.9-00:37:33.0 testimony first hand