Meaning in Absurdity: UAPs & High Strangeness with guest Jeffrey Kripal

In 2012 Bernardo Kastrup released a book on bizarre phenomena such as UFOs, entities & visitations and what they might imply about the nature of reality.

For a variety of reasons, he no longer speaks on this publicly, so this is a rare chance to converse with him on the topic, on the 12th and 19th of August at our regular time.

On the 19th of August, we'll be joined by special guest Jeffrey Kripal.

Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) and high strangeness field has seen remarkable developments in recent years:

In 2017, The New York Times published a groundbreaking article revealing a secret Pentagon program dedicated to studying UAPs - the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP).

Then, in 2020, the Department of Defense formally released videos confirming sightings by military personnel, followed by a 2021 report from National Intelligence stating that 143 out of 144 UAP these sightings reported since 2004 remained unexplained.

In 2022 the The U.S. government established an office (AARO) to investigate, just before the 2023 whistleblower testimony to Congress which claimed the retrieval of non-human craft and biologics, pushing the conversation into mainstream awareness.

Additionally, academic initiatives like Harvard’s Galileo Project and NASA’s UAP study team are taking a rigorous, transparent scientific approach to these mysteries, moving the conversation from ridicule or fringe territory toward legitimate scientific inquiry.

Bernardo will provide an update on his most recent thoughts on these phenomena and their public perception, in dialogue with Jeffrey Kripal on the first week.

As always, your comments and questions are welcome below, and will help shape the discussion.

6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST