Few mysteries capture the imagination as powerfully as N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a powerful psychedelic drug that produces vivid, otherworldly experiences often described as journeys to other dimensions. At the same time, the modern revival of interest in unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and alleged extraterrestrial encounters has reignited age-old questions about the nature of reality and humans’ place in it. These two seemingly disparate phenomena – one rooted in the subjective realm of altered consciousness, the other in mysterious events witnessed by pilots, radar operators and civilians – may have more similarities than previously thought. The experiences of those who have ventured into the hallucinogenic realms of DMT…