Cosmosis [Formerly The UFO Rabbit Hole] Through The Looking Glass [Pt 3]: Upsight & The Future of Human Consciousness
Feb 3, 2026
A deep dive into a persistent holographic visual ability called Upsight and its move into lab testing with EEG. They outline the experimental design and striking neural signatures that differ from imagination. Conversation ranges from nonlocal consciousness and the filter hypothesis to recurring anomalous imagery, possible nonhuman intelligence interactions, and what this could mean for the future of human awareness.
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Persistent Interactive Visual Perception
- Tom Matte experiences persistent, three-dimensional visual imagery called UpSight that overlays physical reality and can be interacted with.
- The phenomenon includes symbolic communication and occasional encounters with non-human intelligences that respond to him.
Measuring UpSight With EEG
- IONS researchers used EEG to compare Tom's UpSight to ordinary visual imagination under controlled conditions.
- They asked whether brainwave patterns during UpSight differ from those during mental imagery as a first empirical test.
Alpha Suppression Indicates Active Perception
- During UpSight Tom's alpha rhythms dropped significantly, indicating a shift from idle to active perceptual processing.
- The EEG pattern resembled active perception more than passive imagination, especially in visual and sensory integration areas.
