NASA Scientist Who 'Died Three Times' Saw 'Afterlife' and 'Something Changed'
Honkala says the repeated visions led her to argue consciousness may exist beyond the brain, while sceptics cite extreme physiological stress.
- NASA scientist Ingrid Honkala, 55, reported experiencing three near-death episodes at ages two, 25, and 52, ranging from a childhood drowning to surgical complications that fundamentally reshaped her understanding of consciousness.
- At just two years old, Honkala tumbled into an icy water tank at home, reporting an out-of-body experience where she felt "pure consciousness, a field of awareness and light" and sensed her mother nearby.
- A PhD in Marine Science, Honkala spent decades balancing her NASA and Navy career with spiritual insights, suggesting science and spirituality "may not necessarily be in conflict" but explore the same mystery.
- Up to ten per cent of the population report near-death experiences, according to Scientific American, with neuroscientist Charlotte Martial stating people who report them "really did experience something."
- While some skeptics argue these visions result from extreme physiological stress, Honkala insists her experiences were qualitatively different, maintaining that death represents a transition in consciousness rather than existence's end.
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A NASA Scientist Says She Died 3 Times and Saw the Afterlife
Ingrid Honkala has a PhD in Marine Science, spent years working for NASA and the US Navy, and also claims to have died three times. She’d like to talk about what she saw. The first time happened when Honkala was two years old. She fell into an icy water tank at home while the housekeeper was in another room. Her mother, who had just left for a new job, inexplicably turned around and came back—arriving just in time to pull her daughter out and re…
Colombian scientist Ingrid Honkala says she has been near-death three times in her life, and each time she experienced the same thing.
NASA Scientist Who 'Died Three Times' Says Death Is 'Pure Consciousness' And Peace
NASA scientist Ingrid Honkala said she had the same surreal vision of the afterlife from her three near-death experiences. Honkala, 55, claimed to have come so close to death when she was aged two, 25, and 52, and every time she recalled having the same vivid impression of what's on the other side. She said that during these moments of euphoria, she felt herself dissolve from a small, separate body into a boundless, loving intelligence, accordin…
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