Reply #119: In Strassman's DMT experiments, DMT concentrations became much higher

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than occur in people most of the time. Drugs often exert very different effects in high concentrations than in low ones.

His experiments have nothing whatever to do with UFO sightings, and that isn't even mentioned in his book. The experience of meeting with aliens is a small but significant part of the book. I see no reason why he would want to make that up. He is a psychiatrist who spent much of his career studying the effects of psychologically active drugs. His interest in DMT derived in large part from the fact that it is normally present in the human body. By giving it in high doses he hoped to learn more about its effects and purpose.