D-SETI is put forward by Daniel Rekshan. He experienced contact with NHI through dreams and dedicated his career and education to studying this phenomenon. In 2009, after working with dreams in his art practice, Daniel became inspired to develop web technologies to perform massive data collection and experimentation regarding dreams. Since then, he has gained the credentials, experience, and education to lead D-SETI.
Daniel’s educational and professional credentials include:
- BA in Western Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Annapolis
- MA in East-West Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies (MA EWP CIIS)
- CHT in Depth Hypnosis and Certificate in Beyond Quantum Healing
- Chief Dream Officer of Dream Well
- Technical co-founder of LightNet.org
- 5+ years leading web application development focused on interactive data visualization
Several recent events inspired the formation of D-SETI:
- In 2022, the first accredited PhD program that explicitly studies UFO/ET contact opened. Daniel realizes that publication of a dissertation about ET contact, as studied through a massive citizen science project, would be of immense benefit to society. While contact through dreams has been discussed and studied, it has not yet been the sole focus of a serious academic inquiry.
- In 2021, the paper Emulating alien and UFO encounters in REM sleep was published. This paper used lucid intent experiments to emulate ET contact in dreams. They observed a 75% success rate for accomplishing the content intent and called for future study through massive online lucid intent experiment studies.
- In 2020, Daniel began working with clients through hypnosis and dreamwork to support integration of ET contact experiences. He personally understands ET contact through dreams to be ultimately real and positive. He engaged in academic study to inform his practice and discovered significant signals for ET contact and a deep need for further study.
- In 2020, Daniel began working with a team of experts to produce Dream Well, a mobile app for dream journaling, education, and meditation to support mindfulness and dream practice.