For the longest time mankind has debated the existence of aliens, or extraterrestrial life, life that exists beyond this planet, and generally life of a greater understanding and intelligence than human beings.

There have been accounts of alien visitation from ancient times to the present, although along this lengthy spectrum no concrete evidence of alien existence has ever been produced.

I myself am a believer In extraterrestrial life, this results mostly from the fact that I like the idea of there being aliens or beings of another nature, creatures like us, but not us, existing at the same time, in another part of the universe. The idea of that, to me, is simply cool, which is why I believe in it. I have no proof that aliens exist, I’ve never witnessed a UFO or actually seen an alien (unlike countless Americans), but I for one love the whole idea of them. Which is why to me, aliens exist.

I could go on for hours as to why they should exist, and how they could. The universe, for example, is infinite, therefore as it’s impossible to calculate what percentage our solar system makes up of this vast never ending space, how could I speculate or reason as to how other life forms of intergalactic precedence don’t reside in our universe?

That’s probably any believer’s main argument as to why aliens exist, although some can go into far greater detail and actually give you accounts of the time/s they were abducted by aliens and taken onboard their mother ship, tested, anal probed and sent back to Earth to live out the rest of their existence.

Some claim to have witnessed aircraft whizzing around in the sky at impossible speeds.

Of course aliens technically don’t exist, or I wouldn’t be writing this column. There has to be absolute proof that life of a non-human-intelligence exists, irrefutable evidence, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that we are not alone.

Unfortunately there isn’t, which is why this remains one of the greatest controversial subjects of history. There are theories, such as government cover-ups, Area 51 being included, experimentation, tests, and technological advancements on Earth that the public are unaware of and so forth.

As aforementioned, I find the subject fascinating and am a believer of extraterrestrial life, but if you asked me why I so strongly believe in them, and to back it up, I wouldn’t give you an account of any government cover-ups, the Roswell landing or refer you to Travis ala Fire in the Sky fame. Instead I’d mention three letters to you: DMT.

For those of you unaware as to what DMT is, and I’m sure many of you are, it’s a powerful hallucinogenic drug.

"N,N-DMT, or better known as DMT is a psychoactive chemical in the tryptamine family, which causes intense visuals and strong psychedelic mental affects when smoked, injected, snorted, or (when taken with an MAOI such as haramaline) when swallowed orally. N,N-DMT is most often called just "DMT", although this name sometimes causes confusion with its chemical cousin 5-MeO-DMT.

N,N-DMT is present in thousands of species of plants and has been used traditionally in South America both in Ayahuasca brews and snuffs since at least the time of first European contact. N,N-DMT gained significant notoriety in the last 15 years from Terence Mckenna's many glowing rants about the strange visions it can precipitate." - Taken from erowid.org.

To give you an understanding of how powerful DMT is I’ll break it down for you.

A 'heavy' dose of nn, DMT is in the region of 50mg. that's 1/20th of a G.

A 'heavy' dose of 5-meo-DMT is in the region of 10mg. that's 1/100th of a G.

It is virtually impossible to eyeball this amount, it's like a match head or similar. Very, very small amounts of powder and it are important to be accurate.

You smoke 40mg of 5-meo-DMT mistakenly and you will certainly know all about it, probably your family and friends and local casualty and possibly even local morgue too.

So as you can see it’s a drug, which is not to be taken lightly or for fun. This is a very powerful psychoactive substance, which will hit the user instantly, within seconds, replacing the world as you know it with a hallucination so intense and all consuming it has to be seen to be believed. There's no coming up, it just hits you and hits you hard immediately. No delay or pause, instant.

Why is it that almost all DMT users talk after about visiting other worlds and talking with alien entities then?

And why is it that when I have taken Ketamine before I’ve found myself in other worlds, radically changed from our own. In lands which exist in other areas of the universe? I’ve felt myself being shifted in time and place unbelievably, although never spoken to any alien life forms I have been taken off this planet and welcomed by others.

Terence McKenna has written many accounts of his experiences with DMT, which within the DMT world are famed by many publishers and to quote one of his pieces:

"The feeling of doing DMT is as though one had been struck by noetic lightning. The ordinary world is almost instantaneously replaced, not only with a hallucination, but a hallucination whose alien character is its utter alienness. Nothing in this world can prepare one for the impressions that fill your mind when you enter the DMT sensorium."

“What one will experience on DMT is impossible to predict. It can range from heaven to hell, cyberspace to jeweled palaces, fear or personified evil, visions of jungle animals, contacts with extraterrestrials, links with ancient spirits, or adventures with fairies and elves."

"The DMT user should be prepared for anything. On a full dose of DMT (or Ketamine) one can not guide the tryp with the mind or thoughts the way an LSD trip can be guided. One can, however direct the tryp by what I will call the "intent of the soul" or will.

Many users, including myself, have felt possessed by various spirits while on DMT, as if becoming a medium and channeling alien thoughts. This can be quite heavy. It has been generally positive for myself and the people I've smoked DMT with, but I've heard stories from others who have expenenced the opposite extreme.”

Shamanism, spirituality, call it what you will. Drugs of this nature, and particularly this drug, can transport the user into other realms of existence, other worlds, where other life exists. Aliens exist.