A former NASA scientist claims that three near-death experiences brought her face-to-face with something she still struggles to fully explain, leaving her convinced that death is not something to fear.
Ingrid Honkala, a marine scientist who worked with both NASA and the Colombian Navy, claims she flatlined three times over the course of her life, each one leaving her with shocking images of life after death.
Now 55, the Colombia-born scientist has shared the details in her book “Dying to See the Light,” where she describes what happened after nearly drowning as a toddler, surviving a motorcycle crash at 25, and suffering a dangerous medical emergency during surgery decades later.
Honkala says the experience that shaped her most happened when she was just 2 years old.
While at home in Colombia, the woman explained that she fell into an icy water tank while a house worker listened to the radio in another room, unaware that the child was drowning nearby.
But, according to Honkala, “something extraordinary happened” in the moments she was nearing death.
NASA scientist who ‘died three times’ explains why she no longer fears death
After the freezing water sent her into a desperate struggle for air, Honkala said the fear suddenly gave way to a “deep calm.”
“The panic disappeared and was replaced by an overwhelming sense of peace and stillness,” the scientist recalled, per the New York Post. “It felt as if my awareness separated from my body.
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A former NASA scientist claims that three near-death experiences brought her face-to-face with something she still struggles to fully explain, leaving her convinced that death is not something to fear.
Ingrid Honkala, a marine scientist who worked with both NASA and the Colombian Navy, claims she flatlined three times over the course of her life, each one leaving her with shocking images of life after death.
Now 55, the Colombia-born scientist has shared the details in her book “Dying to See the Light,” where she describes what happened after nearly drowning as a toddler, surviving a motorcycle crash at 25, and suffering a dangerous medical emergency during surgery decades later.
Honkala says the experience that shaped her most happened when she was just 2 years old.
While at home in Colombia, the woman explained that she fell into an icy water tank while a house worker listened to the radio in another room, unaware that the child was drowning nearby.
But, according to Honkala, “something extraordinary happened” in the moments she was nearing death.
NASA scientist who ‘died three times’ explains why she no longer fears death
After the freezing water sent her into a desperate struggle for air, Honkala said the fear suddenly gave way to a “deep calm.”
“The panic disappeared and was replaced by an overwhelming sense of peace and stillness,” the scientist recalled, per the New York Post. “It felt as if my awareness separated from my body.”
“My next memories are not of the physical world,” she said, adding that she was in an “expanded state of awareness” that allowed her to see her “small body floating lifeless in the water.”
“There was no sense of time, no fear, and no thoughts. Instead, there was a deep knowing that everything was interconnected,” she said.
“I felt completely unified with life itself, as if the boundaries that normally define who we are had dissolved. It felt like being immersed in a vast intelligence filled with love, clarity, and peace.”
Honkala also claims she became aware of things happening far beyond the water tank where she remained unconscious.
Connected with her mother
She explained that she could somehow sense her mother several streets away as she walked to work.
“I remember recognizing her and thinking ‘that’s my mom,’” Honkala recalled.
According to her, the communication that followed did not happen through words.
“At that moment, there seemed to be a form of communication between us, not through spoken words, but through awareness.
”Honkala believes that the connection caused her mother to suddenly turn around and rush home, arriving just in time to save her life.
When she later shared the memory with her mother years afterward, she said the details closely matched her mother’s own recollection of that day.
For Honkala, the incident became more than just a childhood memory. She says it left her with the lasting feeling that consciousness exists beyond the physical body, a belief that only grew stronger after two more brushes with death later in life.
‘No longer feared death’
The oceanographer says she encountered that same peaceful state again decades later under completely different circumstances.
At 25, she survived a motorcycle accident that brought her close to death, and then years later, during surgery at age 52, her blood pressure reportedly dropped so dangerously low that she found herself reliving the same sensations once again.
Despite the trauma surrounding each event, Honkala says she felt the same calm awareness she first experienced as a toddler in the water tank.
“From that moment forward, I no longer feared death,” Honkala said.
“The experience showed me that what we call the afterlife did not feel like a distant place at all,” she shared. “It felt like entering a deeper layer of reality that exists beyond our physical senses. In that state, consciousness felt vast, intelligent, and interconnected.”
Inspired her career
Honkala says her experiences eventually pushed her toward science because she “wanted to understand the nature of reality through observation and research.”
For years, she kept her spiritual experiences private while focusing on her career, but over time, her perspective shifted.
“I came to see that science and spirituality may not necessarily be in conflict – they may simply be exploring the same mystery from different perspectives,” she explained.
According to Honkala, the experiences also transformed how she sees human existence.
“These experiences transformed my understanding of life itself,” she said. “Instead of seeing ourselves as isolated individuals struggling to survive, I began to understand that we may be expressions of consciousness experiencing life through a physical form.”
“From that perspective, death does not feel like the end of existence; it feels more like a transition in the continuum of consciousness,” she added.
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