A California-based neurotech startup has made (brain) waves by claiming they’ve achieved the first-ever two-way communication between individuals during lucid dreaming. REMspace reports that two individuals successfully sent and confirmed a message while asleep, thanks to some specialized equipment. If this achievement holds up to scrutiny, it could shift the entire landscape of dream research.

The following written confession was submitted via email: . . . Every night when I’d go to bed, i would see these lights in my bedroom. They weren’t bright lights. And they weren’t like manmade lights. It was almost like my eyes were causing these flashing lights and zigzags… shifting lights. And what was so weird was I would vaguely see these beings that would start to dismantle the room . . .

The following written confession was submitted via email: …When I was 17, I left home, found a job and a flat share back in London, but I would come home to my mums the odd weekend. This particular time I came home in the Friday, & I went to bed in my old room. That night I had a very vivid and terrifying nightmare…