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CONTACT IN THE DESERT


  • Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa 44400 Indian Wells Lane Indian Wells, CA, 92210 United States (map)

Contact In The Desert (CITD)

Will take place May 29th – June 2nd, 2025, at the beautiful Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa in Indian Wells, CA

A Wide Variety of Speakers and Presentations

This year’s conference will present over 50 of the world’s leading experts in the areas of UFO/UAPs, extraterrestrial life, Government Disclosure, AI, Consciousness, and a wide array of related fields. The conference also offers a more up-close, interactive experience with the expert through Workshops and Intensives.

About CONTACT IN THE DESERT:

Contact In The Desert (CITD) is the world’s largest UFO and UAP conference. The annual conference is a beacon of intellectual discourse dedicated to exploring the frontiers of knowledge in UAP, Artificial Intelligence, the future of technology and space travel, non-human intelligence, spirituality, and health & wellness, bringing thousands of attendees from around the world together in an environment that fosters discussion, open-mindedness, and the willingness to learn.

Each year, attendees of the five-day event learn the latest developments from such internationally acclaimed speakers and presenters as: David Paulides, Diana Pasulka, Robert E. Grant, Richard Dolan, Daniel Sheehan, William Henry, Whitley Streiber, Nick Pope, Paul Hynek, Stephen Bassett, and many other experts, who will inform and educate during more than 120 sessions of cutting-edge information.

“The Woodstock of UFOlogy is a weekend of education into the Science of UFOs & Extraterrestrial Life.” -- FORBES  

See: https://contactinthedesert.com/    

The conference will feature over 120 lectures, workshops, intensives, and panels presented by the world’s most prestigious experts in the fields of UFO/UAP, Government Disclosure, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Science, Ancient Civilizations, Space Exploration,the Future of Technology and Space Travel, Non-human Intelligence, Spirituality, and more.

This year’s conference, with the theme Event Horizon, will feature renowned keynote speaker Josh Gates, host of Discovery’s Expedition Unknown, as well as Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell, the leading expert on child autism and savant syndrome, who will be speaking about her telepathy project.

About Josh Gates

Adventurer, television personality and author Josh Gates is the host and executive producer of the smash-hit Discovery Channel TV series, Expedition Unknown. Armed with a degree in archaeology, a quick wit and a hunger for adventure, Gates has traveled to the most remote corners of the world, participated in sub-sea archaeological excavations in the Mediterranean, and explored everywhere from sweltering African deserts to the icy shore of Antarctica. To date, he has set foot in more than one hundred countries, has scaled “the roof of Africa” on Mt. Kilimanjaro, and has climbed Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Americas.

About Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell

Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell, a neuropsychiatrist and internationally recognized expert on autism and savant syndrome, is a central figure in The Telepathy Tapes, a podcast series that explores claims of telepathic abilities in nonverbal autistic individuals. Dr. Powell collaborates with host Ky Dickens to investigate and document instances where non-speaking individuals purportedly communicate telepathically. Her involvement includes designing and administering experiments intended to demonstrate telepathic abilities, as well as interpreting the results within the broader context of human consciousness and psychic phenomena.

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