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- 2019–2020Experimentprecision: range
Initial discovery period. Goler's own descriptions vary between 2019 and 2020; August 2020 is commonly reported as when he first described the observation.
Sources: dmtcode.com — Danny Goler profile ('August 2020 he reported…') ↗Vice, Jan 28 2025 ↗
Note: Never state an exact discovery date; the primary descriptions conflict.
- October 2021Mediaprecision: month
Goler contacts Dr. Andrew Gallimore claiming to have found 'a way to see the source code reliably, 100% of the time'. Gallimore later publishes a detailed public assessment.
Sources: Alien Insect (A. Gallimore), 'On the DMT laser Code of Reality Effect', Jan 21 2025 ↗
Note: First independently documented outside contact.
- May 27, 2024Documentary
GoFundMe launched for 'The Discovery', a documentary by Aaron Vanden about Goler's claims.
Sources: GoFundMe campaign page ↗
- January 8, 2025Publication
Publication of 'Detailing a Pilot Study: The "Code of Reality" Protocol' by Danny Goler in IPI Letters, DOI 10.59973/ipil.158, categorized as News and Views (non-peer-reviewed per journal rules). Reports >1,000 participants.
Sources: IPI Letters article page ↗DOI record ↗
Note: News and Views = non-peer-reviewed category in this journal.
- January 21, 2025Scientific response
Dr. Andrew Gallimore publishes 'On the DMT laser "Code of Reality" Effect' — the most detailed independent scientific commentary, laying out optical and perceptual alternative explanations.
Sources: Alien Insect Substack ↗
- January 28, 2025Media
Vice publishes long-form profile of Goler and the growing movement around the claim.
Sources: Vice ↗
Note: Notes 'more than 300 people have followed' the protocol 'according to Goler' at that stage.
- 2024–2025Organizationprecision: range
Code of Reality Inc. forms as a nonprofit research organization (Pasadena, California affiliation given in the paper); Project Veilbreak launches as its open data-collection framework at veilbreak.ai with a free REST API.
Sources: IPI Letters author affiliation ↗codeofreality.org ↗veilbreak.ai ↗
Note: Exact incorporation date to be added once verified against California Secretary of State records.
- June 30, 2025Interview
Painful Lessons Podcast interview: Goler describes founder role of Code of Reality Inc. and his interpretation of the phenomenon.
Sources: Apple Podcasts episode page ↗
- August 8, 2025Publication
IPI Letters announces Goler's paper as winner of its 2024–2025 Most Read Article Award (readership award, not peer-review endorsement).
Sources: IPI Letters announcement ↗
- November 26, 2025Scientific response
Dr. Andrew Gallimore discusses the DMT laser hypothesis on the Danny Jones Podcast (ep. 330 context).
Sources: YouTube clip ↗
- July 6, 2026Interview
The Why Files — The Basement #023: Danny Goler | The Laser Experiment and the Code Inside.
- July 9, 2026Interview
Shawn Ryan Show #320: 'Danny Goler — Apple Vision Pro May Have Captured Something We CAN'T Explain'. Goler presents Vision Pro research as an attempt to determine whether exact spatial/symbol correspondence exists across observers.
Sources: Happy Scribe transcript ↗Apple Podcasts episode ↗
Note: Important acknowledgement: exact correspondence framed as open question, not established result.
- As of August 23, 2026Technologyprecision: snapshot
Public Veilbreak dashboard shows approximately 82 experiments across 8 protocols, ~56 marked as observing the phenomenon. Numbers must be re-checked dynamically; aggregate is not a controlled replication rate.
Sources: veilbreak.ai public dashboard ↗Veilbreak API docs ↗
Note: Registry includes null results and heterogeneous protocols/substances/wavelengths.