An experience where a person sees themselves floating above there own body. Sceptics cite OBEs as the explanation for many reported abductions.

An OBE is a personal experience where a person feels they are perceiving the physical world from a location outside their physical bodies.  OBEs usually have a highly positive lasting impact on the people who have experienced them.

the process by which the soul or consciousness separates from the physical body. An example of this is when a patient undergoing an operation can see and hear the operation in progress. Also known as "astral projection."