A pair of forecasts made by a self-described psychic for 2026 now seem to echo events that have unfolded in real life.
Nicolas Aujula, a 39-year-old hypnotherapist from the UK, has previously said he anticipated the Covid-19 outbreak before it spread across the globe in 2020.
His warnings have never been limited to health crises, however. Over the years, he has shared a number of unsettling claims about the future, including several linked to 2026 that painted a bleak picture of what might lie ahead.
Aujula has said he became aware of his supposed abilities at 17, when he ‘entered a deep trance state’ and experienced ‘vivid flashes’ that he believes included scenes from past lives.
“In that moment, I had an overwhelming sense that I had lived many lives before and gathered countless experiences,” he previously told PA Real Life, describing the episode as ‘life-changing’ and saying it convinced him that ‘death is not the end’.
Now, in a development some may see as eerie and others may put down to coincidence, a few of his 2026 predictions appear to match later events.
The Londoner has said his predictions come through an ‘inner voice’, though he has admitted they are not always straightforward to interpret.
In one case, he said he saw a line of people unable to move ahead.
“I could see people trying to move forward in the queue but were pushed back, it was sad to see,” he said.
That image could be read as a sign of tighter travel controls in 2026, and there have indeed been developments that fit that idea.
In the US, Donald Trump has expanded rules governing who can enter the country, including making a visa bond policy affecting several nations permanent. The Trump administration finalized a rule in early August making its visa bond program permanent, requiring travelers from 50 designated countries to post refundable bonds of up to $20,000 before receiving B-1 business or B-2 tourist visas. The expansion nearly tripled the countries originally subject to the requirement, with most affected nations located in Africa, alongside countries in Latin America and Asia.
At the same time, the UK’s Foreign Office updated advice for travellers as conflict involving the US and Iran continued, issuing warnings for British nationals in multiple countries amid growing concern over the situation. The conflict began on 28 February 2026 with joint US and Israeli military action against Iran, triggering significant regional escalation and widespread travel disruptions. The UK’s Foreign Office issued updated travel warnings affecting countries including Israel, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait, with the office warning against all travel to some nations.
Aujula also spoke of possible ‘aliens and UFO contact’.
While there has been no dramatic extraterrestrial arrival, the US has made public a collection of records relating to UFO incidents. Beginning on May 8, 2026, the Trump administration released a sweeping cache of declassified government UFO and UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena) files through a system called PURSUE (Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters). The initial release included reports, photographs, videos, witness accounts, military records, astronaut transcripts and other historical materials connected to unresolved sightings and investigations dating from 1944 to recent years. Additional batches of files have been released since, including materials from the Pentagon, NASA, CIA, FBI and Energy Department. Among the material were long-held government files and footage tied to apparent ‘close encounters’. For those convinced humanity is not alone, the release offered a significant new body of information.
Another of Aujula’s forecasts pointed to a youth-driven protest movement, and observers have linked that to unrest in India after medical entrance exam papers were leaked.
The fallout was severe. Following the cancellation of India’s National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) on 12 May 2026 after a paper leak scandal, multiple reports documented that between 11 and 13 NEET aspirants died by suicide during the 46 days between the exam’s cancellation and the rescheduled re-test. The ‘Cockroach Movement’, also referred to as the ‘Cockroach Janta Party’, drew huge crowds in demonstrations across the country, with protests centered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi from June to July 2026.
The name was adopted in response to insulting comments about young people made by Indian Chief Justice Surya Kant, while also invoking the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. The movement rapidly gained significant social media following, with over 21 million Instagram followers within days, and evolved from an online satirical campaign founded in May 2026 into one of India’s largest youth-led protest movements.
Medical entrance exams in India are ranked by percentile, meaning students must clear a specific threshold to secure a place. The system places immense strain on candidates and their families, many of whom spend their savings on private coaching. The initial May 3 NEET exam involved over 2.27 million aspirants. When the exams were cancelled following the paper leak discovery, over two million students were forced to retake the stressful and costly exams, with many feeling those sacrifices had been wasted, further fuelling public anger. The demonstrations became so widespread that education minister Dharmendra Pradhan ultimately resigned. Beyond India, the movement inspired international solidarity demonstrations, with student bodies and Indian diaspora communities staging protests at locations including Union Square in New York, outside the Indian High Commission in London, near the International Criminal Court in The Hague, and in Paris, Berlin and Dublin.