Absolutely real. It happened to me, and was the most profound thing I have ever experienced. I was in bed sleeping, (I do not recall dreaming or anything) and felt wide awake – and just sat up, although I wasn’t ‘sitting’, I was ‘standing’ where my body was. I had an idea of what might be going on, so I felt a need to move away, and decided to go outside. I moved through the wall and into the backyard, (no effort or planning, I just thought it) and just stayed there a minute looking around and listening – it looked slightly different, but I couldn’t say how. I was very excited and exhilarated.I then flew back into my body without thinking or trying to do anything. I got up and ran around the house going “wow!” What a beautiful feeling it was, and there is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that it was real; this was no dream, no way.
Since then I have read Robert Monroe’s books Journeys out of the Body, and others, and became a believer as it were. Every single time I go to bed, I hope that it happens again.
I do not understand the idea that a thing like this must be ‘practical’ (you might want to check out remote viewing) or that a non-corporeal entity should be able to intereact with the material world… but years of experiments have gone into this realm (see the Monroe Institute) , and this….I would have liked to interact with the world, but had no physical ability to do so. If it happens again, I’m sure I would not want to hang around any try to move objects on the coffee table for you; I’m sure there are far better things to do. I hope it happens to you someday.