On this site, you will find a list of books and magazines about UFOs and related subjects that are part of my collection.
For each book and magazine, publication details and cover images are provided. For many books and magazines, the table of contents is also included. If a digital version of the publication exists, a link to download it is provided. (Digital versions are NOT downloadable from the site).
James W. DEARDORFF, Book Reviews: Anomalous Experiences & Trauma: Current Theoretical, Research and Clinical Perspectives edited by Rima E. Laibow et al. pp.409-411 Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 8 Number 3 1994
James DEARDORFF, Bernhard HAISCH, Bruce MACCABEE, H. E. PUTHOFF, Four experts explain why scientists should study the UFO phenomenon pp.3-6 MUFON UFO JOURNAL No 441 January 2005
James DEARDORFF, Bernhard HAISCH, Bruce MACCABEE, H. E. PUTHOFF, Four experts explain why scientists should study UFOs pp.11-14 (Journal of the British Interplanetary Society (BIS).) MUFON UFO JOURNAL No 442 February 2005
Journal of Scientific Exploration A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration Volume 6 Number 3 Autumn 1992 Society for Scientific Exploration
Abstract: Heim's theory is defined in a 6-dimensional world, in 2 dimensions
of which events take place that organize processes in the 3 dimensions of our
experience. A very small natural constant, called a "metron", is derived, representing the smallest area that can exist in nature. This leads to the conclusion
that space must be composed of a 6-dimensional geometric lattice of very small
cells bounded on all sides by metrons. The existence of metrons requires our
usual infinitesimal calculus to be replaced by one of finite areas.
The unperturbed lattice represents empty vacuum. Local deformations of the
lattice indicate the presence of something other than empty space. If the deformation is of the right form and complexity it acquires the property of mass and
inertia. Elementary particles are complex dynamical systems of locally confined interacting lattice distortions. Thus, the theory geometricizes the world by
viewing it as a huge assemblage of very small geometric deformations of a 6-
dimensional lattice in vacuum. The theory also has significant consequences for
cosmology
Abstract: -The recent simulation of the miracle liquefying blood of Saint Januarius is shown to be viable from both historical and scientific standpoints. The
history of the holy blood is traced and means and motivation for the simulation
are provided. Spectral analysis of the simulated blood, a thixotropic gel of iron
hydroxide (FeO(OH)), shows the absorption spectrum to be similar to old
blood. Many reported characteristics of the holy blood can be explained by the
behavior of a thixotropic gel. Modifications of the preparation procedure are
attempted to bring the simulation into agreement with fourteenth century
alchemical knowledge. A critical evaluation of previous spectroscopic studies
of the miracle blood is presented.
Abstract: Arno Müller's "hypothesis of the planetary klite" (Müller,1990)
amended Gauquelin's "midwife hypothesis", which suffered from weaknesses.
The approach is a welcome contribution to the persistent problem of how to
explain planetary correlations with human births (the Gauquelin effect). However, it is inconsistent with empirical observations:
(1)Gauquelin effects are unrelated to character traits. Miiller's hypothesis
explains a correlation that does not exist.
(2) Sometimes planetary effects decrease with eminence. This is inconsistent
with Muller's idea that more eminent as compared to less eminent people
should have cultural and biological advantages.
(3)Birth frequencies can be infrequent instead of abundant when the planet is
rising or culminating. This is inconsistent with Muller's assumption that in
prehistorical times the births of children were desired, not avoided, when
the divine planet was so placed.
(4) The doctrine of planetary heredity-the basic precondition of Muller's
hypothesis-is probably invalid.
(5) The Gauquelin effect is weakest for Venus. Muller's claim of an impact of
planetary appearances on the evolution of the Gauquelin effect would predict the opposite.
(6) Muller's model covers only the evolution of conditioning between planetary
sensitivity and character traits. It does not explain the evolution of planetary
sensitivity prior to such conditioning.
Gauquelin's original midwife hypothesis as well as Muller's new version of it
could be refuted straightforwardly if further tests showed that the Gauquelin
effect occurred undiminished in eminent births induced by obstetric drugs.
Abstract: 43 Eyewitness Reports on the ability of ball lightning to penetrate
into rooms through window glass (very often leaving no holes) and to enter
houses through radio and electric sockets are presented.
Abstract: In 1986 Dr. Walter D'Souza, an Indian physician living in the United States, had a series of realistic dreams in which his deceased father, who had
been buried in India three years earlier, appeared to be leaving his coffin and
trying to communicate something to him. After Dr. D'Souza had had three of
these dreams, a letter from India informed his mother that his father's bones
had not been adequately disposed of. Dr. D'Souza then believed that his dreams
had some connection with the matter of his father's bones. He urged his mother
to go to India and attend to the burial, but she and his sister minimized the difficulty, and did not wish to spend money on a journey to India. Dr. D'Souza then
had a fourth dream similar to the previous three. He told his family about his
dreams and insisted that his mother go to India and attend to the disposition of
the bones. She agreed to go and the dreams ceased. It seems unlikely that Dr.
D'Souza before he had his dreams had any normal awareness that anything further needed to be done for the proper disposition of his father's bones. Paranormal interpretations of the dreams have plausibility. Attention is drawn to the
quality of vividness in dreams as a possible marker of paranormality.
Abstract: Refereed journals, to which scientists turn for their reliable information, carry virtually no information on the UFO problem. Does this imply
that scientists have no views and no thoughts on the subject, or that all scientists consider it insignificant? Does it imply that scientists have no reports to
submit comparable with UFO reports published in newspapers and popular
books? The purpose of this survey was to answer these questions.
Abstract: Following the brief sighting of an unidentified flying object in
Gulf Breeze, Florida in September 1992, investigators made an area search
using a fluxgate gradient magnetometer and found a strong magnetic field
gradient, indicative of a strong source of magnetic field, which appeared to be
at or above the tops of some trees near a small pond. Three circles of depressed grass were found in the bottom of the shallow pond. This paper discusses the sighting, the area search, the circles and the field gradient measurements. An estimate of the field strength is presented and compared with
magnetic effects associated with other sightings.
Abstract: The effect of Noncontact Therapeutic Touch (NCTT) therapy
and Intercessory Prayer (IP) on patient determined insulin dosage was examined in an exploratory pilot study which utilized a randomized, double-blind,
within subject, crossover design. Sixteen type I diabetes mellitus patients
were examined and treated daily by NCTT and IP healers for a duration of
two weeks. Each patient underwent two separate sessions-one in the treatment condition and one in the control condition-with the patients crossing
over to the opposite condition for the second session. The results indicated
that while 11 of the 16 patients (69%) in the treatment group showed a reduction in insulin dose levels as compared to the control group, the difference in
insulin dosage did not reach significance. It is suggested that various
methodological considerations may have been important contributing factors
in the nonsignificant results obtained including: (1) the utilization of insulin
dose instead of objectively measured laboratory blood glucose values as the
dependent variable, (2) the four foot distance and mirrored glass barrier between healer and patient, (3) the short duration for treatment and control sessions, (4) the experimental instructions advising patients to adjust their
caloric intake and expenditure prior to adjusting their insulin dose, and (5)
the use of healthy longterm IDDM patients with a stable insulin dose who did
not exhibit any diabetic sequelae.
Abstract: In India there are frequent and widely accepted claims of materializations of objects or substances which are usually associated with the activities of religious persons, such as Hindu swamis, and are sometimes reported to occur during religious ceremonies. Such claims, if substantiated,
could have a major influence on the development of the studies of anomalous
phenomena. This report describes an attempt to investigate the claims concerning a little known swami, Gyatri Swami. The difficulties involved in
working in a religious setting are described in order to demonstrate the limitations to which this sort of research is subject. Conclusions are left as much
as possible to the reader, because these claims frequently warrant no clearcut
verdict. However, in the case of Gyatri Swami we reached a negative conclusion regarding his claims.
Collection: Libriufo
