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Letter to the Editor: Comments on Slanger's Internal Clock (Mail) pp.213-219
Journal of Scientific Exploration
Volume 3 Number 2 September 1989
Name: Pleass, C. M.
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C. M. PLEASS, N. Dean DEY, Conditions That Appear to Favor Extrasensory Interactions Between Homo Sapiens and Microbes pp.213-231
Journal of Scientific Exploration
Volume 4 Number 2 1990
Name: Pleass, C. M. ; Dey, N. Dean
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A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration
Volume 3 Number 2 September 1989
Society for Scientific Exploration

Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Name: Pleass, C. M.
CONTENTS
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Thomas GOLDNew Ideas in Science 103-112
Abstract: The pace of scientific work continues to accelerate, but the question is whether the pace of discovery will continue to accelerate. If we were driving in the wrong direction-in the direction where no new ideas can be accepted-then even if scientific work goes on, the progress would be stifled. This is not to suggest that we are in quite such a disastrous position, but on the other hand, not all is well.

Richard F. HAINES, Jacques F. VALLÉEPhoto Analysis of an Aerial Disc Over Costa Rica 113-131
Abstract: n unusual image was photographically recorded by an official mapping aircraft of the Costa Rican government at 08:25 am (EDT) on September 4, 197 1 while flying at 10,000 feet altitude over a body of water known as Lago de Cote. None of the flight crew or photographers saw the object. Second generation negative and positive black and white transparencies were obtained and analyzed by the authors. Both transparencies were photographically enlarged and printed on various contrast papers for purposes of making visual inspections and linear measurements. Computer enhancement showed variations in surface brightness. The preceding frame, taken 20 seconds earlier of the same ground region, did not show the disc. The angular position of the sun was determined for the date, time and location of the event and was found to be consistent with cloud shadow positions but not with the dark regions on the disc. A shadow of the disc could not be found. The oval image measured 4.2 mm on the negative and was enlarged to 41 mm (9.76 X magnification). If the disc was located 10,000 feet away from the camera, its maximum dimension would be 2 10 meters (683 feet). The various analyses failed to identify the image. The same body of water was the site of a visual observation of a partially submerged object on October 25, 1986.

Antonia MILLSA Replication Study: Three Cases of Children in Northern India Who Are Said to Remember a Previous Life 133-184
Abstract: This replication of Ian Stevenson's studies of spontaneous cases suggestive of reincarnation presents data from 3 of the 10 cases investigated by the author in northern India during 5 weeks in the summers of 1987 and 1988. The purpose of the study was to see if an independent investigator, following Stevenson's methods, would reach conclusions similar to his. Stevenson reports that the numerous cases in which a child speaks and acts from the point of view of a verifiable but deceased person about whom the child could not have normally known are best explained as cases suggestive of reincarnation. With one possible exception the author was satisfied that the cases she studied were not cases of deceit or self-deceit, although she noted that acceptance of the concept of reincarnation played a part in the diagnosis and unfolding of the case. While in some instances the child said no more than could be presumed to be known by the parents, in other cases the child's accurate and intense identification with someone unknown to the parents indicates something paranormal has taken place.

Dean I. RADINSearching for "Signatures" in Anomalous Human-Machine Interaction Data: A Neural Network Approach 185-200
Abstract: An artificial neural network was used to explore whether unique "signatures" could be found in data collected in experiments studying the effect of intention on the statistical behavior of random number generators. Results showed that a network trained with a back-propagation technique was able to learn to associate 32 different individuals with the data they generated, then successfully transfer that knowledge to new data. It is recommended that similar experiments studying anomalous human-machine interactions should attempt to identify person-specific patterns in data in addition to measuring the magnitude of effects; parallel processing analysis techniques are also recommended.

Ian STEVENSONA Case of Severe Birth Defects Possibly Due to Cursing 201-212
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 4 Number 1 /1990 - Comments on Stevenson's "A Case of Severe Birth Defects Possibly Due to Cursing"
Abstract: For centuries it was widely believed that a strong unpleasant shock to a pregnant woman could cause birth defects in her baby. Medical books and journals published numerous cases of this type up to the early decades of the present century. The idea of "maternal impression" gradually lost ground during the 18th and 19th centuries, mainly because it seemed to conflict with the facts of physiology. In cases of "maternal impression," the pregnant mother was usually reported to have viewed someone with a shocking deformity that her baby was said to reproduce. It has also been thought that cursing, verbally inflicted and without a visual stimulus, could produce birth defects. Three cases of this type, one published by a pediatrician in 1960, are briefly reviewed, and then a new case is reported. In both of the modem cases, the commonly recognized etiological factors in birth defects could not be identified.

Letter to the Editor
Comments on Slanger's Internal Clock213-219
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 2 Number 2 September/1988 - Evidence for a Short-Period Internal Clock in Humans [Slanger, Tom G.]

Book Review
Henry H. BAUERThe Relativity Question, by Ian McCausland217-219


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Volume 4 Number 2 1990

Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Name: Pleass, C. M.; Dey, N. Dean
CONTENTS
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Invited Essay
Michael D. SWORDSUsing the Study of Anomalies to Enhance Critical Thinking in the Classroom 123-136
Abstract: n upper-class college seminar-style course for general science credit is described. The primary function of the offering is to elicit higher cognitive thought from the students (analysis, synthesis, evaluation). The student experience from this course indicates not only that they had much to learn as regard to the state of evidence for many of the anomalies (from Psi to UFOs to Cryptozoology to Reincarnation), but that researchers and the "science establishment" are all demonstrating flaws and failures in their approaches to these subjects.

Marsha HANCOCK ADAMSSome Observations of Electromagnetic Signals Prior to California Earthquakes 137-152
Abstract: Electromagnetic (EM) signals in the frequency range below 1,000 Hz have been monitored since 198 1 for the purpose of earthquake forecasting. Signal strength increased more than 7 standard deviations above the mean prior to 3 major California Earthquakes; Coalinga (1983), Whittier Narrows ( 1987), and Lorna Prieta ( 1989). The signal increases occurred 10 days to one month prior to the earthquakes. They were continuously elevated until after each earthquake occurred. An effort to forecast time and location of smaller earthquakes in the magnitude 2-4 range is underway. Expert system software has been developed to interpret the EM signals in near real time. The expert system makes forecasts on a daily basis for selected areas in California. A preliminary statistical analysis of recent forecasts appears promising, yielding probabilities of p 1 * or better. On August 7, 1990 another series of strong signals began. They have continued for an unprecedented length of time and are still present at the time of submission of this paper on October 16, 1990.

William H. JEFFERYSBayesian Analysis of Random Event Generator Data 153-169
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 8 Number 2 /1994 - Erratum: Bayesian Analysis of Random Event Generator Data [Jefferys, William H.]
Abstract: Data from experiments that use random event generators are usually analyzed by classical (frequentist) statistical tests, which summarize the statistical significance of the test statistic as a p-value. However, classical statistical tests are frequently inappropriate to these data, and the resulting p-values can grossly overestimate the significance of the result. Bayesian analysis shows that a small p-value may not provide credible evidence that an anomalous phenomenon exists. An easily applied alternative methodology is described and applied to an example from the literature.

Antonia MILLSMoslem Cases of the Reincarnation Type in Northern India: A Test of the Hypothesis of Imposed Identification Part I: Analysis of 26 Cases171-188
Abstract: The author describes the features of 26 Moslem (or half-Moslem) cases of the reincarnation type in India. In eight of these cases a Moslem child is said to have recalled the life of a Moslem. In seven cases a Moslem child is said to have recalled a life as a Hindu, and in 11 cases a Hindu child is said to have recalled the life of a Moslem (these are referred to as half-Moslem cases). Most Moslems in India do not officially endorse the concept of human earthly reincarnation. In some instances the absence of the doctrine in Islam made Moslems hostile to investigation of the cases. However, the cases are generally very similar to the more common Hindu cases, except that in solved Moslem and half-Moslem cases a higher proportion of previous personalities died violently, and the subjects in the halfMoslem cases showed behavior and (in two instances) birthmarks appropriate for the other religious community. Both Hindu and Moslem parents found it troubling to have a child recall a past life in a different religion. Such cases are unlikely to be the result of subtle clues given the child to adopt an envied identity.
Antonia MILLSMoslem Cases of the Reincarnation Type in Northern India: A Test of the Hypothesis of Imposed Identification Part II: Reports of Three Cases189-202
Abstract: The author describes three cases of the reincarnation type in India in which either the subject or the previous personality (or both) were Moslem. In one case both the child and the person she was said to be were Moslem. In the second case, a Hindu child claimed to be a Moslem. The third case not only remains unsolved (that is, no one was ever found who corresponded to the child's statements), but probably represents a spurious case. In this case or non-case, a Moslem child gave some indication of recalling being a Hindu Brahmin. Moslems do not endorse the concept of reincarnation and, therefore, approach cases skeptically. The cases are presented in some detail so the readers can assess for themselves to what extent the cases represent evidence that something paranormal by Western standards (such as reincarnation) may be taking place.

Michel PARROTElectromagnetic Disturbances Associated With Earthquakes: An Analysis of Ground-Based and Satellite Data 203-211
Abstract: Several observations were made of Very Low Frequency (VLF) emissions apparently associated with earthquakes, which were recorded independently at ground-based stations and on satellites. The observations at the Kerguelen station (49"26'S, 70°25'E) were made using magnetic antennae, on April 24 and 25, 1980, during a period when three earthquakes with magnitude Ms > 4.7 took place near the station. Several increases of electromagnetic waves at the time of earthquakes were recorded on the polar-orbiting satellite AUREOL-3. The observations on the geostationary GEOS-2 satellite were made using magnetic and electric antennae during the period 1977- 198 1. Data were analysed for those cases when both intense (M, > 5) earthquakes occurred in the region close to the satellite longitude and the satellite was operating in the VLF mode. A statistical analysis, based on the enhancement of wave intensity at the time of earthquakes and using GEOS2 data, seems to indicate that there is a (possibly indirect) association between seismic activity and some of the VLF emissions observed at the satellite. Ionospheric measurements made from the ground also showed an increase of the critical frequencyfoE, of the sporadic layer Es when earthquakes occurred nearby. Some aspects of the relation between the VLF emissions and the seismic activity are discussed.

C. M. PLEASS, N. Dean DEYConditions That Appear to Favor Extrasensory Interactions Between Homo Sapiens and Microbes 213-231
Abstract: We report laser Doppler studies of the possibility of extrasensory interactions between Homo sapiens and isolated unicellular microbes, and unattended computer-controlled studies of the response of cultures of microbes to the distant sacrifice of clones. From the first series of experiments we find evidence that the focussed attention and intention of a person in nominal physical isolation from a culture of Dunaliella tertiolecta can influence their activity. Averaging of all data from a total of 25 1 trials strongly suggested the rejection of the null hypothesis. However, a subset of 1 18 formal trials conducted with more restrictive protocols were only marginally significant. A second series of experiments used the sacrifice of clones as a distant stimulus. The data appear to show that the marine alga Tetraselrnis suecica reacts dramatically to the sacrifice of cells in a physically isolated aliquot of the same culture if the experimenters are aware of the moment of sacrifice, and excited by the novelty of the experiment. In sharp contrast, only marginally significant results were obtained when the same experiment was run entirely automatically, with the time of the sacrifice defined by random number selection, and the experiment activated by computer command in an empty laboratory. A third series appears to illustrate a difference between the effect of the attention of experimenters and participants in a formal series, and the more highly developed states of excitement and interest which normally characterize pilot trials. In conclusion, we draw attention to the support which our observations provide for an "experimenter effect." Our present working hypothesis is that the result of any experiment is a form of environmental feedback, a complex manifestation of the conscious and subconscious expectations of the experimenter and the participants.

Helmut SCHMIDTCorrelation Between Mental Processes and External Random Events 233-241
Abstract: The report reviews the author's early work on the precognition of quantum processes, including changes introduced as safeguards against errors

Ian STEVENSONPhobias in Children Who Claim to Remember Previous Lives 243-254
Abstract: In a series of 387 children who claimed to remember a previous life phobias occurred in 14 1 (36%). The phobias nearly always corresponded to the mode of death in the life of the deceased person the child claimed to remember. They usually manifested between the ages of 2 and 5, and sometimes the child showed the phobia in early infancy before it had begun to speak about a previous life. The phobias did not derive from imitating another member of the family or from any postnatal traumatic experience. They seem to require some paranormal explanation of which, however, reincarnation is only one.

William A. TILLERA Gas Discharge Device for Investigating Focussed Human Attention 255-271
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 5 Number 2 /1991 - Comments on A Gas Discharge Device for Investigating Focussed Human Attention
Abstract: A gas discharge cell with dielectric-coated electrodes and -- 1 mm gap was operated at voltages -- several percent below breakdown for the purpose of measuring an effect of focussed human attention on electron microavalanche size in the gas. An enhanced counting rate of supercritical size microavalanches was observed under a well-defined protocol when focussed human attention was active. It was found that humans can either enhance the microavalanche number and size or leave the system unchanged depending upon their mental focus. Here, the device design as well as the effects of various gases, dielectrics, shielding, etc., are discussed.

James W. WARWICKRadio Emissions From an Earthquake 273-279
Abstract: -Earlier we associated radio emission preceeding the great Chilean earthquake of 1960 with the quake by virtue of the emission region's size (if its source were the subsequently observed rupture zone) and the required direction of arrival at the observation station in Boulder, Colorado. Through analysis of the power relations between the emission in total power and signal levels in the interferometer, which failed to observe the emission in phase power, it is possible to deduce the least source size, under the plausible assumption that the emissions propagated nearly horizontally. This size is 3.1 degrees; the next larger possible solution for sources at this azimuthal range is 6.2 degrees. For signals arriving from the azimuth of the center of the rupture zone as seen from Boulder, the least source size is 3.47 degrees; a solution of 6.94 degrees is also possible. The total span of the rupture zone in azimuth was 3.5 plus or minus 0.2 degrees. The agreement with the least source size for the azimuth of the rupture zone is excellent and is further evidence for the reality of the association

Letters to the Editor
Comments on Remote Viewing and Computer Communications-An Experiment281
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 2 Number 1 /1988 - Remote Viewing and Computer Communications-An Experiment [Vallée, Jacques]
Comments on Vallee's Five Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial Origin of Unidentified Flying Objects282-284
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 4 Number 1 /1990 - Five Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial Origin of Unidentified Flying Objects [Vallée, Jacques F.]