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).
Journal of Scientific Exploration A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration Volume 8 Number 1 Spring 1994 Society for Scientific Exploration
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 1977 survey of American astronomers was to answer these questions.
Abstract: The "Philadelphia Experiment" concerns the allegedly paranormal disappearance of a Navy destroyer from the docks of the Philadelphia
Navy Yard in the late Summer of 1943, followed by disclosures of official
contact with extraterrestrial powers. Claims made by purported witnesses of
this supposedly secret Navy test directed by Albert Einstein have been repeatedly found to be fraudulent. The author has now interviewed a man who
served on a companion ship to the destroyer in question, and who was on the
scene the night of its supposed disappearance, which he is able to explain in
minute detail. Yet the features of the story are such that it survives in the UFO
literature and that it is now being revived under a novel form for the benefit of
a new generation of readers. Using this incident as a model of a successful
hoax, the present article extracts thirteen parameters that have been instrumental in its remarkable survival over the last fifty years; it compares the features of this fabrication to other questionable episodes of UFO lore; finally, it
attempts to draw up a list of suitable measures for their detection, challenge
and ultimate exposure.
Abstract: Although intra- and interpersonal intluences have long been acknowledged in medical science to affect an individual's health both positively and negatively, the impact of non-local, transpersonal influences are generally denied in contemporary medical science. The present paper examines
anecdotal, ethnographic, anthropological, clinical, and experimental evidence suggesting that non-local, transpersonal influences may exist, and that
these may exert a negative and even fatal impact on human health. The possible relationship of these negative influences to scientific findings in other
anomalous areas, such as the studies in humanlmachine interaction at the
Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) Laboratory, are discussed. The author concludes that the evidence favoring the existence of
non-local, negative, transpersonal influences is considerable, and that the implications for medical research and clinical practice are profound.
Abstract: Six well-documented UFO abductions reported in Spain are reviewed. Investigation reveals them to be the result of hoax, delusion or psychosis. On a global scale, the annual distribution of abductions plotted according to year of report shows clusters associated with media-related
triggers. Abduction narratives seem to proceed from internal sources, representing non-physical experiences of psychological origin inspired by publicized material, plus a significant number of hoaxes. A danger exists that the
abduction syndrome may get out of hand.
Abstract: After two decades of parapsychological research, my purpose in
writing this essay is to encourage researchers who are interested in understanding psychic phenomena to look for ways to have ESP experiences themselves. In no other field do experienced and thoughtful researchers set up observational experiments, and then ask inexperienced or randomly chosen
passersby to look through the microscope and report what they see. I will describe here some of the things that I have seen. I am a good visualizer. When I
close my eyes I usually see reasonably sharp and clear pictures. The bad news
is that the images that I see with my eyes open are not much sharper or clearer, although they are much more stable. I would like to share my thoughts
about psi perceptions, from the point of view of a legally blind researcher.
What that means in my case is that my corrected visual resolution is ten percent of that of a person with normal vision.
Topher COOPER
Anomalous Propagation
119-123
Michael EPSTEIN
The Skeptical Perspective
125-128
Peter A. STURROCK
Guest Column: Activity Since the American Astronomical Society UFO Survey
Collection: Libriufo
