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).
Abstract: Black hole event horizons provide us with an image of what
the world looks like when it has been reduced to its smallest spatial components and all process has been squeezed out of it. It appears as a vast
sheet of tiny, random dots. Since time is at the basis of ‘process’, the image
highlights questions about temporality that also exercised philosophers,
notably Henri Bergson and Alfred North Whitehead. Following a strategy
suggested by Whitehead’s approach to the questions leads to a possibility, which is also at the basis of a particular panprotopsychist theory (‘SoS
theory’), that the ‘time’ to which we ordinarily refer in everyday language
may have two ontologically distinct but equally ‘real’ components—(a) the
‘objective’ metric spacetime of general relativity which refers to the organization of classical, causal relationships and (b) a ‘subjective’ sequence of
‘nows’ providing a basis for conscious experience—albeit ‘nows’ to which
(usually very brief) objective durations can be attributed. If true, it is to be
expected that macroscopic, conscious mind-related violations of energy
conservation should occasionally manifest. There is a wide range of anecdotal evidence from ‘psychic’ phenomena suggestive of such violations. The
main aim of this paper is to point to the potential value of investigating the
energy budgets of candidate phenomena
Abstract: —More than 60 remote viewers contributed 177 intuitive-based
associative remote viewing (ARV) predictions over a 14-month period.
These viewers comprised pre-established, self-organized groups cooperating under the rubric of “Project Firefly” (PFF), and were supervised by experienced ARV group managers operating under the umbrella of the Applied
Precognition Project (APP), a for-profit organization exploring precognition
and leveraging ARV methodology as an investment enhancement tool.
Based on predictions from the ARV sessions, PFF used the Kelly wagering strategy to guide trading on the Foreign Exchange (FOREX) currency
market. Viewers performed under typical scientific protocols, including
double-blind conditions, appropriate randomization, etc., using a variety of
ARV application methodologies. Investors, many of whom were also participants (viewers and judges), pooled investment funds totaling $56,300
with the stated goal of “creating wealth aggressively.” Rather than meeting
that goal, however, most of the funds were lost over the course of the project. Beyond merely reporting on an extensive remote viewing experiment,
the present study is an examination of what went wrong, providing lessons
learned for further ARV research whether involving for-profit activities or
basic research, as the principles are relevant to both. Associative remote
viewing is a research paradigm that harkens back to early days in science
where competent non-academic researchers can provide datapoints and
breakthroughs in a field typically peopled solely by professional researchers. Adapting a form of ethnographic study, we refer not only to the statistical results produced by the PFF effort, but also employ a mixed-methods
qualitative approach to exploit the information and insights contributed
by numerous participants about what happened, what worked, and what
didn’t. This creates a reference we believe will be useful for those conducting future applied precognition projects involving multiple participants or
groups. We feel that the insights gleaned from this study will improve both ARV experimental design and execution of research protocol, benefitting
professional and amateur researchers alike in their future ARV experimentation
Abstract: In this paper I present a translation of an autobiographical essay
French physiologist Charles Richet wrote about his involvement in psychical
research in his Souvenirs d’un Physiologiste (1933). In the essay Richet presented an outline of aspects of his psychic career, including: Early interest
in hypnosis and hypnotic lucidity, encounters with gifted individuals such
as Eusapia Palladino and Stephan Ossowiecki, contact with the Society for
Psychical Research, his Traité de Métapsychique (1922) and his lack of belief
in survival of death. Richet’s account will be of particular interest for those
who are not acquainted with his career. However, the essay is succinct and
lacks important events that need to be supplemented with other sources of
information. An examination of this autobiographical essay illustrates the
limitations of autobiographies to reconstruct the past, but also provides an
opportunity to discuss aspects of Richet’s psychical research.
Abstract: A vivid discussion revolves around the role of the human mind
in the quantum measurement process. While some authors argue that conscious observation is a necessary element to achieve the transition from
quantum to classical states during measurement (Wigner 1963), some go
even further and propose a more active influence of the human mind on
the probabilities of quantum measurement outcomes (e.g., Atmanspacher,
Römer, & Walach 2002, Penrose & Hameroff 2011). This proposition was
tested in micro-psychokinesis (micro-Pk) research in which intentional observer effects on quantum random number generators (RNGs) were investigated. In the studies presented here, we extended this line of research and
tested the impact of unconscious goals on micro-Pk. Our focus lies in cigarette addiction as an unconscious drive, and we hypothesized that regular
cigarette smokers would influence the outcome of a quantum RNG that
determined whether the participant was going to see a smoking-related
or a neutral picture. Study 1 revealed strong evidence for micro-Pk (BF10 =
66.06), supporting H1
. As expected, no deviation from chance was found
with non-smokers. Study 2, a pre-registered highly powered replication attempt, failed to reproduce this result and showed strong evidence for H0
(BF01 = 11.07). When the data from both studies are combined, a remarkable
change in effect across time (resembling a combination of appearance followed by decline) can be seen only in the smokers’ subsample. Appearance
and decline effects were absent in the non-smokers’ sample and in a simulation. Based on von Lucadou’s Model of Pragmatic Information, we suggest
that (micro-)Pk effects follow a systematic pattern comparable to a dampened harmonic oscillation. This concept may shed new light on past and
future Pk research.
Reiniero HERNANDEZ, Robert DAVIS, Russell SCALPONE, Rudolph SCHILD
Abstract: This study, conducted by the Dr. Edgar Mitchell Foundation for
Research into Extraterrestrial and Extraordinary Experiences (FREE), represents the fi rst comprehensive investigation on individuals (N = 3,256) who
have reported various forms of contact experience (CE) with a non-human
intelligent being (NHI) associated with or without an unidentifi ed aerial phenomenon (UAP). Our research methodology utilized two comprehensive
quantitative surveys totaling 554 questions administered to subjects with
reported non-hypnotic memory recall of their CE. This survey addressed a
diverse range of physical, psychological, perceptual, and paranormal aspects
of reported non-hypnotic–based recall of both physical and/or non-physical
interactions with an NHI. The results revealed complex reported CEs that involve both physical and non-physical events (psychological outcomes, nonordinary states of consciousness, and paranormal experiences). What may
be the most signifi cant aspect of the interim results is that approximately
70% (N = 2,279) of the study population claimed that their CE changed their
life in a “positive way.” In contrast, only 15–20% reported a “negative” impact
from their CE. Further, the majority of subjects did not report events typically associated with the traditionally held beliefs regarding the “alien-abduction” phenomena. That is, the results suggest that the reported CE with
an NHI is largely non-physical and can occur via telepathy, during an out-ofbody experience, being fl oated into a “matrix-like” reality, as well as through
physical interaction on board a craft. Consequently, the results suggest that
a non-physical (“contactee”) CE is distinctly diff erent from a physical (“abduction”) CE and should be studied as separate but interrelated anomalous events. In fact, the CE associated with a UAP is not the predominant form of
CE, and sighting a UAP is not necessarily associated with a CE. Consequently,
future studies should not focus exclusively on the analysis of UAP sightings
and traces alone which, based on decades of research, have not advanced
our understanding of the possible force that governs and regulates this
complex phenomenon. This is an important consideration since the FREE
study dispels the notion that contact with NHIs must always entail either a
physical abduction or a landed craft with beings interacting with humans.
This study may serve as a needed foundation for researchers to build upon
for validation purposes to better understand a unique and diverse range of
reported physical and non-physical type CEs with an NHI associated with or
without a UAP.
Collection: Libriufo
