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Volume 6 Number 2 1992
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Volume 4 Number 2 1990
A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration
Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Society for Scientific Exploration
Volume 3 Number 2 September 1989
A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration
Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Society for Scientific Exploration
Volume 3 Number 1 1989

220 pp.
A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration
Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Society for Scientific Exploration
Volume 2 Number 2 September 1988
A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration
Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
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Volume 1 Number 2 June 1988
A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration
Editor: Ronald A. HOWARD
Society for Scientific Exploration
Volume 1 Number 1 1987

104 pp.

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Volume 6 Number 2 1992

Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Name: Bauer, Henry; Braude, Stephen E.; Gissurarson, Loftur Reimar; Haisch, Bernhard M. ; Pasricha, Satwant; Stevenson, Ian; White, Rhea A.
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Editorial
Bernhard HAISCHChallenge Granti-ii

Rhea A. WHITEReview of Approaches to the Study of Spontaneous Psi Experiences 93-126
Abstract: -Twelve approaches to the study of spontaneous psi experiences are described: individual case study, case collection, survey, cross-cultural, longitudinal, clinical, psychological, phenomenological, archetypal, folklorist, active imagination, and social constructionist. The review begins with the older and more commonly used approaches. Although all 12 methods have been reported in the literature, the primary ones used thus far in parapsychology are the individual case study, the case collection, the cross cultural, the survey, and to a lesser extent, the clinical. The others have barely been tried, yet if given a fair trial, they might prove to be more useful ways of learning to understand the nature of spontaneous psi experiences than the first three, although the latter will always be useful for different purposes. In general, the more commonly used methods aim at establishing that the experiences occurred as reported and at delimiting the characteristics of the cases and details of their incidence. The lesser used methods are aimed at understanding the personal (and sometimes general) meaning of experiential accounts of psi experiences. Throughout the author has also interjected her own personal views of which approaches are to be preferred at this time, and why.

Stephen E. BRAUDESurvival or Super-psi? 127-144
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 6 Number 3 Autumn/1992 - Comments on Survival or Super-psi?
Abstract: Even the most sophisticated discussions of the evidence for survival underestimate the conceptual difficulties facing the survival hypothesis. Perhaps the major challenge is posed by the rival "super-psi" hypothesis, which most writers fail to confront in its most plausible and potent form. Once the super-psi hypothesis is taken seriously, two major weaknesses in discussions of survival stand out clearly. First, analyses of apparently anomalous knowledge that tend to be fatally superficial in their treatment of subject psychodynamics. And second, analyses of apparently anomalous abilities and skills trade on an impoverished and naive conception of the nature of human abilities.
Ian STEVENSONSurvival or Super-psi: A Reply145-150
Stephen E. BRAUDEReply to Stevenson151-155

Loftur Reimar GISSURARSONThe Psychokinesis Effect: Geomagnetic Influence, Age and Sex Differences 157-165
Abstract: Data from 621 experimental sessions carried out in Scotland, United States and Iceland were retrospectively analyzed for a possible connection between psychokinesis (PK) performance and local geomagnetic activity (Kindex). Although the study did not find any significant correlation between geomagnetic activity and overall PK performance, the difference in geomagnetic activity on the day prior to the experimental sessions (split via high and low PK score) was marginally significant (p = .08, 2-T). The compound PK effect in the data base yielded a nonsignificant z-score deviation from MCE of 1.27, with a distribution significantly different from a normal distribution (p=.01, 2-T). Furthermore, males did significantly better than females (p= .04, 2-T), and the youngest subjects did marginally better than the oldest subjects (p = .098,2-T).

Satwant PASRICHAAre Reincarnation Type Cases Shaped by Parental Guidance? An Empirical Study Concerning the Limits of Parents' Influence on Children 167-180
Abstract: The author conducted a systematic survey of cases of the reincarnation type in a region of northern India with an estimated population of 861 1 persons. The 91 respondents informed about 19 cases, suggesting a prevalence rate of 2.2 per thousand in this area. In addition to the characteristics of the cases, the author learned about the range and extent of dissemination of information about such cases. Information regarding the occurrence of particular cases traveled a maximum distance of 75 kilometers; in 94% of the cases it never went beyond 25 kilometers. Information about the factual details of cases traveled even shorter distances. Cases occurring within the same family or the same village showed considerable variations in important features, making it unlikely that cases developed later had been modeled on ones occurring earlier.

Book Reviews
Henry H. BAUERDarwin on Trial by Phillip E. Johnson181-186
Henry H. BAUERAmerican Epigraphy at the Crossroads edited by James P. Whittall, Jr.186-190
Henry H. BAUERHow We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life by Thomas Gilovich190-194

SSE News Items
Highlights of the Princeton SSE Meeting195-199
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 6 Number 3 Autumn/1992 - Erratum
Dinsdale Prize Awarded to Dr. Helmut Schmidt199-200
New Book Review Editor201
Research Reports Available from Hungarian Academy of Sciences201

Erratum 202
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 6 Number 1 /1992 - Response to Dobyns [Jefferys, William H.]


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Volume 6 Number 1 1992

Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Name: Bauer, Henry; Bolton, H.; Bramley, William; Dobyns, York H.; Domaingue, Robert; Fredrick, Laurence W.; Haisch, Bernhard M. ; Ho, M. W.; Jefferys, William H.; Li, X. X.; Popp, F. A.; Ross, S.; Swords, Michael D.
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Editorial
Bernhard HAISCHLess Is More!1-2

William BRAMLEYCan the UFO Extraterrestrial Hypothesis and Vallee Hypotheses Be Reconciled? 3-9
Abstract: The phenomenon of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) presently affords analysts only pieces of a hereto unknown whole reality. Because the whole is not seen or understood, the visible pieces often appear to be irreconcilable with one another and lead to hypotheses which are in conflict. The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH) and the hypotheses of Dr. Jacques Vallee (the "Vallee Hypotheses")(VH) represent two such divergent hypotheses. Through analogy to processes and realities that we do understand, it is possible to begin reconciling the evidence of those who support the ETH and those who support the VH. In doing so, we find that the evidence presented in support of the VH does not necessarily compel exclusion of the ETH; but it does demand an acceptance that the UFO phenomenon presents analysts with s~mething of far broader scope in its scientific, social, and historical dimensions than many supporters of the ETH have acknowledged

Robert DOMAINGUELearning for Discovery: Establishing the Foundations 11-22
Abstract: This article examines the prospect of facilitating the discovery process. The approach to learning for discovery which this article takes is called anticipatory learning. Anticipatory learning seeks to facilitate the discovery process by enhancing abilities in pattern recognition, empathy, and collaboration among researchers. Pattern recognition is developed in researchers through intuitive and metaphorical thinking. Metaphors which emerge from general systems thinking and aesthetics are especially useful for enhancing pattern recognition abilities.

York H. DOBYNSOn the Bayesian Analysis of REG Data 23-45
Abstract: -Bayesian analysis may profitably be applied to anomalous data obtained in Random Event Generator and similar humadmachine experiments, but only by proceeding from sensible prior probability estimates. Unreasonable estimates or strongly conflicting initial hypotheses can project the analysis into contradictory and misleading results. Depending upon the choice of prior and other factors, the results of Bayesian analysis range from confirmation of classical analysis to complete disagreement, and for this reason classical estimates seem more reliable for the interpretation of data of this class.
William H. JEFFERYSResponse to Dobyns47-57
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 6 Number 2 /1992 - Erratum
Abstract: Dobyns' article suggests some reasons why orthodox statistics might be superior to Bayesian statistics when discussing random event generator statistics. Several of his main arguments are examined and discussed.

M. W. HO, S. ROSS, H. BOLTON, F. A. POPP, X. X. LIElectrodynamic Activities and Their Role in the Organization of Body Pattern 59-77
Abstract: This paper reports some of the highlights of our investigations (both published and in progress) into the role of electrodynamical activities in the organization of body pattern in Drosophila. 1. Exposure of populations of synchronously developing embryos for 30 minutes to weak static magnetic fields (0.5 to 9 mT) during the first three hours of development results in a high proportion of characteristic body pattern abnormalities in larvae which hatch 24 hours later. As the energies involved are below thermal threshold, there can be no significant effect unless there is a high degree of cooperativity or coherence in the pattern determination processes reacting to the external field (Ho et al., 1991a). 2. Developing embryos show profuse electrical activities (recorded with microelectrodes placed within the polar pockets) starting at least as early as 40 m after fertilization and continuing well into cellularization. The activities are highly patterned, and evolve in the course of development. They may reflect changes in polarization of the embryonic field associated with the coherent excitations predicted by Frohlich (1 968; 1980). 3. Populations of synchronously developing embryos show self-emission and light rescattering characteristics that also change with developmental time. In addition, embryos less than 40 m old exhibit an entirely new phenomenon in the form of intense luminescent flashes which can appear any time from one to 20 minutes, and up to 8 hours after light stimulation. These superdelayed luminescent flashes may result from cooperative interactions among embryos within the entire population, which serve to synchronize development to external light as Zeitgeber (Ho et al., 199 1 b).

Book Reviews
Laurence W. FREDRICKThe Big Splash by Dr. Louis A. Frank with Patrick Huyghe.79-81
Henry BAUERFire from Ice: Searching for the Truth Behind the Cold Fusion Furor by Eugene F . Mallove81-84

Correspondence and Contributions
Michael D. SWORDSLook It Up: Parapsychology85-86

SSE News Items
SSE President Peter Sturrock receives Space Sciences Award87-88
SSE Council Member Radin Honored88
SSE Councilor Utts Elected AAAS Fellow89
Secret Life published by Prof. David Jacobs89
Book:David Michael JACOBS,SECRET LIFE - 1992
JSE Editor Returns from Max-Planck-Institut89
New PEAR Reports Available89-90
Article on Replicability in Parapsychology90
New Council Members Elected90-91
Eleventh Annual SSE Meeting at Princeton91


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Volume 5 Number 1 1991

Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Name: Brandenburg, John E; DiPietro, Vincent F.; Ferrari, Diane C.; Keil, Jurgen; Molenaar, Gregory; Radin, Dean I.; Swords, Michael D.; Vallée, Jacques (1939); Wood, Robert M.; Yoshino, Takeo
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John E BRANDENBURG, Vincent DIPIETRO, Gregory MOLENAARThe Cydonian Hypothesis 1-25
Abstract: Evidence suggesting a past humanoid civilization has been found at several sites on Mars. In particular, what appear to be large carved faces, with similar details, have been found at two separate sites. Together with geochemical and geological evidence that suggests Mars was once more Earth-like in climate, the images of the objects support the Cydonian Hypothesis: That Mars once lived as the Earth now lives, and that it was once the home of an indigenous humanoid intelligence.

Jurgen KEILNew Cases in Burma, Thailand, and Turkey: A Limited Field Study Replication of Some Aspects of Ian Stevenson's Research 27-59
Abstract: For about 25 years, Ian Stevenson has presented detailed accounts of his first hand investigations which suggest a substantial basis for the widespread acceptance of rebirth or reincarnation cases in some communities. This investigation was limited to two main questions: Do some children and their families report that information and other indicators emerge which provide connections to other persons who have previously died? Is it necessary to assume that some of the information and that some of the indicators are due to paranormal processes because they cannot be reasonably accounted for by more orthodox means? The results of this investigation are based on a preliminary evaluation of all 23 cases studied in 1988. The 23 cases can be regarded as relatively unselected samples from three countries, namely Burma, Thailand, and Turkey. The answer to the first question is an unqualified "yes." The answer to the second question is also affirmative but due to the limitations of field study conditions, the affirmation can only be justified in somewhat subjective probability terms, nevertheless, in terms comparable to what in quantitative research is called significant. Although the question whether the suggested paranormal results support the reincarnation hypothesis was not pursued, some aspects of this investigation which seem relevant to this question are briefly discussed.

Dean I. RADIN, Diane C. FERRARIEffects of Consciousness on the Fall of Dice: A Meta-Analysis 61-83
Abstract: This article presents a meta-analysis of experiments testing the hypothesis that consciousness (in particular, mental intention) can cause tossed dice to land with specified targets face up. Seventy-three English language reports, published from 1935 to 1987, were retrieved. This literature describes 148 studies reported by a total of 52 investigators, involving more than 2 million dice throws contributed by 2,569 subjects. The full database indicates the presence of a physical bias that artifactually inflated hit rates when higher dice faces (e.g., the "6" face) were used as targets. Analysis of a subset of 59 homogeneous studies employing experimental protocols that controlled for these biases suggests that the experimental effect size is independently replicable, significantly positive, and not explain- ~ able as an artifact of selective reporting or differences in methodological quality. The estimated effect size for the full database lies more than 19 standard deviations from chance while the effect size for the subset of ball anced, homogeneous studies lies 2.6 standard deviations from chance. We conclude that this database provides weak cumulative evidence for a genuine relationship between mental intention and the fall of dice.

Michael D. SWORDSThe Wasgo or Sisiutl: A Cryptozoological Sea-Animal of the Pacific Northwest Coast of the Americas 85-101
Abstract: Various lines of soft evidence converge upon the tentative conclusion that an unclassified sea-animal of significant size is living, or at least recently lived, in the ocean waters of British Columbia. This animal has had several names within the various Amerindian cultures of that area, and has had a history among them for many centuries. The animal species may be identical or similar to other reported or historically pictured creatures worldwide.

Robert M. WOODThe Extraterrestrial Hypothesis Is Not That Bad 103-111
Abstract: The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH) explanation of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) has not been attractive to many scientists because of the apparent requirement to exceed the speed of light in making such trips. It is postulated that if the basis of gravity control systems were discovered, and that if the speed of light can either be raised or exceeded using such devices, then the pattern of UFO reports is consistent with the ETH. Recently, five arguments against the ETH have been advanced by Vallee in this Journal (1990). Each argument can be countered as follows: (1) thousands of visiting civilizations account for the wide variety and large number of reports; (2) the frequently reported similarity to homo sapiens shape may be due to historical interactions, or due to biological optimization; (3) the primitive treatment during reported abductions may be the exception from some less ethical civilizations; (4) the historical extension of the UFO phenomenon is to be expected; and (5) the near-magical reports of time, space, and light manipulation is due to high technology. Travel distance and travel time for constant acceleration and deceleration trips are displayed graphically, based on the feasibility of hyperoptic gravity control transportation systems. Convenient astronomical distance reference points are noted.

Jacques VALLÉEToward a Second-Degree Extraterrestrial Theory of UFOs: A Response to Dr. Wood and Prof. Bozhich 113-120
Abstract: -Counter-arguments to the views expressed by this author in a previous article questioning the extraterrestrial nature of unidentified flying objects have been presented by Dr. Robert Wood, an American aerospace expert, and by Prof. Serge Bozhich, a Soviet mathematician. These counterarguments propose alternative explanations for five major inconsistencies we had noted in the ETH theory. In this response, it is shown that such explanations represent a significant alteration of the basic tenets of the ETH, and that they do introduce useful new insights for future research on UFOs. However, some of the contradictions remain, especially when the matter of "abductions" is brought under close scrutiny

Takeo YOSHINOLow-Frequency Seismogenic Electromagnetic Emissions as Precursors to Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions in Japan 121-144
Abstract: -A multipoint network was constructed in the Tokyo area for earthquake prediction using seismogenic electromagnetic emissions. The network consists of eight observation points within 50 km of each other. Each point has a digital direction-finding detector with two loop sensors tuned to 82 kHz. The output signals of the receivers are added into a digital vector composition circuit to obtain the direction angle of the source point, and this signal is telemetered to the central computer. To protect from false alarms caused by local man-made noise interference, the warning is announced only when there is a high cross-correlation between almost all detectors pointing to one small area. The mechanism of these earthquake precursors can be explained as electromagnetic emissions from the rocks around the focus when they are crushed completely by the distortion pressure. These emissions propagate along the fault plane as an EM surface wave mode and radiate from the slit antenna formed by the intersection of the fault plane and ground surface. In the last five years, we have detected impulsive noise bursts of seismogenic emissions at 82 kHz, 1.525 kHz, and 36 Hz using our multipoint detection network around the Tokyo region and Izu peninsula. This system has recorded EM signals prior to the following events: volcanic eruptions on November 15 and 2 1, 1986 at Mt. Mihara on Ohshima Island, and on July 12, 1989 in Itoh Bay in the Izu peninsula region, and also a minor earthquake on October 14, 1989 at Ohshima Island.


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Volume 5 Number 2 1991

Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Name: Dobyns, York H.; Dunne, Brenda J.; Giroldini, William; Grigor'ev, A. I.; Grigor'eva, I. D.; Haisch, Bernhard M. ; Haraldsson, Erlendur; Jahn, Robert G.; Korn, Stanley; McClenon, James; Shiryaeva, S. O.; Tiller, William A.
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Bernhard HAISCHEditor's Note i

William GIROLDINIEccles's Model of Mind-Brain Interaction and Psychokinesis: A Preliminary Study 145-161
Abstract: In this article the relationship between mind and brain is initially discussed from the opposite materialist and dualist perspectives. In the Eccles's hypothesis, a very weak psychokinetic (PK) action of will on a few neurons of cerebral cortex could determine remarkable changes in brain activity. Starting from this idea, a neuron network suitable for revealing weak PK influences is discussed. Thirty-five preliminary PK experiments based on a Random Signal Generator (RSG), which represents a first raw electronic version of this neuron network, were performed. Twenty-seven subjects attempted to mentally influence the RSG in a double optical and acoustic RSG-feedback. Each experiment was fully computer controlled and consisted of ten PK-minutes alternated with ten control-minutes without feedback. Moreover, the EEG recording of alpha and beta rhythms of subjects during the experiments was performed. The PK experiments gave altogether a significant result (p < lo-'), whereas 35 control-experiments without subjects were nonsignificant. EEG analysis showed that during the control-minutes the alpha and beta rhythms were wider than in the PK minutes, and moreover the alpha rhythm was remarkably higher during the PK-hitting than in the PK-missing trials. A psychological interpretation of these results is proposed, but the more interesting possibility is that an independent high alpha activity would cause better PK performance. Further studies are necessary to test this important possibility.

A. I. GRIGOR'EV, I. D. GRIGOR'EVA, S. O. SHIRYAEVABall Lightning and St. Elmo's Fire as Forms of Thunderstorm Activity 163-190
Abstract: The electrohydrodynamic theory of ball lightning and St. Elmo's fire is developed. Electrohydrodynamic instability of water droplets and films is basic for these phenomena and distinguishes them from corona.

James McCLENONSocial Scientific Paradigms for Investigating Anomalous Experience 191-203
Abstract: The investigation of anomalous experience may be conducted within the realm of folklore, collective behavior, and the sociology of religion. Although these social scientific approaches lack the mathematical precision of the physical sciences, they allow theoretical development, the testing of hypotheses derived from these orientations, and the revision of theory in light of empirical observation. The use of social scientific paradigms grants the investigation of anomalous phenomena a cumulative quality, open to both skeptics and believers.

Robert G. JAHN, York H. DOBYNS, Brenda J. DUNNECount Population Profiles in Engineering Anomalies Experiments 205-232
Abstract: Four technically and conceptually distinct experiments-a random binary generator driven by a microelectronic noise diode; a deterministic pseudorandom generator; a large-scale random mechanical cascade; and a digitized remote perception protocol-display strikingly similar patterns of count deviations from their corresponding chance distributions. Specifically, each conforms to a statistical linear regression of the form An / n = 6 (x - p) , where An / n is the deviation from chance expectation of the population frequency of the score value x divided by its chance frequency, p is the mean of the chance distribution, and 6 is the slope of the regression line, constant for a given data subset, but parametrically dependent on the experimental device, the particular operator or data concatenation, and the prevailing secondary conditions. In each case, the result is tantamount to a simple marginal transposition of the appropriate chance Gaussian distribution to a new mean value p' = p + Nt, where N is the sample size, or equivalently to a change in the elemental probability of the basic binary process to p' = p + 6, where p is the chance value and E = 614. Proposition of a common psychophysical mechanism by which the consciousness of the operator may achieve these elemental probability shifts is thwarted by the complexity and disparity of the several technical and logical tasks that would be involved. More parsimonious, albeit more radical, explication may be posed via a holistic information-theoretic approach, wherein the consciousness adds some increment of information, in the technical sense, into the particular experimental system, which then deploys it in the most efficient fashion to achieve the experimental goal, i.e., the volition-correlated mean shift. The relationship of this technical information transfer to the subjective teleological processes of the consciousness remains to be understood.

Erlendur HARALDSSONChildren Claiming Past-Life Memories: Four Cases in Sri Lanka 233-261
Abstract: This is a report on an investigation of four children in Sri Lanka who claimed to remember a previous life at the early age of two to three years. Detailed written records were made of the statements of three of the children before any attempt was made to examine their claims. In two cases, these statements made it possible to trace a deceased person whose life history fit to a considerable extent the statements made by the child. In these cases, no prior connection of any kind was found to have existed between the child's family and that of the alleged previous personality. The pattern of these cases resembles those earlier reported by Stevenson: the children are at a preschool age when they start to make claims about a previous life; they usually start to "forget'' at about the time they go to school; some of them claim to have died violently earlier; they express the wish to meet their earlier families or visit their homes; and some of them show behavioral idiosyncrasies that seem to differ from what they observe and would be expected to learn from their environment. In Sri Lanka more than half of such cases remain "unsolved," i.e., no person can be traced that roughly matches the child's statements.

Letters to the Editor
Comments on A Gas Discharge Device for Investigating Focussed Human Attention263-164
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 4 Number 2 /1990 - A Gas Discharge Device for Investigating Focussed Human Attention [Tiller, William A.]


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Volume 4 Number 1 1990

Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Name: Bauer, Henry; Borraz Aymerich, Manuel (1961); Bounias, Michel (1943 - 2003); Derr, John S. (1941); Haines, Richard F. (1937); McFall, Richard M.; McGrew, John H.; Müller, Arno; Persinger, Michael A. (1945 - 2018); Stillings, Dennis; Vallée, Jacques (1939); Velasco, Jean-jacques (1946)
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Michel C. L. BOUNIASBiochemical Traumatology as a Potent Tool for Identifying Actual Stresses Elicited by Unidentified Sources: Evidence for Plant Metabolic Disorders in Correlation With a UFO Landing 1-18
Abstract: Following an accurate testimony of a "UFO" landing, samples of a wild strain of Alfalfa were collected at the epicentre and at various increasing distances of the trace left on the ground 4 and 40 days after the observation. An additional batch of similar samples collected 730 days after the observation was then used as an a posteriori control of the natural variability on the same area. Biochemical determinations included: photosynthetic pigments, free carbohydrates, and free amino acids. Statistically, significant results were observed by plotting concentrations versus distances from the epicentre, and various characteristic subtypes of doseleffect relationships were evidenced. Functional relationships between photosynthetic pigments, amino acids and carbohydrates, were reversed at D + 40 by comparison with D + 730 samples which exhibited a normal shape. Thus, the described principles of Biochemical analysis give evidence: (a) that something did happen; (b) that the influence of the unidentified source decreased with increasing distance from the epicentre; (c) of accurate symptoms that can be further compared with those elicited by known causes.

Jacques F. VALLÉEReturn to Trans-en-Provence 19-25
(French translation OVNI Présence N. 46 Aout/1991 Retour à Trans-en-Provence, pp. 5-10)
Abstract: The site of the 198 1 Trans-en-Provence UFO case was visited again during 1988. Soil samples taken at the time of the initial investigation were analyzed in an American laboratory in an effort to validate the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) study of the case. The results of the interviews with the witness and his wife, and the examination of samples taken at the surface and below the surface of the physical trace support the findings of the CNES team and the truthfulness of the witness' testimony. In particular, it was found that the surface sample only differed from the depth sample by the presence of biological (plant and insect) material on the surface. Calcium and silicon were the dominant elements in all fields examined, with aluminum and iron also present. No indication was found of cement powder, oil, or chemical contaminants that could have indicated the presence of tractors or other industrial vehicles at the site.

Jean-jacques VELASCOReport on the Analysis of Anomalous Physical Traces: The 1981 Trans-en-Provence UFO Case 27-48
Abstract: Following information received through law enforcement channels, the Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena Study Group (GEPAN) of the French National Center for Space Studies decided to investigate an observation of an unusual flying object made on 8 January 1981. The witness reported that the phenomenon had left a circular imprint on the ground. Samples gathered within this "ring" were independently analyzed by four laboratories and were compared to reference samples collected outside the trace. These analyses led to the conclusion that a significant physical phenomenon had indeed interacted with the environment at the site, producing abrasions, thermal impact and unexplained effects on plants.

Henry H. BAUERPhysical Interpretation of Very Small Concentrations 49-53
Abstract: Reported observations of allergy-like responses by basophils at extreme dilutions were treated as unbelievable and compared with homeopathy. However, in several "mainstream" fields of science accepted formulations also imply action by substances present at the level of much less than a single molecule or ion.

John S. DERR, Michael A. PERSINGERLuminous Phenomena and Seismic Energy in the Central United States 55-69
Abstract: Luminous phenomena (LP) that occur in seismically active regions appear to be temporally related to seismicity, even when the LP are not obviously earthquake lights (EQL). Within a time frame that required aggregates of monthly or annual increments of analyses, moderately strong (0.50 < r < 0.75) correlations existed over a 19 year period between the amount of seismic energy released and the numbers of reported LP within a central region of the United States. Other anomalous reports from the same data base were not significantly correlated with the energy release. Neither LP nor the other classes of anomalous events were significantly correlated with the release of seismic energy in the surrounding region that contained comparable area and seismicity. Thus, some types of reports of LP may be geophysical phenomena that reflect the temporal and spatial characteristics of tectonic strai

Richard F. HAINES, Jacques F. VALLÉEPhoto Analysis of an Aerial Disc Over Costa Rica: New Evidence 71-74
Abstract: The original negative of the Costa Rica film of an oval aerial disc-like object was obtained and carefully analyzed. Not only was there no evidence of optical defects, deliberate hoax, or support for other prosaic explanations for the disc image, but interesting new surface details were found, all of which possess the same oblique orientation. The disc shaped object remains unidentified.

John H. McGREW, Richard M. McFALLA Scientific Inquiry Into the Validity of Astrology 75-83
Abstract: -Six expert astrologers independently attempted to match 23 astrological birth charts to the corresponding case files of 4 male and 19 female volunteers. Case files contained information on the volunteers' life histories, full-face and profile photographs, and test profiles from the Strong-Campbell Vocational Interest Blank and the Cattell 16-P.F. Personality Inventory. Astrologers did no better than chance or than a nonastrologer control subject at matching the birth charts to the personal data; this result was independent of astrologers' confidence ratings for their predicted matches. Astrologers also failed to agree with one another's predictions.

Arno MÜLLERPlanetary Influences on Human Behavior ("Gauquelin Effect"): Too Absurd for a Scientific Explanation? 85-104
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 6 Number 3 Autumn/1992 - The Gauquelin Effect Explained? Comments on Arno Miiller's Hypothesis of Planetary Correlations [Ertel, Suitbert]
Abstract: Starting points are the investigations of the Gauquelins into planetary influences on human beings and the attempt at a scientific explanation by Michel Gauquelin. Aside from the fact that so far no physical link connecting planets and human behavior has been discovered, there are six other facts that resist integration into Gauquelin's explanatary model. In the model put up for discussion here, which includes not only physical and hereditary, but also cultural-historical, psychological, and evolutionary aspects, these critical points are reconciled with reality and at the same time the physical problems are simplified.

Jacques F. VALLÉEFive Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial Origin of Unidentified Flying Objects 105-117
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 4 Number 2 /1990 - Comments on Vallee's Five Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial Origin of Unidentified Flying Objects
Abstract: Scientific opinion has generally followed public opinion in the belief that unidentified flying objects either do not exist (the "natural phenomena hypothesis") or, if they do, must represent evidence of a visitation by some advanced race of space travellers (the extraterrestrial hypothesis or "ETH"). It is the view of the author that research on UFOs need not be restricted to these two alternatives. On the contrary, the accumulated data base exhibits several patterns tending to indicate that UFOs are real, represent a previously unrecognized phenomenon, and that the facts do not support the common concept of "space visitors." Five specific arguments articulated here contradict the ETH: (1) unexplained close encounters are far more numerous than required for any physical survey of the earth; (2) the humanoid body structure of the alleged "aliens" is not likely to have originated on another planet and is not biologically adapted to space travel; (3) the reported behavior in thousands of abduction reports contradicts the hypothesis of genetic or scientific experimentation on humans by an advanced race; (4) the extension of the phenomenon throughout recorded human history demonstrates that UFOs are not a contemporary phenomenon; and (5) the apparent ability of UFOs to manipulate space and time suggests radically different and richer alternatives, three of which are proposed in outline form as a conclusion to this paper.

Letters to the Editor
Comments on "Expanding Ball of Light (EBL) Phenomenon"(Haines, 1988)119-120
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 2 Number 1 /1988 - Expanding Ball of Light (EBL) Phenomenon [Haines, Richard F.]
Comments on Stevenson's "A Case of Severe Birth Defects Possibly Due to Cursing" 121-122
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 3 Number 2 September/1989 - A Case of Severe Birth Defects Possibly Due to Cursing [Stevenson, Ian]


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Volume 4 Number 2 1990

Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Name: Creegan, Robert F. (1915 - 2000); Dey, N. Dean; Hancock Adams, Marsha; Jefferys, William H.; Mills, Antonia; Parrot, Michel; Pleass, C. M.; Schmidt, Helmut; Stevenson, Ian; Swords, Michael D.; Tiller, William A.; Vallée, Jacques (1939); Warwick, James W.; Webb, Walter N. (1934)
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.]


Image not available Journal of Scientific Exploration
A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration
Volume 3 Number 2 September 1989
Society for Scientific Exploration

Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Name: Bauer, Henry; Gold, Thomas; Haines, Richard F. (1937); Mills, Antonia; Pleass, C. M.; Radin, Dean I.; Stevenson, Ian; Vallée, Jacques (1939)
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


Image not available Journal of Scientific Exploration
A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration
Volume 3 Number 1 1989
Society for Scientific Exploration

Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Name: Alvarado, Carlos S.; Bauer, Henry; Braud, William; Jahn, Robert G.; McClean-Rice, Nicholas; Pasricha, Satwant; Radin, Dean I.; Schlitz, Marilyn; Stevenson, Ian; Utts, Jessica
CONTENTS
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Invited Essay
Henry H. BAUERArguments Over Anomalies: II. Polemics1-14
Abstract: Arguments over different anomalies have common elements. An awareness of those commonalities can be useful in considering the possible reality of a particular anomaly. As in all arguments, beliefs and not facts are at issue; but the participants do not recognize that, and so red henings abound and opponents are not persuaded. Again as in all disputes, the longer the disagreement persists, the more polarized the issue becomes, which further encourages the antagonists to become preoccupied with irrelevancies. Within science, disputes are to some degree constrained by the existence of a widely shared paradigm and by widely accepted conventions, supported by entrenched institutions and by consensus over how and when disputes become settled; but arguments over anomalies are not so constrained: they are messy and may continue long after they-on purely epistemic grounds-"should". Insofar as arguments over anomalies take place in the public domain, they involve not only proponents and opponents but also pundits and an audience; however, a purported pundit may behave more like a disbeliever (or, more rarely, like a proponent). Some features of these arguments result from the fact that the believers are usually amateurs (though they commonly include a few maverick experts in the presumptively relevant fields of mainstream science). Although most of the experts tend to be disbelievers or at least non-believers in a given anomaly, the converse is by no means true-most of the disbelievers have little or no expertise in related areas, and they may not even be particularly knowledgeable about the given anomaly. Typically, both sides claim that the evidence is already conclusive when-virtually by definition-it is evidently not. Believers tend to close ranks, even with quite unwelcome bedfellows, for fear that their subject will seem even less respectable if the existence of frauds or hoaxes or incompetence becomes widely known; and that enhances the tendency for outsiders to view the believers as unanimous on all major points, which is anything but true. Both sides (and also the pundits) typically appeal to the authority of science; and typically they misunderstand the nature of science. Also characteristic of these arguments is ignorance of matters that (but only by hindsight) are highly relevant.

Robert G. JAHNAnomalies: Analysis and Aesthetics 15-26
Abstract: In properly allying itself with traditional scientific tenets and procedures, anomalies research also risks encumbrance by scientific stodginess, scientific segregation, and scientific secularity. In particular, the contemporary rejection by established science of its own metaphysical heritage and essence precludes its further evolution into physical and biological domains where consciousness plays demonstrably active roles. Some orderly rapprochement of subjective and objective experience and representation within the scientific paradigm will be required to make it effective in such arenas.

Carlos S. ALVARADOTrends in the study of Out-of-Body Experiences: An Overview of Developments Since the Nineteenth Century 27-42
Abstract: -A review of conceptual and research trends in the literature on out-of-body experiences is presented for the period of mid-nineteenth century to 1987. The discussion emphasizes psychological, psychiatric, and parapsychological publications. The material shows recurrent topics, but there are also some differences, particularly regarding more detailed conceptual discussions and a higher frequency of research projects in recent times. Systematic research and testable theories have been presented mainly in the last two decades. This may be related to the revival of interest in cognitive variables and altered states of consciousness in psychology during the same time period.

William BRAUD, Marilyn SCHLITZA Methodology for the Objective Study of Transpersonal Imagery 43-63
Abstract: Abundant methodologies already exist for the study ofpreverbal imagery, in which one's imagery acts upon one's own cellular, biochemical, and physiological activity. This paper reports a new methodology for the objective study of transpersonal imagery, in which one person's imagery may influence the physical reactions of another person. The method involves the instructed generation of specific imagery by one person and the concurrent measurement of psychophysiological changes in another person who is isolated in a distant room to eliminate all conventional sensorimotor communication. Thirteen experiments were conducted using this methodology. A significant relationship was found between the calming or activating imagery of one person and the electrodermal activity of another person who was isolated at a distance (overall z = 4.08, p = .000023, mean effect size = 0.29). Potential artifacts which might account for the results are considered and discounted. The findings demonstrate reliable and relatively robust anomalous interactions between living systems at a distance. The effects may be interpreted as instances of an anomalous "causal" influence by one person directly upon the physiological activity of another person. An alternative interpretation is one of an anomalous informational process, combined with unconscious physiological self-regulation on the part of the influenced person. Additional research is being conducted in an attempt to increase our understanding of the processes involved, as well as to learn the various physical, physiological and psychological factors that may increase or decrease the likelihood of occurrence of the effect

Dean RADIN, Jessica UTTSExperiments Investigating the Influence of Intention on Random and Pseudorandom Events 65-79
Abstract: Eight of 27 experiments using a random event generator provided statistical evidence supporting a claimed correlation between intention and the distribution of random events. Twelve control tests produced results conforming closely to chance expectation.

Ian STEVENSON, Satwant PASRICHA, Nicholas McCLEAN-RICEA Case of the Possession Type in India With Evidence of Paranormal Knowledge 81-101
Abstract: A young married woman, Sumitra, in a village of northern India, apparently died and then revived. After a period of confusion she stated that she was one Shiva who had been murdered in another village. She gave enough details to permit verification of her statements, which corresponded to facts in the life of another young married woman called Shiva. Shiva had lived in a place about 100 km away, and she had died violently there-either by suicide or murder-about two months before Sumitra's apparent death and revival. Subsequently, Sumitra recognized 23 persons (in person or in photographs) known to Shiva. She also showed in several respects new behavior that accorded with Shiva's personality and attainments. For example, Shiva's family were Brahmins (high caste), whereas Sumitra's were Thakurs (second caste); after the change in her personality Sumitra showed Brahmin habits that were strange in her family. Extensive interviews with 53 informants satisfied the investigators that the families concerned had been, as they claimed, completely unknown to each other before the case developed and that Sumitra had had no normal knowledge of the people and events in Shiva's life. The authors conclude that the subject demonstrated knowledge of another person's life obtained paranormally.

Ian STEVENSON, Satwant PASRICHA, Nicholas McCLEAN-RICEA Case of the Possession Type in India With Evidence of Paranormal Knowledge 81-101
Abstract: A young married woman, Sumitra, in a village of northern India, apparently died and then revived. After a period of confusion she stated that she was one Shiva who had been murdered in another village. She gave enough details to permit verification of her statements, which corresponded to facts in the life of another young married woman called Shiva. Shiva had lived in a place about 100 km away, and she had died violently there-either by suicide or murder-about two months before Sumitra's apparent death and revival. Subsequently, Sumitra recognized 23 persons (in person or in photographs) known to Shiva. She also showed in several respects new behavior that accorded with Shiva's personality and attainments. For example, Shiva's family were Brahmins (high caste), whereas Sumitra's were Thakurs (second caste); after the change in her personality Sumitra showed Brahmin habits that were strange in her family. Extensive interviews with 53 informants satisfied the investigators that the families concerned had been, as they claimed, completely unknown to each other before the case developed and that Sumitra had had no normal knowledge of the people and events in Shiva's life. The authors conclude that the subject demonstrated knowledge of another person's life obtained paranormally.


Image not available Journal of Scientific Exploration
A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration
Volume 2 Number 2 September 1988
Society for Scientific Exploration

Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Name: Beloff, John; Douglas, Richard G.; Dunne, Brenda J.; Efaisch, Bernhard M.; Haisch, Bernhard M. ; Henry, Richard C.; Jahn, Robert G.; Kincaid, Wilfred M.; Nelson, Roger D.; Sarnararatne, Godwin; Slanger, Tom G.; Stevenson, Ian; Terzian, Yewant
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Bernhard M. HAISCHEditorial91-92

Invited Assay
Richard C. HENRYUFOs and NASA 93-142
Abstract: In 1977 President Carter's Science Advisor recommended that a small panel of inquiry be formed by NASA to see if there had been any new significant findings on UFOs since the US Air Force-sponsored investigation of UFOs ("Condon Report") a decade earlier. Five months later, NASA responded to that recommendation by proposing "to take no steps to establish a research activity in this area or to convene a symposium on the subject." This article offers a partial inside look at how that decision was made at NASA.
Yewant TERZIANThe Nature of Time 143-154
Abstract: One of the most fundamental concepts in our experience of existence is the flow of time-continuously from the past to the future. Yet, the basic nature of time as part of the description of the universe is not understood at all. The conservation laws of physics seem to be time-symmetrical, every detailed action could occur in reverse, which argues that the concept of the passage of time is not needed in nature. Yet, that time flows in one direction remains part of our experience. Can time stop? Can we influence the future? Can we influence the past? The historical and thermodynamic arrows of time are discussed and several enigmas and contradictions about the nature of time are revealed. The concept of "entropy" and its relation to the universe as a whole is explored. The fundamental changes of our notions of a uniformly flowing time, made by Albert Einstein in his Special and General Theories of Relativity are pointed out, and several "paradoxes" and "anomalous" examples are described. The nature of time and its relation to the Big-Bang cosmology is discussed, and the question "What was before the Big-Bang" is addressed.

Brenda J. DUNNE, Roger D. NELSON, Robert G. JAHNOperator-Related Anomalies in a Random Mechanical Cascade 155-179
Abstract: Experiments with a "Random Mechanical Cascade" (RMC) apparatus have yielded anomalous results correlated with pre-stated intentions of human operators. Based upon a common statistical demonstration device, this machine allows 9000 polystyrene balls to drop through a matrix of 330 pegs, scattering them into 19 collecting bins with a population distribution that is approximately Gaussian. As the balls enter the bins, exact counts are accumulated photoelectrically, displayed as feedback for the operator, and recorded on-line. Operators attempt to shift the mean of the developing distributions to the right or left, relative to a concurrently generated baseline distribution. Of the 25 operators who have completed one or more experimental series with this device, four have achieved anomalous separations of their right and left efforts, and two others have displayed significant separations of either their right or left efforts from their baselines. The overall mean difference of right versus left efforts concatenated across the total data base of 87 series (3393 runs), has a probability against chance of < with 15% of the individual series significant at p < .05, and 63% conforming to the intended directions. The concatenated results display a stark and curious asymmetry, in that virtually all of the right vs. left separation is provided by the left vs. baseline separation. This pattern also appears in the data of several individual operators, and is not attributable to any known physical asymmetry in the experimental system. In addition to the systematic asymmetric deviation of the distribution means, cumulative excesses in the variances of the left and right distributions relative to baseline are also observed, progressing to statistical probabilities of .003 in the left efforts, but only .2 in the right. More detailed study of the individual bin population patterns reveals that while most of the bins contribute to the overall mean shifts and variance changes, those on the outer portions are more influential than those near the center. Operator achievements tend to compound marginally but systematically in cumulative deviation patterns characteristic of the particular individuals and, in several cases, similar to those produced by the same operators in microelectronic Random Event Generator (REG) experiments. Within these characteristic patterns of achievement, some operators also show sensitivities to secondary experimental parameters, such as instructed vs. volitional establishment of the intended directions, or the presence or absence of feedback displays. Other successful operators seem insensitive to such options. Two major protocol variations have been explored, one employing remote operators, the other, multiple operators. In the former, operators with well-established performance in local experiments attempt to influence the bin distributions from remote locations up to several thousand miles from the laboratory. Significant results are again obtained that are quite similar to those of the local experiments, with the exception that the overall right and left distribution variances are smaller than those of the baseline. In the multiple operator experiments, early results show little resemblance to those achieved by the participating individuals alone.

Richard G. DOUGLASArchaeological Anomalies in the Bahamas 181-201
Abstract: Controversial claims have been made for the presence of anomalous underwater archaeological sites in the Bahamas by a number of investigators. The proponents emphasize extraordinary explanations for the anomalies and tend to bypass the scientific journals in favor of popular presentations with little scientific rigor. The skeptics debunk selected claims for some of the sites, do not adequately address the prominent anomalous aspects, and attempt to fit explanations with which they disagree into a general category of cult archaeology. This paper reviews the work of the proponents and skeptics, discusses some of the reasons why they are unable to reach agreement, and addresses the relevance of the controversy to the response of the archaeological community to extraordinary claims.

Tom G. SLANGEREvidence for a Short-Period Internal Clock in Humans 203-216
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 3 Number 2 September/1989 - Comments on Slanger's Internal Clock
Abstract: The concept of an internal clock in humans and animals has had many supporters and detractors over the years. In this article, we demonstrate the apparent existence of an extremely precise time sense in humans, but the process is not related to conscious estimates of the passage of time. Instead, the experiments indicate that there is a mechanism, operating below the level of consciousness, that, with occasional feedback, can keep track of clock time. The precision of the system is quite extraordinary; the observations are consistent with synchronization between the internal timekeeper and clock time to within an averaged value of one part in 10 4.

Ian STEVENSON, Godwin SARNARARATNEThree New Cases of the Reincarnation Type in Sri Lanka With Written Records Made Before Verifications 217-238
Abstract: Three new cases in Sri Lanka of children who claim to remember previous lives were identified before the statements made by the children subjects of the cases had been verified. The authors made a written record of what the child said and then located a family corresponding to the child's statements. Although none of the children stated the name of the deceased person whose life the child seemed to remember, they all furnished details that, taken together, were sufficiently specific to identify one particular person as the only person corresponding to the child's statements. Careful inquiries about the possibilities for the normal communication of information from one family to the other before the case developed provide no evidence of such communication and make it seem almost impossible that it could have occurred. The written records of exactly what the child said about the previous life make it possible to exclude distortion of memories of the child's statements on the part of informants after the two families concerned have met. The children seem to have shown paranormal knowledge about deceased persons who were previously completely unknown to their families.

Letters to the Editor
Comment on Beloff's Parapsychology: The Continuing Impasse239-240
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 1 Number 2 June/1988 - Parapsychology: The Continuing Impasse [Beloff, John]

Book Review
Bernhard M. EFAISCHChildren Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation, by Ian Stevenson241-244


Image not available Journal of Scientific Exploration
A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration
Volume 2 Number 1 1988
Society for Scientific Exploration

Editor: Bernhard M. HAISCH
Name: Bauer, Henry; Ertel, Suitbert; Gauquelin, Michel; Haines, Richard F. (1937); Vallée, Jacques (1939)
CONTENTS
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Henry H. BAUERCommonalities in Arguments Over Anomalies 1-11
Abstract: There are a number of features that seem to be common to controversies about claimed anomalies. Foremost perhaps is the very fact of controversy. Typically, the anomaly runs counter to the expectations of established orthodoxy, and there is often a populist tone to the argument. Questions concerning the demarcation of science from pseudoscience and of epistemology in general are typically raised. It becomes important to distinguish between the pros and cons of a particular claim and what is said by the disputants; an examination of the ways in which belief and disbelief are distributed among various groups can be useful in clarifying the issues. It is also vital that one distinguish between the occurrence and the reporting of events. As with interdisciplinary work, it is problematic to establish what parts of existing knowledge might be relevant; and anomalies bring to attention large and sometimes unsuspected areas of ignorance. There are pitfalls in assuming that anomalies with superficial similarities have any functional or necessary relation to one another. The manner in which anomalies are perceived is clearly influenced by contemporary science and by contemporary societal beliefs. For many reasons that go far beyond the possible reality of any given anomalous claim, then, the study of anomalies can be interesting and enlightening.

Jacques VALLÉERemote Viewing and Computer Communications-An Experiment 13-27
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 4 Number 2 /1990 - Comments on Remote Viewing and Computer Communications-An Experiment
Abstract: A series of remote viewing experiments were run with 12 partic- ipants who communicated through a computer conferencing network. These participants, who were located in various regions of the United States and Canada, used portable terminals in their homes and offices to provide typed descriptions of 10 mineral samples. These samples were divided into an open series and a double-blind series. A panel of five judges was asked to match the remote viewing descriptions against the mineral samples by a percentage scoring system. The correct target sample was identified in 8 out of 33 cases: this represents more than double the pure chance expectation. Two experienced users provided 20 transcripts for which the probability of achieving the observed distribution of the percentage score by chance was 0.04. These results confirm earlier reports of successful remote viewing exper- iments while extending them to cases in which participants were thousands of miles away from each other and in which the targets were mineral samples of potential economic significance, with control of communica- tions provided by a computer network.

Michel GAUQUELINIs There a Mars Effect? 29-51
Abstract: The so-called "Mars Effect" is discussed in a larger context. The phenomenon refers to a significant tendency for champion athletes to have been born at the time of either the rise or the upper culmination of the planet Mars. The populations and samples, methodology and its develop ment are described along with earlier and more recent findings. Control studies and replications by others are reported in some detail. Particular attention is paid to certain basic and procedural criticisms and the problem of bias or artifacts. The current scientific status of the issue is reviewed in light of sevenl kinds of empirical evidence that has accumulated over the past three decades. The question raised in the title of the paper is answered in the affirmative.

Suitbert ERTELRaising the Hurdle for the Athletes Mars Effect:Association Co-Varies With Eminence 53-82
Abstract: By 1955, Michel Gauquelin had begun to publicize the claim that famous athletes are born with frequencies far beyond chance at times when Mars is rising over the Earth's horizon ("key sector I") or when the planet crosses the meridian ("key sector 11"). Critics did not succeed in refuting this claim empirically: The "Mars effect" survived three such at- tempts. It was largely doubts over the impeccability of M. and F. Gauque- lin's data base, however, which kept researchers from pursuing the problem further. The present study incorporates the entire repertoire of birth data of athletes available to date (N = 4391). The objective is to test the alleged planetary correlation as a function of degree of sportive eminence, the latter being determined by citation counts. It is contended that this procedure is superior to Gauquelin's own; and that the predicted eminence function could hardly be expected to materialize in case his former results were due to biased data treatment. Findings corroborate the eminence prediction: The proportion of athletes born at Mars key sector hours increases from the lowest to the highest of five ranks of sporting eminence; the trend is highly significant (p < .005) by several criteria. It is concluded that Gauquelin's hypothesis, after having passed this crucial examination, deserves the most thorough attention.

Correspondence
Richard F. HAINESExpanding Ball of Light (EBL) Phenomenon83-85
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 4 Number 1 /1990 - Comments on "Expanding Ball of Light (EBL) Phenomenon"(Haines, 1988)

Book Review
Henry H. BAUEROrigins-A Skeptic's Guide to the Creation of Lie on Earth, by Robert Shapiro87-89


Image not available Journal of Scientific Exploration
A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration
Volume 1 Number 2 June 1988
Society for Scientific Exploration
Name: Bauer, Henry; Beloff, John; Haines, Richard F. (1937); Maccabee, Bruce (1942 - 2024); Schmidt, Helmut; Westman, James
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James WESTMANComments on Bauer's "Loch Ness Monster," Volume 1, Number 1, 1987 101
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 1 Number 1 /1987 - Society and Scientific Anomalies: Common Knowledge About the Loch Ness Monster [Bauer, Henry H.]

Helmut SCHMIDTThe Strange Properties of Psychokinesis 103-118
Abstract: This paper discusses evidence for a psychokinetic effect acting on chance events. Emphasis is laid on psychokinetic action on pre-recorded random processes and its interpretation in terms of two general hypotheses, the weak violation hypothesis, and the equivalence hypothesis. These hypotheses imply that psychokinesis can act on the outcome of indeterministic quantum events only, and that, basically, all such events are affected to the same degree.

Henry H. BAUERWhat Do We Mean by "Scientific?" 119-127
Abstract: There exists no simple and satisfactory definition of "science." Such terms as "scientific" are used for rhetorical effect rather than with descriptive accuracy. The virtues associated with science-reliability, for instance-stem from the functioning of the scientific community

Richard F. HAINESAnalysis of a UFO Photograph 129-147
Abstract: This report reviews various investigative activities and analyses surrounding a photograph of a purported unidentified flying object (UFO) taken on October 8, 1981 at about 11:OO a.m. local time on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The evidence consisted of a single frame of 35 mm color film which showed a sharply focused disc-like object against a clear blue sky with wooded mountain peak nearby. Analyses of the original negative included micro-densitometry, computer enhancements, and other measurements intent upon showing a support thread, atmospheric disturbance, or other evidences of a hoax. These analyses suggest that the disc was a three dimensional object located at a distance of at least 30 feet from the camera; the object's surface albedo was diffuse and of lower luminance than sunlit cloud. Extensive interviews with the photographer (who never saw the aerial object), her husband and daughter and site survey tended to support the entire narrative account. The identity of the disc object remains unidentified

Bruce MACCABEEAnalysis and Discussion of the Images of a Cluster of Periodically Flashing Lights Filmed Off the Coast of New Zealand 149-190
Abstract: The New Zealand UFO sightings of December 3 1, 1978 are unique among civilian UFO reports because there is a large amount of the documentary evidence which includes the recollections of seven witnesses, two tape recordings made during the sightings, the detection of some unusual ground and airplane radar targets and a 16 mm color movie made with a professional camera. Of the several unidentified light sources that were filmed, one of the more interesting is the cluster of lights that oscillated periodically in intensity at a rate of about once per second. An analysis of the 279 frames of film which show about 30 cycles of the oscillation indicates that there were three lights which formed an isosceles triangle. The color of the light source at the apex was pale yellow or very pale orange (the exact shade is difficult to determine). The base of the triangle was formed by two red lights, side by side. The light at the apex oscillated over an intensity range which went from zero (no image) to such a large value that it greatly overexposed the film. The red lights also oscillated, but they were generally out of phase with the light at the apex and they did not get bright enough to overexpose the film. This paper presents some of the physical characteristics of the film images and a discussion of the visual and radar sighting, which, it is argued, took place at essentially the same time (i.e., within a minute or so) as the filming. A number of explanations have been suggested for the film of the flashing light. The explanations are analyzed and reasons for rejecting them are presented. As yet no explanation in terms of known phenomena has been proposed that satisfactorily explains the film.

Correspondence
John BELOFFParapsychology: The Continuing Impasse191-196
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 2 Number 2 September/1988 - Comment on Beloff's Parapsychology: The Continuing Impasse
Abstract: The question here at issue is whether there are any paranormal claims that deserve to be taken at face value. The two main grounds for skepticism are: (a) that they are incompatible with the prevailing scientific world view and (b) that the evidence is inadequate. Neither of these two objections, however, is fatal. Hence the impasse. If it is the case that there are no paranormal phenomena it is unlikely that this impasse will ever be broken if only because so many people are convinced that they have had personal experience of such phenomena. If, on the other hand, paranormal phenomena do exist, the impasse could well be broken provided that certain conditions were fulfilled. At present we still have no assurance that such conditions will ever be fulfilled.


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A Publication of the Society for Scientific Exploration
Volume 1 Number 1 1987
Society for Scientific Exploration

Editor: Ronald A. HOWARD
Name: Bauer, Henry; Dunne, Brenda J.; Fowler, Richard G.; Hall, David F; Howard, Ronald A.; Jahn, Robert G.; Loftus, Elisabeth F.; McFeaters, Susan J.; Nelson, Roger D.; Sturrock, Peter A. (1924 - 2024)
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Ronald A. HOWARDEditoriali

Peter A. STURROCKA Brief History of the Society for Scientific Exploration 1-2

David F. HALL, Susan J. McFEATERS, Elisabeth F. LOFTUSAlterations in Recollection of Unusual and Unexpected Events 3-10

Richard G. FOWLERToward a Quantitative Theory of Intellectual Discovery (Especially in Physics) 11-20
Abstract: By the study of time intervals in a subjective yet consistently chosen temporally ordered list of the critical ideas which comprise Physics, a quantitative theory of the growth of these ideas is inferred which takes the entirely plausible form that the rate of growth of ideas is proportional to the totality of known ideas multiplied by the totality of people in the world. There is some slight titillating indication in the data that the rate of fundamental discovery in Physics has been decreasing abnormally over the past 50 years.

R. G. JAHN, B. J. DUNNE, R. D. NELSONEngineering Anomalies Research 21-50
Abstract: Anomalous consciousness-related phenomena of possible relevance to basic physical science and modern engineering practice are addressed experimentally and theoretically in an effort to identify those devices, systems, and processes most likely to display operator-related anomalies in their performance, and to illuminate the characteristics of such aberrations. Three interrelated sectors of effort are pursued: the design, implementation, operation, and interpretation of experiments in low-level psychokinesis; the development of analytical methodologies for quantitative assessment of precognitive remote perception data; and the development of theoretical models useful for correlation of the experimental data, design of better experiments, and explication of the phenomena on fundamental grounds. The primary effect observed in the psychokinesis experiments is a marginal but replicable shift of the mean of output count distributions with respect to empirical baselines or theoretical expectations, with no discernible alterations in any higher moments. Over large data bases, these mean shifts can compound with considerable statistical regularity to high levels of significance, depending on the particular operator, the direction of effort, and other prevailing experimental conditions. In many cases, individual operator "signatures" of achievement are found to transfer across various experimental devices, including some driven by deterministic pseudo-random sources. Quantitative analysis of a large data base of remote perception experiments reveals similar departures from chance expectation of the degree of target information acquired by anomalous means. Digital scoring techniques based on a spectrum of 30 binary descriptors, applied to all targets and perceptions in the experimental pool, consistently indicate acquisition of substantial topical and impressionistic information about remote geographical locations inaccessible by known sensory channels. The degree of such anomalous information acquisition appears independent of the spatial separation of the percipient from the target, up to global distances, and also independent of the temporal separation of the perception effort from the time of target specification by the agent, up to periods of precognition or retrocognition of several days. In an attempt to illuminate these empirical results, a theoretical model has been proposed that invokes quantum mechanical metaphors to describe the interaction of consciousness with its environment. By representing consciousness by quantum mechanical wave functions and its physical environment by appropriate potential energy profiles, Schrodinger wave mechanics may be used to define eigenfunctions and eigenvalues indicative of psychological and physical experience, both normal and anomalous, in a form applicable to the experimental designs. The experimental results in hand, along with the generic predictions of the theoretical model, suggest numerous short and longer term practical applications of the phenomena, and raise basic issues about the role of consciousness in the establishment of reality.

Henry H. BAUERSociety and Scientific Anomalies: Common Knowledge About the Loch Ness Monster 51-74
Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 1 Number 2 June/1988 - Comments on Bauer's "Loch Ness Monster," Volume 1, Number 1, 1987 [Westman, James]

P. A. STURROCKAn Analysis of the Condon Report on the Colorado UFO Project 75-100
Abstract: The "Condon Report," presenting the findings of the Colorado Project on a scientific study of unidentified flying objects, has been and remains the most influential public document concerning the scientific status of this problem. Hence, all current scientific work on the UFO problem must make reference to the Condon Report. For this reason, it remains important to understand the contents of this report, the work on which the report is based, and the relationship of the "Summary of the Study" and "Conclusions and Recommendations" to the body of the report. The present analysis of this report contains an overview, an analysis of evidence by categories, and a discussion of scientific methodology. The overview shows that most case studies were conducted by junior stac the senior staff took little part, and the director took no part, in these investigations. The analysis of evidence by categories shows that there are substantial and significant differences between the findings of the project staff and those that the director attributes to the project. Although both the director and the staff are cautious in stating conclusions, the staff tend to emphasize challenging cases and unanswered questions, whereas the director emphasizes the difficulty of further study and the probability that there is no scientific knowledge to be gained. Concerning methodology, it appears that the project was unable to identify current challenging cases that warranted truly exhaustive investigation. Nor did the project develop a uniform and systematic procedure for cataloging the large number of older cases with which they were provided. In drawing conclusions from the study of such a problem, the nature and scope of which are fraught with so much uncertainty, it would have been prudent to avoid theory-dependent arguments.