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ing psychic development classes. - DA
03293. Pollard, Frank G. Atlantis, Lemuria and earth
sciences. Journal of Religion and Psychical Research,
1989 (Jan), 12(1), 35-37. 6 refs
The author speculates on the origin and nature of the
conviction concerning the reality of Atlantis and other "lost
continents and cultures." - DA
03294. Wise, Charles C., Jr. Psychical and mystical
experiences wedded to philosophy [Part II]. Journal of
Religion and Psychical Research, 1989 (Jan), 12(1), 39-41.
This channeled material, which has been provided by
Charles C. Wise, pertains to Socrates and his wife Xan-
thippe. The material published here concludes Xanthippc's
"contribution." Socrates' "comments" on his work and his
life will be published in the April and July, 1989 issues.
In the Editorial for this issue [03287] some of the tradi-
tionally accepted beliefs about Socrates have been jux-
taposed with some facets of this channeled material. - DA
03295. Damiani, Kathleen G. Discussion. I. Of angry
gods and rocketships. Journal of Religion and Psychi-
cal Research, 1989 (Jan), 12(1), 42-45. 2 refs
Points out that spacecraft disasters may point up the
lesson that as a species humans have placed too much em-
phasis on the intellect and have repressed their spiritual
nature. She finds hopeful the fact that a few leading
scientists have begun to use a holographic paradigm. "We
are trying to understand space through earth-bound means
and consequently suffer from its inherent limitations rather
than entertaining the possibility that the universe of stars
might be all we know of a transcendent level of being, at-
tainable by recognition of the spirit" (p. 45). - DT/R.A.W.
03296. Berry, Thomas. Discussion. H. Dostoevsky and
Socrates. Chap II. The later novels. Journal of
Religion and Psychical Research, 1989 (Jan), 12(1), 45-50.
1 ref
Dostoevsky separated religious feeling from logical
thinking and from institutionalized religion itself. He
viewed it as a sensation open to the hearts of all men. -
DT/R.A.W.
This is the semiannual journal of the Society for Scien-
tific Exploration, and it is published by Pergamon Journals,
Inc, Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523. It is
edited by Ronald A. Howard and is $40 for professionals and
$75 for institutions. Coverage in PAI and PsiLine started
with Vol. 1(1), 1987, in 6(1).
03297. Schmidt, Helmut. The strange properties of
psychokinesis. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 1987,
1(2), 103-118. 4 figs; 26 refs; 1 table
This paper discusses evidence for a psychokinetic ef-
fect acting on chance events. Emphasis is laid on
psychokinetic action on prerecorded 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. -
DA
03298. Bauer, Henr H. What do we mean by
"scientific?" Journal o,f~Scientific Exploration, 1987, 1(2),
119-127. 22 refs
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. - DA
03299. Haines, Richard F. Analysis of a UFO
photograph. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 1987, 1(2),
129-147. 13 figs; 6 refs
This report reviews various investigative activities and
analyses surrounding a photograph of a purported uniden-
tified flying object (UFO) taken on October 8, 1981 at
about 11:00 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
peaks nearby. Analyses of the original negative included
micro-densitometry, computer enhancements, and other
measurements intent upon showing a support thread, atmos-
pheric disturbance, or other evidences of a hoax. These
analyses suggest that the disc was a three dimensional ob-
ject 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 sup-
port the entire narrative account. The identity of the disc
object remains unidentified. - DA
aster of periodically flashing lights
race. A al sis and discussion of the
T is Ex . loration, 1987,](3),149496-4f
figs; 13 refs
1978 are unique among civilian UFO reports because there
is a large amount of 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 peri-
odically in intensity at a rate of about one 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 characteris-
tics 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. - DA
03301. Beloff, John. Parapsychology: The continuing
impasse. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 1987, 1(2),
191-196. 7 refs
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