What is an Out of Body Experience?

On 02.14.10, In UFOs, By admin

What is an Out of Body Experience?
By Oudam Em

An out of body experience is a subjective experience in which one’s consciousness seems to depart from the body, enabling him or her to perceive the physical world from the outside. The term out of body experience is often used interchangeably with astral projection, but the two phenomena, while similar, are not synonymous at all. Astral projection, by contrast, is the idea that a person has an astral body, usually connected to the physical body by a silver cord, that can travel freely in the astral world. The astral world is a subtle replica of the physical world but may contain elements that have no counterparts in the physical world. Unlike an OBE, an astral projection does not require one’s consciousness to travel through the physical world and being able to perceive physical reality from outside the body.

Out of body experiences can be terrifying, especially while one experiences it for the first time. The sensation of separating from the physical body may make a person feel as if his or her soul is leaving the body (i.e, dying). To experienced practitioners, on the other hand, OBE can be an exhilarating adventure, allowing them to fly and walk through walls with their sense perceptions largely intact. Owing to its remarkable intensity and vividness, out-of-body experiences can be spiritually transforming, affirming the existing of the soul and the afterlife.

A common trait of most OBEs is that the person experiencing the phenomenon seems to perceive the world from a location outside his or her physical body. Nonetheless, no two out of body experiences are identical. According to the English psychologist Susan Blackmore, no out of body experience definition is perfect because OBE is subjective.

Out of body experiences are quite common. Many are spontaneous. A patient undergoing a surgery might see his own body being operated on during the operation. An OBE experienced by a person who is close to death is known as a near death experience, NDE, a phonomenon that is perhaps better known among the general public and one with more religious significance. Some people may experience an OBE while falling asleep.

Out-of-body experiences also can be induced by mental exercises. There are many techniques to induce OBE. Many of the techniques rely on relaxation, imagery, and concentration. The ideal state seems to be one of physical relaxation accompanied by mental alertness.

Relaxation often leads to a state of paralysis. When one falls asleep, the brain shuts down his ability to move his limbs, so that he does not physically respond to images in his dreams. An OBE can be induced by maintaining mental alertness as one enters sleep paralysis, that is, by prolonging the intermediary state between wakefulness and sleep. This transition state is often characterized by vibratory sounds and sensations. By mentally prolonging the “vibrations”, the transition state may be used as a launch pad for an out-of-body experience or lucid dream.

Some people view OBE as affirmation for a “non-physical” identity that can exist independently of a physical body and perhaps survive bodily death. However, while perceptions during an OBE are often lucid and coherent as if they they take place in a stable, physical world, they do not seem to be veridical, that is, they do not conform to one’s actual physical reality. There are many cases where the experiences go far beyond anything that can be observed in the physical world. To the exent that nothing actually leaves the body, an OBE is not necessarily a paranormal phenomenon or one that necessarily carries much religious significance. This, however, should not necessarily diminish one’s fascination with and pursuit of the experience.

Oudam Em is the webmaster of Out of Body Experience blog, a site that publishes articles, news, information on out of body experiences, astral projection and related phenomena.

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The Basics of Hunting Ghosts

On 02.13.10, In UFOs, By admin


The Basics of Hunting Ghosts
By Lynn Harvey

The basics of ghost hunting start with knowing the difference between a ghost hunt and a ghost investigation, because a ghost hunt and a ghost investigation aren’t necessarily the same thing. When someone goes ghost hunting, they’re searching for evidence of ghosts and spirits where no one has recorded sightings before. A ghost investigation involves visiting a location known to be haunted and capturing material to review later.

Regardless of whether you’re hunting ghosts or investigating them, you will want to use video and audio equipment to capture evidence. You’ll also want to interview people of interest and research the history of the location, recording any relevant notes as you go. When investigating a suspected haunting, you might end up trying to help get rid of a ghost. Of course, even if you don’t feel up to the task of putting a stop to a haunting, you might be able to put the site’s owner in contact with someone of experience who can.

Something to keep in mind when you’re looking for or investigating ghosts is that there’s more than one kind of spirit you might run across. Some spirits are just the ghosts of dead humans who have remained here for reasons unknown. Other spirits are entities that have never been human. Dead humans are the typical “ghost” and they could be haunting an area for any number of reasons, such as unresolved events or simply that they refuse to accept their own death. The latter type of spirit is likely to be dangerous. You don’t want to meet this kind of spirit unprepared. These kinds of sightings are relatively rare when you’re investigating a haunting, but you should always keep the possibility of running into a non-human spirit in mind.

Some Basic Tips for Beginning Ghost Hunters

In the dark, things don’t always look the same, so you need to spend some time at the location you’ll be investigating during the daylight hours.

You might not thing it’s important at the time if you’re out in the middle of a field or an abandoned cemetery, but you should always, always get permission before you hunt for ghosts on private property. Trespassing is not only illegal, it’s dangerous.

Having identification is essential, just in case you’re asked for it. And that permission you got? Keep a copy with you during your investigation so you can prove you aren’t trespassing.

Don’t go on an investigation alone. You might get hurt, because you’re probably hunting ghosts in the dark, and you don’t want to end up alone if something unfortunate does happen.

Plan your investigations and hunts for the nighttime hours if you can, but don’t hesitate to take pictures and video in the daytime too.

Do your research. The internet, newspapers, historical documents and interviews of local people all offer ideas for places to look for ghosts or haunting to investigate.

Above all, enjoy your search for ghosts. You never know when you’ll run across the one piece of evidence you need to support your work.

Lynn Harvey enjoys writing candidly about many of the hobbies she pursues. Right now you can find her at http://www.atvtiresandwheels.org where she shares her interest in 4-wheeling and ATV tires and wheels.

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NASA Enters A New Era of Innovation and Discovery

On 02.02.10, In UFOs, By admin

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden outlines the administrations fiscal year 2011 budget request as the agencys road map for a new era of innovation and discovery, and answers questions from reporters as the featured Newsmaker at the National Press Club in Washington Feb. 2

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Ghost Hunting – The Truth About Good Research

On 02.01.10, In UFOs, By admin


Ghost Hunting – The Truth About Good Research
By Gary L. Nichols

If you have watched any of the current “Ghost Hunting” programs on television, I am sure you have heard the TV ghost hunters refer to what “research shows”. By way of example, the most frequent one I hear is “research shows that when spirits manifest, they give off electromagnetic frequencies that we can pick up with our EMF detectors”. Indeed, they call what they are doing in their shows as “paranormal research”. What is research? How should searches be carried out to follow true research protocol? I will show you, here, what we do and what is and isn’t true about research.

Where ever possible, ghost or what we call “anomalous phenomena” investigations should maintain some scientific parameters considered appropriate for research. Any deviation from that model should be documented as a controversy in the findings. All of what we see on television and what we do is a part of research that is, actually, only in the “information gathering” phase and is primarily aimed at the documentation of experience and findings within the parameters of the circumstances established and within the limits of the current technology available. To draw conclusions based on limited or contaminated information is erroneous and dangerous. On the other hand, to say that the reports are flawed, therefore, useless, is far too dismissive in scope.

In order for the information to have any true value it must include in the reports themselves the mechanism whereby flaws and weaknesses are identified. In this way researchers with more resources can pick up where our resources have been exhausted. Therefore, our mission is to explore certain questions, requests and experiences that appear to have anomalous circumstances involved and to report findings based upon a model that includes as much baseline information and process detail as possible within the limits of our current technology and resources.

It needs to be understood that while what is defined as quantitative research and is bound by numbers, there, too, are qualitative designs that have as a base, anecdotal information such as case studies and witness reports. All of this information is valuable. However, as I have pointed out, the limits of the information and the discrepancies in procedure must be identified. All discrepancies and limits must be included in the discussion and conclusion along with a clear description of the method. Again, much of what we do will be the compilation of information. Conclusions may be possible in some circumstances but it is likely that the compilation may most often be the end product and represent the limits to which we can extend. Hopefully, in total, the information may be of some use for the field in general. Next Article: Identify your own weaknesses and strengths.

By Gary L. Nichols, Ph.D.

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Gary L. Nichols. He is a Ph.D. in counseling psychology and a Master’s in education with certification in special education. 30 years experience in mental health, with a special focus on adolescent victims of child physical and sexual abuse. He is currently working in the field of special education in the public school system.

His resources have been utilized by law enforcement agencies, mental health professionals and medical and medical/psychiatric doctors. She regularly speaks to psychology classes at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She has done readings for many New York based theater professionals and has been used by police departments in two states for help on missing persons cases and attempted murder cases. As a team, we provide education on individual life management, intuitive gifts, and LEGITIMATE work in the field. We keep abreast of the real research into intuitive gifts of many kinds and other phenomena in human experience.

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Triangular UFO’s

On 01.21.10, In Uncategorized, By admin

Triangular UFO’s
By Gabe K Smith

Triangular UFO’s have been seen since the 1940’s but have increased rapidly since 1990’s. Many skeptics of UFO’s go to possible government files of them working on flying disk technology. There are also records of triangular UFO’s but, in August 2004 the organization (NIDS) found that sightings did not conform to previous deployment of black project aircraft and that the objects’ origins and agendas were unknown. So it’s hard to explain the triangular UFO’s. Are the triangular UFO’s really from other planets?

One of the most famous UFO sightings was the Phoenix Lights incident. There was multiple UFO sightings some as low as 1,000 feet and moved far too slowly and silently for a airplane or helicopter. Also there was a V shape to the objects. Another thing was the speed. Just like in other UFO’s, they accelerated too fast and slowly to be man made. The big lights pointing down on the city could be seen from as far away as Las Vegas some reported, but seen much better in the city. An official report made by the Air Force about the incident concluded that the military had been testing flares launched from conventional aircraft during that time. The Air Force even tried to recreate the event, going in their V shape formation but the noise was far to loud and didn’t recreate the event. Also the object was reported to be a mile long, longer than our aircrafts.

Since it can’t be explained, they need to be studied more.

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Flying Saucer and UFO Encounters

On 01.17.10, In CUPICnews, UFOs, released, By admin

Flying Saucer and UFO Encounters.

Flying Saucer and UFO Encounters
By Joy Healey

The UFO story originated not long after June 24, 1947, when many newspapers in the USA published the first sighting of the “flying saucer”.

The story told how nine very bright, disk-shaped objects were seen by Kenneth Arnold, a Boise, Idaho, businessman, while he was flying his private plane near Mount Rainier, in the state of Washington. Now supported by a journalistic license, reporters took Arnold’s original description of the individual motion of each object, “like a saucer skipping across water,” and rephrased it to: “flying saucer,” referring to the objects themselves.

Many years have passed since Arnold’s memorable sighting, and the phrase has become so common that an entry was made in Webster’s Dictionary, and it is recognized today in most languages throughout the world.

For a while after the Arnold sighting, the term “flying saucer” was used to describe all disk-shaped objects that were seen flashing through the sky at fantastic speeds. Before long, reports were made of objects other than disks, and these were also called flying saucers. Today the words are popularly applied to anything seen in the sky that cannot be identified as a common, everyday object.

In other words, a flying saucer can be a formation of bright lights, a single light, a sphere, or some other shape; and it can be any color. Performance wise, flying saucers can hover, go fast or slow, go high or low, turn 90-degree corners, or even, apparently, disappear almost instantaneously.

Clearly the term “flying saucer” is open to interpretation when objects of every imaginable shape and performance are labeled as such. This is why the military preference is the more general, although less colorful, name: unidentified flying objects. UFO (pronounced Yoo-foe) for short.

Officially the military uses the term “flying saucer” on only two occasions. First in an explanatory sense, as when briefing people who are unacquainted with the term “UFO”: “UFO, you know, flying saucers.” And second in a derogatory sense, for purposes of ridicule, as when it is observed, “He says he saw a flying saucer.”

This second form of usage is the exclusive property of those persons who positively know that all UFOs are nonsense. Fortunately, if only as a matter of courtesy, those in this category are reducing in number. One by one these people drop out, starting with the instant they see their first UFO!

Some weeks after the first UFO was seen on June 24, 1947, the Air Force established a project to investigate and analyze all UFO reports. When the project first began, opinions ranged from near panic, to total derision for anyone who dared to even mentioned the words “flying saucer.”

This contemptuous attitude toward “flying saucer nuts” prevailed from mid-1949 to mid-1950. During that interval many of the people who were, or had been, associated with the project believed that the public was suffering from “war nerves.”

Early in 1950 the project, for all practical purposes, was closed out; at least it rated only minimum effort. Those in power now reasoned that if you didn’t mention the words “flying saucers” the people would forget them and the saucers would go away. But this reasoning was false, for instead of vanishing, the quality of the UFO reports improved.

From airline pilots, to military pilots, generals, scientists, and dozens of other people, reports continued of UFO sightings, now in more detail than previously. Radars, which were being built for air defense, began to pick up some very unusual targets, thus lending technical corroboration to the unsubstantiated claims of human observers.

As a result of the continuing accumulation of more impressive UFO reports, official interest stirred. Early in 1951 verbal orders came down from Major General Charles P. Cabell, then Director of Intelligence for Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, to make a study reviewing the UFO situation for Air Force Headquarters.

The study was headed up by “EJR”, who possessed impeccable credentials, and supervised until late in 1953. EJR served as a B-29 bombardier and radar operator, during the Second World War. He restarted college after the war, and before long, gained his aeronautical engineering degree. To keep his reserve status while in school, he flew as a navigator in an Air Force Reserve Troop Carrier Wing.

While compiling the report, EJR and members of his staff traveled close to half a million miles. They investigated in depth dozens of UFO reports, and read and analyzed several thousand more. These included every report the Air Force had ever received.

There were ten regular staff on the investigation plus many paid consultants representing every field of science. All had Top Secret security clearances so that security was no block in our investigations. This organization was made up of a reporting network consisting of every Air Force base intelligence officer and every Air Force radar station in the world, together with the Ground Observer Corps of the Air Defense Command. Reports were collected on every conceivable type of UFO, by every conceivable type of person. What did these people actually see when they reported a UFO? Putting aside truly unidentifiable flying objects, for the present, this question has several answers.

Often it has been positively proved that people have reported balloons, airplanes, stars, and many other common objects as UFOs. The people who make such reports don’t recognize these common objects because something in their surroundings temporarily assumes an unfamiliar appearance.

Unusual lighting conditions are a common cause of such illusions. A balloon will glow like a “ball of fire” just at sunset. Or an airplane that is not visible to the naked eye suddenly starts to reflect the sun’s rays and appears to be a “silver ball”. Pilots in F-94 jet interceptors chase Venus in the daytime and fight with balloons at night, and people in Los Angeles see weird lights.

So did the investigation prove that UFOs exist? The hassle over the word “proof” boils down to one question: What constitutes proof? Is a UFO required to land at the River Entrance to the Pentagon, in front of the offices of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Or is it proof when a ground radar station detects a UFO, sends a jet to intercept it, the jet pilot sees it, and locks on with his radar, only to have the UFO streak away at a phenomenal speed? Is it proof when a jet pilot fires at a UFO and sticks to his story even under the threat of court-martial? Does this constitute proof?

You must decide for yourself.

How real are UFOs? What actually is a UFO? How credible is the evidence? “Project Blue Book” a fascinating and authoritative e-book about unidentified flying objects. (UFOs). Not merely an e-book; it is a report, and is the first time ever that anyone, either military or civilian, has assembled into one document the complete facts about this fascinating subject. Learn more at http://www.ufosecretreport.com/

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Telescopes in Hand, Astronomers Zero in on Light Pollution

On 01.12.10, In Uncategorized, By admin


Telescopes in Hand, Astronomers Zero in on Light Pollution
By Cheryl Marland

Information from aspiring and veteran astronomers was published in The Independent about the state of light pollution in Britain. A number of viewpoints were discussed, from aspiring astronomers to those that have been in the field for decades. The dialog surrounds Galloway Forest Park, an astronomical destination for stargazers.

Evidence that word was spreading in the astronomy community about the night sky view at Galloway Forest Park became apparent late at night. Keith Muir, who works for Forestry Commission Scotland, started noticing the park monitoring equipment showing droves of people driving to the forest late at night. Initially suspecting suspicious behavior, Keith and police were fascinated to find a group of individuals on stargazer expeditions. Groups of aspiring astronomers are relishing a view found in fewer and fewer areas as a result of light pollution. Galloway Forest Park is one of a small number of destinations in Britain where a clear view of the night sky remains. This is compelling enough to put light pollution in a bad light.

It is important that citizens do everything possible to eliminate the threat of light pollution by ensuring that unwelcome light doesn’t shine upwards into the night sky. City planners can also work towards enacting dark sky ordinances that will preserve the night skies in rural and urban areas. City planners and citizens would benefit from the advice of veteran astronomers like Dave Crawford, PhD. In the article he describes how in 1958, stargazing wasn’t as difficult as it is today.

Modern civilization has evolved around the night sky. Ancient peoples celebrated the wonders of the constellations. In present times, it’s unfortunate that people living in urban areas can’t even identify the constellations. Areas such as Galloway Forest Park still have amazingly clear views of the night sky because a growing segment of the world is working to reclaim the night skies from light pollution. According to The Independent, Galloway Forest Park was awarded special “dark sky park” status by the Dark-Sky Association (IDA). It is clear that the movement to eliminate light pollution is growing, because those that look to the stars for study and inspiration should have constellations readily available to observe, not just memories in a document to look at.

As homeowners we can do our part by turning off outside lights when not needed and replacing light fixtures with great looking, energy saving dark sky lighting.

Cheryl Marland is the publisher of Outdoor Lighting Choices.
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Astronomy – An Introduction

On 01.08.10, In Uncategorized, By admin

Astronomy – An Introduction
By Owen Jones
Although astronomy is the oldest science, it continues to be at the forefront of not only scientific thought, but that of the public at large too. Who has not looked up at the galaxy while walking home late at night and wondered? Having said that though, the ancient people of [...]

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Everything About Haunting – 3 Basic Varieties of Haunting

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Everything About Haunting – 3 Basic Varieties of Haunting
By Abhishek Agarwal
The Hollywood ghost is a product of human imagination, especially of those in the film industry, and is far from accurate. However, many people have this version of ghost in mind when they discuss the subject of ghosts. Ghosts hardly haunt the way they do [...]

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RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR

On 01.01.10, In Uncategorized, By admin

by: Rod Washington


First off, Happy New Year to all…
Hey, as the creator of the CUPIC series, I rarely have the opportunity to report anything unusual as it happens or recently happens. My last sighting of the unknown was well back in 2006, and that was a brief sighting of some silver cylinder high up in the sky as described in the CUPICtv video, “CLOSE ENCOUNTERS.” Well tonight I think that I just had two.
Right now, I am in Las Vegas, actually Henderson, Nevada, for my job. Waiting for the New Year to ring in, I just happened to be looking out the window. I have a great view of Vegas from the window and was not crazy enough to join the crowds and let’s face it, as of recent, I am a total woos when it comes to cold weather and 36 degrees may not seem cold to some of you back east, here when you are use to 80s and above, you tend to take notice.
At midnight the fireworks started, I could see the Stratosphere clearly in the distance. I shot video and took a few stills with my tiny digital camera. After fifteen minutes, the display was done, or so I thought. I went over to my laptop and hooked up the camera to see what I captured, after watching a bit, I stopped the camera. I then noticed a few more bursts of fireworks through the curtain. I went over to the window to see, and there were a few random bursts from different sides of the city. I noticed a bright point of light, high up in the north-northwest sky. At first I thought that it was a star or planet, then a second light appeared under it, that light quickly dimmed and darted left. My first thought was, “Well in the hell is my camera, “I moved swiftly to the table and unplugged it. By the time I got back to the window the second light was gone. But the first light was still there. By the time I hit the power button, that light dimmed and darted to the right, and blinked into nothingness as it moved away.
To me this incident counters the argument about the fact that video/ still capture technology have come a long way; i.e. digital camera, phones, etc. “Why aren’t there more sightings captured on digital?” My answer is simple; it is because of situations that I ran into tonight. How simple would it have been for me to bring the camera to the window with me? That’s one of many plausible factors. I will detail this sighting and subject in a future article. For now, have a happy and safe New Year….

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