From: Stephen MILES Lewis <elfis@io.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 23:01:11 -0600
Fwd Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 09:35:50 -0500
Subject: Re: Budden's Checklist for ElectroMagnetic


>Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 16:48:48 -0600
>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>From: Dennis Stacy <dstacy@texas.net>
>Subject: Re: Budden's Checklist for ElectroMagnetic Sensitivity

Comments below . . .

>>From: Joseph Polanik <jpolanik@mindspring.com>
>>Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 11:37:06 -0500 (EST)
>>To: UFO UpDates <updates@globalserve.net>
>>Subject: Budden's Checklist for ElectroMagnetic Sensitivity

>>It has long been thought that some UFOs radiate electromagnetic
>>energy strong enough to shut off vehicle engines and to leave
>>burn marks on the individuals who encounter them.

>>Albert Budden has investigated the ElectroMagnetic Hypothesis
>>[EMH] more thoroughly than anyone I'm aware of. One thrust of
>>his work is to show that exposure to EM fields can have a wider
>>range of objective and subjective effects than has previously
>>been thought.

>Joseph,

<snip>

>Persinger's own
>"Space-Time Transients and Unusual Events" (co-authored with
>Gyslaine F. Lafreniere) was published in this country by
>Nelson-Hall in 1977.

>This is not to denigrate Budden and his work in any fashion. In
>fact, I support his questionnaire and its use. But for the
>record (and whether rightly or wrongly), Budden is following
>Persinger's footsteps. To the best of my knowledge, Persinger
>continues to contribute to scientific, peer-reviewed journals.
>Does Budden?

>Dennis Stacy
>http://www.anomalist.com

Persinger is in the peer reviewed (read pricey$) literature and
(as Dennis points out) Budden has done some good research but is
in the immediate footsteps of Persinger who has funding for lab
experiments. Budden treads lightly in the area of psychotronics
and possible misuse among military/intelligence types (atleast
in Aliens & Allergies).

Towards more talk of early UFO era em/ufo sites, an excerpt from
an old article of mine from:

http://www.elfis.net/ELFOL1/ELFis1.html

Perhaps Mark Cashman can comment on the sites as to their
scientific robustness. I've never read a critique of these
sources; Poher and Robiou. I have heard criticism of Persinger's
data set for his Transients book, and Mr. Cashman points to some
of the flaws, perhaps, in his previous post Re: UFO Sighting
Sites

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UFOs are known to have distinct electromagnetic effects;
disrupting engines and electrical systems. Even experiencers,
such as Whitley Strieber, describe difficulties with household
electrical and mechanical appliances after their encounters with
the UFO phenomena. Dr. Kenneth Ring noted this same propensity
in his study of UFO Experiencers and Dr. Stanislov Grof helps
people going through both the pain of Chi' ("subtle energy")
awakening and UFO Encounters. John Keel is a long time proponent
of the UFO Intelligences as ElectroMagnetic Entities able to
penetrate our reality in geographical zones known as UFO Flap
Areas. These geographical flap areas have also been noted by Dr.
David Saunders, Ted Holiday, Jenny Randles and Paul Devereaux.

The electromagnetic aspect of the UFO phenomena is evident.
Claude Poher found that most UFO sightings occurred during
periods of maximum geomagnetic activity. Sebastion Robiou's
study of a 1973 UFO wave in Puerto Rico showed the majority of
sightings were within 30 kilometers radius of areas which are
magnetically anomalous. He also noted that these were not
sighted directly over these areas but from the periphery
outwards. After collecting and examining thousands of sightings
Keel states unequivocally:


     "Every state in the United States has from two to ten
"windows." These are areas where UFOs appear repeatedly year
after year.

     If you have been collecting UFO reports in your home state,
you will probably find that many of those are concentrated in
areas magnetic faults or deviations exist.

     UFOs seem to congregate above the highest available hills
in these window areas. They become visible in these centers and
then radiate outward, traveling sometimes 100-200 miles before
disappearing again."


In Space-Time Transients and Unusual Events Dr. Michael
Persinger analyzed Fortean and UFO events looking for spatial
and temporal patterns. His many speculative conclusions have all
been quite controversial, not least of which has been the
Tectonic Strain Theory whereby UFO activity can been seen as the
result of faulting processes within the earth. Since publication
of this hot potato Persinger has been experimenting with
laboratory based and electronically induced "mystical"
experiences akin (but not identical) to UFO Contacts and
Abductions. I have also read of his supposed development of a
sonic crowd control device which induces vomiting.

Perhaps significantly, John Keel wrote in 1970 that, "In the
1950's, teams from the national Geological Survey Office quietly
flew specially equipped planes over most of the United States
and mapped all of the magnetic faults in the country."

Doctors Jose Delgado, John Lilly, and others have experimented
with the control of physiological processes and behaviors
through electromagnetic and pharmacological means. Martin Cannon
has demonstrated that our government  and military have
researched the potential of these technologies for use in
controlling both the "Foreign Enemy" and "Domestic Civilian."
That such psychotronics have been tested at least limitedly can
not be dismissed. From examining Congressional inquiries, Agency
informants, and actual hands-on research we can begin to get a
glimpse of what is at least possible if not probable.

In 1978 researcher Robert Beck began circulating a paper titled
Extreme Low Frequency Magnetic Fields and EEG Entrainment - A
Psychotronic Warfare Possibility! In this article he detailed
his own research into the induction of specific brain wave
states through exposure to ELF fields. He and others have
demonstrated the same effects utilizing pulsed light, sound and
electricity as evidenced by the Mind Machines currently
available through New Age / New Tech catalogs like Tools For
Exploration and organizations such as the USPA United States
Psychotronics Association. In Beck's extensive bibliography are
several references to similar experiments undertaken by our own
military establishment including:

for links to this ELF EEG Entrainment article and bibliography go
here:

http://www.elfis.net/ELFOL8/e8elfeeg1.htm

http://www.vxm.com/bib.doc.html

SMiles
http://www.elfis.net
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