Brief
Charlie Hickson
The claims the writer was given for Charlie Hickson, in the order they were given.
1
Charles "Pete" Conrad, aboard Intrepid, reported that on the first nightside pass small bits and pieces of debris floated along with the spacecraft and the tracking light had been seen flashing on them, but that during a subsequent pass the tracking light was no longer flashing on similar floating debris, leading him to conclude the tracking light had burned out.
“Hey, Houston. It looks like our tracking light's burned out. Dick hasn't been able to find us in his sextant. And on the first nightside pass we had little bits and pieces floating along with us and we could tell that the tracking light was flashing on them. And we still have, I've presumed to think, bits and pieces floating along and nothing's flashing on them, so I'm pretty sure it burned out.”
Apollo 12 Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription char:5307-5701 observation first hand
2
Richard Gordon aboard Yankee Clipper had set up the television camera and told Charles "Pete" Conrad it was ready.
“also, Yankee Clipper informs me he has the television all set up. When we come around the {{illegible: horn}}, we'll come around with the television on in VOX.”
Apollo 12 Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription char:6017-6172 administrative second hand
3
Betty Hill in Portsmouth, Charlie Hickson in Pascagoula, and Travis Walton in Arizona each took lie detector tests related to their UFO abduction accounts and passed them.
“They take lie detector tests and pass them: Betty Hill in Portsmouth, Charlie Hickson in Pascagoula, Travis Walton in Arizona.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:36692-36810 testimony
4
Al Lawson described the results of the imaginary abductees hypnosis study as providing "a coherent, intriguing UFO abduction narrative" that was surprisingly similar to classic UFO abduction cases such as those of Betty Hill and Charlie Hickson.
“Not only did these “imaginary abductees” provide what Dr. Lawson calls “a coherent, intriguing UFO abduction narrative,” but their stories were surprisingly similar to the most classic UFO abduction cases, like those of Betty Hill or Charlie Hickson.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:38657-38899 opinion second hand
5
In 1973, Charlie Hickson, a shipyard worker, described that an unidentified flying object landed in the old Schaupeter shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
“Shipyard worker Charlie Hickson describes the October night in 1973 when, he says, an unidentified flying object landed in the old Schaupeter shipyard.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:3966-4108 testimony first hand
6
Charlie Hickson claimed that three "things" picked him and Calvin Parker up and carried them aboard the craft, where they were closely examined.
“Hickson claims three “things” picked him and young Calvin Parker up, and carried them aboard the craft, where they were closely examined.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:4118-4246 testimony first hand
7
Paul Davies stated that if extraterrestrial DNA of independent origin were discovered, it would strike at the heart of Darwinian evolutionary theory and the currently dominant scientific paradigm that rejects teleology.
““If we were to discover extraterrestrial DNA that could be proved to be of independent origin, it would strike at the very heart of Darwinian evolutionary theory and the entire [currently dominant] scientific paradigm in which all teleology is decisively rejected.””
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch21:2512-2766 opinion second hand
8
Most modern geneticists follow Charles Darwin's model from 1860, assuming that modern humans evolved in isolation on Earth from an unidentified lower primate.
“most of them follow Darwin’s model from 1860, where it is assumed that modern humans evolved in isolation on this little planet Earth, from some unidentified lower primate”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch22:49474-49638 opinion
9
Dr. Charles Tart defines meditation as "first of all a deep passivity, combined with awareness."
“Meditation. The only definition of meditation that I would accept is that of Dr. Charles Tart, who states that it is "first of all a deep passivity, combined with awareness."”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:19098-19261 opinion second hand
10
Charles Tart found weak evidence that anomalous cognition performance is enhanced by screening electrical fields with Faraday cages.
“There is weak evidence that performance is enhanced by screening electrical fields with Faraday cages (Tart, 1988)”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch29:4440-4549 observation second hand
11
Charles Tart found in 1988 an association between high-scoring anomalous cognition trials and low geomagnetic fluctuations.
“Tart (1988) and Persinger & Krippner (1989) found an association between high scoring AC trials and low GMF fluctuations”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch31:2705-2813 observation second hand
12
The witnesses of the 1973 Pascagoula, Mississippi UFO abduction were two fishermen, Charles Hickson, aged 42, and Calvin Parker, aged 19.
“the witnesses were again two fishermen: Charles Hickson, 42, and Calvin Parker, 19.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:49971-50051 administrative
13
When Martin Harris took the plates and the beginning of the translation to Professor Charles Anthon of New York, Anthon stated the translation was correct, more so than any he had seen translated from Egyptian.
“When Harris took the plates and the beginning of the translation to Professor Charles Anthon of New York, this learned gentleman stated that the translation was correct, “more so than any he had before seen translated from the Egyptian.””
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch15:50630-50857 testimony second hand
14
Charles Anthon said the untranslated plates appeared to be Egyptian, Chaldaic, Assyrian, and Arabic, and signed a statement to that effect, which he later tore up upon learning Smith had found the plates on an angel's instructions.
“Looking at the plates that had not yet been translated, he said that they were Egyptian, Chaldaic, As- Syrian, and Arabic, and signed a statement to that effect (which he later tore to pieces, however, when he learned that the young man had found the plates upon the instructions of an angel!).”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch15:50868-51154 testimony second hand
15
Two men from Pascagoula, Mississippi told of their abduction by grotesque robot-like creatures.
“two men from Pascagoula, Mississippi, told their tale of abduction by grotesque robot-like creatures”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:1091-1182 testimony second hand
16
In a report to Charles T. Tart, the EEG technician confirmed that she was in the outer hall with her husband at the time of Robert Monroe's indicated out-of-body separation.
“In a report to Dr. Tart, the technician confirmed that she was in the outer hall with her husband at the time of the indicated “separation.””
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch12:24425-24553 testimony second hand
17
Charles T. Tart stated that the EEG recording showed definite unusual and unique tracings during the time of Robert Monroe's out-of-body activity in the EEG-5 experiment.
“Dr. Tart states that the EEG shows definite unusual and unique tracings during time of activity.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch12:24660-24747 testimony second hand
18
Charles T. Tart conducted an initial series of laboratory studies with Robert Monroe over several months between September 1965 and August 1966 at the Electroencephalographic Laboratory, University of Virginia Medical School.
“The initial series of laboratory studies we were able to do occurred over a period of several months between September 1965 and August 1966, while I was able to use the facilities of the Electroencephalographic (brain wave) Laboratory of the University of Virginia Medical School.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:12111-12384 administrative first hand
19
On eight occasions Robert Monroe was asked to try to produce an out-of-the-body experience (OOBE) while connected to instruments measuring physiological functions.
“On eight occasions Mr. Monroe was asked to try to produce an OOBE while hooked up to various instruments for measuring physiological functions.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:12393-12526 observation first hand
20
Robert Monroe was asked to direct his movements during the out-of-the-body experience (OOBE) into the adjoining room to observe the technician monitoring the recording equipment.
“He was also asked to try to direct his movements during the OOBE into the adjoining room, both to observe the activity of the technician monitoring the recording equipment”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:12537-12699 administrative first hand
21
Robert Monroe was asked to try to read a five-digit random target number placed on a shelf approximately 1.8 metres above the floor in the room adjoining the recording room.
“to try to read a five-digit random target number, which was placed on a shelf six feet above the floor”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:12713-12810 measurement first hand
22
Measurements were made of Robert Monroe's brain waves (electroencephalogram), eye movements, and heart rate (electrocardiogram) during the laboratory sessions.
“Measurements were made of Mr. Monroe’s brain waves (the electroencephalogram), eye movements, and heart rate (the electrocardiogram).”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:12817-12931 measurement first hand
23
An army cot was brought into the recording room at the Electroencephalographic Laboratory, University of Virginia Medical School because there was no bed there.
“we had to bring an army cot into the recording room, as there was no bed there”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:13047-13120 observation first hand
24
The clip-type ear electrode used for recording brain waves caused irritation to the ear, making relaxation difficult for Robert Monroe.
“One of the connections for recording brain waves, the ear electrode, was of a clip type that caused some irritation to the ear, and this made relaxation somewhat difficult.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:13127-13289 observation first hand
25
On the first seven nights of the laboratory sessions at the Electroencephalographic Laboratory, University of Virginia Medical School, Robert Monroe was not successful in producing an out-of-the-body experience (OOBE).
“On the first seven nights during which he attempted to produce an OOBE, Mr. Monroe was not successful.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:13301-13392 observation first hand
26
On the eighth night of the laboratory sessions, Robert Monroe produced two very brief out-of-the-body experiences (OOBEs).
“On his eighth night he was able to produce two very brief OOBEs, and these are described in some detail in his own words”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:13404-13519 observation first hand
27
During his second brief out-of-the-body experience (OOBE) on the eighth laboratory night, Robert Monroe correctly described that the laboratory technician was out of the room and that a man, later identified as her husband, was with her in a corridor.
“He did correctly describe that the laboratory technician was out of the room, and that a man (later identified as her husband) was with her in a corridor.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:13915-14060 observation first hand
28
Charles T. Tart's next opportunity to work with Robert Monroe in the laboratory came when Monroe visited him in California, USA, in the summer of 1968.
“My next opportunity to work with Mr. Monroe in the laboratory came when he visited me in California during the summer of 1968.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:14411-14532 administrative first hand
29
During the 1968 California laboratory session, a normal bed was available rather than a cot, and a different, more comfortable type of electrode for measuring brain waves was used.
“a normal bed was available, rather than a cot, and we used a different type of electrode for measuring brain waves which was not physically uncomfortable”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:14630-14770 observation first hand
30
Under the improved conditions of the 1968 California laboratory session, Robert Monroe was able to produce two brief out-of-the-body experiences (OOBEs).
“Under these conditions, Mr. Monroe was able to produce two brief OOBEs.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:14785-14850 observation first hand
31
The brain-wave record just before Robert Monroe awoke from his first 1968 California out-of-the-body experience (OOBE) showed a Stage 1 sleep pattern, with possibly a single rapid eye movement (REM) occurring during that time.
“The brain-wave record just before he awoke again showed a Stage 1 pattern, with possibly a single rapid eye movement occurring during that time.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:14973-15112 measurement first hand
32
During Robert Monroe's first 1968 California out-of-the-body experience (OOBE), his blood pressure showed a sudden drop, a steady low lasting eight seconds, and then a sudden resurgence to normal.
“His blood pressure showed a sudden drop, a steady low lasting eight seconds, and a sudden resurgence to normal.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:15118-15222 measurement first hand
33
Joan Crawford, an assistant to Charles T. Tart, and Tart watched Robert Monroe on closed-circuit television during his first 1968 California out-of-the-body experience (OOBE) and saw him move his arm slightly away from his throat just before he awoke and reported the experience.
“An assistant, Joan Crawford, and I had been watching him on a closed-circuit television set during this time and we saw him move his arm slightly away from his throat just before he awoke and reported.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:15543-15735 observation first hand
34
During his second attempt in the 1968 California session, Robert Monroe's brain-wave pattern showed much light sleep, so after three quarters of an hour Charles T. Tart called out to him over the intercom to remind him that they wanted him to try to produce an out-of-the-body experience (OOBE).
“His brain-wave pattern showed much light sleep, so after three quarters of an hour, I called out to him over the intercom to remind him that we wanted him to try to produce an OOBE.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:15930-16106 observation first hand
35
Robert Monroe's description of the strange area he encountered during his second 1968 California out-of-the-body experience (OOBE) matched an interior courtyard of the building he would have found himself in if he had inadvertently gone in exactly the opposite direction he should have.
“His description of that area matched an interior courtyard of the building that he would indeed have found himself in during an OOBE if he had inadvertently gone in exactly the opposite direction he should have.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:16422-16628 observation first hand
36
During Robert Monroe's second 1968 California out-of-the-body experience (OOBE) attempt, his physiological measurements again showed a Stage 1 dreaming pattern, with only two rapid eye movements (REM) in the whole period and no clear-cut blood pressure drop.
“In terms of physiological changes, he again showed a Stage 1 dreaming pattern, with only two rapid eye movements in the whole period and no clear-cut blood pressure drop on this occasion.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:16837-17015 measurement first hand
37
Charles T. Tart moved from the east coast of the United States to California, USA, shortly after completing the first series of laboratory experiments with Robert Monroe.
“Shortly after completing the first series of laboratory experiments, I moved from the east coast to California.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:17601-17701 administrative first hand
38
A few months after moving to California, Charles T. Tart and his wife set up an experiment in which they would concentrate intensely for half an hour to try to help Robert Monroe have an out-of-the-body experience (OOBE) and come to their home.
“A few months after moving, my wife and I decided to set up an experiment. One evening we would concentrate intensely for half an hour, in an attempt to help Mr. Monroe have an OOBE and come to our home.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:17713-17910 administrative first hand
39
Charles T. Tart telephoned Robert Monroe on the afternoon of the experiment and told him only that they would try to direct him across the country to their home at an unspecified time that night, without giving further details.
“I telephoned Mr. Monroe that afternoon, and told him only that we would try to direct him across the country to our home at some unspecified time that night, without giving him any further details.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:18035-18224 administrative first hand
40
Charles T. Tart randomly selected 11 P.M. California time (2 A.M. east coast time) for the concentration experiment, believing this would occur well after Robert Monroe would be asleep.
“My random selection came out 11 P.M. California time, or 2 A.M. east coast time.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:18344-18419 administrative first hand
41
Charles T. Tart and his wife began their concentration at 11 P.M. California time; the telephone rang at 11:05 P.M. interrupting it, and they did not answer but continued concentrating until 11:30 P.M.
“At 11 P.M. my wife and I began our concentration. At 11:05 P.M. the telephone rang, interrupting it. We did not answer the telephone, but tried to continue our concentration until 11:30 P.M.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:18425-18613 observation first hand
42
The morning after the concentration experiment, Charles T. Tart telephoned Robert Monroe and told him only that the results had been encouraging, and asked him to write an independent account of what he had experienced for later comparison.
“The following morning I telephoned Mr. Monroe and told him only that the results had been encouraging, and that he should write down an independent account of what he had experienced for later comparison against our independent accounts.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:18616-18844 administrative first hand
43
Robert Monroe recognized that the tugging sensation had something to do with Charles T. Tart's concentration experiment, and, trusting this, did not feel his usual caution about strangers.
“I recognized immediately that this had something to do with Charlie’s experiment, and with full trust, did not feel my usual caution (about strangers).”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:19402-19542 testimony first hand
44
Robert Monroe reported that, still trusting and a little excited, he expressed willingness to go to Charlie (Charles T. Tart) if that was where the presence wanted to lead him.
“Still trusting, and a little excited, I expressed willingness to go to Charlie, if that was where he (it) wanted to lead me.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:19831-19952 testimony first hand
45
When Robert Monroe finished this out-of-the-body trip and telephoned Charles T. Tart, it was 2:05 A.M. Robert Monroe's time.
“when he finished this brief trip and got out of bed to telephone me it was 2:05 A.M., his time”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:20643-20733 testimony second hand
46
Robert Monroe felt a tug pulling him from his body within about a minute of when Charles T. Tart and his wife began to concentrate, matching the timing of the experiment closely.
“Thus the time match with my wife and I beginning to concentrate was extremely good: he felt the tug pulling him from his body within a minute or so of when we started to concentrate.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:20739-20909 testimony second hand
47
Robert Monroe's description of what Charles T. Tart's home looked like and what Tart and his wife were doing during the out-of-the-body visit was not accurate: he perceived too many people in the room, perceived Tart doing things he did not do, and gave a vague description of the room itself.
“his continuing description of what our home looked like and what my wife and I were doing was not good at all: he “perceived” too many people in the room, he “perceived” me doing things I didn’t do, and his description of the room itself was quite vague.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:20941-21189 observation first hand
48
Charles T. Tart considers this event one of the frustrating cases parapsychologists encounter when working with poorly controlled phenomena, not evidential enough to call unquestionably paranormal, yet difficult to dismiss as nothing having happened.
“This is one of those frustrating events that parapsychologists encounter when working with poorly controlled phenomena. It is not evidential enough to say that it was unquestionably a paranormal effect, yet it is difficult simply to say that nothing happened.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:21221-21471 opinion first hand
49
In the fall of 1970, Charles T. Tart briefly visited Robert Monroe in Virginia while en route to a conference in Washington, D.C.
“The second puzzling “experiment” occurred in the fall of 1970 when I briefly visited Mr. Monroe in Virginia, en route to a conference in Washington.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:22124-22261 testimony first hand
50
During his 1970 overnight visit, Charles T. Tart requested that if Robert Monroe had an out-of-the-body experience that night, he come to Tart's bedroom and try to pull him out of his body so Tart could have the experience too.
“Staying overnight, I requested that if he had an OOBE that night, he should come to my bedroom and try to pull me out of my body so I could have the experience too.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:22273-22433 testimony first hand
51
Sometime after dawn during the 1970 experiment, Charles T. Tart began dreaming and vaguely remembering that Robert Monroe was supposed to try to get him out of his body, then became partially conscious and felt a sense of vibration around him in the dream world with an indefinable menace, but lost his thread of consciousness before attempting the out-of-the-body experience, and woke feeling the experiment had failed.
“Sometime after dawn that morning... I began vaguely remembering that Mr. Monroe was supposed to try to get me out of my body. I became partially conscious, and felt a sense of “vibration” all around me in the dream world, a “vibration” that had a certain amount of indefinable menace connected with it. In spite of the fear this aroused, I thought that I should try to have an OOBE, but at that point I lost my thread of consciousness, and only remember waking up a while later, feeling that the experiment was a failure.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:22602-23206 testimony first hand
52
A week after the 1970 experiment, Charles T. Tart received a letter from Stanley Krippner describing an experience Krippner's stepdaughter Carie had the same morning.
“A week later I received a letter from a colleague in New York, the well-known parapsychologist Dr. Stanley Krippner, and I began to wonder if it really was a “failure.” He was writing to me about an experience his stepdaughter, Carie... had the same morning I was having my “dream.””
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:23215-23512 testimony second hand
53
Stanley Krippner is a parapsychologist based in New York.
“a colleague in New York, the well-known parapsychologist Dr. Stanley Krippner”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:23253-23322 administrative first hand
54
Carie is the stepdaughter of Stanley Krippner.
“his stepdaughter, Carie, who I am quite fond of”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:23425-23470 administrative first hand
55
Carie spontaneously reported to Stanley Krippner that she had seen Charles T. Tart in a restaurant in New York City on her way to school that same morning, at roughly the time Tart was having his dream.
“Carie had spontaneously reported to her father that she had seen me in a restaurant in New York City on her way to school that morning. This would have been roughly about the time I was having the dream.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:23520-23717 testimony third hand
56
Neither Carie nor Stanley Krippner knew that Charles T. Tart was on the east coast of the United States at the time of Carie's report.
“Neither she nor her father knew that I was on the east coast.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:23724-23779 testimony first hand
57
The 1970 attempt was the first time in years Charles T. Tart had consciously attempted to have an out-of-the-body experience, and he has never, to his knowledge, succeeded in having one.
“this was the first time in years that I had consciously attempted to have an OOBE (I have never, to my knowledge, succeeded)”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:23811-23925 testimony first hand
58
Charles T. Tart states he would have no desire to go to a restaurant in New York City, a place he dislikes intensely, whereas visiting Carie and her family is always very pleasant to him.
“I would have no desire in the world to go to a restaurant in New York City, a place I dislike intensely, if I were having an OOBE, although visiting Carie and her family is always very pleasant.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:24069-24254 opinion first hand
59
Charles T. Tart admits he is somewhat afraid of out-of-the-body experiences, even though he is scientifically interested in the phenomenon and excited at the prospect of personally experiencing it.
“I nave observed in myself, although I do not like to admit it, which is that I am somewhat afraid of them. Part of me is very interested in the phenomenon scientifically, another part of me is excited at the prospect of personally experiencing it.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:24460-24704 opinion first hand
60
Charles T. Tart considers an out-of-the-body experience to be something like dying, or opening up part of the mind to an unknown realm.
“A third part of me knows that an OOBE is something like dying, or opening up part of my mind to an unknown realm, and this third part is not at all anxious to get on with it.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:24708-24879 opinion first hand
61
Charles T. Tart advises readers not to dismiss Robert Monroe as a madman, nor to take everything he says as absolute truth.
“It will be very tempting to dismiss Robert Monroe as a madman. I would suggest that you not do that. Neither would I suggest that you take everything he says as absolute truth.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:26102-26272 opinion first hand
62
Charles T. Tart considers Robert Monroe a good reporter and a man he holds in immense respect, while cautioning that Monroe's powers of observation are limited by being one man raised in a particular culture at a particular time.
“He is a good reporter, a man I have immense respect for, but he is one man, brought up in a particular culture at a particular time, and therefore his powers of observation are limited.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:26279-26456 opinion first hand
63
Robert Monroe is a successful businessman who began experiencing out-of-the-body experiences (OOBEs) unexpectedly over a decade before this account was written.
“Robert A. Monroe is a successful businessman who began experiencing OOBEs quite unexpectedly over a decade ago.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:9670-9777 administrative first hand
64
Robert Monroe came from an academic family and had more than average intellectual training.
“Coming from an academic family and having more than the average intellectual training, he realized the unusualness of these experiences and began taking systematic notes from the beginning.”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:9782-9961 administrative first hand
65
Robert Monroe began taking systematic notes on his out-of-the-body experiences (OOBEs) from the beginning of having them.
“he realized the unusualness of these experiences and began taking systematic notes from the beginning”
Journeys Out of the Body 2014-11-11 ch8:9869-9961 administrative first hand
66
Physical mediums, unconscious in deep trance, exude a substance that Charles Richet called "ectoplasm."
“Most of the time, physical mediums, unconscious in deep trance, exude a strange substance that Richet called “ectoplasm.””
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:12001-12111 observation second hand
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Charles Richet, Baron Albert von Schrenck-Notzing, Gustave Geley and other researchers observed the formation of moving forms from ectoplasm under conditions eliminating the possibility of fraud.
“Many competent researchers in addition to Richet, Schrenck-Notzing, and Geley have observed the formation of moving forms from this substance, in the light and under conditions eliminating the possibility of fraud.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:12382-12590 observation
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Charles Richet, in his study of French medium Eva Carrière, described ectoplasm as a whitish luminous steam shaped like gauze or muslin, in which a hand or arm develops and gains consistency, creeping and rising from the ground like an amoeba.
“…a whitish steam, perhaps luminous, taking the shape of gauze or muslin, in which there develops a hand or an arm that gradually gains consistency. The ectoplasm makes *personal* movements. It creeps, rises from the ground, and puts forth tentacles like an amoeba.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:12901-13159 testimony first hand
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Charles Richet described the ectoplasm produced by Eva Carrière as not always connected to the medium's body, but usually emanating from her and connected with her.
“It is not always connected with the body of the medium but usually emanates from her, and is connected with her.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:13167-13277 testimony first hand
70
Charles Richet, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, noted a distinction between mechanical energy phenomena such as table movement or knocking sounds and phenomena producing word-making sound, lights, and living human forms.
“I was relieved when I discovered that Nobel Prize–winning scientist Charles Richet also noted this distinction: That a mechanical energy of an unknown kind should emanate from the human body and move a table, and shake a piece of board with knocking, is not entirely incomprehensible. But that this force should produce word-making sound, lights, and living human forms—this indeed goes beyond all our concepts of the possible.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:28550-28971 opinion first hand
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Charles Richet considered that a warm and living hand, a mouth that speaks, eyes that see, and thought that thrills, produced through mediumship, are phenomena that put us to utter confusion.
“A warm and living hand, a mouth that speaks, eyes that see, and thought that thrills, like the hand, the mouth, the eyes, and the thought of a human being—these are phenomena that put us to utter confusion.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:28981-29180 opinion first hand
72
Charles Richet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1913.
“French physiologist Charles Richet (1850–1935) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1913.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:2910-3014 administrative
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Charles Richet was a French physiologist who lived from 1850 to 1935.
“French physiologist Charles Richet (1850–1935) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1913.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:2910-3014 administrative
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Charles Richet spent decades as the editor of leading journals and published papers on physiology, physiological chemistry, experimental pathology, and normal and pathological psychology.
“He spent decades as the editor of leading journals and published papers on physiology, physiological chemistry, experimental pathology, and normal and pathological psychology.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:3020-3184 administrative
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Charles Richet studied rare physical mediums who produced materializations and wrote hundreds of pages about the results.
“We are fortunate that he also devoted his attention to the study of rare physical mediums who produced materializations, and wrote hundreds of pages about the results and his attempt to understand them.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:3276-3473 administrative
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Charles Richet, after witnessing many partial and full materializations, considered the materialization of a living, mobile hand or finger just as difficult to understand as the materialization of an entire personality that comes, goes, speaks, and moves a veil covering it.
“After witnessing many partial and full materializations, he commented that it is just as difficult to understand the materialization of a living, mobile hand, or even a finger, as it is to understand “the materialization of an entire personality, which comes and goes, speaks, and moves the veil that covers him.””
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:3518-3826 opinion first hand
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In 1934, Charles Richet wrote that a materialized living being formed under observation has its own warmth, apparent circulation of blood, physiological respiration, and a psychic personality with a will distinct from the medium's, constituting a new human being.
“A living being, or living matter, formed under our eyes, which has its proper warmth, apparently a circulation of blood, and a physiological respiration, which has also a kind of psychic personality having a will distinct from the will of the medium, in a word, a new human being!”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:3996-4270 opinion first hand
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Charles Richet wrote in 1934 that despite its apparent absurdity from a psycho-physiological point of view, the phenomenon of full-form materialization is nevertheless a fact.
“This is surely the climax of marvels. Nevertheless, it is a fact.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:4279-4339 opinion first hand
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Franek Kluski willingly subjected himself to study by Charles Richet and physician Gustave Geley.
“In the interest of science, he willingly subjected himself to study by Richet and physician Gustave Geley (1860–1924), another outstanding investigator from the French Institut Métapsychique International who is well known for his studies of physical mediumship.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:4472-4723 administrative
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Gustave Geley and Charles Richet brought Franek Kluski to a windowless laboratory at the Institut Métapsychique International in Paris, where in 1920 they conducted eleven successful séances.
“Most important, Geley and Richet and others working with them brought Kluski to a windowless laboratory at the institute in Paris, where in 1920 they conducted eleven successful séances.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:5101-5281 observation
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For the Paris sittings and a later series of sittings in Warsaw in 1921, Gustave Geley and Charles Richet placed a circular tank of hot liquid paraffin wax floating above electrically heated water in the centre of the séance circle.
“For the Paris sittings and later in a series of sittings in Warsaw in 1921, the researchers placed a circular tank containing a layer of hot liquid paraffin wax floating above electrically heated water in the center of the séance circle.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:7650-7880 observation
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The researchers asked the materialized beings to dip their hands into the hot paraffin wax, making thin wax gloves around them.
“They then asked the beings to dip their materialized hands into the hot wax, making thin gloves around them.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:7888-7991 observation
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In one instance, Gustave Geley and Charles Richet secretly added a bluish colouring agent to the paraffin wax just prior to the séance to verify the identity of the wax as coming only from the séance room.
“Unknown to anyone else, in one instance Geley and Richet added a bluish coloring agent to the paraffin just prior to the séance; for another experiment they secretly added cholesterin.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:9353-9525 observation
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Gustave Geley and Charles Richet added a bluish colouring agent to the wax used in the Franek Kluski mold experiments to test authenticity.
“Geley and Richet added a bluish coloring agent”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:9393-9434 observation second hand
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For another experiment, Gustave Geley and Charles Richet secretly added cholesterin to the paraffin wax.
“for another experiment they secretly added cholesterin.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:9482-9525 observation
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Gustave Geley and Charles Richet secretly added cholesterin to the wax used in the Franek Kluski mold experiments to test authenticity.
“they secretly added cholesterin”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch37:9505-9525 observation second hand
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Charles Richet watched a mass of greyish, gelatinous ectoplasm emanate from the medium Eva Carrière and gradually form into a left hand seen from the back, with visible digits, a little finger, thumb, and carpal-bone-like swelling.
“Charles Richet watched a mass of "grayish, gelatinous" ectoplasm emanate from Eva C.: Little by little it seems to split into digits at its end. It is like the embryo of a hand, ill-formed but clear enough to enable me to say that it is a left hand seen from the back. Fresh progress: the little finger separates almost completely: then the following changes, very quick but very clear: a hand with closed fingers, seen from the back, with a little finger extended, an ill-formed thumb, and higher up a swelling that resembles the carpal bones.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch38:29321-29862 observation first hand
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Charles Tart studied a woman known as Miss Z who reported frequent out-of-body experiences.
“Dr. Charles Tart studied a woman (Miss Z) who reported frequent out-of-body experiences.”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:11076-11152 observation second hand
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In Charles Tart's 1968 experiment, he placed a random five-digit number in a location Miss Z could not physically see, and after reportedly leaving her body and moving to a place where she could see the paper, Miss Z was able to accurately repeat the number.
“The study reported on an experiment in which Dr. Tart placed a random five-digit number in a location that Miss Z. could not physically see. He found that, after going out of her body and moving in the nonphysical state to a place where she could see the paper, she was able to accurately repeat the number (Tart 1968).”
The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch22:11261-11574 observation second hand
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Charles Conrad perceived more instances of the light flash phenomenon in his left eye than in his right eye.
“I, for some reason, got more with my left eye than my right eye, but I could tell which eye it was when I was concentrating on it.”
NASA-UAP-D008, Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969 2026-07-11 00:01:54.4-00:02:00.4 observation first hand
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Charles Conrad's sleeping position was on the left side of the spacecraft during Apollo 12, which was suggested as the reason he perceived more light flashes in his left eye.
“I'm trying to tell him the reason he did is because his, where he slept, was always on the left side of the spacecraft.”
NASA-UAP-D008, Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969 2026-07-11 00:02:00.5-00:02:08.6 opinion
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During Apollo 12, Charles Conrad and other crew members were specifically asked to experiment with observing the astronaut light flash phenomenon.
“we were asked to specifically experiment with this.”
NASA-UAP-D008, Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969 2026-07-11 00:02:30.3-00:02:33.6 testimony first hand
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Buzz Neal discussed two phenomena related to the astronaut light flash phenomenon in a letter.
“Two phenomena that came out of a letter. Buzz Neal talked about this.”
NASA-UAP-D008, Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969 2026-07-11 00:02:44.5-00:02:47.5 administrative first hand
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Charles Conrad observed a light flash travel along a handrail above the MVP for a short distance while looking directly at that spot.
“I saw one night, I was looking at the MVP, a handrail up above, and one right right along, I don't know where it went, it's here, you know, right straight along that handrail for about that distance.”
NASA-UAP-D008, Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969 2026-07-11 00:04:12.7-00:04:22.8 observation first hand
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Charles Conrad observed that the light streaks he saw during the astronaut light flash phenomenon were horizontal in orientation.
“The streets I saw were horizontal.”
NASA-UAP-D008, Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969 2026-07-11 00:05:26.2-00:05:27.9 observation first hand
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Charles Conrad had the impression that the horizontal light streaks he observed always appeared roughly in the same place, slightly above centre of his field of view, and moved from right to left.
“Mine, it seemed to me I had the impression that they were always roughly in the same place and mine were horizontal... it always seemed like the horizontal street was a little bit above the center. And it always seemed to me it went from right to left.”
NASA-UAP-D008, Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969 2026-07-11 00:05:31.5-00:05:48.9 observation first hand
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Charles Conrad recalled that the light streaks he observed appeared at roughly 30 degrees from horizontal.
“Yeah, I remember right about 30 degrees of horizontal when they were coming.”
NASA-UAP-D008, Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969 2026-07-11 00:06:28.8-00:06:32.6 measurement first hand
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Charles Conrad observed two distinct types of light flashes during the astronaut light flash phenomenon: a flash-like shape and a streak.
“We had two kinds... And we get either a flag like that or we get a streak.”
NASA-UAP-D008, Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969 2026-07-11 L19-L23 observation first hand
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There are theories that Louis Jolyon West might have brainwashed Charles Manson.
“And now there are all these theories that he might have brainwashed Charles Manson.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:11:45.5-00:11:49.3 hearsay
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For the 20 years before the Maison Rouge meeting, the German industrialists present had deep relationships with the Rockefellers, the Morgans and Hambro in the United Kingdom.
“All of those people for 20 years up to this point, had had a deep relationship with the Rockefellers, with the Morgans, with Hambro and the United Kingdom.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:19:46.4-01:19:55.0 testimony
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The Special Operations Executive in the United Kingdom was run by Charles Hambro, one of the directors of the Bank of England.
“And then you've got the Special Operations Executive in the United Kingdom. ... It turns out to be one of the directors of the Bank of England, Hambrose.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:23:32.9-01:23:41.8 testimony
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The board of the World Commerce Corporation included William Donovan, William Stephenson and Charles Hambro, with Allen Dulles serving as legal counsel.
“Donovan, Stephenson, Hambrose, you've got Dulles doing the legal counsel.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:24:43.0-01:24:47.0 testimony
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Michele Sindona acquired his own banks as part of the Moneyrex operation, and when he acquired them two or three other parties would acquire all the remaining shares, one being the Institute for the Works of Religion (Vatican Bank) and another being Charles Hambro.
“Sindona, as part of this, would acquire his own banks. Many of those banks, when he would acquire them, two or three people would then acquire all the rest of the shares. One was the Vatican bank. The other one was Charles Hambro.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:38:40.9-01:38:52.2 testimony first hand
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Charles Hambro was the financier who ran the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a Bank of England director, and a founding member of the World Commerce Corporation.
“So the financier who ran the special operations executive, Bank of England director, and a founding member of the World Commerce Corporation.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:38:53.2-01:39:00.3 administrative first hand
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Jason Samosa considers Charles Hambro's bank a good fit for the private European bank from the 1800s that Jacques Vallee described.
“Charles Hambro's bank would fit that very well.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:39:11.5-01:39:13.5 opinion first hand
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An author whose name David Grusch could not recall has reported in a book that Charles Manson may possibly have been involved in Project MKUltra.
“it's been reported by a particular author whose name escapes me that even Charles Manson would have possibly been in the MKUltra program. And there's a whole book on that.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:12:08.1-00:12:19.0 hearsay second hand