An anomalous phenomenon is an observed phenomenon for which there is no suitable explanation in the context of a specific body of scientific knowledge (for example, astronomy or biology). Anomalous phenomenon - Introduction. Out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, extrasensory perception, ghosts, demonic encounters, poltergeists, as well as sightings of UFOs and reports of alien abductions are phenomena, most of which are not widely accepted as real by mainstream scientists, some of whom go as far ...

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• Charles Fort - Overview
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Anomalous phenomena seem to lack a clear scientific explanation, and thus are the subject of much controversy, debate, mystery, and potentially fear. However, at the same time, most of them are simply not widely accepted as real phenomena by mainstream scientists, who view them as hoaxes, lies, or conspiracies, perhaps going so far as to call their study pseudoscience. In other cases, the observation or sensing of a particular phenomenon is acknowledged as being a real, personal experience, but its interpretation - or the methods used ...

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The preternatural or praeternatural is that which appears outside or beyond (Latin praeter) the natural. While this may include what is more commonly called the supernatural, it may also simply indicate extremity - an ordinary phenomenon taken 'beyond' the natural. One may have, for example, a preternatural desire, a preternatural curiosity, a preternaturally acute ear ( ...

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Damned knowledge, a term coined by Charles Fort (who collected and published accounts of many anomalous phenomena), is knowledge suppressed, discounted, or not recognized as real because it does not fit into the dominant paradigm of the time (or, sometimes, because it fits too well). Reasons for suppression of knowledge include conflict with the political tenor and public authorities of the times, est ...

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Wild Talents is the fourth and final book written by paranormal author Charles Fort, published in 1932. Wild Talents - Overview. Like Fort's previous works, this book deals largely with a number of anomalous phenomena, as well as his ongoing attack on scientific dogma. The book deals for the most part with trying to fit the various phenomena described into Fort's new theory of psychic and mental power - the "Wild Talents" of the title - that are detailed below. Though not as well-known ...

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William R. Corliss is a collector of data regarding anomalous phenomena. Since 1978, Corliss has published a number of works in the "Sourcebook Project": Each volume is devoted to a scientific field (archaeology, astronomy, geology, et cetera) and features articles culled mainly from scientific journals. Corliss was inspired by Charles Fort, who also collected reports of unusual phenomena, but unlike Fort, Corliss offers little in the way of his own opinions or editorial comments, preferring to let the articles speak for ...

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Ummo is a blanket term to describe a series of decades-long claims that aliens from the planet Ummo were communicating with persons on the earth. Most Ummo information was in the form of many detailed documents and letters sent to various esoteric groups or UFO enthusiasts. The Ummo affair was subject to much mainstream attention in France and Spain during the 1960's and 1970's, and a degree of interest remains regarding the subject. General consensus is that the entire affair was an elaborate hoax. The culprit (or culprits) are unknown, but a Jose Luis Jordan Pena has claimed responsi ...

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Simulacrum (plural: simulacra), from the Latin simulare, "to make like, to put on an appearance of", originally meaning a material object representing something (such as an idol representing a deity, or a painted still-life of a bowl of fruit). By the 1800s it developed a sense of a "mere" image, an empty form devoid of spirit, and descended to connote a specious or fallow representation. In the book Simulacra and Simulation (1981/1995), the French social theorist Jean Baudrillard gave the term a specific m ...

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FT can mean: EMD FT, a pioneering diesel locomotive built in the 1930s by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division Fault tolerant design The Financial Times, a business-oriented newspaper Flyertalk, a travel-related Internet forum Fortean Times, a magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularized by Charles Fort In mathematics, a Fourier transform Northrop FT fighter aircraft Fawlty Towers, a British sitcom Flan Tracking or F

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Anomalous operation, also known as anomalous perturbation, is a term describing a broad category of purported paranormal effects that can best be described as subject A stating an intent or goal to influence system B, and system B then changing appropriately through unknown or unverifiable means. System B can be literally anything, though the common experiment is one or more subjects working to influence the output of a random system such as an electronic noise source. It covers phenomena as psychokinesis, micro-psychokinesis, pyrokinesis, faith healing, poltergeist activity, and other manipulative parapsy ...

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Charles Frambach Berlitz (November 20, 1914, New York City - December 18, 2003) was an author known for his books about anomalous phenomena. Many of the "facts" cited in his books are considered highly questionable by people who looked up the incidents in question. For example, Larry Kusche found that some ships claimed by Berlitz to have sunk in the Bermuda Triangle sank somewhere else, others did not even exist, and for still others, the weather was not as sunny as Berlitz said. He was the grandson of Maximilien Berlitz (Maximilian), and ...

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The abbreviation EVP may refer to: The Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland, a political party. The Evangelical People's Party, a minor Dutch political party. The Estonian Left Party (Eesti Vasakpartei), a political party. Electronic voice phenomena, when anomalous voices, often purported to be of supernatural origin, are reportedly heard on audio recordings. Executive Vice President, an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. Electric memb

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Teleportation, or teletransportation, is the process of moving objects from one place to another more or less instantaneously, without using conventional transportation. There are many examples of success in this area. With present techniques, teleportation is conceivable only with elementary particles, or theoretically, by encoding information about an object, transmitting the information to another place, such as on a radio signal, and creating a copy of the original object in the new location. Teleportation has also been proposed to explain various anomalous phenomena, and ...

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• Teleportation - Teleportation scenario
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Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort, first published in 1919. It deals with various types of anomalous phenomenon, including UFOs, strange falls of fish and other materials from the sky, odd weather patterns, the possible existence of giants and fairies, disappearances of people under strange circumstances, and many other phenomena. Book of the Damned - Overview and Fort's thesis. The title of the book referred to what he termed the "damned" d ...

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Telepathy, from the Greek τηλε, tele, "distant", and πάθεια, patheia, "feeling", is the claimed innate ability of humans and other creatures to communicate information from one mind to another, without the use of extra tools such as speech or body language. Considered a form of extra-sensory perception or anomalous cognition, telepathy is often connected to various paranormal phenomena ...

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A UFO or Unidentified Flying Object is simply defined as any object or optical phenomenon observed in the sky which cannot be identified, even after being thoroughly investigated by qualified people. A fuller definition was given by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, late astronomer, U.S. Air Force consultant and UFO proponent, as "the reported perception of an object or light seen in the sky or upon the land the appearance, trajectory, and general dynamic and luminescent behaviour of which do not suggest a logical, conve ...

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Out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, extrasensory perception, ghosts, demonic encounters, poltergeists, as well as sightings of UFOs and reports of alien abductions are phenomena, most of which are not widely accepted as real by mainstream scientists, some of whom go as far as calling the study of them pseudoscience. Sometimes the phenomenon is acknowledged as being real, but then the way it ...

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Anomalous phenomenon, Anomalous phenomenon - Introduction, Anomalous phenomenon - Written works

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Fort's relationship with the study of anomalous phenomena is frequently misunderstood and misrepresented. For over thirty years Charles Fort sat in the libraries of New York and London, assiduously reading scientific journals, newspapers, and magazines, collecting notes upon phenomena that lay outside the accepted theories and beliefs of the time. Examples of these phenomena include many of what are variously referred to as occult, supernatural, and paranormal — for instance, teleportation (a term Fort is generally credited with coi ...

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Unidentified flying object - Norway. One established non-military station, which has seriously monitored UFOs, including anomalous lights, is project Hessdalen AMS in Norway. Unidentified flying object - United States. Challenged to explain sightings of unidentified lights and luminous phenomena in the hills around Piedmont, Missouri, Dr. Harley Rut ...

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