Category: Mysteries
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Messages to and from Outer Space
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As the 20th century began, interest in the potential of life on Mars and the possible civilizations there lead to a search for signals. Could we communicate with another planet? How might we look for signals and messages from other worlds? An 1896 newspaper article titled “A Signal from Mars” offered one example of…
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Seeing and Interpreting Martian Oceans and Canals
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Did you know that in the 19th century it was widely believed that the other planets in our solar system were likely inhabited? At the same time, the quality of telescopes was rapidly increasing, making it possible for astronomers to see and sketch the incredible details of the geography of…
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Peoples & Creatures of the Moon
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Humans have long imagined the kinds of creatures or peoples that might live on Earth’s moon. This section briefly describes ideas about lunar life in the 17th, 19th the 20th centuries through a series of items from the Library of Congress’ collections. By examining ideas about life on the moon,…
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UFOs and Aliens Among Us
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In the 1940s and 50s reports of “flying saucers” became an American cultural phenomena. Sightings of strange objects in the sky became the raw materials for Hollywood to present visions of potential threats. Posters for films, like Earth vs. the Flying Saucers from 1956 illustrate these fears. Connected to ongoing ideas about life on the…
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The Wow! Signal Might Not Have Been Aliens—But a Weird Cosmic Outburst
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A new explanation for the Wow! signal suggests it was a chance detection of a furious flare crashing into a hydrogen cloud. But some researchers doubt that this idea has truly cracked the case. Picked up by the Big Ear radio telescope at Ohio State University on August 15, 1977,…
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The Paranormalist
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The term “paranormal” is defined as not being in accordance with the natural or known scientific laws, or beyond the scope of scientific understanding. The suffix “-ologist” denotes an expert in a particular kind of scientific study. Combining these two, I came up with the innovative new title, “paranormalist.” When I…
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House from 1982 horror movie ‘Poltergeist’ is now up for sale
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They’re heeeere…. Image Credit: Bing AI / Dall-E 3 The iconic house used in the horror classic had been occupied by its original owners since being built in 1979.Directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Poltergeist told the terrifying tale of a family who became besieged by a malicious haunting that…
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UFOs and Deja Vu
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Image Credit: PD Max Pixel When all is said and done there is ample evidence that certain aspects of the UFO phenomenon are largely repeatable – that they happen over and over again, making it a mixed cocktail of deja vu. It is a situation that is so bizarre yet…
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Relevance of para-psychology in psychiatric practice
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Para-psychology is divided into two main branches: a) extra-sensory perception (ESP) which is the study of communications ostensibly without the known sensory organs and, b) psychokinesis (PK) or the study of physical events that apparently occur without involvement of any recognized motor organs. The ESP or paranormal experiences include i)…
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THE HAUNTED MUSEUM:TABLE TIPPING WITH THE SPIRITS.
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POPULAR PAST TIME OF THE SPIRITUALIST HOME CIRCLES During the early 1900’s, when professional mediums all over the country were claiming to communicate with the spirits, ordinary people developed in interest in psychic phenomena. Most of these people had neither the means, nor the access, to professional mediums, so many…
