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A Childress, David Hatcher, 44, 48, 119 Adamski, George, 83, 133 Christie, Agatha, 127 Alcubierre, Miguel, 117 Chupacabra, 80 Alternative 3, 174 Clarke, Arthur C., 8, 17, 57, 113, 120, 121, Amazing Stories, 2, 38, 41, 46, 53, 61, 65, 105, 112 124, 149 Ancient astronauts, 136 Clarke, David, 67, 72, 73, 82 Anti-gravity, 119 Clegg, Brian, 26, 88, 113, 117, 129 Antimatter, 126 Clifton, Mark, 91 Apollo Moon landings, 163 Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 38, 72, Ark of the Covenant, 142 160, 175 Armageddon, 171 Cold fusion, 125 Arnold, Kenneth, 62, 65, 68 Conspiracy theory, 30, 44, 50, 51, 55, 58, 64, Asimov, Isaac, 13, 26, 64, 98, 112, 124, 130, 65, 67, 145, 148, 155, 157, 159, 167 158, 165 Cox, Brian, 95 Asteroid impact, 171 Cultural tracking, 70 Astounding Science Fiction, 8, 12, 22, 57, 64, 91, 97, 107, 115, 117, 121, 125, 158, 165 Atlantis, 37, 42, 59, 106, 139, 143 D Däniken, Erich von, 135, 136, 143, 150 Dash, Mike, 35, 36, 79 B De Camp, L. Sprague, 141 Ballard, J.G., 82 Dean Drive, 113 Bates method, 103 Death ray, 127 Berlitz, Charles, 36, 68 deFord, Miriam Allen, 9, 22 Bermuda Triangle, 36, 139 Dianetics, 97 Binder, Otto, 67 Dick, Philip K., 26, 52, 56, 77, 99, 156, 163, 170 Blavatsky, Madame, 94, 141 Disch, Thomas M., 169 Blish, James, 90, 104 Ditko, Steve, 104 Boltzmann brain, 76 Doc Savage, 112 Brown, Dan, 94, 126, 156 Doctor Strange, 104 Brown, Fredric, 27, 77 Doctor Who, 37, 145, 162 Brunner, John, 107 Dowsing, 101 Doyle, Arthur Conan, 88 Dyatlov Pass Incident, 31 C Campbell, John W., 13, 57, 64, 91, 99, 107, 115, 130 E Capricorn One, 163 EmDrive, 115 Carpenter, John, 51, 57 England, George Allan, 4 Champions, 104 Extrasensory perception (ESP), 54, 66, 88, 91, 121 Chemtrails, 167 Ezekiel, 134

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F Leslie, Desmond, 133 Face on Mars, 145 Lone Gunmen, 162 Fanthorpe, Lionel, 17, 23, 134, 139, 143 Lovecraft, H.P., 10, 21, 151 Fort, Charles, 4, 9, 12, 16, 21, 36, 61, 87, 129 Fortean Times, 13, 31, 48, 57, 80, 106, 115, 150, 164, 167, 173, 175 M Marvel Comics, 37, 104, 140, 146 The Matrix, 157 G Mind control, 44, 46, 56, 166 Geller, Uri, 90 Morning of the Magicians, 34, 106, 136, 148, 162 General Semantics, 103 Moskowitz, Sam, 8, 88 Gernsback, Hugo, 2, 83, 119, 130 Gibson, William, 83 Goulart, Ron, 1, 41, 49 N Nelson, Ray, 51 Newton’s laws of motion, 111, 112 H New World Order, 157, 159 Hamilton, Edmond, 9 Niven, Larry, 34 Hawking, Stephen, 119 Noetic Science, 94 Hieronymus Machine, 100 Howard, Robert E., 58, 139 Hoyle, Fred, 76 O Hubbard, L. Ron, 97, 117, 130 Orgone, 101 Hunger Games, 159 Hynek, J. Allen, 72 P Palmer, Ray, 38, 41, 46, 61, 64 I Panspermia, 77 Icke, David, 50, 58 Parallel universe, 9, 21, 22, 27, 125 Perpetual motion, 122 Philadelphia Experiment, 29, 106, 130, 156 J Pilkington, Mark, 55, 69, 100, 125, 129, 145, Jedi, 101 150, 166 Jones, Raymond F., 122 Piper, H. Beam, 22, 158 Josephson, Brian, 95 Plato, 141 Judge Anderson of Psi Division, 48 Polywater, 170 Jung, Carl Gustav, 52, 82 Predictive programming, 159 Prometheus, 150 Psi-Fi, 100 K Psychometry, 93 Kaku, Michio, 76, 118, 125 Psycho-social hypothesis, 82 Kardashev scale, 75 Keyhoe, Donald, 65 Kirby, Jack, 106, 146, 148 Q Kirlian photography, 103 Quantum theory, 95 Kornbluth, Cyril, 160 Quatermass and the Pit, 139 Kubrick, Stanley, 76, 149, 163 Kuhn, Thomas, 93 R Radford, Benjamin, 80 L Raiders of the Lost Ark, 142 Lafferty, R.A., 17 Rampa, T. Lobsang, 106 Lazar, Bob, 121 Randles, Jenny, 34, 62, 70 Lee, Stan, 104, 106, 148 Redfern, Nick, 54, 148, 160 Lemuria, 42, 50, 106 Red Pill, 157 Index 181

Reich, Wilhelm, 101 2001: A Space Odyssey, 76, 149, 163 Relativity, 116 2012, 174 Remote Viewing, 90 Rhine, J.B., 88, 129 Rickard, Bob, 13, 48, 57, 106, 167 U Roswell, 68, 156 Unidentified flying object (UFOs), 15, 21, 24, Russell, Eric Frank, 12, 16, 22, 24, 41, 51, 68, 29, 34, 48, 61, 62, 67, 70, 102, 121, 135, 156, 165 133, 160 Unknown (magazine), 13, 15, 97

S Scientology, 97 V Serpo, 69 Van Vogt, A.E., 103 Shaggy god stories, 149 Velikovsky, Immanuel, 171 Shakespeare, William, 87, 159 Verne, Jules, 139 Shaver, Richard, 38, 42, 45, 50, 53, 61, 65, Vimanas, 133 139, 156 Vonnegut, Kurt, 170 Sheldon, Alice, 69 Silverberg, Robert, 74, 169 Sitchin, Zecharia, 150, 173 W Sladek, John, 101, 141, 171 Water memory, 95, 98 Species, 80 Watson, Ian, 34, 83 Spielberg, Steven, 72, 142, 175 Weinbaum, Stanley G., 26 Stargate, 119, 145 Weird Tales, 10, 58 Star Trek, 77, 111, 117, 126 Wells, H.G., 158 Star Wars, 72, 101, 111, 118 Williamson, Jack, 125 Story, Ronald, 138, 139 Wilson, Colin, 93 Strieber, Whitley, 67, 156 Wormholes, 119

T X Teleportation, 7, 9, 21, 29, 91 X-Files, 16, 29, 35, 57, 80, 162, 167, 174 Tesla, Nikola, 126, 129, 144 X-Men, 89, 106, 148 They Live, 51 Time dilation, 116 Time-slips, 26, 32, 34 Z Trench, Brinsley Le Poer, 136, 150 Zener cards, 89 Tucker, Wilson, 89 Zero-point energy, 124 Tunguska, 32, 107, 130 Zeta Reticuli, 70