by D W Pasulka
interpretation as action, 80– 81
195– 198
In the Field, 85, 86, 89, 92, 118
the download, 198
Invisible College, 61
synchronicities, 197, 198
The Invisible Col ege: What a
transformation experience, 239
Group of Scientists Has
UFO events, 188– 191, 193– 194
Discovered About UFO
hierophanies. See sacred spaces
Influence on the Human Race
hierophany, 50, 162
(Vallee), 154– 155, 171
high strangeness, 185
The Invisible Goril a and
Hil , Betty and Barney, 144– 146, 157
Other Ways Our Intuitions
History Channel, 130, 211– 213
Deceive Us (Chabris and
holographic theory, 187
Simons), 82
Homeland Security, Department
the invisibles, 25– 26, 31, 38, 155,
of, 111
201, 206, 237
Hopkins, Budd, 146, 149, 150
iPhone, 46, 117, 142, 143
Horn, Michael, 134– 135
Hubbard, L. Ron, 36
Jediism, 14, 136, 148
human– extraterrestrial contact
Joseph of Cupertino, 217– 218
networks, 206– 207
Jung, Carl, 10, 14, 96– 100
human– technological
amplificatory interpretation, 98,
engagement, 170
100, 116
The Hundredth Monkey and Other
synchronicities, 108, 111
Paradigms of the Paranormal,
146– 147
Keech, Marian, 114– 115
Hynek, J. Allen, 154
Keyhoe, Donald, 145, 157
hypnotic regression, 92, 143– 147,
koans, 161
149, 157
Kottmeyer, Martin, 146
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Kripal, Jeff, 39– 43, 46, 139, 235
memory, 146– 147
Kruse, Alison, 92– 96, 98, 111, 112
Messengers of Deception
vocation, 95
(Vallee), 114
meta- experiencers, 7– 8, 27, 216
levitation, 217– 218, 226– 227
mind- body dualism
Loftus, Elizabeth, 146– 147
in Catholic tradition, 156, 158
Lourdes, France, 18
in Ufology, 156
The Lure of the Edge (Denzler), 3– 4
miracles, morphology of, 171,
172– 173, 207
Mack, John, 241
Mitchel , Edgar, 186, 199– 200,
Maria of Agreda, 217– 219, 239
202– 210
bilocations to New Mexico, 217,
modern UFO era (1947), 14
219, 233– 236
the monolith ( 2001: A Space
Earth as spinning sphere, 234
Odyssey), 116– 117, 141– 142
Massachusetts Institute of
as screen, 117– 118, 141– 142
Technology (MIT),
MUFON, 4, 210– 211
202– 203, 228
misrepresentations of
Master, James, 18– 19, 22– 24, 26,
experiences, 211– 212, 213
47– 70, 72– 78, 112
public reports database, 211,
artifact as donation, 116– 117
213– 214
attention to anomalies, 240– 241
Muhammad, Elijah, 12– 13, 237
biologist, 72
Muhammad, Wal ace Fard, 237
The Book Encounter, 32, 101
Mullis, Kary, 43
meeting Tyler, 72– 73
Murrysville UFO, 94
process for creativity, 69, 71
Mutual UFO Network.
search for scientist- believers,
See MUFON
57– 58, 59– 61
the mysterious sacred, 242– 243.
trip to New Mexico, 116
See also synchronicities
meaning- making, 107– 108,
mystical experiences, 207– 208
109– 110, 114– 115
mythologizing as
media representation, 21, 144
obfuscation, 78– 79
shaping UFO belief, 87
media techniques influencing
NASA, 1, 34, 131, 138, 200
religious belief
National Geographic Channel,
authoritative comments, 123,
127, 130
128, 131, 149– 150, 212– 213
Nation of Islam, 237
“based on true events,”
near- death experiences, 196– 197
122– 123, 149
New Jersey UFO Congress,
realist montage, 122, 123, 128,
106, 107
129, 131, 149
New Mexico, 17– 18, 26, 78– 79,
media technologies as apparitions,
116, 199, 217, 219, 233
170– 172
crash site, 74– 75, 75, 76
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new religious movements
photographs, manipulation of, 84–
invented religions, 137– 138
85, 91– 92, 113, 114– 115, 118 f
UFO- based religions, 138
Poole, Elijah, Robert. See
nonhuman intelligence, 1, 36,
Muhammad, Elijah
207, 243
potential extraterrestrial life, 131
biotechnological
Project Blue Book, 128, 154
communication, 63
prosthetic memory, 148
effects on humans, 64
“psychic component” of visitation,
frequency shifted, 63
171– 172
interdimensional, 63
psychic cosmonauts, 235, 236
psychology
Oculus Rift, 135
amplificatory interpretation, 98,
off- planet intelligence, 9, 32,
100, 103 ( see also creation of
34, 36, 37
meaning)
orbs, 7, 8, 111, 165
cognitive modeling, 124– 126
The Outer Limits, 146
mass phenomenon, 98
out- of- body experiences, 197
projections, 62
Out There: The Government’s Secret
psychic disturbance, 98
Quest for Extraterrestrials
scheduled reinforcements, 163,
(Blum), 91, 101
169– 170
purgatory, 156
Parsons, Jack, 36– 37, 68, 209
Passport to Magonia (Vallee), 14
Qi, 68
patterns, 14, 94, 153, 160, 162– 163, Qian Xuesen, 68
171, 207
Quantrek, 203
Pease Air Force Base, 145
quantum hologram
perception and belief, 82– 83,
theory of physics and
188– 191, 196– 197. See also
consciousness, 207
creation of meaning
quantum theory, 64, 66, 183– 184,
shaping reality, 234– 235
187, 196, 199, 201– 202,
perception management, 56– 57,
207, 209
83, 128
percipients. See experiencers
Ramanujan, Srinivasa, 68– 69
pervasive media, 127
religious experiences, 81
as reality, 119, 121
remote viewing, 204, 207, 209
Phenomena (Jacobsen), 68
Resnick, Judith, 30
phenomenology, 170
Robertson Panel (1953), 57, 128
the phenomenon, 190 f
Rodwel , Mary, 186, 198– 199
as contagious agent,
74
Roswell event, 74, 77, 199– 200
as technology, 187
Russian space program, 36
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Sabina, Saint, 226
off- planet craft operation, 42– 43
sacred spaces, 17– 18, 18, 50, 73,
pacemaker capacitor, 42
76, 162
Pasulka, Diana, 108– 110, 122
Sagan, Carl, 32
synthetic biologists (Silicon
Schild, Rudy, 186, 199, 207
Valley), 183
scientific inquiry, 24, 88– 89
scientist- believers, 1, 50– 52, 59– 61,
technological infrastructure, 15
187, 202, 207, 242– 243
impact on religion, 2
Scientology, 14
technology, 19
Seraphia, Saint, 226
artifacts, 38
Shklovsky, Iosif Samuilovich, 244
biomedical, 27– 29, 35
Shroud of Turin, 241– 242
biotechnological
sleep paralysis
communication, 41
Browne, Scott, 90
cognition of, 172
James, 53– 54
communication of, 198
Smithsonian Channel, 130
cultural change, 155, 244
social y- mediated
DNA as receptor and
communication, 159
transmitter, 43
social media, 85, 86, 88, 89, 94,
human co- evolution and,
112, 113, 116, 135, 142, 151,
140– 141, 234– 235
155, 172, 196
manipulation, 118
spaced- based experimental
media of, 117– 118, 118– 119,
science, 32– 33
122– 123, 126, 128, 129,
specialist factual programming,
131, 140
129– 131, 133, 148
molecular bone etching, 35
spiritual inspiration, 68, 69
as sacred medium, 2– 3
Spiritualists, 2
as sacred object, 2– 3, 154– 156
Stanford Research Institute
space exploration of, 229
(SRI), 204
as supernatural, 38
Star Wars, 132– 135
telepathy, 207, 209
religions based upon, 14,
Teodorani, Massimo, 5
136– 137, 138– 139 ( see also
Teresa of Avila, 113, 202, 224
Jediism)
anomalous experiences,
Stinnett, David, 89, 106– 108, 111
103– 104
Stormtrooper dash cam
artistic depictions of the
videos, 134
transverberation, 104
Strieber, Whitley, 139, 243
The Book Encounter, 104
synchronicities, 43, 107, 197, 198,
testimonies of religious
233, 238, 242– 243
experiences, 187, 189, 191
Christian communities, 108
UFO events of, 157, 186– 187
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top- secret military
conversion experiences and,
programs, 78– 79
171, 185
Total Recall Effect, 121. See also
“devotional,” 157, 186
cognitive science of media
direct experience and, 112
Tsien, 68
“doctrinal,” 157, 186
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin, 36, 37,
interpretation, 157
68, 209
as non- religious/ spiritual
Tyler D., 17– 24, 26– 50, 67– 68,
events, 15
71– 77, 79– 80, 112, 151– 152,
as religious/ spiritual
204, 209, 215, 218– 229,
events, 11, 14
234– 236
as spiritual events, 7– 8, 157
alone/ loneliness, 46
as technology, 155
The Book Encounter, 32, 100
Ufologists
charm, 40
academic, 4, 106
the connection, 41– 42
Invisible College, 4
creativity, 71
public, 4, 57, 59, 112, 201
DNA biotechnology, 41, 43, 179,
scientist- believers, 6
182, 206– 207
Ufology, 210
material Ufologist, 72
history of, 237
“memory,” 32– 34, 35
ignored history of, 237
patents, 32– 34
Invisible College, 4– 5, 61
the phenomenon, 35
materialist school, 157, 158
protocol, off- planet intelligence,
military intelligence, 5
40– 41, 70, 166
mind– body dualism, 156
spiritual contact, 238– 239
misinformation, 89 ( see also
spiritual conversion, 227– 228,
perception management)
231– 233
popularists, 6
synchronicities, 242– 243
scientist- believers, 1, 6, 8, 15
training practices, 68
spiritualist school, 157
transformative experience, 237
as a vocation, 85– 86
vocation, 239
UFOs
Tyler’s protocol. See
1920s, 237
synchronicities
apparitions and, 7– 8, 171
( see also UFOs— and Our
UFO behavior
Lady of Fatima)
awareness, 93, 113
as aware, 93, 113
mimicry of airplane lights, 94
belief in, 6– 7, 83, 127, 216
universality of behavior, 95
Catholicism and, 156 ( see also
UFO ethic, 88
Catholicism)
UFO events, 188– 195, 210
Congressional testimony, 209
contact events, 11– 12
consumerism, 18, 78
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government study of, 57, 91,
University of Arizona, 228
154 ( see also NASA; US space unorthodox science, 68, 77, 215
program)
US Air Force, 154
testimonies of contact, 157,
US space program, 27– 29, 32, 34,
186– 187
204, 206, 209
UFO flaps, 62, 169
extraterrestrial interventions,
as universal mass rumor, 100
205– 206
as window, 72, 79– 80
unexplained phenomenon
Vallee, Jacques, 4, 10, 14, 48, 71,
cultural narratives, 116
83, 154– 157, 169
direct experience, 116
Vatican Observatory, 112, 215,
photographs, 98
228– 229
United Nations, UFO Investigative Vatican Secret Archives, 215,
Committee, 10
220– 229
Document Outline
Cover
American Cosmic
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface: A Tour of Silicon Valley with Jacques Vallee
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Invisible Tyler D.
2. James: Master of the Multiverse
3. In the Field: The War Is Virtual, the Blood Is Real
4. When Star Wars Became Real: The Mechanisms of Belief
5. The Material Code: From the Disembodied Soul to the Materiality of Quantum Information
6. The Human Receiver: Matter, Information, Energy . . . Contact
7. Real and Imaginary: Tyler D.’s Spiritual Conversion in Rome
Conclusion: The Artifac
t
Notes
Glossary
Index