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American Cosmic

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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

  I N D E X | 2 65

  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

  2 6 6 | I N DE X

  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

  I N D E X | 2 6 7

  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

  2 6 8 | I N DE X

  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

  I N D E X | 2 69

  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

 

 

 


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