electromagnetic theory, 88, 142
Elephantine Island, 82, 83
Elizabeth II, Queen, 100, 105
Ellison, Arthur, 20
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 281, 284
Environmental Protection Information Center, 307, 308
Escalada, Javier, 130
Esson, Dylan James, 323
Estabany, Oskar, 141
estivation, 252, 253, 256
eugenics, 114, 300, 302, 304
euro (currency), 183
European Space Agency (ESA), 333
European Union (EU), 183, 186
evolution, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 111, 124, 202
Exodus, 80, 82, 84, 85
Extremadura, Spain, 128, 129
F
farming, 82, 135, 137, 213
fatty acid, 204, 253
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 182
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 8, 11, 267, 274
Fendley, Joe, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118
fish, 45, 280
Flynn effect, 304
Flynn, James, 304
Fontana, David, 20
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 267
Forer Effect, 241
Forer, Bertram, 241
formaldehyde, 26, 27, 31
Forrest, Edwin, 247
founder effect, 151
Fox, Vicente, 184, 185
Foy, Robin and Sandra, 23
Franciscans (Catholic order), 129, 130, 131
Freemasonry, 100, 104, 117, 198
Fresco, Jacques, 108
Freyman, Robert, 75, 76, 77
Friendship 7, 217
frogs, 45, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256
fructose, 204
Frum, John, 121, 122, 123
G
Galilei, Galileo, 333
Galileo (spacecraft), 333
Galton, Sir Francis, 300
gamma rays, 15
Gauld, Alan, 23
Gemini program, 218, 220, 221, 222
Georgia Guidestones, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119
Gezer Calendar, 83
ghosts, 4, 212, 213, 245, 258, 261, 319, 336
Giza Necropolis, 82
Glenn, John, 217
Global Position System (GPS), 335
glucose, 204, 252
gluten, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329
gluten free diets, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329
gluten sensitivity, 327, 328, 329
Google Earth, 102, 335
Grange Reserve, 169, 171
gravity anomaly, 331, 332, 336
Gravity Hill, PA, 334, 335
gray aliens, 4
Great Pyramid of Cheops, 82, 84, 234
Great Smoky Mountains, 263
Green party, 14
Greenpeace, 283
Greenwood, Andrew, 170, 173
Gregory, C. E., 263
Grubel, Herb, 111, 184
Guinness Book of World Records, 274
H
Handel, Paul, 89, 90
Harmer, Dennis, 287, 288
Havas, Magda, 16, 17
Haydon, S. E., 341
Hayward, Susan, 321
Hebrews, 80, 81, 83
hepatitis, 103
Herbalife, 9
Here Be Dragons (film), 107
Herodotus, 83
Herrnstein, Richard, 302, 303
Heston, Charlton, 80, 313
Hewes, Hayden, 337
hibernation, 252, 253
Hill, Betty and Barney, 4
Hilton-Cook, Norman, 288
Hipparchos, 49
Hiroshima, Japan, 346
Hirsch index, 215
History Channel, 232, 337
Hitler, Adolf, 147, 213
Hoagland, Richard, 112
Hollywood, 80, 219, 313, 317, 319, 323
Hollywoodland (movie), 320
Holocaust, 81, 149
Holy Bible, 81, 103
homeopathy, 96
Horus (Egyptian god), 109
Hubbard, L. Ron, 116
Humanzee (documentary film), 228, 229
Hunsrück, Germany, 152
hydrochloric acid, 29
I
Iceland, 178
Illuminati, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
immune system, 27, 30, 32, 103, 254, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 327
impact factor, 215
Inca, 134
India, 48, 136, 279, 348
International Agency for Research on Cancer, 13
International Space Station (ISS), 295
intervention, 63, 64, 145, 271
Inuit, 178
iPhones, 48, 264
IQ testing, 299, 300, 302, 304
Israel, 81, 83, 340, 348
Israelites, 81, 83
Ivanov, Il’ya Ivanovich, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229
J
James, King, 245, 248
Japan, 69, 188, 189, 190, 192, 193, 231, 232, 236, 293, 309
Javan rhinoceros, 164
Jesse, Edward, 256
Jesuit (Catholic order), 130
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 131
Jews, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85
JN-25 (Japanese cipher), 190
Johns Hopkins, 155
Johnson Space Center, 220
Johnson, Lyndon, 124
Jones, Alex, 112
Jorgensen, Chuck, 276
Joseph II, Emperor, 196, 200
Jung, Carl, 238, 240, 241, 243
K
Kamchatka, Russia, 231
Kanoksilp, Manos, 43
Katrina (hurricane), 182
Keen, Montague, 20
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 274, 277
Ketten, Darlene, 308
Kimmel, Husband, 189, 190, 191, 192
Kimura, Masaaki, 232, 233, 234, 235
Kondos, Dimitrios, 46
Krieger, Dolores, 141, 142
Krishna (Indian god), 109
K-T extinction, 347, 348
Kunz, Dora, 140
kyusho jitsu, 67
L
Lai, Henry, 17
Lake Cahuilla, 177, 178, 179
Laos, 40, 41, 42, 45
Las Vegas, 11
latex, 29, 314
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 345
Lee, Brandon, 316
Lee, Bruce, 67, 316
Leitao, Mary, 155, 157
leukemia, 322
leukocytes, 268, 269
Levi, Primo, 80
lightning superbolts, 76, 77, 78
Liszt, Franz, 198
logical fallacies, 209, 215
Loose Change (film), 107, 112
Los Alamos National Laboratory, 75
Los Angeles Times, 321
Lovell, James, 221, 222
Lowke, John, 90
M
Maachi MB-326, 169
MacDonald, Gordon, 75
Macready, William, 246
Magic Kingdom (theme park), 319, 320
malaria, 279, 283, 284
Manehivi, 122, 123
Marfa Lights, 258
martial arts, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 316
Martin, H. C., 262
Martin, Wyatt, 114
Mayans, 100, 103
McCarthy, Jenny, 31, 212
McDivitt, James, 220, 221
Mekong River, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45
Melbourne, Australia, 168, 169, 170
Mengele, Josef, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152
mercury (element), 28, 200, 281
Mercury program, 28, 218
Merlin (engine), 287, 290
Merola, Peter Joseph, 108, 109, 110, 111
metabolism, 28, 204, 252, 253, 254
Mexicali, 177
Miklouho-Maclay, Nicholas, 124
Min Min light, 258
Miocene epoch, 180, 234
mirage, superior, 258, 262
Mitchell, Edgar, 218
Mithra (Persian god), 109
mitochondrial Eve, 15
1
Mojave Desert, 331
Mokele Mbembe, 161, 162, 166
Mona Vie, 9
monosaccharides, 204
Monster Quest (TV show), 228
Montúfar, Alonso de, 129, 130
Moorabbin Airport, 169
Moorehead, Agnes, 321
Morgellons Disease, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159
Morris, Desmond, 229
Morse code, 286, 290, 291
Mozambique, 283
Mozart, Constanze, 199, 200
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 195, 196, 198, 199, 200
Mt. Pinatubo (volcano), 347, 348
multilevel marketing, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 60
multiple sclerosis, 266, 329
Murray, Charles, 302
Mustang (aircraft), 287
mutually assured destruction, 348
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243
Mystery Spot, The (CA), 332
mystery spots, 331, 332, 333, 334, 336
Mythbusters (TV show), 18
N
naga, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 162
Nagasaki, Japan, 346
Nahuatl, 127
National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 276
National Cancer Institute, 322
National Enquirer, 228
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 297, 311
National Science Foundation, 51
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), 102, 296
Nature (journal), 345
Navajo, 104
Navy, Tom, 121
Nazism, 99, 100, 147, 148, 149, 150, 213, 214, 300
Nevada Test Site, 321
New England Journal of Medicine, 322
New Hebrides, 121, 122, 123
New World Order, 99, 100, 105, 114, 117, 119
New York Post (newspaper), 321
Newfoundland, 73, 74, 78
Newsweek, 9
Nican Mopohua, 127, 130
Nike (sportswear), 55
Nile River, 80, 82
Nimitz, Chester, 190
Nissen, Georg Nikolaus von, 199
North American Free Trade Agreement, 184
North American Union, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187
North Korea, 279, 348
Nubia, 83
nuclear autumn, 345, 348
nuclear winter, 344, 345, 347, 348
Nuremberg Trials, 300
O
O’Rourke, Heather, 315
obesity, 270, 325
Ocean Realm (magazine), 44
Ogopogo, 161
Oliver (chimpanzee), 229
omega-3 fatty acid, 204
omega-6 fatty acid, 204
Oregon Vortex, 332
organic food, 28, 202, 205, 328
Ornate, don Juan de, 178
oxidation, 253, 254
P
Pacific Ocean, 176, 178
Pakistan, 348
Palace of Darius, 136
paleohydrology, 137, 177
papyrus, 83
parasites, 154
Parsons, Alan, 319
Parthenon, 136
Passover, 83
Pastor, Robert, 111, 185
pathogens, 27, 32, 269, 270
peanut allergies, 329
Pearl Harbor, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193
Peek, Kim, 273, 274, 276
pelicans, 282
Pendleton, Robert, 321
Penn & Teller, 22
Penner, Joyce, 345
People (magazine), 321, 322
Peralta, Alberto, 131
Persepolis, 136
Persian Gulf, 347
pesticides, 279, 283, 284
pH, 29
Phayanak, 40, 41
phenylalanine, 203
phenylketonuria, 203
Phon Phisai (Thailand), 40, 41, 42
Piltdown Man, 254
Pink Floyd, 318
Pisgah National Forest, 258
placebo effect, 60, 159, 328
Plait, Phil, 331
plasma, 77, 89, 90, 91
Pliocene epoch, 180
plutonium, 14
polio, 32
Pollack, James, 344
Poltergeist (movie), 315
polysaccharides, 204
Ponzo Illusion, 334
porpoises, 307
Porsche 550 Spyder, 317, 318
Porterfield, Bill, 341
Proctor, J. S., 338, 339, 340, 341
Psammetichus I, 83
PubMed, 242
Pumapunku, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138
Purple (Japanese cipher), 190
Pushkin, Alexander, 196
pyramids, 82, 231
Pyrex, 89
Q
Qaidam Basin (Tibet), 34, 35, 37, 38
qi, 69, 71
R
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, 322
radiation, ionizing, 15
radiation, microwave, 89
radiation, radio frequency (RF), 13, 17, 77
radiation, ultra high frequency (UHF), 89
radiofrequency, 13, 14, 15, 18
radiofrequency identification (RFID), 77
Ramesses I, 84
Ramesses II, 80, 84
rauding, 276, 277
Rayner, Keith, 275
Reeve, Christopher, 320
Reeves, George, 320
Reeves, Richard, 277
Rennie, John, 1, 3
reptoids, 101
Reynolds, J. D., 341
rickshaws, 54, 58
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai, 196
Robins, Oliver, 315
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 190, 193
Ropen, 161, 162, 166
Rosa, Emily, 143, 145
Rosenkreuz, Christian, 116
Rosicrucianism, 116
Rossini, Gioachino, 198
Royal Australian Air Force, 171, 172
Russian Revolution, 186, 225
rye, 325
Ryukerin, Kiai Master, 68
Ryukyu Islands, 235, 236
S
Sagan, Carl, 111, 344, 347
Sahagún, Bernardino de, 131
Saint Ignace Mystery Spot (MI), 332
Salieri, Antonio, 195, 196, 197, 198, 200
Salton Sea, 177
Salton Sink, 177, 179
Samblebe, Frank, 172
Sánchez, Eduardo Chavez, 128
Sauthier, Paolo, 152
Schenider, Stephen, 345
Schoch, Robert, 234
Schubert, Franz, 198
Scientific American (magazine), 3, 88, 89, 90, 143
Scole Experiment, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Scripps Institute, 44
Sea of Cortez, 176
séances, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
semites, 81
Serino, Danielle, 68
Shakespeare, William, 245, 248, 249
sheeple, 105
Shellmound phase, 235
Shroud of Turin, 126
Silent Spring (book), 280, 281, 283
Simon, Théodore, 301
skepticism, 1, 2, 5, 61, 187
Sky Scorcher, 75
Skylab, 217
smart meters, 14, 18
Society for Psychical Research, 20, 22, 24, 214
solar radiation, 297
sonar, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311
South Atlantic Anomaly, 293, 294, 295, 296, 298
Soviet Union, 75, 170, 186, 218, 221, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228
speed reading, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277
Sphinx (Egypt), 82, 234
Spielberg, Steven, 317
Spitfire (aircraft), 287
St. Elmo’s Fire, 90
Stalin, Joseph, 224, 227, 228, 229
Stanford University, 301
Stanford-Binet test, 301, 302
Star, The (tabloid), 321
Stegosaurus, 162, 163, 164, 165
STENDEC, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290,
291
Stinnett, Robert, 190
Straight Dope, The, 277
stratosphere, 76
Strauss, Levi, 7
stress, 154, 156, 158, 159, 281, 308
subvocalization, 275, 276
sugar, 17, 204, 206
Superman (various iterations), 320, 321
supersonic flight, 76
Süssmayr, Franz Xavier, 198
swamp gas, 42, 45, 261
Syracuse, 49
T
Ta Prohm, Cambodia, 162, 163, 164, 165
Table Rock, NC, 260
Taiwan, 231, 235
Tanguma, Leo, 102, 103
Tanna Law, 122
target drogue, 171, 174
Tarzan (orangutan), 226
Taylor, Barbara, 311
Tepeyac (hill), 126, 129, 130
Ternan, Lewis, 301
Tesla, Nikola, 75, 91
Texas Almanac (newspaper), 339
The New Yorker (magazine), 280
therapeutic touch, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145
thimerosal, 26, 28
Thompson, Starley, 345
thoughtography, 93
Three Men and a Baby (movie), 319
Tibet, 34
tilma, 127, 130, 131, 132
Titicaca (lake), 134, 136, 137, 138
Tiwanaku, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139
tobacco, 14
Tonantzin (Aztec goddess), 129, 132
Toon, Owen, 344
toxodon, 138
Trent University, 16
Trudeau, Kevin, 274
TTAPS, 344, 345, 347, 348
Tupungato Mountain, 286, 288
Turco, Richard, 344
Tutankhamen, 248
Twain, Mark, 1
Tyack, Peter, 311
Tyler, Kermit, 189, 193
typhus, 279
U
Udayagiri Caves, 136
UFO Files (TV show), 337
UFOlogy, 337, 338, 341
ultraviolet radiation, 14, 15
unidentified flying objects, 4, 42, 168, 169, 170, 172, 174, 212, 213, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 228, 256, 261, 288, 337
United States Air Force, 172, 193, 220, 287, 288
United States Army, 301
United States Fish & Wildlife Service, 280
United States Forest Service, 260
United States Geological Survey (USGS), 262, 263, 264
United States Navy, 44, 121, 123, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310
University of Utah, 321
USS Enterprise, 191
USS Lexington, 191
USS Monaghan, 193
USS Saratoga, 191
USS Ward, 189
V
vaccines, 2, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 103, 269
Valeriano, Antonio, 127, 130
Van Allen radiation belts, 293, 294, 296
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