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Strange blue spheres fall from the sky in Dorset, we look at some previous reports in the past and look at some explanations.

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Steve Hornsby from Bournemouth shows one of the many 3cm diameter balls that began raining down late on Thursday afternoon during a hail storm.
Using ingenuity he kept them in his fridge! Which is brilliant! So we can take a look at this most curious of substances.



There also is an interview with Mr Hornsby embedded into the BBC report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-16754531 So the questions are - Is has it happened before? What are they? As for what they are its unknown at present, no scientist or experts have commented upon the phenomena, however The Met Office issued a statement that the jelly-like substance was "not meteorological". As for have they happened before? Actually yes! ATS member rstregooski points out in "The Complete Works of Charles Fort", in 1883 a report from South Africa of a case very similar In 1950, the Philidelphia Enquirer posted a report which the paranormal network has quoted before in our article "Angel Hair Phenomena" in Beyond The Line Issue 2 Which can be viewed online beginning on p12 http://issuu.com/KristianLander/docs/btlissue2 2 police officers experienced balls of a sticky goo falling from the sky which dissolved on contact with skin! They look similar to the planting beads which you buy at B&Q, homebase. They hold moisture and keep the plant's roots hydrated so you don't have to water them as often. These silica gel beads are used in aviation as CO2 absorbers. So its possible if these balls were falling from the sky, this could be a logical reason. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSqWHe0eVxg&feature=related] This is a video of c02 absorbing "Wet gel balls". Would be great to have your input and thoughts?

Paranormal 101 - How to be a investigator on a budget.

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Was asked a question recently which was from a friend called Sarah.  Who asked "I cannot go on ghost hunts, because I cannot afford it anymore. How can I still be investigator?" We take up the challenge of looking at different areas of the paranormal and how to do them on budget!

It's a question facing many  people who have an interest in the fields of curious experiences and phenomena in our economic climate, a climate which shows no signs of loosening its grip. So what can one do?

Anyone who has visited our site in the last year, will have seen a graphic, a message and a facebook page entitled Investigating the paranormal isn't just about hunting ghosts? Because there really is so much more to the amazing colourul landscape of the unexplained.

Areas such as remote viewing, psychometry, precognition and telepathy are easily examined, with a small number of people.
How? Simple experiments using Zener cards which you can make your own. Take a photo, make sure no one sees obviously put it in an envelope and pass it around seeing if others can pick up, draw and write down information they get just by touch. Put an object or a message in a room and see using remote viewing what it is. Arrange a psychical fun night in.

Prep work: paper for notes, create/buy Zener cards, get envelopes, get some peeps over.
Cost - Very little.


Ghost, stories, myth and legend discovering!

Theres always places with myths and legends attached. Monks, grey ladies, strange figures, anniversary hauntings. Roman roads, cross roads, former battlefields, standing stones, sacred sites and hanging trees even. You'll find them some of them in various books of the subject.

Take up the research side, head to your local studies library. You will find lots of stuff and places to look at. Discover more and even go visit. A great example close to us here in Ye Olde Nottingham is the stories of black George, the very road takes its name from the entity Georges Lane. A lonely and eerie stretch of rural road heading to the small township of Calverton. Many encounters of a black figure chasing cars, a number of situations where late night drivers on the road report a figure or being appearing in the back seat of the car! Not in there few either. Local taxi drivers reputedly avoid the road at night and others plan routes around Georges Lane. Brilliantly simple place to investigate, with the structure and scenario already in place required to do an investigation.
Take a car drive along at night.

Prep work: create a log, times, direction etc
Cost: It'd just be a tank of fuel.


On location of investigation. Example being a ghost inv.

Taking a logical equipment set suited to the investigation. Pen, notebook, >wristwatch, camera, torch (it may be dark), talcum powder, thermometer and a compass.
All of which bar the camera are relatively inexpensive. A tape/digital voice recorder is very useful though. EMF meters and thermal cameras sure look cool and striking. They are more about monitoring the environment rather than tracking down ghosts.
Which is our advice to any team. Use the principle - "K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple, Stupid." Sure there are advantages to having infra red beam alarms securing areas off, CCTV set ups monitoring when there is multiple locations. But are generally they not needed.

Don't waste time, money and effort on reports which aren't current events. For instance, it may that Mary who experienced the windows rattling, cold spots and the TV turning off 22 years ago without an explanation. Simple isn't viable, for the structure and perimeters of an investigation. But many people have reports they just want to talk about, which is fine in terms of conversation as some are fascinating.
However a simple way is just ask them straight, does it occur today?
Refer them to local studies library, city archives, paranormal database, ASSAP, SPR archives to see if there any other reports that have appeared at the location.


UFOs - a frequent subject of the strange

Have a look at local reports in the press, local studies library and the internet. Whilst many of the reports are from individuals viewing and recording are often nothing more than the crafts in passing. Rather than close encounters.
There is logical things investigators can do like making a call to CAA to see if there was a craft of more earthy origin at that time.


Cost: a phonecall. And log the report.


Hope these have provided food for thought in terms of lowering the outlay whilst being an effective investigator of the unexplained.

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Paranormal 101: Practical steps of the investigating the paranormal.

Enigma: "Strange and most curious. Places, stories and people that defy explanations."

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Enigma: "Strange and most curious. Places, stories and people that defy explanations."
Happening at the Lincolnshire Poacher, Mansfield Road, Nottingham. £2 on the door - February 9th 2012.



An informal discussion, picture and video session covering a number of weird and wonderful, places, stories and people that defy explanation,

Lalibela and Mohenjo-daro being two of the highlights.
Intention of a brief introduction, followed by some video clips and pictures. Following each by discussion.

Some local spooky and strange stories, which we have been involved with. with pictures and video from our archives, some of which have never been shown publically before.
Feel free to bring your own too!

Plus more!

Anomaly: Journal of research into the Paranormal volume 45 Nov 2011

Volume 45 is now available, clocking in at a good size of 251 pages of accessible Journal papers published by the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena and is available for purchase of £10 ($20). There is a quote which I comes to mind "Extraordinary results through the wise application of knowledge" (Which comes from Ron Young). ASSAPs Anomaly does just that, provides knowledge from which to build structure and look to discover the extraordinary.

A list of the articles and conference papers contained within, should wet your appetite enough to encourage you to obtain a copy of this excellent publication.

The effects of religious priming on pseudohallucinations induced by mirror gazing - Alex Rugens
Ethical issues in spontaneous phenomena investigations - Dave wood and Christian Jenson Romer
Rendelsham Forest incident: Overview - Robert Moore

Hilary Evans: An Obituary - Hugh Pincott
Why everything we think know about ghost is (probably) wrong - Christian Jenson Romer
Problems in establishing the authenticity of crop circles - Trystan Swale
Anthropology of spirit mediumship, animism and altered states of consciousness - Jack Hunter
The future of paranormal investigation: onwards and upwards for the next 30 years - John Fraser
Further comments on alleged phone calls from the dead - Cal Cooper
Bigfoot/sasquatch evidence - Paul Vella
Infrasound and its association with paranormal experiences - Steve Parsons
Power to the people: the role of consciousness in paranormal research - Hugh Pincott
Seeing relationships that dont exist: Paul Rogers
Head and tales: Strange case of the Hexham heads - David Taylor
Effect of paranormal belief on response bias in an EVP task - Simon Sherwood
RAND, UFOs, Superstition and the psychological warfare - Mark Pilkington

Not to mention more! including brilliant book reviews and correspondence. Anomaly 45 should be in the hands of any person considering themselves to be a paranormal investigator, follower of the unexplained or a curious observer looking to learn. For me personally, who attended ASSAP30 Seriously Strange conference event and got to listen to many of the talks by those active in the field of research and academia. My scribbling hand wasn't fast enough on the day for taking notes of such involving presentations and information. ASSAP have played an ace from their sleeve by publishing them here for just £10 this deserves to be in the collection and would make an ideal gift for someone involved in any of the aspects of the unexplained.

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Dr Armen Victorian - Mind Controllers book just arrived. Once worked at my local ASDA.

Dr Armen Victorian… a enigmatic individual linked with the Ministry of Defence, the CIA and in particular mind and behaviour control experiments. Who happened to work briefly as it seems at ASDA in Hyson Green, Nottingham. His book Mind Controllers published by Vision press a few years ago came through my door yesterday.

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How this person who went by the pseudonym “Henry X” came to be known tp me, is when a chat with a colleague name dropped him in conversation, then he explained that he worked at the store. He asked me to go find out more information, which I did. I had heard of Henry X but nothing more than a passing name in various files and articles regarding ufology some years before. Armen Victorian had history with the Ministry Of Defence, Central Intelligence Agency and many high level intelligence organizations. He is allegedly known to have people on the inside of the government and private agencies, leaking information as it were, which according to website henryxfiles had him brought up in court on treason charges, afterwards he couldn’t secure work – however ASDA did.

 

Armen Victorian is actually someone who has put more requests in with the Freedom of information act in US and Great Britain, more than anyone else in the world. Which I am sure would have drawn attention of higher ups.

He discovered and has published dossiers on experimentation of pregnant women, school children, prisoners and military veterans who have been subjected to exploitation and has assembled documented proof of their occurrence and initiation.

The book “Mind controllers” covers many of these documents many of which involve remote viewing, psychokinetics, telepathy training which the CIA and British Intelligence became heavily involved with, after discovering during the Cold war Russia was researching the fields of parapsychology and mind control.

I am going to be reading this pretty much from today. and will give you my views of the book when i have done.

Kristian Lander.

hey guys (and girls) today is my half birthday, guess im a bit of a hobbit! lol

Paranormal Network Research Project – Participate in the survey ONLINE today!

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THE SURVEY IS NOW LIVE ONLINE!

http://goo.gl/Rp0HE

You and your team can participate in possibly the first of it's kind survey going out to all paranormal/unexplained/research/investigation themed groups. We would like your inclusion.

It is deliberately clear and straight forward.

The questionnaire is split into 7 sections

- General consensus questions of your groups approach - Understanding - Prior information and preparation. - On location - Gathered data - Analysis - General questions

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Paranormal Network Research Project – Participate in the survey today!

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Paranormal Network Research Project - Codenamed "WIRGOOT" acronym for "What Is Really Going On Out There"

Be involved with possibly the first survey of its kind, participation going out to ALL paranormal/unexplained/investigation/research akin groups.

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Audio Feature - Angel Hair phenomenon

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Looking at the angel hair phenomenon, strange strands of super fine hair and blobs that seemingly fall from nowhere, and when touched are absorbed by the body! Numerous reports the world over!

Enigma TV founder and documentary film maker Chris Everard, in his film Secret Space - demonstrating footage of biological lifeforms in the upper atmosphere which can be miles in length. Coupled with recent scientific analysis which has confirmed Angel hair is organic, could there be a link between the recorded biological lifeforms in our atmosphere and the angel hair? Listen now in high quality audio online or download as a quality podcast!

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ASSAP: The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena. Come and join 30th Anniversary event!

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Kristian Lander recently became a subscribed member of ASSAP, The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP) has been investigating the weird seriously (and the seriously weird) since 1981. ASSAP are a registered charity publishing a newsletter and a journal. Whose primary main aims are paranormal research and education. Which means you would be correct in saying ASSAP reaches the age of 30 this year and they have a conference/public event coming up in September on the 10th and 11th. Happening in the city famous for its baths...  of course Bath!  At the university!

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