BAE 5.5 NetworkingSupplement

Magazine Overview

This document is the "Networking Directory 1994" supplement to the "Bulletin of Anomalous Experience," published by BAE. It serves as a comprehensive listing of individuals involved in the study of UFOs, paranormal phenomena, parapsychology, and related anomalous experiences. The directory provides contact information, professional backgrounds, and specific areas of interest for each listed person, facilitating networking and collaboration within the field.

Individuals and Their Expertise

North America

• Nick Balaskas (York University, Canada) has a B.Sc. in physics and interests in space science, astronomy, climatology, seismology, teaching, biblical archaeology, eschatology, UFO detection, physical evidence, crash/retrieval accounts, and planetary astronomy.
• Dr. Richard J. Boylan (Sacramento, CA, USA) is a clinical, research, and consulting psychologist who has interviewed and counseled individuals reporting extraterrestrial encounters since 1989. His findings are published in two books: "Extraterrestrial Contact and Human Responses" and "Close Extraterrestrial Encounters: Positive Experiences with Mysterious Visitors." He has an M.S. in education, an M.S.W., and a Ph.D. in anthropological psychology, with a networking interest in licensed psychotherapists counseling experiencers of close extraterrestrial physical contacts.
• John Robert Colombo (Toronto, Canada) is an author/editor focused on Canadiana and paranormal Canadiana, with six popular books on UFOs. He is compiling a global dictionary of UFO quotations and seeks characteristic remarks and formulations.
• Filip Coppens (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium) is an author, journalist, editor, publisher, and researcher into anomalous experiences. His networking interests include UFO abductions ("nuts and bolts"), spiritual and historical implications, and relations to other anomalous experiences.
• Camille Fehr (Brandon, Manitoba, Canada) is a registered psychiatric nurse interested in becoming more involved in UFO research and investigations. Her networking interests include counseling and field research into sightings and abductions.
• Michel Granger (Chalon/Saone, France) lists ufology, parapsychology, forteanism, and transient planetary phenomena as areas of networking interest.
• Alexander Imich, Ph.D. (New York, NY, USA) focuses on paranormal kinetic and kundalini phenomena, with a secondary interest in UFO and crop circle phenomena. He notes that his interests are relevant to BAE, including consciousness, ASC, UFOs, physical effects, abductions/hypnosis, and pre-20th-century manifestations of extraterrestrial contact.
• Robert S. Kimball (Milford, MA, USA) is a humanistic astrologer and researcher with interests in NDEs, UFO research, and psychological astrology.
• Waclaw Z. Kubiniec (Libusza, Poland) edits "The World of UFOs" Bulletin in Polish, aiming to bring UFO phenomena to Polish people. He seeks contributions of information and articles for reprinting.
• Kenneth W. Macek (Littleton, CO, USA) is a clinical hypnotherapist and Master NLP Practitioner, also working in light and color therapy. He is active in UFO and psychotherapy organizations and is interested in the application of the paranormal in human potential development.
• Steven Edward Mizrach (Gainesville, FL, USA) is a Master's candidate in cultural anthropology. His networking interests include UFO phenomena, forteana, parapsychology, ASCs, shamanism, psychedelics, Voudoun, cyberculture, virtual reality, epistemology, and sociology of knowledge.
• Joseph K. Long, Ph.D. (Greenville, KY, USA) holds degrees in Comparative Literature, Physical Anthropology, and Medical Anthropology. He has taught medical anthropology and now devotes his time to research on consciousness, ufology, and American prehistory. His interest in UFOs began after researching Jamaican witchdoctors and physicians, leading him to parapsychology. He was president of the Association for Transpersonal Anthropology and the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness.
• Mark Moravec (Ballarat, Australia) is an investigator/researcher of UFO and anomaly reports with 25 years of experience. He has a B.A. in Psychology and has authored and contributed to several books on UFO phenomena. He coordinates the Anomaly Research Centre (ARC) and is interested in the psychology and folklore of anomalous experiences, including beliefs and altered states of consciousness, and scientific methodologies.
• David Pursglove (Berkeley, CA, USA) is the Director of The New Being Project, which explores the possibility of a rapid evolutionary jump for humanity. He has researched psychoactive compounds and consciousness-modifying modalities and founded Passages In, a residential retreat for people in spiritual emergencies. His networking interests include post-Darwinist evolutionary theory, psychoactive compounds, UFOs, crop glyphs, human electromagnetic sensitivity, NDEs, fringe science, and chaos theory.
• John Schuessler (Houston, TX, USA) is a founding member of MUFON and currently serves as its Deputy Director for Administration. He has been a UFO researcher and investigator for over 25 years and is a consultant for cases involving medically-related effects from UFO encounters. He is the primary investigator of the Cash/Landrum UFO Case.
• Robert Shubow, Ph.D. (Corte Madera, CA, USA) practices hypnotherapy, dreamwork, and counseling with individuals experiencing "spiritual emergency," including those reporting OBES, NDEs, alien abductions, and other anomalous occurrences. He also teaches courses in this field.
• David Ritchey, Ph.D. (Brattleboro, VT, USA) transitioned to hypnotherapy from a career in fine-arts photography. He earned a Ph.D. and DCH from the American Institute of Hypnotherapy. His primary interest is in transpersonal and anomalous experiences, focusing on how these experiences affect individuals and what intra-personal factors might predispose them.
• R. Leo Sprinkle, Ph.D. (Laramie, WY, USA) is a counseling psychologist whose practice accepts the viewpoint of four levels of human experience: Physical, Biological, Psychosocial, and Spiritual. His networking interests include EST, Reincarnation, and UFO Experiences.

Australia

• Keith Basterfield (Adelaide, Australia) founded the Australian UFO Abduction Study Centre in 1994, a national network for experiencers, researchers, and health professionals. He is interested in compiling an international database of abduction accounts and exploring psychological hypotheses related to abductions.
• Mark Moravec (Ballarat, Australia) is listed above under North America due to his extensive work and publications, though he is based in Australia.

Europe

• Filip Coppens (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium) is listed above under North America due to the nature of his work, though he is based in Belgium.
• Michel Granger (Chalon/Saone, France) is listed above under North America due to the nature of his work, though he is based in France.
• Waclaw Z. Kubiniec (Libusza, Poland) is listed above under North America due to the nature of his work, though he is based in Poland.

Other International

• Barbara Becker (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) investigated UFO and mutilation reports in Elsberry, Missouri, in 1978. She is a skeptic of the Gulf Breeze/Ed Walters case and has published articles in ORBITER and IUR. Her networking interests include physical trace cases, mutilations, abductions, and TST.

Networking Interests and Themes

The directory highlights a broad spectrum of networking interests, including:

• UFO Phenomena: Abductions, physical evidence, crash/retrieval accounts, sightings, crop circles, aerial phenomena, and the "alien" contact phenomenon.
• Psychology and Consciousness: Psychotherapy, counseling, altered states of consciousness, transpersonal psychology, psychoactive compounds, spiritual emergence, NDEs, and the human factor in anomalous experiences.
• Paranormal and Anomalous Experiences: Parapsychology, forteanism, kundalini events, ghost phenomena, mystical visions, and general anomalous experiences.
• Research Methodologies: Scientific methodologies, compilation of databases, and investigation of reports.

The overarching themes are ufology, anomalous experiences, psychology, parapsychology, and the desire to connect with others in these fields for research, understanding, and support.

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

The recurring theme throughout the directory is the interconnectedness of various anomalous phenomena and the importance of interdisciplinary networking. The individuals listed come from diverse backgrounds, including physics, psychology, anthropology, nursing, and journalism, all converging on the study of unexplained experiences. The editorial stance, implied by the publication of such a directory, is one of open inquiry and a belief in the value of sharing information and fostering connections among researchers and experiencers in the field of anomalous phenomena.