Phenomenon Times - 2012 04

Magazine Overview

Title: The Phenomenon Times
Issue Date: April 2012
Publisher: The UFO & Paranormal Research Society of Australia
Focus: Reporting on recent news and studies outside mainstream scientific endeavour, in a quest for truth, covering a broad, cross-disciplinary approach to paranormal events.

President's Report

Larraine Cilia, President of UFO & Paranormal Research Society of Australia, opens the issue with a greeting to 'Earthling and Alien Friends'. She reflects on the positive feedback from the 'Eerie Encounters' TV series and discusses concepts like Sixth Sense, Intuition, Premonition, and Cosmic Consciousness. Cilia highlights recent experiments suggesting a connection between all living things, drawing parallels to the 'fringe' community's long-held beliefs. She uses the example of plants retaining a 'memory' even when pared, and mentions David Wilcock's 'Source Field Investigations' as a journey to understand this 'strange force'. The report touches on astral and transcendental meditation, 'Remote Viewing' used by the military, and the global verification of mass healing energy through the concentration of thought, citing the recovery of Kylie Minogue and Delta Goodrem from cancer. Cilia also references Dr. Masaru Emoto's research on how thought and intention affect water crystals, demonstrating how positive words create beautiful patterns while negative words deform them. She concludes by emphasizing the impact of our words and thoughts on the future.

Editor's Notes & Society Information

Dominic McNamara, Editor and Director, provides information about the UFO & Paranormal Research Society of Australia, including its postal address and contact email. The report also details the UFO-PRSA Investigators team and lists the meeting calendar for 2012, with Wednesday meetings held at the Campbelltown Arts Centre. The entry fee for meetings is $6.00 for members and $10.00 for non-members, with doors opening at 6:45 pm for a 7:00 pm start.

Eerie Encounters DVD Series

Dominic McNamara, Director, announces that the first 'Eerie Encounters' Series has aired on TVS and received positive feedback. The next disc in the series, featuring episodes 'Shadow people' and 'Superman', will be available in April 2012. These discs are produced in HD 1080i for optimal viewing on HD screens. The team is currently working on the next episode's shoot location and scripting, seeking interested individuals for crew help and 'extras'. A third disc containing episodes 5 and 6 is planned. Episode 5 is a compilation of events experienced by the Society committee, while Episode 6 focuses on events during an overnight fishing trip on the Hawkesbury River. Copies of the series are available from the Society and specific outlets.

Personal Account: Eerie Encounters

This section details a personal experience from NSW, Liverpool, on April 8, 2011. The author, a self-proclaimed skeptic and mathematics/physics enthusiast, describes a vivid dream-like experience. While standing on their front lawn, they observed rings of stars that solidified into a larger object. The street light began to flicker and turn off. The author felt a sense of tranquility and compliance, describing it as coming to terms with fate, accompanied by a sensation of electricity and numbness. They then felt themselves floating towards the object, which was described as round with red and orange lights, and were raised into it. Inside a cylindrical room, they heard a voice asking about their leader, military, and planet. When unable to answer, objects resembling knives materialized. The author recalls mentioning Julia Gillard and Barrack Obama before waking up. The experience continued to plague them, leading them to search online for '7/04/12 Alien Abductions Australia', which led them to the UFO-PRSA website.

Vice President's Report

Kellie Pataky, Vice President, shares an inspirational quote about life's outlook. She recounts the excitement of the group with the wedding of member Tiffany Alicajic to Andrew Vaughan on March 31st, attending the ceremony and reception. The report also features a review of 'Awakening', a book by Australian meditation expert Yogi Brahmasamhara, which offers step-by-step exercises for meditation, focusing on letting go of tension, breathing techniques, and stilling the mind. The book is described as a warm, easy-to-follow guide for both beginners and experienced meditators.

Psychic Perception: Past Lives

This article, continued from the February edition and written by Kellie Pataky, explores lucid dreaming and how it is facilitated. A lucid dreamer becomes aware they are dreaming and can gain god-like skills to manipulate the dream environment. The article discusses how perceptions are heightened in lucid dreams, with 93% of Twemlow's respondents claiming their Out-of-Body (OBE) experiences were 'more real than a dream'. It suggests that self-awareness during these experiences, combined with heightened perceptions, leads researchers to consider OBEs different from dreams, though the article posits they might be aspects of the same phenomenon. The text contrasts lucid dreams with OBEs, noting that some believe lucid dreams have no transition state, while others experience a clear transition, similar to an OBE, including lifting out of the body. The article introduces Thomas Yuschak's classification of lucid dreams into DILDs (dream-induced) and WILDs (wake-induced). A WILD involves an immediate transition from waking to lucid dream state with intense sensations like floating and rapid accelerations. Yuschak describes accelerating towards a location in a WILD. The article also references Robert Waggoner, who can control his dream environment, and Thomas Yuschak's description of 'rolling over' to float near the ceiling. Robert Monroe's 'rolling over' technique from 'Journeys Out of the Body' is also mentioned, detailing an experience of fingers passing through a floor and touching water. The author questions whether such experiences are genuine out-of-body perceptions or dreams created from expectations.

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

The magazine consistently explores the unexplained, UFO phenomena, and paranormal events, encouraging a quest for truth beyond mainstream science. It promotes a cross-disciplinary approach, integrating personal experiences, research, and spiritual concepts like consciousness and meditation. The editorial stance appears open-minded, presenting personal accounts and research findings for readers to consider, while also acknowledging skepticism and the need for further understanding. Themes of consciousness, interconnectedness, and the nature of reality are recurrent throughout the issue.

This issue of Crop Circle News focuses on recent crop circle formations and UFO sightings, alongside paranormal investigations. The cover prominently features a crop circle from Roundway Hill, Wiltshire, reported on July 25, 2011. The magazine includes a variety of content, from personal sighting reports to promotional material for related media.

Crop Circle Reports

The primary visual on the cover is a crop circle located at Roundway Hill (2), near Devizes, Wiltshire, reported on July 25, 2011. The image showcases a complex circular design within a field. The credit for crop circle photos and reports is given to The Crop Circle Connector (cropcircleconnector.com).

Sighting Reports

Hawkesbury, Australia (September 21, 1998)

A detailed account is provided by Westhead Hawkesbury, a fisherman who encountered an unusual light on September 21, 1998, at 04:30. Initially mistaking it for a mast light, he observed it grow brighter and pulse. The object then moved erratically, flashing sparks and responding to his torch signals with SOS patterns and complex aerial maneuvers. At one point, the object emitted a brilliant gold light that soaked the boat and its occupants, causing the witness to hide and recite the Lord's Prayer. The object's light trail was distinct, unlike those from nearby Brooklyn. The witness notes that friends initially disbelieved him until a later incident.

Warners Bay, NSW, Australia (March 31, 2012)

During a barbecue on March 31, 2012, at 20:00, a witness observed a bright object moving south to north, resembling a star with an orange tinge. After disappearing, a second, larger object appeared, moving north to south. This object slowed, lit up like a bright camera flash, and then executed a 90-degree turn before disappearing. Both the witness and his son captured video footage of the event on a Blackberry phone and iPod touch, respectively. The witness wishes for the footage to be analyzed by experts but is hesitant to become a public figure due to his job. He mentions having had two previous sightings and experiencing lost time after a sighting in 1994, all occurring in the same location and at similar times.

Bradbury, NSW, Australia (March 20, 2012)

An observant UFO enthusiast from Bradbury reported inadvertently photographing craft from his garden on March 20, 2012, at 09:35. He noted recent activity of low-flying craft, including helicopters and large airplanes. On this occasion, a hovering helicopter was observed in the same vicinity as a craft that appeared on the front page of the Daily Telegraph on March 14, 2012. Accompanying images show the helicopter and the object, with options for 'Cropped', 'Magnified', and 'Original' views.

Factfinder: Q-Station Investigation

Authored by Michelle Uznik, this section details an investigation at Q-Station, formerly known as the old quarantine station at North Head near Manly, Australia. Q-Station has a reputation for hauntings, making it a site for investigation. During the exploration of haunted buildings, investigators Kellie and guest medium Sharon Hood gathered little information. However, using a spirit board, they made contact with a spirit who identified himself as 'Paddy'. Paddy provided his arrival date in Australia as October 1887, the name of his ship as the 'Diamond', and his year of death as 1917. Research revealed two ships named 'Diamond' operating at that time: a cargo ship carrying timber, which reported a malaria outbreak, and a ship from New Zealand with few crew names listed. A search for deaths in 1917 under the name Paddy yielded no results, but searching for 'Patrick' (a common nickname for Paddy) provided a potential match, pending verification of a death certificate. The article concludes by stating that the next issue will cover an investigation at the Bush Ranger hotel in Collector.

Eerie Encounters - DVD Promotion

This section promotes DVDs related to 'Eerie Encounters' from The UFO & Paranormal Research Society of Australia. Disc One is available for $20.00. Disc Two contains double episodes 3 and 4, focusing on 'Apparitions' part 1 and 2, including 'Shadow people' and 'Superman'. Viewers are encouraged to visit the society's website (ufosociety.net.au) or their YouTube channel (youtube.com/user/ufoprsa) for excerpts and further information. The promotion includes an image of the DVD cover.

Community Advertising

The magazine includes advertisements for various local businesses:

• Ivy Florist: Located in Campbelltown, NSW, offering worldwide delivery.
• Flowers by fax: Based in Narellan, NSW, also offering worldwide delivery.
• Elizabeth's Crystal Garden: Offering beautiful crystals at affordable prices, with a website and eBay store, and a physical store in Campbelltown.
• Michelle Usnik Family Research: Providing services such as Printed Histories, Presentation Pedigree Charts, Printed Biographies, and Gift Certificates.
• A call to action to join the 'UFO & Paranormal Research Society of Australia' on Facebook for updates.

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

The recurring themes in this issue are crop circles, UFO sightings, and paranormal investigations, particularly focusing on ghosts and spirits. The magazine appears to adopt a stance of presenting these phenomena as legitimate subjects of inquiry, encouraging research and discussion, and providing platforms for witnesses to share their experiences without ridicule. The inclusion of community advertising for related services and products, as well as promotions for DVDs and online resources, suggests an aim to build and engage a community interested in these topics.