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16th Annual Meeting

Hosted by the University of Nevada

at the Monte Carlo Resort, Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas

June 5–7, 1997


Meeting Program

Anomalies in Biology

Cell Biology Meets Qi Gong — Garret Yount, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

A New Biophysical Model for the Multi-level Nature of Consciousnes — Gordana Vitaliano, Mindwaves Institute, Boston, MA

Parapsychological Topics

Challenging an Unknown Information System — Yoichiro Sako, Director, ESPER Laboratory, SONY Corporation

Do Psychic Phenomenon Exist? A Cross-Experimental Meta-Analysis of a Century of Empirical Evidence — Dean Radin, Consciousness Research Division, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Operator Influence on a Mobile Random Robot — Brenda Dunne, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton University

Can Animals in Their Natural Habitat Influence a Random Event Generator? Preliminary Results — Marsha Adams, Time Research

Anomalous Cognition in the Brain: The Search Continues — Edwin C. May, Cognitive Sciences Laboratory

Empirical Evidence Against Decision Augmentation Theory — York H. Dobyns, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton University

Physical Measurement of Episodes of Focused Group Energy — William D. Rowe

Evidence that Free Response Anomalous Cognitive Performance Depends Upon Local Sidereal Time and Geomagnetic Fluctuations — S. James P. Spottiswoode and Edwin C. May, Cognitive Sciences Laboratory

Laboratory Analysis of Objects Appearing During Sessions with A Brazilian "Sensitive" — Stanley Krippner, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center

Controversies in Anthropology

The Eastern Harbor of Alexandria, Egypt: A 16-Year Case Study in Science, the Media, and the Anomalous — Stephan Schwartz

Ancient Symbols for Radiation — Marsha Adams, Time Research

FieldREG Measurements in Egypt: Resonant Consciousness in Sacred Sites — Roger Nelson, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, Princeton University

Topics Associated with Anomalous Aerial Phenomena

Unidentified Flying Objects: A Genuine New Phenomenon — Jacques Vallee

UFOs and human physiological effects — John Schuessler, Center for UFO Studies

National Institute for Discovery Science — John Alexander, Director, National Institute for Discovery Science

An Astronomical Analysis of a Catalog of UFO Reports — Peter A. Sturrock, Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University

UFOs: Debate on Proof — Jean-Jacques Velasco

Sociology of Studying Anomalous Phenomena

Paranormal Professionals — Barry Markovsky, Professor of Sociology, University of Iowa

Paradigmatics and Anomalistics: The Role of Scientific Anomalies in Precipitating Paradigm-Shifts — Roger Wescott, Past President, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States

Changes in Students' Beliefs About Consciousness and Reality — Imants Baruss, University of Western Ontario