The eighteenth annual SSE meeting was held in Northrop Hall (Geology) on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque on June 3–5, 1999. Four special sessions focus on "Shaking the Pillars of the Paradigm," "Cold Fusion," "Reports on Anomalous Phenomena," and "Suppression of New Science."

Shaking Pillars of the Paradigm

Newton Versus Einstein, Peter Graneau, Center for Electromagnetic Research, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

A Skeptic in the Land of Relativity, Ian McCausland, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Questions Concerning Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Structures in Insects and Evolution, Jane Robb, Dept. of Molecular Biology and Physics, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Cold Fusion

Transmutation of Metals in the Cold, George Miley, Editor of Fusion Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL

Production of Tritium from Deuterium in Aqueous Solution, Thomas Claytor, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Los Alamos, NM

Production of Helium in the Cold, Melvin Miles, Chemistry Division of Naval Weapons Center, Dept. of Navy, China Lake, CA

Anomalous Heat Production from Hydrogen Saturated Palladium, Mike McKubre, Energy Research Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA Anomalous Phenomena

Reports on Anomalous Phenomena

Studies of Thomas Green Morton, Lee Pulos, Clinical Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

The Effect of Prayer on Cardiac Patients, Larry Dossey, Executive Editor of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Santa Fe, NM

A Simple Theory of the Perihelion of Mercury, Paul Marmet, Dept. of Physics, University of Ottawa, Canada

Results of Studies of Persons Alleging Abduction under Hypnosis: Evidence for Alien Intentions, David Jacobs, History Dept., Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Suppression of New Science

• Concepts Related to 3-D Time, William Tifft, Astronomy Dept., University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

• Abduction, John Mack, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

• Role of Water in the Transmission of the Molecular Signal, Jacques Benveniste, Director of Research, Digital Biology Laboratory, Clamart, Paris, France

• The Suppression and Resurrection of Science, Brian O'Leary, Founder, International Association for New Science, Kihei, HI

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1999

Reception and Registration, La Posada, 8–11pm

THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999

8:30am–   Registration, Northrup 122, University of New Mexico

9:00-12:15   Shaking Pillars of the Paradigm
9:00-9:05   JOMB — Introduction to meeting
9:05-9:35   Newton Versus Einstein — Peter Graneau
9:35-9:45   Discussion
9:45-10:15   A Skeptic in the Land of Relativity — Ian McCausland
10:15-10:25   Discussion
10:25-10:55   COFFEE BREAK
10:55-11:25   Questions Concerning Evolution — Jonathan Wells
11:25-11:35   Discussion
11:35-12:05   Structures in Insects and Evolution — Jane Robb
12:05-12:15   Discussion

  LUNCHEON BREAK

2:00-5:30   Cold Fusion
2:00-2:10   General Introduction to the Field — Ed Storms
2:10-2:40   Transmutation of Metals in the Cold — George Miley
2:40-2:50   Discussion
2:50-3:20   Production of Tritium from Deuterium in Aqueous Solution — Thomas Claytor
3:20-3:30   Discussion
3:30-4:00   TEA BREAK
4:00-4:30   Production of Helium in the Cold — Melvin Miles
4:30-4:40   Discussion
4:40-5:10   Anomalous Heat Production from Hydrogen Saturated Palladium — Mike McKubre
5:10-5:20   Discussion and Close of Session
5:20- 5:50  Society Business Meeting

FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1999

9:00am-12:15   Anomalous Phenomena
9:00-9:10   Introduction — Hal Puthoff
9:10-9:40   Studies of Thomaz Green Morton — Lee Pulos
9:40-9:50   Discussion
9:50-10:20   The Effect of Prayer on Cardiac Patients — Larry Dossey
10:20-10:30   Discussion
10:30-11:00   COFFEE BREAK
11:00-11:30   A Simple Theory of the Perihelion of Mercury — Paul Marmet
11:30-11:40   Discussion
11:40-12:10   Results of Studies of Persons Alleging Abduction under Hypnosis: Evidence for Alien Intentions — David Jacobs
12:10-12:20   Discussion

  LUNCHEON BREAK

2:00-5:30   Anomalous Phenomena — Continued
2:00-2:25   Physical Anomalies at Sacred Sites — M. Adams
2:25-2:50   Anomalous Healing in Experimental Mice — W. Bengston and D. Krinsley
2:50-3:15   Human Intention-Induced pH Changes in Water — W. Dibble and W. Tiller
3:15-3:45   TEA BREAK
3:45-4:10   An Objective Comparison of Precognitive Dreams with Future Reality — J. Hotchin
4:10-4:35   Replicability of After-Death Communication Reports Across Highly Skilled Mediums — G. Schwartz
4:35-5:00   Investigating Deviations from Dynamical Randomness with Scaling Indices — H. Atmanspacher
5:00-5:25   Determination of Physical Characteristics of UFO Phenomenon Using Visual/Radar Correlations — J-J. Velasco
5:25-5:50   Testing the Field Consciousness Hypothesis During the 1998 World Cup — M. Salganik (sponsored by R. Nelson)

SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1999

9:00am-12:15   Suppression of New Science
9:00-9:10   Introduction — JOMB
9:10-9:40   Suppression of New Science — Brian O'Leary
9:40-9:50   Discussion
9:50-10:20   Reluctance to Accept New Results in Astronomy — Bill Tifft
10:20-10:30   Discussion
10:30-11:00   COFFEE BREAK
11:00-11:30   Abduction — John Mack
11:30-11:40   Discussion
11:40-12:10   Digital Transfer of Information from Patterned Water — Jacques Benveniste
12:10-12:20   Discussion

LUNCHEON BREAK

2:00-5:30   Suppression of New Science — Continued
2:00-2:25   Scoring Thick and Scoring Thin: The Boundaries of Psychic Claimants — S. Krippner
2:25-2:50   The Emotional Plague, A Biophysical Mechanism at Work in the Suppression of New Findings in Science — R. Blasband
2:50-3:15   Toward a Cybernetic Model of the Organism — S. Savva
3:15-3:45   TEA BREAK
3:45-4:10   Has Nibiru Been Located? — R. Day
4:10-4:35   An “Extinct” Robust Hominid in Amerind Art? — G. Strasenburgh From Alaska to the Yucatan
4:35-5:00   Electronic Contact with the Dead — I. Baruss

B A N Q U E T

7pm at the base of the tramway