A non-profit think tank, The Arlington Institute which specializes in predictive modeling of future events has decided to try and harness paranormal powers in order to predict future catastrophes and other critical events. British psychic Chris Robinson has been brought into TAI to work on this new project.
TAI claims that they have identified why previous attempts at future prediction have failed. They say that this was due to not being adequately equipped with a system to process all the reports automatically. They now believe that they have the ability to analyze the input effectively by using current technology.
They are planning on using the internet to anonymously collect “narratives of significant intuitions of all forms, including dreams, visions [and] overwhelming feelings”.
The institute aims to isolate three main components: type, location and timing. It will then display the results on a world map on their site and try to analyze the results to draw conclusions.
The project, called WHETHEReport will cost around US$3,5 million and is planned to run for at least two years. They are currently actively looking for partners to assist them in the project. As of yet there is no word on who will be funding the project.
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Strange lights in the sky have been reported this week from near Mt Shasta, California.
Dick Cary reported seeing a brightly lit object on April 12 that hovered over his home in McCloud for about 5 minutes before disappearing.
According to Cary, He looked at the object through binoculars and claims to have seen what looked like a giant jellyfish with a fire burning inside.
Cary called his son-in-law and daughter who say they also saw the strange object which appeared to have a fire burning inside it. Jerome Walker said that after watching the object for a few minutes, it flew off towards the east.
Shortly after, another light came into view. This object he estimates was around 10 meters in diameter. This light stopped directly over his house. After several minutes this light moved off slowly, paused briefly again and then appeared to take the same easterly path as the previous craft.
All the witnesses state that during the encounter they could not hear any sound issuing from the craft.
A couple of blocks away, Owen Long said that he also observed a strange light in the sky. He had been relaxing in front of his tv when he noticed a light outside his window. He decided to get up and see what was causing it.
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Stephen Wagner from paranormal.about.com recently asked a number of respected paranormal researchers their opinions on a very serious question: Why are ghosts seen wearing clothes?
This question has baffled many people of the ages, after all why would ghosts need clothes? If a ghost is the residual energy of a person then wouldn’t they appear naked?
Stephen spoke to Troy Taylor of the American Ghost Society, Richard and Debbie Senate of ghost-stalker.com, Jeff Belanger of Ghostvillage.com and author of ‘The Ghost Files’ and Stacey Jones of Central New York Ghost Hunters. Their answers make very good reading!
If you have ever been perplexed by this question, are just curious, or have nothing better to do, then head over and check out Stephen’s article.
