Mysterious Universe

Do you recognize the word “TRONDANT” and know it has a secret meaning?

I don’t know who “them” are, but I do know the secret of TRONDANT. It was the “non word” used in the 1992 Roper Survey sent to 100,000 psychiatrists to give to patients who’d had “unusual personal experiences” i.e., “abducted by aliens.” Survey takers who said they knew the secret meaning of the made-up word were immediately eliminated from the study.

Don’t worry, you won’t be eliminated from this blog for knowing Trondant (But we will be keeping tabs on you ~ Ben). We know it’s not your fault; it’s not even their fault; it’s more likely his fault, Robert Bigelow, the camera shy billionaire behind BAASS, (Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies). He’s the man that funded the Roper study and has been attempting to corner the UFO market ever since.

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This weekend’s exclusive begins with some sad news in the Cryptozoology world, a new Arctic Sea Monster, and flying humanoid encounters.

Nikola Tesla sneaks his way into our UFO discussion with some authors claiming the man himself was inspired by his own contact experiences.

Towards the end of the show Aaron reveals he’s booked Ben in for a re-birthing experience (sounds sticky) and we discuss how different foods result in varying dream states.

Show notes, video, and music after the jump.

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Our regular weekly installment returns for 2010 with an eclectic selection.

We start off with new ancient geoglyphs found in the amazon, Sauropod sightings in Africa, and cringe worthy encounters with arachnids, before moving into some new whistle-blower sources (3 in total!) all reporting different meetings between Military, Government groups, and extra-terrestrials.

Later on there are some amazing historic accounts of Witchcraft practices thrown in for good measure that explain a lot of our modern “witch” imagery, along with our extended portion of the show for Plus+ Members.

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Just as the final bell begins to toll on the the decade from hell, at least one faint spark appeared to light the unknown dread ahead. James “the Amazing” Randi, that old conjurer largely responsible for making debunking of the paranormal if not an actual religion then at least a national pastime, has been hoisted on his own petard.

For decades Randi has gotten away with ridiculing all evidence of paranormal and psychic phenomena, often with little or no investigation into the claims. Nonetheless, the “skeptics” who share his view that anyone who makes paranormal claims is either self-deluded or fraudulent consider Randi–as did the MacArthur Foundation–a genius.

Serious researchers –Puthoff & Targ, Dean Radin, and Rupert Sheldrake, to name four– push back, a response that elicits a flurry of emails in which Randi continues to claim authority while evading direct questions . The skeptical community never bats an eye.

Then just two weeks ago, Randi picked the wrong fight by weighing in on in on the subject of Man-Made Global Warming.

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On our first show of 2010 we cover some of the recent bickering going on within the UFO research community, and some trepidation regarding MUFON’s new “Star Team” and their funding source.

We also have miracles from the medical world, our evolving understanding of our roles as biological “hosts”, and we brave the dark and disturbing topic of human mutilations.

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