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Category: Front Page News
Redacted Report of Investigation for Case 13-081 (Pennsylvania)
Case 13-081 was an unusual two witness case with good photos.
Have you seen something like this (Case 19-002)?
The witness who made this sketch described the object as “huge” and moving very slowly. If you have seen a similar object, please contact us.
We ask for sketches, and here is some scientific support of that practice
We encourage our witness to make sketches as soon as possible after their sightings – before they contact us, and certainly before they discuss any details with other witnesses. This is true regardless of whether there are photos or videos. Now, some new research at University of Waterloo in Canada lends some scientific support to this practice. They found that drawing is superior to other memory retention techniques. So, not only does making a sketch help us understand what witnesses saw, it helps the witnesses retain their memory better.
We hope this will be followed up by more research that will help us understand in more detail how the sketch reinforces or affects witness memories.
Our Experimental Supplemental Questionnaire
Why a Questionnaire?
If you have been following us for a while, you know that it is extremely difficult to directly collect data on UAPs. This is largely because of the completely unpredictable and transient nature of the phenomena, and because we struggle to form any informed hypotheses about what we should measure and how. It is important to address this, but progress is slow.
What we do have in abundance is witnesses – witnesses, and what they tell us they remember about their encounters. Although we recognize the serious problems in dealing with eyewitness testimony, we don’t regard such testimonies as “only” anecdotes, but as data – data about what humans – very complex and imperfect perception machines – remember.
Conversation 3 – Joshua Cutchin
Released: 3 August 2016
Runtime: 55 minutes, 17 seconds
Marsha Barnhart held a spirited conversation with Podcaster, Blogger and Author of “A Trojan Feast”, Joshua Cutchin. His book examines folk lore of food and drink offerings purported by witnesses from Aliens, Faeries and Sasquatch. Marsha also discussed Joshua’s recent Blog post regarding the seeming inability of the materialistic scientific approach to answer oddities and high strangeness associated with many UFO reports and experiences.
Guest Biography:
Joshua Cutchin is a native of North Carolina with a long interest in forteana. A Trojan Feast is his first book. He is currently working on his second. He holds a Masters in Music Literature and a Masters in Journalism from the University of Georgia. Joshua is also a published composer and maintains an active performing schedule as a jazz and rock tuba player. He has appeared on eight albums and live concert DVD’s.
Links for Joshua Cutchin:
Book: https://www.amazon.com/TROJAN-FEAST-Offerings-Faeries-Sasquatch/dp/1938398351
Blog: http://www.joshuacutchin.com/
Podcast: http://www.wheredidtheroadgo.com/
Article: The Magical Swimming Pool of UFOlogy’s Future7
Coast to Coast Appearance
Credits:
Producer and Writer: Marsha Barnhart
Case 13-081 – a tornado of lights in Pennsylvania
On the night of 22 September 2013, a father and son saw and photographed this “tornado” of light spiraling up from behind the tree line near Wilkes-Barre, Pennyslvania. There were other similar reports the same night from the state.
13-081 (1 of 3 photos)
Superior Autobiographic Memory is real but rare
This article describes the rare condition of people who remember almost everything about their lives. We should note though, that very few of us can expect to accurately remember details of our lives – even highly exceptional events. We also know that how certain you are of your memories has nothing to do with how accurate they are.
That is why we try to emphasize the most recent UFO reports. With details will fade and the memories will bleed into each other. So, when something anomalous happens, write it down and make sketches the same day if possible. Do this before discussing the details with other witnesses or with us.
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