THE PARACAST NEWSLETTER
May 3, 2015
www.theparacast.com
The Paracast Explores the Frontiers of Reality with Eric Wargo
The Paracast is heard Sundays from 3:00 AM until 6:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, the Boost Radio Network, the IRN Internet Radio Network, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
Announcing The Paracast+: You asked for it! For a low monthly or annual subscription fee, you will receive access to a higher-quality ad-free version of The Paracast, chat rooms, and don’t miss our exclusive After The Paracast podcast, featuring politically incorrect color commentary, and other exclusive content. NEW! We’ve added an RSS feed for fast updates of the latest episodes, and The Paracast+ video channel is coming soon. For more information about our premium package, please visit: Introducing The Paracast+ | The Paracast — The Gold Standard of Paranormal Radio.
Attention U.S. Listeners: Help Us Bring The Paracast to Your City! In the summer of 2010, The Paracast joined the GCN radio network. This represented a huge step in bringing our show to a larger, mainstream audience. But we need your help to add additional affiliates to our growing network. Please ask one of your local talk stations if they are interested in carrying The Paracast. Feel free to contact us directly with the names of programming people we might be able to contact on your behalf. We can't do this alone, and if you succeed in convincing your local station to carry the show, we'll reward you with one of our special T-shirts, and other goodies. With your help, The Paracast can grow into one of the most popular paranormal shows on the planet!
Please Visit Our Online Store: You asked, and we answered. We are now taking orders for The Official Paracast T-Shirt and an expanded collection of other specially customized merchandise. To get your T-Shirt now featuring our brand new logo, just pay a visit to our online store at The Official Paracast Store to select your size and place your order. We also offer a complete lineup of other premium merchandise for your family, your friends and your business contacts.
About The Paracast: The Paracast covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet.
Set Up: The Paracast is a paranormal radio show that takes you on a journey to a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions. The Paracast seeks to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join long-time paranormal researcher Gene Steinberg, co-host and acclaimed field investigator Christopher O'Brien, and a panel of special guest experts and experiencers, as they explore the realms of the known and unknown. Listen each week to the great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: It’s time to leave your concept of reality on the front porch. This week we present cutting-edge science writer Eric Wargo. We will be visiting Eric’s fascinating trickster realm of self-fulling prophesy generated by us in the future (and other mind-warping what-if scenarios). Eric asks, were both Plato and Jung completely wrong to bark up their particular existential trees? We’ll run the gamut through UFOs, the paranormal and our very concept of reality. How do we take research of unusual events to the next level? What does it all mean?
Chris O’Brien’s Site: Our Strange Planet
Eric Wargo’s Blog: The Nightshirt
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: The Paracast Community Forums.
Where Do We Go from Here and How Do We Get There?
Part Two: The San Luis Valley Camera & Instrumented Surveillance Project
By Christopher O’Brien
In the last 60 years, considerable video and photographic evidence of the existence of extremely high performance anomalous objects in our skies and in low earth orbit has been amassed. However, the existence of such evidence has not been sufficient to convince the scientific community at-large that the UFO phenomenon is worthy of serious scientific study. As we have seen in Part One of this article, there are efforts underway to change this entrenched mindset.
As with Hessdalen and UFOTOG, the San Luis Valley Camera Project (SLVCP) — when fully operational — will have the capability to acquire varied scientific evidence demonstrating the existence and performance capabilities of anomalous aerial objects/craft. After factoring out mundane, prosaic phenomena, this data should compel the scientific community to finally acknowledge the reality of the UFO phenomenon and capitalize on the data.
The SLVCP was conceived by Wayne Hollenbeck, who has over 30 years experience as an attorney and contracts manager in the Aerospace industry, and still maintains key contacts in Government and industrial scientific and engineering circles, and Christopher O’Brien, who lived in and investigated the SLV for over a decade. The project has, to date, received funding from former MUFON OC (Orange County) board member, George Meadows, and a small grant from MUFON OC. Originally Wayne wanted to install the system up at Trout Lake, Washington — near Mt. Adams — but area UFO contact “guru” James Gilliland proved to be completely uncooperative. Wayne then contacted me in 2008 and I suggested we focus our efforts on the San Luis Valley, “The Mysterious Valley,” in south-central Colorado. After a brief beta testing phase and problems with solving Internet bandwidth issues, the team is ready for Phase Two.
The team is deploying three Sony HD RX 570N 36x optical zoom cameras, a recording gravimeter and magnetometer, an active radar unit (on a slaved platform), an amplified EMF meter/detector, a VLF/ULF recording array of PZM microphones, and eventually a complete, duplicated three-camera FLIR set-up for nighttime detection. In addition, the base station location will be equipped with “Flight Aware” software to ID any conventional flight activity in the region. These initial cameras will have advanced, customized detect-on-motion/motion tracking and recording software (currently being beta tested). When an event is detected, the three-camera array and telescope will receive triangulation commands from an all-sky camera and computer a base station location near Alamosa, CO.
The San Luis Valley (SLV) was chosen because it is arguably America’s number one UFO hot spot. Prior to my investigative work there from 1990 to the present, the SLV region featured five out of the top ten US counties for per capita UFO sightings at 10,000 population (Computer UFO Network’s 1990 County-by-County UFO sighting statistics). These CUFON figures have dramatically increased in the SLV over the past 25 years.
The initial three-camera (plus base station camera) set-up will be located in the SLV counties with the most reports: Saguache County (#1 at 283.6 sightings per 10K population), Alamosa County (#3 at 53.6 per 10K population), Costilla County (#8 at 37.6 sightings per 10K), and Rio Grande County (12 sightings per 10K). Throughout the mid-to-late 1990s, the SLV experienced flap levels of UFO activity in these five counties, and after a brief lull in reports, anomalous activity in the SLV has increased in recent months.
Another groundbreaking feature with the proposed SLV set-up will be a dedicated cable television channel that will feature a 24/7 revolving four-camera view that can be monitored by over 10,000 cable TV customers in Alamosa, CO, Monte Vista, CO, the SLV’s two largest towns, and by a worldwide audience on the Internet. This potential viewership of interested local amateur skywatchers dramatically increases the potential for additional private video footage that can be obtained during sighting events.
The dedicated channel will also feature a small map of the coverage area that will indicate the exact location of a triggered sighting event, thus enabling viewers to go out to observe and make videos in the area were the event is occurring in real-time. This community approach is unprecedented and has immeasurable potential for gaining additional visual and anecdotal documentation of all sighting events. Amigo.net owner Ken Swineheart graciously committed to a no-cost scenario involving phase one camera locations in 2010-2011 and a dedicated channel.
To summarize: We are proposing a phased camera and other instrument deployment program based upon a system “design to cost (or budget)” approach. Additional funding beyond the MUFON OC levels will permit additional cameras and other equipment to be installed and maintained in not only the San Luis Valley, but possibly at one or more additional locations. We anticipate a well-received crowd-funding effort this summer to finalize start-up and operating capital for completion of Phase One. Details about this effort will be posted in the near future.
In short, this proposed detection array is designed to acquire a significant amount of verifiable information that will be subjected to rigorous scientific and engineering review. Public interest in the project will be stimulated by their access to streaming video from the camera sites from a dedicated website. The streaming video will also be recorded for later review and, if unusual activity is detected, extensive scientific review and analysis may be made in conjunction with readings from other instruments recording data for the same time period.
If the expanded program proves to be successful, as we expect it to be, we recommend that many other UFO hotspots throughout the world be considered for monitoring using this approach. Such a decision would, of course, be a team decision based upon funding availability.
In his book, “Profiles of the Future,” Arthur C. Clarke remarked that history has indicated that the period of voyaging to new worlds in the Middle Ages sparked the Renaissance. These three groundbreaking scientific efforts may well jump-start the scientific community to finally, once and for all, tackle the UFO mystery and use the knowledge gained to help humanity reach for the stars – the final frontier!
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May 3, 2015
www.theparacast.com
The Paracast Explores the Frontiers of Reality with Eric Wargo
The Paracast is heard Sundays from 3:00 AM until 6:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, the Boost Radio Network, the IRN Internet Radio Network, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
Announcing The Paracast+: You asked for it! For a low monthly or annual subscription fee, you will receive access to a higher-quality ad-free version of The Paracast, chat rooms, and don’t miss our exclusive After The Paracast podcast, featuring politically incorrect color commentary, and other exclusive content. NEW! We’ve added an RSS feed for fast updates of the latest episodes, and The Paracast+ video channel is coming soon. For more information about our premium package, please visit: Introducing The Paracast+ | The Paracast — The Gold Standard of Paranormal Radio.
Attention U.S. Listeners: Help Us Bring The Paracast to Your City! In the summer of 2010, The Paracast joined the GCN radio network. This represented a huge step in bringing our show to a larger, mainstream audience. But we need your help to add additional affiliates to our growing network. Please ask one of your local talk stations if they are interested in carrying The Paracast. Feel free to contact us directly with the names of programming people we might be able to contact on your behalf. We can't do this alone, and if you succeed in convincing your local station to carry the show, we'll reward you with one of our special T-shirts, and other goodies. With your help, The Paracast can grow into one of the most popular paranormal shows on the planet!
Please Visit Our Online Store: You asked, and we answered. We are now taking orders for The Official Paracast T-Shirt and an expanded collection of other specially customized merchandise. To get your T-Shirt now featuring our brand new logo, just pay a visit to our online store at The Official Paracast Store to select your size and place your order. We also offer a complete lineup of other premium merchandise for your family, your friends and your business contacts.
About The Paracast: The Paracast covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet.
Set Up: The Paracast is a paranormal radio show that takes you on a journey to a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions. The Paracast seeks to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join long-time paranormal researcher Gene Steinberg, co-host and acclaimed field investigator Christopher O'Brien, and a panel of special guest experts and experiencers, as they explore the realms of the known and unknown. Listen each week to the great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: It’s time to leave your concept of reality on the front porch. This week we present cutting-edge science writer Eric Wargo. We will be visiting Eric’s fascinating trickster realm of self-fulling prophesy generated by us in the future (and other mind-warping what-if scenarios). Eric asks, were both Plato and Jung completely wrong to bark up their particular existential trees? We’ll run the gamut through UFOs, the paranormal and our very concept of reality. How do we take research of unusual events to the next level? What does it all mean?
Chris O’Brien’s Site: Our Strange Planet
Eric Wargo’s Blog: The Nightshirt
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: The Paracast Community Forums.
Where Do We Go from Here and How Do We Get There?
Part Two: The San Luis Valley Camera & Instrumented Surveillance Project
By Christopher O’Brien
In the last 60 years, considerable video and photographic evidence of the existence of extremely high performance anomalous objects in our skies and in low earth orbit has been amassed. However, the existence of such evidence has not been sufficient to convince the scientific community at-large that the UFO phenomenon is worthy of serious scientific study. As we have seen in Part One of this article, there are efforts underway to change this entrenched mindset.
As with Hessdalen and UFOTOG, the San Luis Valley Camera Project (SLVCP) — when fully operational — will have the capability to acquire varied scientific evidence demonstrating the existence and performance capabilities of anomalous aerial objects/craft. After factoring out mundane, prosaic phenomena, this data should compel the scientific community to finally acknowledge the reality of the UFO phenomenon and capitalize on the data.
The SLVCP was conceived by Wayne Hollenbeck, who has over 30 years experience as an attorney and contracts manager in the Aerospace industry, and still maintains key contacts in Government and industrial scientific and engineering circles, and Christopher O’Brien, who lived in and investigated the SLV for over a decade. The project has, to date, received funding from former MUFON OC (Orange County) board member, George Meadows, and a small grant from MUFON OC. Originally Wayne wanted to install the system up at Trout Lake, Washington — near Mt. Adams — but area UFO contact “guru” James Gilliland proved to be completely uncooperative. Wayne then contacted me in 2008 and I suggested we focus our efforts on the San Luis Valley, “The Mysterious Valley,” in south-central Colorado. After a brief beta testing phase and problems with solving Internet bandwidth issues, the team is ready for Phase Two.
The team is deploying three Sony HD RX 570N 36x optical zoom cameras, a recording gravimeter and magnetometer, an active radar unit (on a slaved platform), an amplified EMF meter/detector, a VLF/ULF recording array of PZM microphones, and eventually a complete, duplicated three-camera FLIR set-up for nighttime detection. In addition, the base station location will be equipped with “Flight Aware” software to ID any conventional flight activity in the region. These initial cameras will have advanced, customized detect-on-motion/motion tracking and recording software (currently being beta tested). When an event is detected, the three-camera array and telescope will receive triangulation commands from an all-sky camera and computer a base station location near Alamosa, CO.
The San Luis Valley (SLV) was chosen because it is arguably America’s number one UFO hot spot. Prior to my investigative work there from 1990 to the present, the SLV region featured five out of the top ten US counties for per capita UFO sightings at 10,000 population (Computer UFO Network’s 1990 County-by-County UFO sighting statistics). These CUFON figures have dramatically increased in the SLV over the past 25 years.
The initial three-camera (plus base station camera) set-up will be located in the SLV counties with the most reports: Saguache County (#1 at 283.6 sightings per 10K population), Alamosa County (#3 at 53.6 per 10K population), Costilla County (#8 at 37.6 sightings per 10K), and Rio Grande County (12 sightings per 10K). Throughout the mid-to-late 1990s, the SLV experienced flap levels of UFO activity in these five counties, and after a brief lull in reports, anomalous activity in the SLV has increased in recent months.
Another groundbreaking feature with the proposed SLV set-up will be a dedicated cable television channel that will feature a 24/7 revolving four-camera view that can be monitored by over 10,000 cable TV customers in Alamosa, CO, Monte Vista, CO, the SLV’s two largest towns, and by a worldwide audience on the Internet. This potential viewership of interested local amateur skywatchers dramatically increases the potential for additional private video footage that can be obtained during sighting events.
The dedicated channel will also feature a small map of the coverage area that will indicate the exact location of a triggered sighting event, thus enabling viewers to go out to observe and make videos in the area were the event is occurring in real-time. This community approach is unprecedented and has immeasurable potential for gaining additional visual and anecdotal documentation of all sighting events. Amigo.net owner Ken Swineheart graciously committed to a no-cost scenario involving phase one camera locations in 2010-2011 and a dedicated channel.
To summarize: We are proposing a phased camera and other instrument deployment program based upon a system “design to cost (or budget)” approach. Additional funding beyond the MUFON OC levels will permit additional cameras and other equipment to be installed and maintained in not only the San Luis Valley, but possibly at one or more additional locations. We anticipate a well-received crowd-funding effort this summer to finalize start-up and operating capital for completion of Phase One. Details about this effort will be posted in the near future.
In short, this proposed detection array is designed to acquire a significant amount of verifiable information that will be subjected to rigorous scientific and engineering review. Public interest in the project will be stimulated by their access to streaming video from the camera sites from a dedicated website. The streaming video will also be recorded for later review and, if unusual activity is detected, extensive scientific review and analysis may be made in conjunction with readings from other instruments recording data for the same time period.
If the expanded program proves to be successful, as we expect it to be, we recommend that many other UFO hotspots throughout the world be considered for monitoring using this approach. Such a decision would, of course, be a team decision based upon funding availability.
In his book, “Profiles of the Future,” Arthur C. Clarke remarked that history has indicated that the period of voyaging to new worlds in the Middle Ages sparked the Renaissance. These three groundbreaking scientific efforts may well jump-start the scientific community to finally, once and for all, tackle the UFO mystery and use the knowledge gained to help humanity reach for the stars – the final frontier!
Copyright 1999-2015 The Paracast LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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