2001:
A
Space Odyssey
(film)
36
Account of a Meeting with Denizens of Another World, 1871, An
88
-
91
actors, and paranormal
135
-
40
aliens: 'canals' and 'face on Mars'
34
-
40
; crop circles attributed to
viii
; hoax by David Langford
88
-
91
; implants by
62
-
5
alternative medicine
xi
,
xiii
,
137
; doctor's criticisms
71
-
7
; miracle cures for cancer
67
-
70
; women and New Age beliefs
156
-
8
American Museum of Photography
98
anaesthesia, body and mind under
116
-
17
,
162
-
70
ancient astronauts, 'face on Mars'
37
Anglia Live
(tv programme)
1
anomalystic psychology
83
anthropology, hoax by Carlos Castaneda
51
-
3
Association for Skeptical Inquiry (ASKE)
xiii
,
105
Association for the Protection of Evolution (APE)
xii
astronomy, 'canals' and 'face on Mars'
34
-
40
Avebury Circle, and 'face on Mars'
37
Belgium, weeping statues
x
belief
147
,
177
; fashions in
xi
-
xii
,
41
,
88
; harm caused by belief in paranormal
66
(
see also
frauds
); mechanics of
2
-
6
; memories
78
-
81
Bible: apocalyptic writing
15
-
17
; miracle cures in Gospels
181
,
186
Blackmore, Susan
1
,
3
,
5
,
127
brain capacity, 10 percent myth
18
,
24
-
9
Briggs, Captain Benjamin
30
-
3
British, reactions to paranormal
xii
-
xiii
,
62
British Columbia Skeptics Society
24
British Medical Association, report on alternative medicine (1993)
71
-
2
,
75
Bruce Gentry: Daredevil of the Skies
(film)
175
Canada: alternative medicine
69
; sleep paralysis
126
cancer, alternative medicine
67
-
70
,
74
,
156
Cavanagh, Archdeacon Bartholomew
92
-
7
Centre for Crop Circle Studies
42
-
4
Challenger disaster, memories of
84
-
5
child abuse, recovered memories
66
,
78
-
81
,
85
children, brain capacity
26
-
7
Churchland, Patricia
117
-
18
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(film)
175
Committee for Scientific Inquiry
24
,
130
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)
xi
,
24
,
130
consciousness, near-death experiences
114
-
18
,
162
-
70
Cosmic Man
,
The
(film)
175
cultural dimension, UFOs
171
-
6
Cusack, Sister M. F.
95
-
6
Day I Died, The
(tv programme), near-death experience
115
-
18
Day the Earth Stood Still, The
(film)
175
De Gratia
(brigantine)
30
-
1
Devil-Girl from Mars
(film)
175
Don Juan, hoax by Carlos Castaneda
51
-
3
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
99
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
(film)
175
Eastern mythologies, martial arts and mental powers
21
-
3
Egypt, ancient, 'face on Mars' linked to
36
Einstein, Albert
28
,
150
Encyclopaedia Britannica
28
energy: martial arts and mental powers
21
-
3
; search for perpetual motion
148
-
54
Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis (EDX), used to examine alien implant
63
-
5
Equinox
(tv programme)
43
-
4
European Council of Skeptical Organizations
xiii
European Skeptics' Congress:
3
rd, Amsterdam, 1991
42
; 5th, Keele, 1993
71
eyewitness testimony: mechanics of belief
2
-
6
,
14
; memory
83
-
5
; monsters
10
,
12
-
13
feminine archetypes
158
-
60
films: and 'face on Mars'
36
; UFOs
175
Fire in the Sky
(film)
175
Flying Saucer,
The
(film)
175
forensic psychology
83
-
4
frauds: exploitation by psychics
7
-
9
,
190
-
1
; miracles of Indian godmen
187
-
9
; perpetual motion
152
-
4
; possible explanation of
Mary Celeste
mystery
30
-
3
; spirit photography
98
-
100
Gilchrist, Cherry
158
-
60
goddess, the, women and New Age beliefs
156
-
60
government conspiracies: 'face on Mars' linked to
37
; Rendlesham UFO sightings
54
-
61
Great Camp Chesterfield Exposé
179
Greatest American Hero, The
(tv programme)
175
Greenham Common women
158
hallucinations, and sleep paralysis
126
-
8
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
114
Helmholtz, Hermann von
151
Heuvelmans, Bernard
11
,
13
-
14
Hill-Norton, Peter John, Lord Hill-Norton
60
Hoagland, Richard C.
36
,
38
-
9
hoaxes
14
; Carlos Castaneda
51
-
3
; crop circles
42
-
5
; Knock apparitions
92
-
7
; Loch Ness monster
13
; spirit photography
98
-
100
; UFOs
54
,
88
-
91
,
174
hydrocephalus, and brain capacity
26
-
8
illusions: false memory syndrome
78
-
81
; psychic experiences seen as
2
-
6
Illustrated Monitor
(Dublin)
95
incest, false memory syndrome
80
Indian Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
189
Indian Rationalist Association
189
International Society of Cryptozoology
13
internet
xii
; contacting dead via
100
; modern legends about government UFO cover-ups
55
intuition: fallibility
119
-
24
; women and New Age beliefs
155
,
159
-
61
Invaders, The
(tv programme)
175
Invaders from Mars
(film)
175
Investigators, The
(tv programme)
7
Ireland: Knock apparitions
92
-
7
; weeping statues
x
Is There Anybody There?
(tv programme)
54
,
92
It Came from Outer Space
(film)
175
Jacobs, David Michael
125
-
7
Kennedy, John F, memories of assassination
84
La Salette, appearances of Virgin Mary
17
Laplace, Pierre Simon de
120
Late Night North
(radio programme)
111
-
12
Lloyd Webber, Andrew
13
7
London Evening Standard
viii
Loosley, William Robert, UFO hoax about
88
-
91
Lowell, Percival
35
,
37
-
9
Lyons, siege of (1795)
20
magic
87
; alternative medicine seen as
77
; magicians and psychics
99
,
177
-
9
; skepticism of Paul Daniels
143
-
6
; women and New Age beliefs
157
,
159
-
60
Magic Circle, Occult Committee
99
magic lantern, apparitions at Knock attributed to
92
-
7
Malachy, Prophecies of
17
Marion Douglas
(schooner)
32
maritime mysteries,
Mary Celeste
18
,
30
-
3
Mars, myths about the 'canals' and 'face on Mars'
18
,
34
-
40
Mary, Virgin: apparition at Knock
92
-
7
; appearance at La Salette
17
Mary Celeste
mystery
18
,
30
-
3
Mayer, Julius Robert von
151
McCrone forensic laboratories, Chicago
48
memory: dynamic nature of
81
-
3
,
127
,
165
; illusions of
6
; recovering
78
-
82
,
85
-
6
Ministry of Defence (MoD), Rendlesham UFO sightings
56
-
61
miracles
180
; Indian godmen
187
-
9
Morehouse, Captain David Reed
30
-
2
mutiny, possible explanation of
Mary Celeste
mystery
31
-
3
NASA, and Mars exploration
34
-
40
National Capital Area Skeptics
119
neuro-mythology, 10 percent solution
24
-
9
New Age: apocalypse
15
; neuro-mythology
27
,
29
; spirit photography
100
; women's beliefs
155
-
61
News of the World
55
,
58
-
9
occult
29
; women and New Age beliefs
156
-
7
Paris, Academy of Sciences
153
patterns, search for
4
-
5
,
34
Paul Daniels Magic Show, The
(tv programme)
143
Penrose, Sir Roger
116
-
17
perpetual motion, search tor
148
-
54
Perrot-Warwick fellowship
127
photography: 'canals' and 'face on Mars'
34
-
40
; spirits
98
-
100
physics
114
; quantum coherence in the microtubules theory
114
-
18
; search for perpetual motion
148
-
54
post-traumatic stress disorder
81
Presley, Elvis, and Mars
37
Prophecies of St Malachy
1
7
psychic experiences, illusory nature of many
2
-
6
psychics
41
; exploitation and frauds by
7
-
9
,
16
,
190
-
1
; and Mars
39
; and miracles
180
; Paul Daniels on
143
; on radio and television
vii
,
105
-
13
; rules for criticising claims by
130
-
4
; seances
177
-
9
; women's magazines
141
psychology, of memory
82
-
6
quantum coherence in the microtubules theory
114
-
18
radio: alien abductions
125
; psychics on
105
-
13
; Turin Shroud
46
rape, false memories of
78
,
84
reason
131
-
2
,
134
; skepticism of Stephen Fry
136
,
138
; women and New Age beliefs
155
-
61
Remembering Trauma Conference (London, 2003)
78
remote viewers, and Mars
39
Rendelsham UFO sightings
54
-
61
Richards, Janet Radcliffe
155
Roman Catholicism: apparitions at Knock
92
-
7
; appearances of Virgin Mary at La Salette
17
Roswell UFO sightings
ix
,
54
-
5
,
60
scanning electron microscope (SEM), used to analyse alien implant
63
Schiaparelli, Giovanni
34
-
5
Science: Good, Bad and Bogus
(Gardner)
x
i
Science Now
(radio programme)
46
self-image, women and New Age beliefs
160
-
1
September 11th 2001 attacks
19
-
20
,
84
shamanism, hoax by Carlos Castaneda
51
-
3
Shroud of Turin Research Project
48
Skeptical Inquirer, The
xi
,
89
skepticism
x
-
xiii
,
129
,
147
; importance of
ix
; and monsters
14
; paranormal in women's magazines
141
-
2
; of Paul Daniels
143
-
6
; rules for criticising paranormal claims
130
-
4
; of Stephen Fry
135
-
40
Something To Shout About
(video)
181
-
6
Southampton Evangelical Alliance Quarterly Bulletin
181
spirits
125
; physical manifestations
xi
,
177
-
9
Sri Lanka, weeping statues
x
:
Star Test
(tv programme)
138
Star Trek
(tv series and film)
174
Strunkel, Shelley von
viii
subjective random number generation (SRG)
5
symbolism, women and
158
-
9
Talk Radio UK, psychics on
105
-
11
Teachings of Don Juan, The
(Carlos Castaneda)
51
-
3
television: alien abductions
125
; contacting dead via internet
100
; crop circles
43
-
4
; and
exploitation by psychics
7
-
8
; faith healing
182
,
186
; ghosts
1
,
125
; human ability to see
patterns
34
; Knock apparitions
92
; near-death experiences
115
-
18
; neuro-mythology
26
-
7
; Paul Daniels and
143
,
145
-
6
; psychic Doris Stokes
vii
; Rendlesham UFO sightings
54
; skepticism of Stephen Fry
138
; spiritualism
xi
; UFOs
175
thermodynamics, laws of, and search for perpetual motion
148
-
54
Thomson, William, Lord Kelvin
119
Transcendental Meditation
27
traumatic events, memory of
78
-
81
,
85
-
6
UFOlogy
10
; change in speed of UFOs
171
,
173
-
4
; Rendlesham UFO sightings
54
-
7
,
59
,
61
; UFO hoax
88
-
90
United States: aliens and UFOs
ix
,
54
-
61
,
88
-
91
,
171
-
6
; perpetual motion
xii
,
148
,
152
-
4
; source of new beliefs
xii
; weeping statues
x
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
52
University of London Council for Psychical Investigation
99
vaporograph theory, Turin Shroud
47
videos, faith healing
181
-
6
Vietnamese, sleep paralysis
126
War of the Worlds
(film)
175
Wilkins, John, Bishop of Chester
151
William of Ockham
ix
,
13
Winchester, Captain J. H.
31
-
2
women: gullibility and skepticism
141
-
2
; and New Age beliefs
155
-
61
Worcester, Edward Somerset, Marquis of
151
World Trade Center attacks (2001)
19
-
20
,
84
World's Greatest UFO Mysteries, The
89
,
91
World's Strangest Mysteries, The
91