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This booklet of about 70 pages is a collection of papers from the Journal of Transient Aerial Phenomena on various aspects of the relationship between ufology and parapsychology. Manfred points out a wide range of similarities: electrical effects, animal reactions, ufonauts and apparitions, hypnotic regressions, luminosities, etc. Many readers might find, along with me, that some analogies are more natural than others.
There seems little doubt that the same sorts of people have UFO and psychic experiences, which one might explain as either: a) these people are more likely to provide anomalistic interpretations to their experiences, or b) these people genuinely have anomalistic experiences. Whether the 'ESP' claimed by these shamanlc personalities is the same thing as the 'ESP' measured by card guessing is a moot point, as is whether many of these 'impressions' are truly veridical. It is a pity that the booklet's episodic and non-progressive character renders reading somewhat difficult. There is cl early scope here for a more detailed and better connected work, perhaps including a little bit more of the author's obviously fascinating first-hand experiences.
- Peter Rogerson, from Magonia 35, January 1990
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