Despite its seeming absolute power, science still can't explain everything. Scientists can't provide any law of nature backing the presence of ghosts on photographs, the ability of certain individuals to read people’s minds, and the bright light at the end of a dark tunnel usually seen by those undergoing an out of body experience.
Such paranormal activity is the subject of study of parapsychology. In this field, paranormal activity is investigated and assessed for both validity and veracity. Paranormal activity can be divided into three basic groups: mental, physical, and out of body phenomena.
Mental Phenomena cover paranormal activity perceived by the human mind. Paranormal evidence can be found in people who are able to:
• read someone else’s mind (Telepathic)
• perceive spirit beings or entities through inner sight (Clairvoyant)
• hear spirits or things which have no known source (Clairaudient)
• smell things that aren't present (Clairalient)
• taste things without putting anything into their mouths (Clairgustant)
• intuitively feel or know things or spirit entities (Clairsentient)
• see the future (Precognizant)
• see someone else’s past (Post-cognizant)
• see an object’s history by mere feeling or impression (Psychometric)
Physical phenomena cover paranormal activities that are controlled by an entity, or are made to happen through the power of the human mind. Paranormal evidence can be found in:
• people who can make objects move with their mind (psychokinesis)
• poltergeists, or entities that can move objects and do damage
• people who can set objects on fire with only mind power (pyrokinesis)
• sicknesses or bodily conditions more psychological than physical in cause and nature (psychogenesis)
• people who are able to communicate with entities, or even be possessed by them to enable direct communication with the living (mediumship)
Lastly, the out of body and near death experiences also constitutes paranormal phenomena. Paranormal evidence can be found in people who undergo an experience in which they find themselves:
• Out of their bodies, such that they can visit faraway places, or even make themselves seen to people without moving from where they initially stand
• Near death, such that they usually meet dead relatives, or are given visions of the afterlife, before being brought back to their bodies again.
Such phenomena are usually treated with skepticism, so it would be best to maintain an open mind when reading paranormal investigations or cases of paranormal phenomena. Parapsychology is yet a young field, and its methods are still under constant criticism and scrutiny.
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Since ancient times, they have been spotted. From the ancient people of Egypt and China, sightings have been recorded and stories have been passed on throughout generations. Today, they remain objects of mystery, seen and sighted but never explained.
The term UFO is actually an acronym that stands for “Unidentified Flying Object”. As such, the term UFO generally refers to anything that is sighted to be hovering or flying across the sky, but can't be identified as any known flying object, such as an airplane, a jet, kite, balloon, blimp, or helicopter.
Unidentified Flying Objects come in a host of shapes and sizes, from inverted trapezoids to the most common spinning disc to simple, flashing lights with no immediate evident source in the sky. Through closer examination of evidence a number of UFO sightings are sooner or later explained and properly identified, but there are just as many, if not more cases that remain a mystery even years after they were released publicly. There are also a number of UFO sightings that have been proven to be hoaxes.
A fair number of theories and speculations have been formed as to the origin of unidentified flying objects. Perhaps the most popular theory or speculation as to what these unidentified flying objects actually are refer to them as being aircrafts of extra-terrestrials from outer space. Since the 1940s, numerous UFO sightings across the globe are reported every year, many of them accompanied by video footage or still images. Many of these footages and pictures can be accessed online, as the rise and popularity of the internet has allowed UFO enthusiasts around the world to congregate and share their experiences, theories and evidence through numerous forums and websites.
One of the most well-known and popular case about UFOs is the incident that occurred in Roswell, often known as the Roswell Incident. Apparently in 1947, an unidentified flying object crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. Various debris and parts of the alleged flying saucer were collected, and some reports even claim that alien bodies were also gathered from the crash site. There are numerous versions of the events that took place in the Roswell incident, and after more than half a century the mystery behind the stories have still yet to be settled.
UFOs have also been ingrained in popular culture, spawning box office movies, novels, comic books, graphic t-shirts, and a host of paraphernalia.
We may never really know what UFOs are exactly, where they come from, and why they appear. But one thing is certain: the mystery of UFOs is one that has captivated, and will continue to captivate, generations upon generations of curious humans on planet Earth.
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