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Scientifical Americans

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by Sharon A. Hill


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  List of Names and Terms

  abductees

  Abominable Science

  acronyms

  Adamski, George

  Aerial Phenomenon Research Organizations (APRO)

  Agassiz, Louis

  alien abduction

  alien implants

  aliens, psychic

  Almasty

  Amalgamated Saucer Clubs of America

  amateur research and investigation groups

  amateurs

  Amazing Stories

  American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)

  American Ghost Society

  American Institute of Metaphysics

  American Society of Psychical Research

  Ancient Aliens

  anecdotes

  angels

  anomalistics

  anomalous cognition

  anomaly hunting

  anthropologists

  anti-science

  apophenia

  apparitions

  archaeology

  Area 51

  argot

  ARIGs

  ARPAST

  The Art of Scientific Investigation

  Asia

  ASSAP

  astrology

  atmospheric conditions

  audio recording

  Auerbach, Loyd

  backfire effect

  Bagans, Zak

  balloons (as UFOs)

  Baylor Religion Surveys

  bears

  Beckjord, Jan-Erik

  belief

  belief buddies

  believers vs. non-believers

  bestiaries

  bias

  Bible

  Biddle, Kenny

  Bigfoot

  Bigfoot Field Research Organization (BFRO)

  Bigfootology

  biological sample kit

  Biscardi, Tom

  black panthers

  blinded (experiments)

  blobsquatch

  blue dogs

  Borley Rectory

  Brewer, Jack

  Buell, Ryan

  BUFORA

  burial grounds

  burns

  Burns, John

  camera glitches

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bsp; cameras

  Canada

  Cardena, Edzel

  cargo cult science

  cats (big, out of place)

  celebrities (paranormal)

  cemeteries

  Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS)

  CGI (computer graphics)

  Champ (lake monster)

  charging for services

  Chasing UFOs (TV show)

  cherry-picking (evidence)

  children and ARIGs

  Chopra, Deepak

  chupacabra

  citizen science

  Civilian Saucer Intelligence

  clairvoyance

  close encounters (of the third kind)

  closed-minded

  Coast to Coast AM

  Cock Lane ghost

  Coleman, Loren

  Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)

  common sense

  communalism (scientific norm)

  communication with dead

  competition (between ARIGs)

  conflict (between ARIGs)

  cooperation (between ARIGs)

  community

  community service

  Condon Report

  conferences

  confidentiality (client)

  conspiracies

  Contact in the Desert

  contactees

  contagion (of experiences)

  counter culture

  cranks

  Creationism (Creationists)

  critical thinking

  cryptids

  cryptozoologist

  cryptozoology

  Dahinden, Rene

  Darwin, Charles

  databases

  debunking

  demarcation problem

  democratization (of investigation)

  demons/demonic

  Destination America

  Did you see that?

  dimensions (alternative)

  dinosaurs (living)

  disinterestedness (scientific norm)

  Disotell, Todd

  DNA

  do-it-yourself (DIY)

  dogman

  Dolby, R.G.A.

  dowsing

  drones (aerial)

  Dyer, Rick

  e-books

  ectoplasm

  Edison, Thomas

  Einstein, Albert

  electricity

  electromagnetic fields

  EMF meters

  empirical evidence

  energy

  enlightenment

  environmental factors

  equipment, audio

  Erickson project

  ESP

  ethics

  evidence

  evolution

  EVP (electronic voice phenomenon)

  exorcism

  experience (importance of)

  experiments

  expertise (ARIGs)

  extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

  extraterrestrials

  eyewitness reports/testimony

  Eyewitness Testimony

  Facebook

  Falcon project

  false positive

  Fate

  Finding Bigfoot

  Flamel College

  flaps

  flash mobs

  flying saucers

  folklore

  footprints

  Fort, Charles

  Fort Mifflin

  Fortean Times

  forums (online)

  French, Christopher

  Friedman, Stanton

  fringe subjects

  Gaddis, Vincent

  Ganzfeld experiment

  Gardner, Martin

  geologic stress

  geomagnetism

  Georgia Bigfoot hoax

  Germany

  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

  Ghost Adventures

  The Ghost Club

  Ghost Hunters

  Ghost Hunting: A Practical Guide

  ghost hunting guidebooks

  Ghost Hunting 101

  Ghost Research Society

  Ghost Science

  ghost science/ghostology

  Ghost Seekers Field Guide

  ghost tours

  Ghostbusters

  giant squid

  Gigantopithecus

  Gordon, Stan

  GPS

  Green Swamp (Florida)

  guidebooks

  Haack, Susan

  hair (as evidence)

  Hangar 18

  haunted houses

  Haunted Media

  hauntrepreneur

  Heaven’s Gate

  hero

  Heuvelmans, Bernard

  high strangeness

  Hill, Betty and Barney

  historical records, obtaining/using

  History Channel

  hoaxes/hoaxers

  hominology

  Hopkins, Budd

  Houdini, Harry

  How to Be a Ghost Hunter

  how-to books

  How to Hunt Ghosts

  Hunting Monsters

  Huxley, Thomas

  Hyman’s Categorical Imperative

  Hynek, J. Allen

  hypnosis (hypnotic regression)

  hypothesis

  ideological conviction

  In Search of…

  Independent Investigation Group (IIG)

  International Flying Saucer Bureau (IFSB)

  International Metaphysical University

  International UFO Congress

  Internet

  investigation, process of

  investigation, sham

  ion generators

  Italy

  ivory tower

  Jacobs, David

  Jersey Devil

  Keel, John

  Ketchum, Melba

  Keyhoe, Donald

  Koestler Parapsychology Unit

  Korbus, Jason

  Krantz, Grover

  LARPing

  LeBeau Plantation

  legend-tripping

  Ley, Willy

  life after death

  lights out

  Loch Ness

  Loxton, Daniel

  Lyell, Charles

  Lyons, Sherri

  Mack, John

  magnetic fields

  Mars Curiosity Rover

  mass hysteria

  materialism

  matrixing

  Meetup

  Meldrum, Jeff

  memory

  Men in Black

  Menzel, Donald

  Merton, Robert

  meteors/meteorites

  military (U.S.)

  Ministry of Defense (U.K.)

  Minnesota Iceman

  mist (ghostly)

  Moneymaker, Matt

  Monster Hunters (book)

  Monster Quest

  monsters, lake

  moon

  Most Haunted

  Mothman

  motivated reasoning

  MUFON

  Murdie, Alan

  Myrtles Plantation

  MySpace

  Nancy Drew

  NASA

  National Enquirer

  National Investigation Committee of Aerial Phenomenon (NICAP)

  National Science Foundation

  National UFO Research Center (NUFORC)

  natural causes

  Natural History of Ghosts

  Nature (journal)

  Nelson, Robert, III

  Nevada Institute of Paranormal Studies

  New Age (ideas)

  new species

  night vision

  Nobel prize

  Nostradamus

  Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie

  objectivity

  occult

  occulture

  O’Keefe, Ciaran

  Olympic project

  Open Minds

  orang pendek

  orbs

  ostension

 
The Other Side: A Teen’s Guide to Ghost Hunting and the Paranormal

  Ouija board

  Owen, Richard

  paradigm shift

  paranormal

  Paranormal America

  Paranormal Media

  Paranormal State

  paranormal unity

  parapsychology

  Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century

  pareidolia

  Paris, Antonio

  pattern-seeking

  Patterson-Gimlin (PG) film

  peer review

  pendulum

  Pennsylvania State University

  people as instruments

  perception

  Persinger, Michael

  phenomenology

  Philosophy of Pseudoscience

  phone apps

  photographs, evidence

  podcasts

  poltergeists

  portals

  prediction (scientific)

  Price, Harry

  primates, anomalous

  priming

  Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Science

  Project BlueBook

  Project Grudge

  Project Saucer

  Project Sign

  Project UFO (tv show)

  proof

  protection (from entities)

  Prothero, Donald

  provoking spirits

  pseudoscience

  psi

  psychical research

  psychics/mediums

  psychology

  public definition of

  public understanding of science

  quantum (effects/theory)

  quantum flapdoodle

  Radford, Benjamin

  radio

  Raelians

  Randi, James

  rational inquiry

  Raudive voices

  Real Science

  reality television

  red panda effect

  reenchantment

  religion

  reveal (evidence)

  Rhine, J.B.

  Rhine, Louisa

  Rhine Research Center

  Robertson panel

  rock-throwing

  rods (sky fish)

  Roll, William

  Rose Hall, Jamaica

  Roswell

  Sagan, Carl

  Sanderson, Ivan

  Sasquatch see also Bigfoot

  Satanic Panic

  science

  Science (journal)

  science appreciation

  Science in American Society

  science literacy

  Science Talk

  science talk

  sciencey

  scientese

  scientific ethos

 

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