“There have been almost 15,000 UFO reports received as data since 1989. Coincidentally, this almost exactly matches the total number of UFO reports collected and analysed by the United States Air Force Project Blue Book during its official run of less than 20 years from 1952 to 1970.” – Chris Rutkowski
For the past several years both PSICAN and ParaResearchers of Ontario have actively contributed UAP/UFO data that we have collected to the Annual Canadian UFO Survey that is conducted by UFOlogy Research formerly UFO Research of Manitoba (UFOROM). The end of 2013 marked the 25th anniversary of the survey and a comprehensive twenty-five year study of Canadian UFO reports was released by UFOlogy Research in August 2014. This impressive study would not exist if it were not for the dedication and efforts of Geoff Dittman and Chris Rutkowski, with assistance from Ashley Kircher and for that we can only offer our admiration and sincere appreciation. This is one of the most important studies to have ever been released to date within our country and in our opinion will be of interest to scholars and students of this very real, but little understood phenomenon.
A .pdf version of the study entitled UFOs Over Canada: 25 Years of UFO Reports may be accessed here
For a link to the UFO survey essays by year, charts, and data tables please click here.
Links TO UFOlogy Research
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Fostering Encounters
Written by Julie Pittonet
Are people who think about UFOs more likely to see them? Are UFOs compelled to appear to certain individuals who have an interest in the subject? It seems that many UFO witnesses, especially those with a history of recurring sightings, report a sense of connection either consciously or psychically with what they observe. With this in mind one is led to wonder, if there is a way to encourage sightings to happen. Can accessing certain states of consciousness help to facilitate encounters with UFOs/aliens? This is a subject that has been studied extensively by famous researchers of Ufology. Sometimes however the link between consciousness and UFO sightings is discovered unexpectedly. Such is the case of Michael Garneau of Metcalfe Ontario.
Michael 38, has had an interest in the subject of Ufology for many years. In 2006, he began meditating as a method of reducing stress after extremely busy and stressful days at work. At that time, Michael studied the principles and methods adhered to by the advocates of the practice of meditation, Robert Bruce and Robert Monroe. He began to experience various phenomena such as brief but very clear out of body experiences. While he was living in an apartment in Ottawa he would regularly sense a presence in the room with him. These phenomena did not occur during meditation specifically; however the meditation seemed to foster these other metaphysical energies and abilities. Michael went on to discover the work of Pete Bernard an Algonquin shaman in 2007. Peter Bernhard’s methods of breathing and focusing exercises were helpful for Michael.
In the spring and summer of 2007, Michael began meditating with a friend, just outside of Luskville Quebec. The individual that Michael was working with, wanted to specifically try to use meditation in the context of contacting UFOs. Their meditation at that time was based upon the principles laid out by Steven Greer. During the sessions of meditation together, they were rewarded with actual UFO approaches and responses. During one incident in particular they witnessed many flashes in the sky and they saw an object with a strobe light. This object was very bright and had a ‘greenish white’ light to it. Michael found that once he had the thought that it was too unusual appearing to be an aircraft, all of the lights on it went out and it was instantly no longer visible.
Following his initial success, Michael from 2007-2011 spent a lot of time reading and talking with experts on the subject of meditation. He became very interested in the works of Whitley Streiber and the ideas built upon his many years of encounters with beings of unknown origin. Michael asserts that he is in no way certain why his experiences have unfolded they way that they have. He is more or less approaching all of it as an experiment, into the possibility of making contact with energies or entities not seen in the every day realm and is making many amazing discoveries along the way, which he wishes to share with others who are interested in these concepts.
The Ottawa Valley has a long history of UFO sightings and related phenomena going back to the times when only First Nations were present. It is a beautiful and varied landscape, rich in rock formations and natural structures. Michael now lives in Metcalf which is a small distance southeast of Ottawa. He began meditating in the local wooded area around his home after moving to Metcalf in the fall of 2011. He continued to use the methods of Steven Greer. He has found that Greer’s methods have consistently demonstrated curious and anomalous demonstrations, by forces unknown, during both inside meditation and that done while out of doors. He has experienced many unexplained sounds in the woods surrounding him during his meditations. In the summer of 2012, he witnessed a distinct orb which was orange with red edges. He discovered that at times brief lights would appear in the sky after impressions had suddenly come into his mind. Something else that happens to Michael is the experiences of ‘flashes’ while being in bed. It would be comparable to the vision one would have if a photo was taken in a dark room with a flash. Michael’s eyes would be closed and this would suddenly happen.
Michael feels very curious as to the significance of the flash experience and wonders if it perhaps represents the beginning or end of an encounter with beings perhaps of the type known to interact with Whitley Streiber or those of Budd Hopkins’ case studies.
Michael hopes to continue to having experiences and wants to promote these concepts because he believes that there is the possibility of gaining more knowledge of who or what could be interacting with those individuals who experience the wonder of these types of encounters. His interest in ufology was greatly boosted when he began to meditate and have encounters himself. He is hopeful that others will also try meditation for fostering encounters and perhaps themselves be rewarded with the kind of experience that will create a curiosity in them, like it did for him.
Webmaster’s note: Our thanks to the witness for sharing his experiences with us. We have altered his name for publication of this article in order to protect his privacy.
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The 2012 Canadian UFO Survey Summary of Results
News Release: May 13, 2013
The 2012 Canadian UFO Survey: Summary of Results
A study of UFO sightings reported by Canadians in 2012 has found a surprising sharp increase in the numbers of reports since the previous year.
• There were 1981 UFO sightings reported in Canada in 2012, or about five each day. This is more than twice the number of reports in 2011, when 986 reports were recorded. This represents literally a 100 per cent increase in the number of UFO reports between 2011 and 2012. The number of cases in 2012 completely eclipses the previous record for the highest number of reports in one year, when 1,004 reports were received in 2008.
• In 2012, there were record numbers of UFOs reported in all provinces except Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island. Ontario had more than 40 per cent of all Canadian UFO reports in 2012, far more than previous years.
• In 2012, about 7.5 per cent of all UFO reports were judged unexplained, compared with 11 per cent in 2011.
• The typical UFO sighting lasted approximately 15 minutes in 2012, and in most cases, sightings had two witnesses.
Data on Canadian UFO sightings came from many sources, including international UFO reporting websites, UFO organizations, civilian investigators, official sources such as Transport Canada and police, and witnesses’ own reports to Ufology Research.
This comprehensive study found that more than half of all UFO sightings were of simple lights in the sky. Witnesses also reported point sources of light, spheres and boomerangs. Although the largest percentage of reported UFOs is simply lights in the night sky, a small number are objects with definite shapes observed within the witnesses’ frame of reference.
Results of this study show that many people continue to report unusual objects in the sky, and some of these objects do not have obvious explanations. Many witnesses are pilots, police and other individuals with reasonably good observing capabilities and good judgement.
The sharp increase in UFO reports is curious. Explanations include: more UFOs are present and physically observable by witnesses; more secret or classified military exercises and overflights are occurring over populated areas; more people are unaware of the nature of conventional or natural objects in the sky; more people are taking the time to observe their surroundings; more people are able to report their sightings with easier access to the Internet and portable technology; or even that an unsettled economy or world stability is leading to an increased desire by some people to look skyward for assistance.
Popular opinion to the contrary, there is no incontrovertible evidence that some UFO cases involve extraterrestrial contact. The continued reporting of UFOs by the public and the yearly increase in numbers of UFO reports suggests a need for further examination of the phenomenon by social, medical and/or physical scientists.
Since 1989, Ufology Research (formerly Ufology Research of Manitoba) has solicited UFO case data from known and active investigators and researchers in Canada. The goal has been to provide data for use by researchers trying to understand this controversial phenomenon. No comparable studies are currently produced by any other research group in North America.
The complete 2012 Canadian UFO Survey can be viewed at:
http://survey.canadianuforeport.com
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The Tectonic Strain Theory of Geophysical Luminosities
Written by Chris Rutkowski
- The Tectonic Strain Theory of Geophysical Luminosities
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- All Pages
Page 1 of 7
The following is a long treatise and analysis of the Tectonic Strain Theory. The TST is widely purported to explain UFOs, ghosts, psychic events, religious ecstacy, spontaneous combustion and pretty well anything else you might name. Literally hundreds of papers have appeared in scientific journals, assuming its real existence and reality. However, there have been very few critical works about the TST, and when such works have surfaced, the critics have been dismissed with commentary or discussion about how complicated the issue is and why it cannot be quantified easily. In short, its proponents appear to invoke almost identical reasons as defendants of the reality of psychic phenomena, and this in itself raises concern among some researchers. This paper was originally written as a geophysical thesis in 1983, and although decades old, is still relevant as a critical look at the TST which is still being invoked as a scientific explanation of purportedly paranormal phenomena.
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The Tectonic Strain Theory of Geophysical Luminosities by Chris A. Rutkowski Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1984 (c) Chris A. Rutkowski, 1984
Abstract A new hypothesis, explaining unidentified luminosities, has been proposed which has received wide attention and general acceptance. It incorporates both geophysical and physiological mechanisms in an attempt to explain the wide variety of characteristics of the phenomenon. This study examines the feasibility of the theory from an objective standpoint, and tests the tenability of the interrelations of its interdisciplinary mechanisms.
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CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE
- INTRODUCTION
- THE TECTONIC STRAIN THEORY AND UFOS
Crustal Strain
Strain-Produced Radiation
Luminosity From Electromagnetic Discharge
UFOs as Fracture-Related Luminosities
Electromagnetic Effects on the Human System
Temporal Lobe Experiences
III. STATISTICAL CORRELATIONS OF THE TST AND UFO OBSERVATIONS
- ANALYSIS OF THE TST
Energy Constraints
Geographical Implications of UFO Sightings
Earthquake Lights and Dilatancy Hypotheses
Other Considerations
- OTHER TST-RELATED THEORIES
Vestigia
Earth Lights
- CONCLUSIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Appendix A