He calls himself a psychic detective … a new and strikingly unconventional investigative tool … Extra-sensory perception is the power of the mind to reach across time and space in a way that seems impossible. In Search of s1e11 … Psychic Detectives, History 1977
The results argue persuasively that something more than chance is at work. They also indicate that at one time or another most people exhibit some form of ESP power. Children are often particularly sensitive. In Search of s1e13 … Learning ESP
Throughout history man has felt a unique kinship with animals. The special relationship between pet and master may be based upon an unexpected link. Only recently has science begun to investigate the possibility of a psychic extra-sensory connection. In Search of s3e15 … Animal ESP, 1979
When a major airliner crashes the tragedy is overwhelming, the destruction sudden and complete. In the spring of 1979 a New York woman has a series of dreams of an airliner disaster in the mid-west; two months later a Cincinnati man dreams of a large jet in peril: it crashes and explodes. The dream repeats ten nights in a row and no matter what he does, it will not leave him alone. Were these dreams just nightmares or will they prove to be prophecies? In Search of s4e21 … Air Disaster Prediction, 1980
Events predicted centuries before they occur. Objects moved with the power of the mind. Communications that happen without speaking a word. There are many who believe that the human brain possesses extraordinary untapped abilities given to us by extraterrestrial beings. (Aliens & Ancient Astronaut Theory & Extra-Sensory Perception) Ancient Aliens s12e17: Telepathy
The search for a valid and reliable test of clairvoyance has resulted in thousands of experiments. One controlled procedure has invited ‘senders’ to telepathically transmit one of four visual images to ‘receivers’ deprived of sensation in a nearby chamber (Bem & Honorton, 1994). The result? A reported 32 per cent accurate response rate, surpassing the chance rate of 25 per cent. But follow-up studies have (depending on who was summarizing the results) failed to replicate the phenomenon or produced mixed results (Bem & others, 2001; Milton & Wiseman, 2002; Storm, 2000, 2003).
One skeptic, magician James Randi, has a longstanding offer – now US $1 million – ‘to anyone who proves a genuine psychic power under proper observing conditions.’ (Randi, 1999). French, Australian, and Indian groups have parallel offers of up to 200,000 euros to anyone with demonstrable paranormal abilities (CFI, 2003). Large as these sums are, the scientific seal of approval would be worth far more to anyone whose claims could be authenticated. To refute those who say there is no ESP, one need only produce a single person who can demonstrate a single, reproducible ESP phenomenon. So far, no such person has emerged. Randi’s offer has been publicized for three decades and dozens of people have been tested, sometimes under the scrutiny of an independent panel of judges. Still, nothing. ‘People's desire to believe in the paranormal is stronger than all the evidence that it does not exist.’ (Susan Blackmore, Blackmore’s First Law 2004). David Myers, Psychology 2006
94% of the population believe that some people have ESP. Unexplained Mysteries: Paranormal America, 2003