From: Joseph Polanik <jpolanik@mindspring.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 11:37:06 -0500 (EST)
Fwd Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 14:34:57 -0500
Subject: Budden's Checklist for ElectroMagnetic Sensitivity
It has long been thought that some UFOs radiate electromagnetic
energy strong enough to shut off vehicle engines and to leave
burn marks on the individuals who encounter them.
Albert Budden has investigated the ElectroMagnetic Hypothesis
[EMH] more thoroughly than anyone I'm aware of. One thrust of
his work is to show that exposure to EM fields can have a wider
range of objective and subjective effects than has previously
been thought.
He writes that, among those with Electromagnetic
Hypersensitivity,
exposure to EMFs
... could translate into the utterly bizarre consciousness
effects of alien abductions, out-of-body experiences (OBEs),
ghostly visitations and the physical phenomena of 'hauntings',
poltergeists and UFOs.
[Budden, Albert. (1998). _Electric UFOs_. at 12.]
Although I think that Budden is too quick to dismiss these
anomalous experiences as hallucinations now that he has found a
causal connection to an objectively detectable phenomenon, his
findings do (IMHO) show that the ElectroMagnetic Hypothesis is a
more plausible explanation than the ExtraTerrestrial Hypothesis
for this class of UFO/aerial phenomena.
Budden naturally urges UFO/Abduction investigators to gather
evidence that would either implicate the EMH or rule it out in
any particular case. To help investigators standardize their
approach, Budden distills his approach into a series of
questions to ask experiencers.
They are:
1. Do you frequently get severe shocks from door handles, are
bodywork or other surfaces?
2. Do you feel uncomfortable in synthetic materials (e.g.
acrylic, nylon)?
3. Are you sensitive to perfumed products, aerosols, cigarette
smoke, petrol, (household) gas, make-up, aftershave, etc.?
4. Does electrical equipment go wrong or behave oddly in you
presence?
5. Are there any foods/drinks that you either avoid or consume
large amounts of? Do you have food allergies (e.g. chocolate,
coffee, milk, food with artificial colouring of flavours, wheat
products)?
6. Did you have a happy childhood? If no, give reason(s)
briefly.
7. Do you ever have hairs on your body stand on end, feel
suddenly cold or overheated, experience tingling or numbness?
8. Do you ever get a metallic taste in your mouth?
9. Do you get deja vu strongly and often?
10. Do you ever get the overwhelming sensation that someone is
in the room with you, watching, although you cannot see anyone?
11. Are you very sensitive to light? (Sunlight? Flickering
light? Do you ever wear tinted glasses?
12. Are you sensitive to medications (especially antibiotics)?
13. Do you have what could be called psychic experiences (e.g.
ghostly encounters, OBEs, etc.)?
14. Do you find that objects in your home go missing or
sometimes seem to behave oddly in any way?
15. Do light-bulbs seem to last for a very short period of time
in your home?
16. Have you ever been close to a lightning strike or suffered
major electrocution? (Or defibrillation? Or electroconvulsive
therapy/ECT)?
17. Do you ever see small lights darting about the room?
18. Does fluorescent light bother you at all?
19. Do you ever have periods where you lose all concentration,
feel overheated, see light flashes, lose muscle power in your
legs and feel tingly and heavy?
20. Are there any of the following features near your home: a
quarry, radio mast, power lines, reservoir, hill, military base,
TV/radio station, ham radio?
21. Does time ever seem to slow down or pass in a flash?
22. Have you ever had periods of time for which you cannot
account?
23. As an activity, do you write very much?
24. Have you ever had the experience of everything going wery
still, timeless and silent?
25. Do you ever get painful electrical rippling sensations under
the skin?
Oddly enough, Budden does not ask, "Have you ever found yourself
lying fully conscious or in a dreamlike state, unable to move or
cry out, while experiencing auditory or visual phenomena, or
total blackness?"
A positive response to this question might indicate an ASP
[Awareness during Sleep Paralysis] event. Since Budden does
indicate that individuals with EH [Electromagnetic
Hypersensitivity] "experience transient periods of immobility,
frequently although not exclusively on awakening", investigating
the connection between EH and ASP would seem worthwhile.
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Joseph Polanik, jpolanik@mindspring.com
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