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Phenomena
- The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
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The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena, from the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain and international best seller Area 51.
This is a book about a team of scientists and psychics with top secret clearances.
For more than 40 years, the US government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security. The intelligence agencies and military services involved include CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the Navy, Air Force, and Army - and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Now, for the first time, New York Times best-selling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs, using never before seen declassified documents as well as exclusive interviews with, and unprecedented access to, more than 50 of the individuals involved. Speaking on the record, many for the first time, are former CIA and Defense Department scientists, analysts, and program managers, as well as the government psychics themselves.
Who did the US government hire for these top secret programs, and how do they explain their military and intelligence work? How do scientists approach such enigmatic subject matter? What interested the government in these supposed powers and does the research continue? Phenomena is a riveting investigation into how far governments will go in the name of national security.
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- Tim GJ
- 29-07-20
if a tenth of it is accurate then it's astonishing
Really meticulously researched and well written. I get the impression that the author started out skeptical and gradually became convinced by the sheer weight of apparent evidence. if only a tiny fraction of the claims in it are true, it is truly astonishing.
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- Phillip
- 09-02-20
Annie Jacobsen Is an outstanding narrator
Another amazing and super interesting book by the awesome Annie Jacobsen, she writes and narrates her own books which is a real treat:)
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- Jon
- 03-02-23
Great!
I thought this was great. Based on interviews with remote viewers, scientists -such as Hal Puthoff, James Randi, Uri Gellar, Edgar Mitchell. This Pulitzer Prize finalist book is balanced and well researched.
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- Tanika
- 16-06-18
Interesting material
I was familiar with much of this but it was very interesting to hear the origins of ESP studies. Well-researched.
However the narration was rather irritating, staccato and with continual mid-pronunciations of names and places. Almost made me give up or turn to the printed copy.
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- Boo Boo
- 01-07-19
Bit Of A Curate's Egg
Or, good in parts, as the saying goes.
Firstly, credit should be given to the author for extensive research and illuminating an esoteric subject. The book is generally well written too.
But, there are a number of problems. In common with her other audiobooks where she is the narrator her pronunciation of many names, places and even some fairly common English words is mangled and ear - grating. I'm never sure what the cause of this is, but a little practise might help.
Then, there are some errors of fact which are obvious even while listening. Along with this and again in common with her other works is a fairly extensive padding of content. I would estimate that of the approximately 17 hours of this book a good 3 or 4 is content not pertinent to the subject of US government research into the topic.
My most serious criticism though is the way the author presents some material as fact when the incidents she described have been described differently in the literature or can easily be explained in another way.
For example, the Swann experiments at SRI were deemed to be the result of equipment malfunction at the time by some of the participants and this is not mentioned. Also, her image test with Geller is presented as inexplicable and yet can really be explained with a little thought. The idea that "nobody on earth has explained Geller's powers" is nonsense and indeed she seems to have been bamboozled by this character.
So, as I say good in parts.
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