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Glossary continued Radio Voice Phenomenon (RVP) - Receiving the voice of a deceased human being through a regular radio.Reciprocal Apparition - An extremely rare type of spirit phenomenon in which both the agent and percipient are able to see and respond to each other.Recurrent Spontaneous Psychokinesis- (RSPK) is a theory that explains poltergeist activity as the unintentional movement of objects by the subconscious of a person, usually someone under stress and typically an adolescent.Remote Viewing – Used by some psychics, this is a procedure in which the percipient or psychic attempts to become physically aware of the experience of an agent who is at a distant, unknown location through ESP.Reptilian- Is a type of entity reported in UFO reports and alien abductions. Although reptile-like, they are bipedal and somewhat humanoid.Residual Haunting-Probably the most common type of haunting:this is best desscribed as an imprint on the environment:a moment in time,burnt onto the surroundings of a specific location:playing out roles and situations over and over again for centuries at a time.Retrocognition – An experience in which a person finds themselves in the past and is able to see and experience events in which they had no prior knowledge.Scientific Method-A systematic approach to observing phenomena,drawing conclusions and testing hypotheses. The scientific Method follows a series of steps:(1) identify a problem you would like to solve,(2) formulate a hypothesis,(3) test the hypotheses,(4) collect and analyze the data,(5) make conclusions.Séance - A meeting or gathering of people, usually lead by a medium to receive spiritualistic messages, manifestations or communication with the dead.Sea Monsters- is any large unidentified animal seen in the ocean. Sea serpents are a particular type of sea monster.Shaman – A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a medium between the visible world and an invisible spirit world and who practices magic or sorcery for purposes of healing, divination, and control over natural events.Sheep – An experiment in which the subject believes in the ability in which they are being tested.Simulcra – This is a word used to describe the seeing of faces, figures and images in ordinary, everyday object such as rocks, foliage, etc.Specter – A ghostly apparition; a phantom (See Ghost).Spiritualism - The belief system that the dead are able to communicate with the living, through an intermediary or medium.Stigmata – Unexplained bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain corresponding in location to the crucifixion wounds of Christ.Spontaneous Human Combustion-(SHC) is the mysterious ignition of a person's body without any apparent external source of flame.Subjective Apparitions – Hallucinations of apparitions or other phenomena that are created by our own minds.Supernatural - Of or relating to existence outside the natural world. As opposed to paranormal, the term "supernatural" often connotes divine or demonic intervention.Tarot Cards - A set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices, death and fortune etc. used by fortunetellers to help predict future events.Telekinesis - The paranormal movement of objects by scientifically inexplicable means.Telepathy – Communication from one mind to another through means other than the senses.Teleportation - A method of transportation in which matter or information is dematerialized, usually instantaneously, at one point and recreated at another.Thought Form – An apparition produced solely by the power of the human mind.Thoughtography-is the ability to make pictures appear on photographic film at will.Time Travel Hypothesis- (TTH) states that a UFO is a craft from Earth's future.Trace Case- are Ufo cases that leave physical evidence.
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