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Introduction: Many studies/books have been published about Poltergeist presenting cases and their characteristics as (Flammarion, 1923), (Thurston, 1953), (Roll, 1972), (Gauld & Cornell 1979), (Huesmann & Schriver 1989), (Biondi & Garatelli 2011), (Healy & Cropper 2014) to name a few. Main quantitative studies have been done at a time where the computer was in infancy and so with only printed material. Today it seems that very few consolidated databases are available, and the new cases are not filed or filed in different databases and formats. However, the information available is huge and with enough aggregation, it could help to detect some trends over the different periods or by geographics and help to qualify the credibility/authenticity of the cases and their different characteristics. At the end, this could give some important insight on the anomalistic arena and the research on the nature of reality. Method: In order to conduct a quantitative and qualitative study on poltergeist a set of representative cases has to be found (a sample with enough cases and with a diversity on period and geographics). To characterize each case a set of parameters has to be defined (ex: presence of raps, objects movement, incendiary effects, poltergeist agent detected, materialization, apparition, etc.). The more advanced study on this is the one conducted in (Gauld & Cornell 1979), as it provides a study counting 500 cases with 63 parameters for each, from year 500 to 1975 and with an international view (46 countries, even if there is a tropism on English cases). Interestingly each case has attached a level of testimony and a level of detail. So, starting from this book a database has been built, completed with cross references of other books and articles. Using these data, a study of the evolution of the different characteristics of the Poltergeist/ RSPK cases through time and geographics has been made. We also did an estimated counting of the different cases documented through the different countries (Europe, USA and Australia mainly). Results: More than thousand cases have been referenced from which more than 700 seem to have serious documentation (reference to a paper, a book, some articles in newspaper/magazine with enough details). With the 500 Gauld & Cornell cases, the analysis per geographic/ period shows: · The homogeneity of the characteristics through period and geographics area, even if some differences appear (which could be explained by belief/cultural evolution on time, cultural difference between countries) · The strength of some \"strange characteristics\" if we compare them with the level of testimony (better is the level of testimony, more these characteristics are represented) · The evolution of the interpretation of the phenomenon per period The progression of the number of cases per year in this sample has been evaluated (ex: 2 per year on the 1940-1975 period). Then, deeper research has been conducted to analyze strange characteristics across different cases, using the detail description/story of the cases. Discussion: Moving from there, it would be interesting to complement this database with cases from 1975 until today. From our evaluation, 60 documented cases which represented 1,3 cases per year could be added on this period. It has also to be completed with more cases on Asia, Africa, South America to be more representative. One question today is how the collect of Poltergeist/RSPK cases in the different areas of the world could be improved (for example, in France and Italy an estimate let think that 2 documented cases per year could be identified in each country, number from which we are far today).Also it could be useful to define which information should be collected for each case (on both psychological and physical events information) and in which format it will be stored in order to be able to share it without privacy problem.

PK research is particularly relevant in this context, as it strongly challenges explanations that reduce consciousness to a mere epiphenomenon. Since Schmidt's RNG studies (Millar, 2022), PK research has focused on micro-PK, involving extremely subtle effects and considerable ambiguity as to their true nature (i.e., whether indeed involving PK or instead a form of receptive psi). [...]over the course of a few minutes, PS extinguished a candle several times, while seated in a meditative posture 3 meters away from it. [...]the toy cars used belonged to the martial arts center and when we conducted control experiments with one of these, we found a construction defect: at random moments the car would spontaneously move a few centimeters all by itself, and this occurred even when isolated in a faraday cage.

In a conference held within a PA convention (Dullin & Jamet, 2017b), and a paper published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration (Dullin & Jamet, 2018), we presented research on historical perspectives concerning the study of psychokinesis on lightweight spinning objects, and a methodology for conducting macro-pk tests on this kind of target, in a non-confined environment. After eliminating causes like magnetism, electrostatic forces, vibration, and radiation, the only causes remaining were aerodynamic forces (natural air currents or thermally generated air currents). The approach to identifying the influence of these forces was to evaluate the ratio of spinning object rotational speed to object periphery airflow speed and the evolution of this ratio along the experiment (which may last several minutes).With this ratio, it was shown for a specific object (a plastic dome called Hemispheric Mobile (HM)) that pure aerodynamic effects (ratio lower than one) could be distinguished from other effects (motor-driven or potential macro-pk effect) with ratios significantly bigger than one (from two to seven). To improve the signal-to-noise ratio in experiments with PKers, and also to facilitate the use of this methodology by other labs or individuals, we developed a portable semi-confined bench.

In this paper we analyze precisely the starting conditions of the motion of a spinning target with the focus on the thermic/aerodynamic effects. We conducted reference experiments with a static bench, where the motion of the target is obtained with the airflow issuing from a pump, and PKer (volunteer practicing Psychokinesis) experiments (with a new portable bench), where the motion of the target inside the bench is triggered by the PKer. The comparison between the airflow speeds around the target in the two sets of experiments showed that the tangential airflow speeds in the PKer experiments were 10 times lower than the required tangential airflow speeds to start the target moving in the reference experiments. The potential bias and errors in the measurement and computation are shown to be minimal compared to the factor given above. Some particular experimental set-up, simulating the hand and the upper body of the PKer in proximity to the portable bench, did not provoke any reaction on the target. These different elements tend to prove that the motion of the target in these experiments cannot be attributed to thermal/aerodynamic effects. The portable bench could be a good way for other labs to try to reproduce and confirm these experiments.

In order to better qualify these effects, this paper presents ongoing research that was conducted since 2021 in different directions: the ability or not for the putative PK-agent to control the movement, the level of repeatability of the experiments, the impact of the distance of the PK-agent from the target, and the impact of the confinement of the target. [...]the following points can be mentioned: * The methodology used with PK-agent experimenting from home gives the capability of multiple experiments. Since November 2022, we are on the basis of one report a week (outside the vacation period). [...]the PK-agent doesn't do other experiments outside the one reported that avoids the file drawer effect. * The repeatability obtained with detailed documentation (videos, report) seems to be in contradiction with the elusiveness principle often attached to these phenomena. * Although some precedent experiments done in our lab seems to present a decline effect with the distance, confirming the attenuation effect proposed by G. W. Roll, these new experiments with this PK-agent didn't show an impact of the distance on the rotational speed of the target.

Introduction: In a paper published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration (Dullin & Jamet, 2018), research on historical perspectives concerning the study of psychokinesis on lightweight spinning objects, and a methodology for conducting macro-pk tests on this kind of target, in a non-confined environment, were presented. In order to better qualify these effects, this paper presents the analysis of the energies and forces (torques) involved in the two PKer experiments. Methods: To evaluate the energy and forces involved in these effects the following parameters are calculated: * The moment of inertia J of the spinning target * The maximum rotational speed reached Wmax * The total friction torque T * The maximum and average acceleration during the speed-up The target as in (Dullin & Jamet, 2020) is formed of three stacked hemispheric plastic domes placed at the top of the stem of a carousel candle (Figure 1) with a total weight of 7.35g Using theses parameters, the following physical quantity are evaluated: * The maximum kinetic energy reached. * The average acceleration torque which represents the torque needed to speed-up the target. * The total \"motor\" torque Results: The results deduced for the two PKer experiments show that the energy involved is in the range of the microjoule and the torque close to 0.1 micronewton.meter.

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