STATE OF THE UNKNOWN ADDRESS - - - 2004
People have encountered unexplained lights, objects, creatures and entities since ever. One need not believe in such things in order to meet them. Anomalous phenomena are most often experienced by lone individuals in isolated locations and occur abruptly and can evoke shock and terror. Factors of perception such as duration of the event and distances involved come into play. Our sum total of knowledge concerning the "unknown" depends too heavily upon the accuracy of excited eyewitness observation and memory.
Is it possible to dramatically increase the number of these encounters by sending two-man investigative teams into active hotbeds of high strangeness? Will increasing the frequency of experiences lead to more prolonged events where conditions are favorable? Will this lead to documented reports made immediately by well-equipped observers who remain relatively calm?
Readily available and affordable technologies have empowered us like never before. Video and photographic (digital and analog) capabilities... personal computers and the internet... instant communcations with cellular telephones... GPS and night vision... can turn the amateur paranormal enthusiasts of today into Rapid Response Teams.
Passive investigations (recording anecdotal summaries of accidental observers) must be subservient to active investigations (deliberate hunting) of anomalous phenomena in their paranormal habitat.
Anything less is spinning wheels.