Phenomena

The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis

De: Annie Jacobsen

Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen

Duración: 17 h y 30 m

Resumen del Editor

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.

©2017 Annie Jacobsen (P)2017 Hachette Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"As comprehensive as it is critical, this latest expose from Jacobsen is perhaps her most important work to date...Jacobsen persuasively shows that it in fact happened and aptly frames the dilemma.... Rife with hypocrisy, lies, and deceit, Jacobsen's story explores a conveniently overlooked bit of history." ( Publishers Weekly)

"With Phenomena, Annie Jacobsen has once again produced an utterly absorbing and brilliantly reported chronicle that truly breaks new ground. This is a boundary-breaking story of mental phenomena - extra sensory perception techniques - that is truly a pleasure to read. A mind-bending triumph!" (Alex Kershaw, best-selling author of The Liberator and Avenue of Spies)

"Chilling, compelling, and comprehensive accounting...Jacobsen's impressive book plumbs the dark depths of this postwar recruiting and shows the historical truths behind the space race and postwar US dominance. Highly recommended for readers in World War II history, espionage, government cover-ups, or the Cold War." ( Library Journal)

Psi phenomena and the military- an excellent book

This book is a compendium of information regarding psi phenomena and its usefulness. It is presented without hype and with remarkable objectivity. The book could have been more tightly edited and was obviously written in sections which makes certain parts redundant. It is a fascinating listen and is a very good book to point the reader as to where to look for deeper discussions of individual topics. Personally i would enjoy a more in depth and current discussion of the contributions of neuroscience to these important and intriguing phenomena. Get this book and you will not be disappointed. The reader is very good as well.

Perfection!

I’m going to keep it as a physical reference as well. Extremely well researched and written, people always say that.
Perfectly balanced book from a naturally talented writer.

Very thorough and enjoyable

This book feels will researched and pharaohs from opinion until the final 15 minutes. The author's narration is soothing and steady.

great narrative as always

it doesn't seem like there's ever a boring part in the book. that makes it easier to get in to via audio book

Dude!!!

I went from CHAOS from Tom O’Neil, to this and a rabbit hole I considered completely fictional and the product of uneducated conspiratorial minds has taken on a life of its own, it feels great to be ignorant.

A sneak peek into coming disclosures

It took me a long time and several attempts to get through this book, but I am glad I did.

The early years of government research into the phenomena involved a lot of drugs and sloppy science, and it turned me off (so I set the book aside several times). But over time, more discipline was applied, incredibly interesting (if rare) results were produced, and now cutting edge research is being done by people like Dr. Gary Nolan at Stanford.

Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) were rechristened Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and more recently renamed Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (also UAP) to, I believe, capture a wider range of topics like those covered in this book.

Congress has recently directed the DoD and Intelligence Community to come clean about efforts regarding UAP hidden from Congress and to begin a systematic collection of UAP data. Increasingly, high-level government officials are coming out and saying there is something there, and more academics and researchers are taking up the topic.

Anyone interested in UAP should read/listen to this book.

EXCELLENT but MISSES the MORE DISTURBING POINTS OF MK-ULTRA

If you seek answers regarding government agencies, their establishment, history, and declassified activities along with personal interviews, there are a number of authors that must be read in order to put together the full story. Annie Jacobsen’s tireless works are part of this catalogue of factual nonfiction. Another major book inspiring the CIA and the Nazis is PROPAGANDA by Edward Bernays. It is an instruction manual,though short in length, on how to control the masses. *****This book and operation paperclip miss the most probable unsubstantiated fact that Dr. Mengele trained the CIA in America for at least a decade in mind control or MK-ULTRA. His code names were Dr. Green/Dr.Greenbaum. Look into that ALL READERS.

Great Author, equally skilled narrator.

I first learned of Annie Jacobsen on the Joe Rogan podcast. After the podcast I immediately bought two of her audio books, Area 51 and Phenomena. Both were excellent. I just bought two others. While the content is excellent, her narration brings it to life. Thank you Joe Rogan for having her as a guest, thank you Annie Jacobsen for your great writings and narration.

Great dive in to the ESP remote projects

Very well written and narrated. It also ties together alot of what i have read in the past on this subject. But places 0 bias on one way or another and very informative look in to the remote viewing projected funded by the US goverment.

Love it!

Great book, clean production, and it's always awesome to hear the author read their work! Thank you!