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Telekinesis
I was surprised when I accumulated the research studies at several
universities and institutions on the Geller experiments. This was a scientific
ghost story in its own right. At the University of London, several leading
physicists were finding that Geller could run up a Geiger counter to a point
500 times background radiation by concentrating on it. He could dematerialize
part of a vanadium crystal sealed inside a plastic capsule, simply by holding
his hand over it. There were several other tests, all of them repeatable and
startling. At the conclusion of them, conducted in two different colleges of
the university-Birkbeck and King's-three scientists came out with unequivocal
statements regarding the future impact of the phenomenon. Professor J. G. Taylor,
chairman of the department of mathematics, stated:
I have tested Uri Geller in my laboratory at King's College with
specially designed apparatus.
The Geller Effect-of metal bending -- is clearly not brought about
by fraud. It is so exceptional that is presents a crucial challenge
to modern science and could even destroy the latter if no explanation
becomes available.
These were strong words. But those of Dr. David Bohm and Dr. John Hasted, *
of Birkbeck College were equally so:
We feel if similar tests are made later, enough instances of this
kind will probably accumulate, so that there will be no room for
reasonable doubt that some new process is involved here, which
cannot be accounted for or explained in terms of the present
known laws of physics. Indeed, we already feel that we have gone
some distance toward this point.
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Dr. John HAsted continued And verified his obversAtions by more
carefully controlled Experiments see ICELAND PARens,
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As usual, the Reader's Digest research department spent many weeks doing
a line by line check on the Geller article. I was glad because it would
serve as a double-check on the facts I had gathered for the piece. Geller
was invited to come into the Digest New York office and let the researchers
and editors observe his apparent capacity to violate the laws of physics.
There were a dozen or so of the magazine's staff at the meeting. Two
of the editors were dyed-in-the-wool skeptics. Geller started his demonstration
by lightly touching a key held out by a researcher. It began bending and
continued to bend. As often happens, several other keys in the room began
bending, although Geller was not near. One of the skeptical editors reached
into his pocket, and pulled out his keys. His was one of those which had bent
markedly.
JOHN G. FULLER
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