Interdimensional hypothesis
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Interdimensional hypothesis (IDH or IH — also called the extradimensional hypothesis or EDH) is a theory advanced by Jacques Vallée that unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and related events involve visitations from other "realities" or "dimensions" coexisting separately alongside our own. It is an alternative to the extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH).[1][2][3][4]
IDH also holds that UFOs are a modern manifestation of a phenomenon that has occurred throughout recorded human history, which in prior ages were ascribed to mythological or supernatural creatures.[2]
Strictly, IDH is considered a belief system rather than a hypothesis like ETH, because it is not falsifiable through scientific testing and experiment. Verification of IDH[5] requires interdimensional observation techniques, which are themselves scientifically unverified. IDH is evaluated by UFOlogists solely on the basis of how well it fits.[1]
Although ETH has remained the predominant explanation for UFOs by UFOlogists[6], some UFOlogists have abandoned it in favor of IDH. Paranormal researcher Brad Steiger wrote that "we are dealing with a multidimensional paraphysical phenomenon that is largely indigenous to planet Earth".[7] Other UFOlogists, such as John Ankerberg and John Weldon, advocate IDH because is fits the explanation of UFOs as a spiritistic phenomenon. Commenting on the disparity between the ETH and the accounts that people have made of UFO encounters, Ankerberg and Weldon wrote "the UFO phenomenon simply does not behave like extraterrestrial visitors."[8][1]
The development of IDH as an alternative to ETH increased in the 1970s and 1980s with the publication of books by Vallée and J. Allen Hynek. In 1979, Vallée and Hynek advocated the hypothesis in The Edge of Reality: A Progress Report on Unidentified Flying Objects and further, in Vallée's 1980 book Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults. [9]
Some UFO proponents accepted IDH because nobody had demonstrated an anti-gravity or speed-of-light travel hypothesis that could explain extraterrestrial machines.[citation needed] With IDH, it is unnecessary to explain any propulsion method because the IDH holds that UFOs are not spacecraft, but rather devices that travel between different realities.[10]
IDH has been a causative factor in establishing UFO religion.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Gary Bates (2005). Alien Intrusion. New Leaf Publishing Group. pp. 84–87,114–115,157–160,164. ISBN 0890514356.
- ^ a b "History of UFOs". Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. World Almanac Education Group. 2006. http://history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=57838&mini_id=57826.
- ^ Hugh Ross, Kenneth R. Samples, Mark Clark (June 1, 2002). Lights in the Sky & Little Green Men: A Rational Christian Look at Ufos and Extraterrestrials. NavPress Publishing Group. ISBN 1576832082. http://www.amazon.com/Lights-Sky-Little-Green-Extraterrestrials/dp/1576832082. "While numerous mystical explantions have been proposed for UFOs, ufologists identify two distinct "otherworldly" hypotheses: the extradimensional hypothesis (ETH) and the interdimensional hypothesis (IDH)."
- ^ "UFO Hunters - History of UFOs". the History Channel. http://www.history.com/content/ufohunters/history-of-ufos.
- ^ Rosalind McKnight, "Cosmic Journeys: My Out of Body Explorations with Robert Monroe", ISBN 978-1571741233
- ^ Jacques Vallee (1980). Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults. New York: Bantam Books.
- ^ Steiger, Brad, Blue Book Files Released in Canadian UFO Report, Vol. 4, No. 4, 1977, p. 20
- ^ John Ankerberg & John Weldon, The Facts on UFO's and Other Supernatural Phenomena, (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1992, pp10
- ^ Steven J. Dick (1999). The Biological Universe. Cambridge University Press. pp. 313–320. ISBN 052166361X.
- ^ David Hatcher Childress (1990). Anti-Gravity and the Unified Field. Adventures Unlimited Press. pp. 134.
[edit] Further reading
- David Jacobs (December 1992). "J. Allen Hynek and the Problem of UFOs". History of Science Society Meeting, Washington D.C.: 16.
- J. Allen Hynek and Jacques Vallée, ed (1975). The Edge of Reality: A Progress Report on Unidentified Flying Objects. Chicago: Henry Regnery.
- Jacques Vallée (1980). Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults. New York: Bantam Books.
[edit] See also
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