Parapsychology and Researching the UAP Experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21494079 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric Ouellet (Royal Military College of Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Futures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-4027 • E-ISSN: 1556-1844 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02604027.2025.2592182 |
| OpenAlex | W4416730165 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This paper is illustrating that the present-day regained interest in UFO/UAP is still driven by older materialist assumptions and a wishful quest to prove a putative extraterrestrial explanation for UAPs. It highlights that institutional biases from national security agencies interested in UAP have transited in many of the most common assumptions found in the study of UAP, and how problematic this is. It also situates epistemologically and ontologically the parapsychological approach to the study of UAP by presenting a contrast with materialist approaches and the ones inspired by psychical research. One of the main differences is the notion that experiencers are active participants in UAP experiences, and such experiences are oftentimes meaningful but at the unconscious level, a realm difficult to study in itself and where careful and complex, but never final, interpretations are required
Materialism · Paranormal · Parapsychology · Realm · Unconscious mind · Viewpoints · Wishful thinking · Jungian Analytical Psychology · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |