Challenger Disaster

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  • InterpretationAsserted

    The episode presents Jeffrey Mishlove’s interpretation that the physical and consciousness-related dimensions of UAP may be inseparable, while allowing that both physical craft and mind-mediated phenomena could exist.

    Mishlove’s central position is that the “nuts-and-bolts” and consciousness dimensions of the UFO problem may be inseparable.

  • Source reportedConfirmed

    The Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies confirms that Jeffrey Mishlove received the $500,000 first prize in its 2021 life-after-death essay competition for “Beyond the Brain.”

    Bigelow’s institute confirms that Mishlove won the $500,000 first prize for “Beyond the Brain: The Survival of Human Consciousness After Permanent Bodily Death.”

  • Source reportedAsserted

    Mishlove says he investigated Ted Owens from 1976 until Owens’ death in 1987 and assembled files from multiple researchers concerning alleged psychokinetic, weather and UFO demonstrations.

    Mishlove then followed Owens until his death in 1987 and assembled records from several researchers.

  • Source reportedUnverified

    Mishlove reports that a December 1976 UFO sighting above Sonoma State College followed a forecast by Ted Owens and was seen, photographed and filmed by multiple witnesses; the episode does not provide the original records for independent review.

    The centerpiece was a December 1976 sighting above what was then Sonoma State College in Rohnert Park.

  • Source reportedContested

    Mishlove says Ted Owens warned him on Christmas Eve 1985 about the next shuttle launch, but he acknowledges no evidence connects Owens or an outside object to Challenger; official investigations identified solid-rocket-booster joint and O-ring failure as the cause.

    Mishlove says Owens called on Christmas Eve 1985 and warned him to stop the next shuttle launch, claiming his UFOs would destroy it.

  • Source reportedConfirmed

    Declassified records confirm that U.S. intelligence agencies sponsored remote-viewing research at Stanford Research Institute beginning in the 1970s, including work by Hal Puthoff and Russell Targ.

    The public record confirms that U.S. intelligence agencies sponsored remote-viewing work and that SRI developed protocols in the 1970s.

  • Source reportedConfirmed

    A 1995 government review found some remote-viewing results appeared above chance but concluded the information was too vague, inconsistent and unreliable for actionable intelligence, while reviewers disagreed over whether a paranormal mechanism had been demonstrated.

    The 1995 government review of the Star Gate program reached a divided but sobering conclusion: some results appeared above chance, yet the information was too vague, inconsistent and unreliable for actionable intelligence, and reviewers disputed whether a paranormal mechanism had been established.

Event Timeline
1969
Ted Owens publishes How to Contact Space People
The episode identifies Owens’ 1969 book as an early public statement of his claimed communication with space intelligences and unusual abilities.
1972
Mishlove redirects his career toward consciousness research
Mishlove says a dream he interpreted as an after-death visitation prompted him to move from criminology toward parapsychology, mysticism and public media.
1972
Mishlove publicly encounters Andrija Puharich’s work
Mishlove recalls sponsoring a Berkeley conference where Puharich made an early public presentation about Uri Geller.
1976
SRI researchers give Mishlove their Ted Owens files
Mishlove says Hal Puthoff and Russell Targ transferred their Owens material to him while continuing government-supported remote-viewing research.
1976-12-01
Reported Sonoma State UFO sighting
Mishlove says a widely witnessed and recorded sighting over Sonoma State College followed a forecast made during his study of Ted Owens.
1979
PEAR laboratory begins at Princeton
Robert Jahn and Brenda Dunne’s laboratory began long-running tests of remote perception and possible mind-machine correlations.
1980
Mishlove receives Berkeley doctorate in parapsychology
Mishlove completed an individualized interdisciplinary doctoral program at the University of California, Berkeley.
1985-12-24
Mishlove reports Owens’ shuttle warning
Mishlove says Ted Owens telephoned with a warning about the next space-shuttle launch; Mishlove did not relay the claim to the government.
1986-01-28
Space Shuttle Challenger is lost
Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after launch; official investigations attributed the disaster to failure of the right solid-rocket-booster joint and O-ring seals in cold conditions.
1987
Ted Owens dies
Mishlove’s eleven-year period of direct study ended with Owens’ death.
1995
Independent review assesses Star Gate
The government-sponsored review found remote-viewing output too vague and unreliable for intelligence use and disputed whether a paranormal mechanism had been established.
2021
Mishlove wins BICS essay competition
The Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies awarded Mishlove its $500,000 first prize for his survival-of-consciousness essay.
2026-07-27
New Thinking Allowed completes Annika and Tristan series
The foundation published the tenth installment of its series presenting Annika and Tristan’s claims about identity, consciousness and mission.
2026-08-13
Jesse Michels publishes Jeffrey Mishlove interview
The American Alchemy episode brings Mishlove’s Ted Owens archive, survival research and wider consciousness network into a single extended discussion.
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"'This is one of the most important phone calls you will ever receive. The SIs [non-human intelligence] really mean business. They will destroy the shuttle.' "...a month later, on January 28, 1986. I was shaken to my bones when the Challenger disaster occurred." (Since Ted Owens is in the "news" again, here's an excerpt from "The PK Man," written by Jeffrey Mishlove, which I shared in 2021 or so.) 1980 - The Space Intelligences = SIs = Non-Human Intelligence Owens: "The reason for all of this...

independentAug 13

Probed ingest of: UFOs, Psychics and The Afterlife with PhD Jeffrey Mishlove

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