Saturday Matinee: Paranormal Rangers

I'm pining away for the next season of Dark Winds to come out on DVD.

Essentially, when the Library gets it I get it. 

Not that Dark Winds is a paranormal show. I just wish it were from time to time. I guess you could say it has a paranormal subplot. Subsections of Supreme. Fox Mulder writes a few episodes.

Actually, the Navajo had a big part in the X-Files.  

Maybe Jim Chee branches off into a Ranger Series one day.

But if you miss the days Dark Winds went the paranormal route, the Paranormal Rangers may fit into a rewatch binge. 

Here's a conference they gave:

John Dover & Stan Milford: Navajo Paranormal Rangers

Books and Things 

Stanley Milford Jr. The Paranormal Ranger 

David Paulides Interviews Retired Navajo Ranger Jonathan Dover

Strange New Worlds Season 3: Vintage Trek With a Few Stunt Pulls

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Strange New Worlds Season 3 is better the second half of the season.

The first half is a bit hamstrung by experimentation. SNW is becoming famous for stunt episodes. 

Don't get me wrong. Arguably, some of the best episodes in Star Trek History are "stunt episodes". Mirror Mirror, A Piece of the Action, even City on the Edge of Forever.

But with Strange New Worlds it seems more like "stretching the actor" exercises. As though the cast are all going for their MFAs. The old school term was "Term Paper Acting".

It is OK to deliberately stretch the actors if it is character driven, story driven, and moves the sticks in plotting. 

For instance, Uhura is famous for her vocal prowess. It is in her character DNA to sing. It makes sense for her to belt out some tunes. Especially on a ship with no Holodec . . . yet.  

Celia Rose Gooding is giantly talented in that regard. I'm hoping she'll do a rendition of Impossible Dream or Silent Lucidity. 

And there's apparently an upcoming Puppet Episode in store for Season 4. 

Gulp.

There are other items of somewhat dubious overreach. 

Spock appears to be doing a Kinsey Study of Human Sexuality. He apparently intends on sleeping with everybody onboard the Enterprise. That honors Leonard Nimoy's Sixties sex symbol status. But could he really be appealing enough to max the Enterprise out as far as hooking up goes?

Though I admit I thought initially Spock and Una would be an item. But Una has eyes for another Vulcan. 

Uhura does get a love life in Season 3. And her significant other has a central role in one of the "stunts" that succeeds. The Documentary Episode. 

There is no indication Scotty and/or Spock will ever be notches on her lipstick case.  

Erica doesn't get a love life. But she gets top billing in the best episode of Season 3. In the which a Species of Q-Continuum level arrogance makes its debut. 

It is a fine homage to the old school "stunt" of having an advanced race test the character of Federation officers. Though Erica doesn't think much of her Examiners' character. 

Certain heavy duty questions remain unpacked for Strange New Worlds. Elephants in the room.

Such as does Christopher Pike ever get to have a life? Or is he just a walking dead man?

What are they going to do about Khan, if anything? Is he permanently marooned in Section 31? Is anyone ever going to air him out? The Dictator who never happened? The War Crimes that never existed? 

Is he the Dictator on the Edge of Forever? A job for the Guardian of Forever? Did he really mess with Klingon DNA?

Is Sybok ever to return?  

Is Christine Chapel to be a permanent second banana in Sick Bay? Or does Medical Archaeology offer her a niche where she is the boss? Or does the Glass Ceiling still exist in the far future?

What becomes of M'Benga when McCoy shows up? And does McCoy ever meet his comic soul mate--Jet Reno?

When does Roger Korby become an android? Is Ruk ever going to show up? 

The Old Ones. The ones who made us. 

Where are Sulu and Chekov? 

SNW has the tone right. Tone is apparently hard to do in contemporary Treksploitation. 

Somebody once said, for instance, that Star Trek: The Next Generation was Mall of America in Space. I had a hard time getting that image out of my head. 

I guess it was the Carpeting of the Enterprise Bridge. And the architecture. Was Worf Weapons Officer or was he serving Starbucks? 

The place never got dirty. Never got scorched. Wires never hung out. Nothing was jury-rigged. There was no bubble gum under the desk. No silly putty holding the Jefferies Tube together.

In the Old Days, Scotty always had a dirty face and greasy fingers and scorching on the fringes of his uniform. 

Strange New Worlds has the look, feel, and sound of the Original Series. People do get dirty. Get sick and die. They get banged up. Fried. Tossed like salads. Suffer bad hair days. 

In Pike's case, bad hair eternities. (All right. I know. Not fair. Everybody piles on Pike's hair.) 

At times the stories are true to the soul of Star Trek. 

If you subtract the academic exercises, the MFA dissertations, it is authentic Star Trek.

Zeroed in. Character driven. Vintage Star Trek Stories.

Saturday Matinee Triple Feature: Afternoon Nap UFOs

 

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Remember those old UFO Podcasts you used to fall asleep to those Saturday Afternoons long ago? 

Well here are some Snooze Friendly UFO Documentaries I found better than Melatonin.

Calling to mind also the old dollar matinees that put you to sleep those summer afternoons in that deliciously cold Movie Theater Air Conditioning.  

The Smell of Popcorn Butter and Soda paste in the air. 

Get your blanket and snacks and sleep well. 

UFO’s: It Has Begun! (1979) UFO’s and ET's | Rod Serling Hosts | Full Documentary Movie

A.K.A. UFOs: Past, Present, and Future 

Overlords of the UFO 

Overlords of the UFO--Full Length documentary from 1976--BANNED and SUPRESSED

Mysteries from Beyond Earth 

Mysteries from Beyond Earth (1975) Documentary on UFOs, paranormal, Bermuda Triangle - much more!

Intriguing personalities involved in this sleepytime matinee:

Stanton T. Friedman

Lawrence Dobkin

O. H. Krrlll 

One peculiar thing.

There was a host of some of these mostly 70s Strangeness Documentaries who appeared in disguise. 

You'd almost think he was a Horror Host. 

It doesn't seem like it. It seems he was serious about "hiding in plain sight". 

Like he . . . was embarrassed by being involved in the project. 

Or he took the material seriously and was so paranoid about being recognized he cobbled together pretty ridiculous disguises.

Thinking they were going to hunt him down if they saw his real face.   

At times it seemed he was being dubbed.  

With the voice of Lawrence Dobkin.  

Bosch Part 11

Obituary — Dr. Hendrik V. Bosch, 58

Dr. Hendrik V. Bosch

Published in the Boulder County Herald 21 April

Dr. Hendrik V. Bosch, a researcher known for his work in perceptual studies and sleep-state cognition, died unexpectedly on Monday at his residence in Boulder. He was 58.

Dr. Bosch served as Director of the Experiential Cognition Initiative at the Bosch Institute for Consciousness Studies, where he led several projects examining the boundary between waking perception and dream-state experience. His colleagues described him as “methodical,” “reserved,” and “deeply committed to understanding the architecture of human awareness.”

Born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Dr. Bosch earned his doctorate in cognitive phenomenology before relocating to Colorado in the early 2000s. He published widely in academic journals, focusing on liminal perception, sleep-state stability, and the phenomenology of nocturnal imagery. His work was regarded as both innovative and controversial, attracting interest from a number of research organizations.

In recent years, Dr. Bosch collaborated with several external agencies on studies involving sleep-state environments and perceptual coherence. Details of these projects were not publicly disclosed.

Dr. Bosch is survived by a sister, Marijke Bosch, of Rotterdam. A private memorial service will be held later this month.

The Bosch Institute issued a brief statement on Tuesday noting that “Dr. Bosch’s contributions to the study of human perception will continue to influence the field for years to come.”

No further information regarding the circumstances of his death was available.

Bosch Part 10

Bosch’s Reply — “On the Limits of Synchrony”

Bosch Institute for Consciousness Studies Experiential Cognition Initiative External Communication — Tier A Vendor Channel

From: Dr. H. V. Bosch Director, Experiential Cognition Initiative

To: Dr. Lysa Harrow Director, REM History Division Kernau War Marketing Institute

Date: 17 April

Subject: Re: Request for Motor Synchrony Lock Specifications

I. Opening Remarks

Dr. Harrow,

Thank you for your detailed inquiry. I appreciate the clarity of your questions and the rigor of your division’s review. I will address each point directly.

II. On Motor Synchrony

The synchrony interval you reference is not extendable.

It is not a proto‑state. It is not a partial embodiment. It is not a controllable mechanism.

It is a boundary condition.

Synchrony occurs only at the moment when internally generated phenomenology and external motor intention briefly overlap. This overlap is unstable by definition. It cannot be prolonged, directed, or locked.

Any attempt to extend synchrony will result in collapse.

III. On Collapse

The collapse is not a failure.

It is the nervous system reasserting primacy. It is the restoration of perceptual boundaries. It is the safeguard against dissociation.

Collapse is instantaneous, universal, and non-negotiable.

It cannot be prevented. It cannot be delayed. It cannot be bypassed.

Collapse is the limit.

IV. On REM Disinhibition

REM paralysis is not an obstacle. It is a protection.

Disinhibition would not extend synchrony. It would not stabilize the figure. It would not enable embodiment.

It would produce:

• motor confusion

• perceptual fragmentation

• destabilized phenomenology

• increased divergence

The figure would not become more coherent. The subject would not become more compliant.

The corridor would break.

V. On Entity Substitution

The figure’s geometry is not modifiable.

Its orientation is not adjustable. Its symbolic content is not programmable. Its silhouette is not a template.

The figure is not an archetype. It is not a cultural construct. It is not a narrative vehicle.

It is a constant — a perceptual invariant produced by the nervous system under specific conditions.

Entity substitution is not possible.

VI. On Somatic Externalization

The figure is not an externalized part of the self.

It is not a projection. It is not a dissociated motor schema. It is not a poltergeist analogue.

The experiencer does not become the figure. The figure does not become the experiencer.

Somatic externalization is not supported by any data.

VII. On Divergence

Subject 23’s divergence is not instability.

It is the nervous system resisting substitution. It is the corridor protecting itself. It is the boundary reasserting shape.

Divergence is not a failure of the figure. It is a failure of the attempt to modify it.

VIII. On Cultural Narrative Integration

The figure cannot be rescripted into an alien being.

It cannot support abduction choreography. It cannot corroborate extraterrestrial narratives. It cannot be standardized for population-level deployment.

The figure is not a tool. The figure is not a puppet. The figure is not yours.

IX. Closing Remarks

Dr. Harrow, I appreciate your interest in my work. However, the Experiential Cognition Initiative cannot support REM disinhibition, entity substitution, synchrony lock, somatic externalization, or any related protocols.

The limits of synchrony are absolute.

Respectfully,  

Dr. H. V. Bosch 

Director, Experiential Cognition Initiative Bosch Institute for Consciousness Studies

The Night Terror is a perceptual invariant? There are no perceptual invariants. What he thinks he's offering is a moral argument. In reality he's protecting his patent. Protecting his "Experience Factory". 

Bosch Part 9

Internal Memo — “Concerns Regarding Kernau Integration”

Halcyon Field Services Operational Risk Division Internal Communication — Tier B Contractor Channel

From: Elias R. Kincannon Senior Liaison, Halcyon Field Services

To: Dr. H. V. Bosch Director, Experiential Cognition Initiative

CC: Halcyon Operational Risk Division Halcyon Clinical Oversight Team

Date: 14 April

Subject: Operational Concerns Regarding Kernau War Marketing Institute Requests

I. Overview

Dr. Bosch,

Following Kernau’s recent correspondence with your Institute, Halcyon Field Services has conducted an internal review of the logistical and ethical implications associated with their requested Phase II integrations. This memo summarizes our concerns and outlines several points requiring clarification before Halcyon can continue providing support.

Our role is operational, not theoretical. We do not evaluate research aims. We evaluate feasibility, safety, and risk.

Kernau’s requests raise all three.

II. REM Disinhibition Protocols

Kernau’s inquiry references “REM disinhibition,” which they describe as a temporary suspension of the paralysis mechanism associated with REM sleep. We note that:

• Halcyon has no protocols for REM-state motor activation

• Halcyon is not licensed to support interventions affecting sleep paralysis

• Halcyon cannot guarantee subject safety under disinhibited REM conditions

We request confirmation that your Initiative does not intend to pursue REM disinhibition as part of Phase II.

III. Entity Substitution and Imagery Rescripting

Kernau’s interest in “Entity Substitution” — specifically, replacing culturally embedded parasomnia figures with alternative silhouettes — falls outside Halcyon’s operational scope.

We cannot support:

• nightmare rescripting involving trauma-derived parasomnias

• imagery replacement targeting fear-based archetypes

• symbolic reconfiguration of sleep paralysis entities

Our clinical oversight team flagged these requests as “high-risk, high-instability, and outside contractor purview.”

We request confirmation that your Initiative does not intend to pursue Entity Substitution.

IV. Motor Synchrony Lock

Kernau’s terminology suggests they believe the synchrony interval documented in your case files can be:

• extended

• stabilized

• directed

• embodied

Halcyon cannot support any protocol involving:

• REM-state motor enactment

• parasomnia-induced movement

• subject mirroring of perceived entities

• attempts to prevent collapse

Our risk division notes that Motor Synchrony Lock, as described by Kernau, would require conditions that Halcyon cannot safely implement.

We request confirmation that your Initiative does not intend to pursue Motor Synchrony Lock.

V. Somatic Externalization Hypothesis

Kernau’s memo references “Somatic Externalization,” which they define as the experiencer “becoming the projection.” While we understand this is theoretical, Halcyon cannot support any protocol that:

• encourages embodiment of perceptual constructs

• destabilizes subject identity

• leverages trauma-derived parasomnias

• induces dissociative motor states

We request confirmation that your Initiative does not intend to pursue Somatic Externalization.

VI. Divergence in Subject 23

Our clinical oversight team reviewed the case file for Subject 23. The divergence noted — specifically the altered orientation of the figure, delayed collapse, and mild fear response — suggests instability in the phenomenological corridor.

Halcyon cannot support Phase II scaling until:

• divergence risk is assessed

• corridor stability is confirmed

• collapse timing is understood

• synchrony variance is documented

We request updated analysis before proceeding.

VII. Closing Remarks

Dr. Bosch, Halcyon remains committed to supporting the Experiential Cognition Initiative. However, Kernau’s requests exceed our operational capacity and raise significant safety concerns.

Before we continue Phase II preparations, we require:

• written confirmation of your Initiative’s boundaries

• clarification of your position regarding Kernau’s requests

• assurance that Halcyon will not be asked to support disinhibition, substitution, synchrony lock, or externalization protocols

We appreciate your attention to these matters and await your guidance.

Respectfully,  

Elias R. Kincannon 

Senior Liaison Halcyon Field Services

Bosch Part 8

REM History Division Inquiry — “Request for Motor Synchrony Lock Specifications”

Kernau War Marketing Institute 

History Management Directorate  

REM History Division — Boulder, Colorado External Communication — Tier A Research Liaison

From: Dr. Lysa Harrow Director, REM History Division Kernau War Marketing Institute

To: Dr. H. V. Bosch Director, Experiential Cognition Initiative Bosch Institute for Consciousness Studies

Date: 12 April

Subject: Request for Motor Synchrony Lock Specifications — Phase II Integration

I. Opening Remarks

Dr. Bosch,

The REM History Division has completed its preliminary review of your Phase I phenomenological data. We find your work promising, elegant, and unusually compatible with our ongoing research into REM‑state cultural engineering.

Your documentation of the figure, the collapse phenomenon, and the motor synchrony interval aligns closely with several theoretical models currently under development within our division.

We believe your findings may be applicable to our Somatic Externalization Initiative, pending clarification of several technical points.

II. Motor Synchrony Interval

Your case files describe a momentary period during which the subject’s motor system and the perceived figure exhibit perfect synchrony. We request detailed specifications regarding:

• duration of synchrony

• variance across subjects

• sensory thresholds

• induction conditions

• collapse timing

Our analysts believe this interval may represent a proto‑state of Motor Synchrony Lock, defined in our internal literature as:

“A parasomnia-induced condition in which the experiencer’s motor system mirrors the actions of an externalized perceptual construct.”

We seek confirmation that the synchrony is not merely reactive, but potentially extendable.

III. REM Disinhibition Considerations

Our division is exploring REM disinhibition protocols designed to temporarily suspend the paralysis mechanism that prevents motor enactment during REM sleep.

We request your assessment of whether:

1. the collapse phenomenon is tied to REM paralysis

2. synchrony could persist if paralysis were lifted

3. the figure’s perceptual stability would be maintained during disinhibition

Our interest is strictly theoretical at this stage.

IV. Entity Substitution Potential

Your documentation of the figure’s perceptual coherence suggests it may serve as a template for Entity Substitution, a process in which culturally embedded parasomnia archetypes (e.g., the Old Hag) are replaced with alternative perceptual constructs.

We request clarification on:

• whether the figure’s geometry is modifiable

• whether its orientation can be altered

• whether its symbolic content can be adjusted

• whether subjects can be guided to perceive variant silhouettes

Our division is currently modeling the feasibility of Alien Culture Indoctrination via REM-state imagery rescripting.

V. Somatic Externalization Hypothesis

Several parapsychological models propose that intense psychoactive states may externalize dissociated motor intention into the environment. While we do not endorse these models, we note that your synchrony data resembles the early stages of Somatic Externalization, defined internally as:

“The experiencer becoming the projection.”

We request your perspective on whether:

• the figure may represent an externalized motor schema

• synchrony reflects partial embodiment

• collapse indicates failure of embodiment

• divergence (as seen in Subject 23) suggests instability in externalization

This information is essential for our predictive modeling.

VI. Cultural Narrative Integration

The REM History Division is tasked with developing phenomenological support for emergent cultural narratives. Your work may assist in generating experiential corroboration for extraterrestrial encounter frameworks, which remain of interest to several clients.

We request your assessment of whether:

• the figure can be rescripted into an “alien being”

• motor synchrony can be aligned with abduction choreography

• REM-state imagery can be standardized across subjects

• phenomenological convergence can be scaled to population-level cohorts

Our interest is in narrative stability, not literal interpretation.

VII. Closing Request

To proceed with Phase II integration, we require:

• Motor Synchrony Lock specifications

• collapse mechanism analysis

• REM disinhibition feasibility

• entity substitution parameters

• divergence risk assessment

• figure geometry documentation

We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to your response.

Respectfully,  

Dr. Lysa Harrow 

Director, REM History Division 

Kernau War Marketing Institute Boulder, Colorado