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1 The Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters, FREE MISSION & PHILOSOPHY We are honored to publicly introduce the Dr. Edgar Mitchell Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters (FREE)-- a Not for Profit co- founded by the late Dr. Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14 Astronaut), Dr. Rudy Schild (Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard University), researcher Mary Rodwell from Australia, and Rey Hernandez an Attorney and Experiencer. Before his death, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, in a video recording, expressly gave his permission to allow FREE to be named in his legacy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR9X6WRITn0 FREE was formally incorporated as a Not for Profit Research Organization on July 15, 2015. FREE has been established by various retired Ph.D. Physicists, Ph.D. Scientists, Ph.D. Psychologists, Ph.D. Neuroscientists and lay researchers to facilitate investigations into UFO related contact experiences with non-human intelligent beings and associated paranormal activity, from a grounded and rigorous scientific foundation. FREE’s Mission will focus on Research, Education and Supportbut we will primarily focus on scientific investigation, through surveys and interviews, on individuals who have had UFO related contact experiences with non-human intelligent beings and eventually to compare this UFO related contact group with individuals that have had other types of paranormal contact experiences through the following “Contact Modalities”: NDE contact, OBE contact, Shamanic Hallucinogenic contact, Mystical Meditation contact, Channeling, Lucid Dreaming Contact, Remote Viewing contact, and other types of human encounters with non-human intelligence, and related paranormal contact experiences.

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The Foundation for Research into

Extraterrestrial Encounters, FREE

MISSION & PHILOSOPHY

We are honored to publicly introduce the Dr. Edgar Mitchell Foundation

for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters (FREE)-- a Not for Profit co-

founded by the late Dr. Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14 Astronaut), Dr. Rudy Schild

(Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard University), researcher Mary

Rodwell from Australia, and Rey Hernandez an Attorney and Experiencer. Before

his death, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, in a video recording, expressly gave his permission

to allow FREE to be named in his legacy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR9X6WRITn0

FREE was formally incorporated as a Not for Profit Research Organization

on July 15, 2015. FREE has been established by various retired Ph.D. Physicists,

Ph.D. Scientists, Ph.D. Psychologists, Ph.D. Neuroscientists and lay researchers to

facilitate investigations into “UFO related contact experiences with non-human

intelligent beings and associated paranormal activity, from a grounded and

rigorous scientific foundation”.

FREE’s Mission will focus on “Research, Education and Support” but we

will primarily focus on scientific investigation, through surveys and interviews, on

individuals who have had UFO related contact experiences with non-human

intelligent beings and eventually to compare this UFO related contact group

with individuals that have had other types of paranormal contact experiences

through the following “Contact Modalities”: NDE contact, OBE contact,

Shamanic Hallucinogenic contact, Mystical Meditation contact, Channeling, Lucid

Dreaming Contact, Remote Viewing contact, and other types of human encounters

with non-human intelligence, and related paranormal contact experiences.

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The majority of our FREE Board of Directors, including Dr. Rudy Schild

and Dr. Edgar Mitchell, hypothesize that all of these diverse "Paranormal Contact

Modalities" (NDEs, OBEs, UFO visitations, Remote Viewing, ESP, Channeling,

Spirit Interactions, etc) are interconnected through what is commonly called

“CONSCIOUSNESS” and that advanced physics, in particular, the Quantum

Hologram Theory of Physics and Consciousness, as developed by Dr. Mitchell

and Dr. Schild, can begin to describe the possibility of how all of these diverse

"Paranormal Contact Modalities" are indeed interrelated, including the UFO

Contact Phenomenon.

Both Dr. Rudy Schild, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, and several of our FREE

physicists have published a series of academic papers on topics of the Physics of

Consciousness and the Contact Modalities. FREE will begin, through the

contributions of the five Ph.D. physicists associated with FREE, and other diverse

scientists associated with FREE, to bring into our “Experiencer Research Study",

the latest findings from advanced physics that might begin to explain the quantum

nature of anomalous contact experiences, including UFO related contact with non-

human intelligence. To this end, FREE’s website, http://www.experiencer.org/ ,

has two separate menus (The Contact Modalities & The Science of Consciousness)

that contain over 50 articles, many written by Ph.D. physicists and other

academics, that present these topics in an easy to read format for the non-scientific

audience.

The majority of our FREE Board of Directors also endorse the Post-

Materialist Paradigm of what is “Consciousness”, promulgated by Dr. Edgar

Mitchell since the early 1970s who was a pioneer in the study of “consciousness”

by serving as the founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)-- one of the

world’s leading institutes that studies the science of consciousness. Dr. Michell,

through a series of publications, established a paradigm that firmly believes that

consciousness is non-local and independent of the brain. This view of non-local

consciousness might allow us to possibly explain a wide variety of special states of

consciousness and many of the so called “paranormal” contact phenomena,

including UFO related contact experience with non-human intelligence.

Dr Mitchell’s and Dr. Schild’s Quantum Hologram (QH) Theory of

Physics and Consciousness is an extremely complex and flexible model derived

from quantum physics, that just like modern physics “String Theory”, is an attempt

to explain the true nature of our reality through advanced physics. Our two FREE

co-founders have stated that this theory has the potential to help us explain the

phenomenon “Contact” with non-human intelligence, a phenomenon that is now

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relegated to the “paranormal”, or seeming to defy known physical laws. The QH

Theory is also a proposed framework in modern physics that can encompass the

physical as well as the “metaphysical” aspects of our reality than can reveal

insights into a spiritual and “paranormal” aspects of our reality that suggests the

possibility that we live in a “matrix reality” that is being guided by a “Universal

Creator”. FREE’s Experiencer Research Study has shown very strong correlations

between the Near Death Experience phenomenon and the UFO related contact with

non-human intelligence and both phenomenon once again reflects back to the QH

Theory of a multi-dimensional matrix type of reality with a possible “Universal

Creator” at its core.

To this end, FREE will also upholds the views established by the field of

“Transpersonal Psychology” that investigates the “Spiritual” aspects of our

reality with openness and to help others who have had direct personal contact

experiences to integrate these experiences into their daily lives and possibly into

their spiritual practice. To this end, FREE will continue to support all

“Experiencers” of paranormal experiences through the FREE “Peer to Peer

Support Program” and other support services-- a program that has assisted over

450 Experiencers of UFO related contact experiences since September of 2015.

FREE also addresses the historic field of Parapsychology which has failed

to introduce the topic of UFO related contact experiences with non-human

intelligence into its formal research. Parapsychologists have conducted research

and have accepted almost all of the other previously stated “Modalities of Contact”

but they have ignored the “pink elephant in the room” -- the fact that humans are

being “visited” in our space/time by UFOs and related contact with non-human

intelligent beings. Our FREE Experiencer Research Study is an attempt to bridge

this gap and to introduce into the field of Parapsychology an academic study of

UFO related contact experience. Three of our FREE Board of Directors, the late

Dr. Edgar Mitchell, retired academic, Dr. Jon Klimo, and lay researcher Rosemary

Ellen Guilley, are pioneers in the field of Parapsychology and the “Paranormal”.

UFO related Contact Experiencers are not only ignored by the field of

Parapsychology but also within the field of Ufology until very recently. Even

today, UFO related Contact is not prominently featured in the numerous yearly

Ufology conferences and events. Many of the older “nuts and bolts” researchers in

Ufology are now just starting to accept the fact that there are actually conscious

living entities operating these crafts and that there are in fact “Experiencers” of

said contact with these entities. This was not a commonly accepted viewpoint 30

years ago.

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Another important factor that might explain the ignorance of the UFO

related Contact phenomenon is that there has NOT been any comprehensive

scientific evidence-based academic research, through extensive surveys and

interviews, on “Experiencers of UFO related Contact”. Most prior research in

this field, while informative, has been anecdotal in nature rather than comprised of

systematic scientific evaluation. The few previous studies of “Experiencers” have

had very small sample populations and have focused on limited topic areas. Most

have involved samples of less than 50 individuals. In addition, almost all of the

previous research has focused solely on “Abductions”, the action or an instance of

forcibly taking someone away against their will by non human intelligent beings.

Today, all of the academics and researchers in our FREE Board of Directors

recognize that focusing solely on “abduction” cases eliminates the majority of

UFO related contact experiences with non human intelligent beings. The

preliminary findings of our Phase 1 and Phase 2 Surveys support this initial

hypothesis by revealing that “Abduction” cases are only 32% of the individuals

who have had “UFO related contact experiences with non-human intelligent

beings.” Thus, the position of our FREE Board of Directors is that we know very

little about this phenomenon and in fact what is readily perceived by the public, or

the field of Ufology, might be totally misunderstood and misguided.

Because of the limitations of the entire body of previous research in this field,

there clearly is a need for a scientific research study, using a large population

sample, in many diverse languages to be administered worldwide, applying both a

comprehensive and diverse large number of quantitative and qualitative structured

survey questions and structured interviews. A proposed research study should also

incorporate individuals that have had both UFO related “abduction” experiences

and those that have had non abduction related UFO contact experiences. In

addition, a study should incorporate a diverse and large population not only

derived from mainstream Ufology organizations but also a population sample

derived from many other types of diverse organizations, for example from

paranormal organizations, that might have Experiencers of all types of UFO related

contact experiences.

Because we know so little about the phenomenon of UFO related contact

with non-human intelligence, and because no one has ever undertaken a

comprehensive quantitative and qualitative research in this field, FREE is

developing the first comprehensive multilingual academic research study on

individuals that have had UFO related contact experiences with non-human

intelligence. What follows is a detailed discussion of our FREE Experiencer

Research Study.

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Dr. Jon Klimo, a recently retired tenured professor who has worked in the

fields of Parapsychology and Transpersonal Psychology for over 40 years, will

serve as Co-Chair of the FREE Experiencer Research Study. Dr. Klimo

developed the research methodology with assistance from a panel of 10 researchers

and academics with previous experience in this field of research. Dr. Klimo is

perfect for this task because he has chaired over 250 Ph.D. dissertations and has

taught “Research Methodology” for approximately 40 years. Dr. Klimo has also

researched Experiencers of UFO related Contact and other paranormal contact

phenomena for many years and has published various academic papers and books

on these topics.

In addition, ALL of the limited prior research in this field incorporated

data from individuals that have had hypnotic regressions or information acquired

through lucid dreaming. This type of data can bias a study because of the

problems associated with data collection via hypnotic regressions and through a

dream state. Even though hypnotic regression, in the hands of a trained mental

health clinician, can be a viable tool, the regression field is very diverse, using

training from a few days to a trained clinician who has had years of training, and

thus this field is subject to much scrutiny.

Therefore, FREE’s data collection is based solely on what is commonly

called “CONSCIOUS EXPLICIT MEMORY”, which is the conscious,

intentional recollection of previous experiences and information and NOT on

memory from hypnotic regression, lucid dreaming, or other type of non-conscious

memory recollection. People use explicit memory throughout the day, such as

remembering the time of an appointment or recollecting an event from years ago.

Explicit memory involves conscious recollection, compared with “Implicit

Memory”, such as memories from hypnotic regressions or a lucid dream, which is

a memory from an unintentional form of memory.

In addition, a research study needs to incorporate an automated survey

collection instrument, such as Survey Monkey, to facilitate the systematic

collection of a large amount of survey data. Finally, if UFO related contact is

occurring, we need to acquire data, via the same instrument, but in different

languages, because this phenomenon is not related solely to the English speaking

audience. Thus, there is a need for a survey instrument and a formal interview

process that should be administered in as many diverse languages as possible.

Clearly, there is a need for a new research methodology and research paradigm to

properly research the diversity of UFO related Contact Experiences in a

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multilingual and multinational format. Our FREE Experiencer Research Study

attempts to address this void and this need.

Our FREE Experiencer Research Study is also easily distinguished from

previously stated research studies. First, it is comprised of 2 surveys, totaling over

600 questions. Phase 3 which involves written submissions to 70 open-ended

questions. Phase 4 will involve formal one-on-one Interviews with high profile

Experiencer participants. Both the participant and the interviewer's identity will

not be revealed to each other, thus maintaining the goal of complete Anonymity for

our research study. Finally, our survey data collector software is “Survey

Monkey”, one of the world’s leading survey collection companies whose services

are used by most major research institutions worldwide.

Finally, unlike other previous limited research studies in this field, almost all

of them with self-described “Abductees” and candidates previously identified by

UFOLOGY organizations, our Research Study sought out possible candidates by

circulating this information to a mailing list of over 2,500 individuals and

organizations who self registered with the FREE website and to the majority of

authors in Ufology, the Paranormal, Ufology and Paranormal radio stations, and

authors of Experiencer related books. We also circulated the survey to over 500

Facebook sites focusing on the following areas: Ufology, MUFON groups,

Paranormal, Parapsychology, Exopolitics, Consciousness, ETs/Aliens, Ancient

Aliens, New Age Groups, CE-5 Groups, etc. In addition, we sent emails to all the

State and International directors and administrators of the Mutual UFO Network, a

list containing approximately 100 MUFON directors nationally and internationally

(MUFON is the largest Ufology organization in the world). We also sent our

request to take our Phase 1 survey to all of the known Ufology, Abduction and

Experiencer organizations worldwide and to the top researchers and authors in

these fields. Finally, all radio stations focusing in these fields were also informed

of our research study. Thus, no one has attempted this diversity of public

dissemination and unlike all of the previous research studies who have focused

solely on “Abductions”, our public outreach was focused on informing as many

individuals, organizations and websites that might have knowledge of the diversity

of Experiencers of UFO related Contact.

This comprehensive outreach to ALL possible “Experiencers of ALL types

of UFO related Contact” has never been undertaken before using both an extensive

and comprehensive quantitative and qualitative scientific based approach, in a

multilingual and multinational format, and with the diverse publicity to such a

diverse potential sample pool.

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The result is that as of August 1, 2016, FREE has received responses from

over 95 different countries. Our survey in the English language has resulted in

over 2,600 responses and our Spanish language survey has resulted in over 500

responses. In September of 2016 FREE will be launching our Phase 1 and 2

surveys in the French and German languages.

In summary, FREE is NOT a “Ufology” organization. Instead, FREE is an

organization that is focusing on how the Quantum Hologram Theory of

Consciousness and Physics can attempt to explain all of the “Contact

Modalities”, including UFO related contact with non-human intelligence.

FREE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DR. RUDY SCHILD: Dr. Schild is one of the Co-Founders and the current

Executive Director of FREE. Rudy is an Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics at

the Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and published over 400

academic peer reviewed publications on the topics of Dark Matter, Black Holes,

the fluid mechanical origins of Cosmic Structure and the Physics of Information.

Because of his long association with Dr. John Mack and Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Rudy

became interested in the formulation of a coherent understanding of the nature of

space-time in the Universe, and is a champion of the Edgar Mitchell Quantum

Hologram formulation of the nature of existence and reality. As Editor-in-Chief of

the Journal of Cosmology he has dedicated several editions of his Journal to the

topic of the Physics of Consciousness and has attempted to broaden the scope of

scientific inquiry to include the nature of consciousness and the Universe of

Universes.

DR. EDGAR MITCHELL: Dr. Mitchell was one of the 4 Co-Founders of

FREE and a very active member of the FREE Board of Director. Our beloved

Edgar passed away on February 4, 2016. Edgar was a member of the Apollo 14

mission which was NASA's third manned lunar landing and he was the 6th man to

walk on the moon. Dr. Mitchell has a Doctor of Science in Aeronautics and

Astronautics from MIT and has received many awards and honors including the

Presidential Medal of Freedom. After retiring from the Navy in 1972, Dr. Mitchell

founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences. He has authored "Psychic Exploration,”

in 1974 and "The Way of the Explorer," in 1996, (Third edition, 2006) as well as

dozens of articles, including articles on the Quantum Hologram Theory of

Consciousness, in both professional and popular periodicals. He has devoted the

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last 40 years to studying human consciousness and psychic and paranormal

phenomena in the search for a common ground between science and spirit.

Dr. Jon Klimo: Dr. Klimo is the Co-Chair of the FREE Experiencer

Research Project and a member of its Board of Director. Dr. Klimo has taught

qualitative research methodology for over 40 years as a Full Professor in the

clinical program at the San Francisco Bay Area campus of The American Schools

of Professional Psychology, Argosy University. Jon has also chaired

approximately 250 academic doctoral dissertations since starting as a professor at

Rutgers University in 1974. Of these, approximately 75 have completely or

primarily involved topics of parapsychology, the paranormal, consciousness

studies, spiritual/transpersonal studies, "new paradigm" science, and in the area of

the otherworldly/Ufology/Extraterrestriology. He has also lectured at over 100

conference and has appeared on more than 120 different radio and 20 different

television programs. Jon has published 3 academic books, "Channeling:

Investigations on Receiving Information from Paranormal Sources”,

“Handbook to the Afterlife”, and “Suicide: What Really Happens in the

Afterlife?” and many dozens of peer-reviewed articles and papers. His website is:

www.jonklimo.com/index.html Dr. Klimo resides in Oakland, CA.

Dr. Bob Davis: Robert Davis, Ph.D is an internationally recognized scientist

in the field of Neuroscience and served as a professor at the State University of

New York for over 30 years. He graduated with a B.A. and M.A. from the City

University of New York and with a Ph.D in Neuroscience from The Ohio State

University. Dr. Davis has published over 40 articles in scholarly journals, lectured

at national and international conferences, and was awarded several major grants to

fund research in the neurosciences. Dr. Davis has written a book on the UFO

phenomenon, entitled “The UFO Phenomenon: Should I Believe?” and will

publish a book called “Life after Death: Should I Believe?”in 2017.

Dr. Dean Radin: Dean Radin, PhD, is Chief Scientist at the Institute of

Noetic Sciences (IONS). He earned an MS in electrical engineering and a PhD in

psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Before joining the

research staff at IONS in 2001, he held appointments at AT&T Bell Labs,

Princeton University, University of Edinburgh, and SRI International. He is author

or coauthor of over 250 technical and popular articles, three dozen book chapters,

and three books including the best-selling “The Conscious Universe”

(HarperOne, 1997), “Entangled Minds” (Simon & Schuster, 2006), and the 2014

Silver Nautilus Book Award winner, “Supernormal” (Random House, 2013).

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Dr. Claude Swanson: Claude Swanson was educated as a physicist at MIT

and Princeton University. During those years he worked at the MIT Science

Teaching Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory and a Virginia cyclotron in the

summer. At Princeton he received the National Science Foundation Fellowship and

Putnam Fellowship. For the last fifteen years, interspersed with his conventional

professional career in applied physics, Dr. Swanson has pursued investigations into

"unconventional physics." His principal interest has been unified field theory, the

so-called "Theory of Everything" which could explain the universe at the deepest

possible level. At the same time, thousands of out-of-body and near-death

experiences show that other dimensions and other realities do exist. Science is

discovering that, in the words of the pioneer Robert Monroe, "we are far more than

our physical bodies." Dr. Swanson is the author of “The Synchronized Universe”

and “Science of the Afterlife”.

Dr. Illobrand Ludwiger: Dr. Ludwiger is a German physicist and is

considered by many as Europe’s top UFO researcher. Illobrand is the Coordinator

of our German Language FREE Eperiencer Research Study. He has a Master’s

degree in Astrophysics from the University of Erlangen-Nurenberg and was a

Ph.D. Candidate in Astrophysics from the University of Goettingen. He has

published 8 different books in Ufology, countless articles for various publications,

and has personally researched numerous UFO cases in Germany and central

Europe for over 45 years. Illobrand is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Group

for Analysing Anomalous Phenomena (IGAAP) that has 70 members, mostly

scientists of different disciplines, 13 of the scientists are physicists. He is also

deeply interested in researching the advanced unification physics of the Quantum

Hologram Theory of Consciousness and those of German physicist Burkhard

Heim. Illobrand lives in Germany and is also fluent in English.

Dr. Leo Sprinkle: Dr. Sprinkle is considered Dean of Research on ET

Contact Research since his first study in this arena in 1962. He has a Ph.D. in

Psychology and is an Emeritus Professor of Counseling Services, University of

Wyoming. Dr. Sprinkle is the author of “Soul Samples” (1999, Granite

Publishing) and has published several encyclopedia entries; a half dozen book

chapters; and approximately 50 articles on various topics, including: UFO

research; ESP; Hypnosis; Reincarnation; Spiritual Emergence; counseling theory

and practice. His ground-breaking pioneering research investigating the UFO

"abduction" field began in the mid-1960s and set the standard for research in this

field of study. He has participated in many regional and national television

programs, including ABC TV's That's Incredible, NBC TV's Tom Snyder,

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Tomorrow Show and has been invited to speak at numerous international

conferences. He founded the Rocky Mountain UFO Conference held every June in

Laramie, WY and he is a member of the American Association for the

Advancement of Science; American Association for Counseling and Development;

and the Association for Past-life Research and Therapies. Dr. Sprinkle lives in

Laramie, WY.

Mary Rodwell: Mary Rodwell is one of the 4 Co-Founders of FREE and a

member of FREE’s Board of Directors. She is a counselor, hypnotherapist,

ufologist researcher, metaphysician, former registered nurse and midwife in the

UK. Mary is also the founder and Principal of ACERN (Australian Close

Encounter Resource Network) and is recognized internationally, as one of the

leading researchers in the UFO and Contact phenomenon. She has personally

researched and has assisted over 3,000 Contact Experiencers. She has lectured in

the USA, Canada, Hawaii, UK and New Zealand and appears regularly in national

and international media news programs. She is the author of numerous articles

and a book entitled “Awakening: How Extraterrestrial Contact Can Transform

Your Life”. Her website is: www.acern.com.au/ . Mary resides in Agnes Water,

Queensland, Australia.

Kathleen Marden: Kathleen is a well known UFO experiencer researcher,

author and lecturer with 23 years experience in the field. She is also MUFON’s

International Director of Experiencer Research. She earned a B.A. degree in social

work from the University of New Hampshire in 1971, and participated in graduate

studies in education while working as a teacher and education services coordinator.

Her interest in UFOs dates back to September 20, 1961, when her aunt, Betty Hill

phoned her nearby home to report that she and Barney had encountered a flying

saucer in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. She is the author of three books,

“Captured: The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience”, and “Science was

Wrong”, with nuclear physicist/ scientific ufologist Stanton T. Friedman, and

“The Alien Abduction Files”, with Denise Stoner (May 2013 release). Her

chapter "UFO Abductions: Fact or Fiction" appears in “UFOs and Aliens: Is

There Anybody Out There?” Her articles have been published in the MUFON

UFO Journal, Open Minds magazine and on several websites. Kathy has appeared

in television and radio programs in the US, Canada and the UK, and has lectured

throughout the United States. She is recognized as the world’s leading expert on

the Betty and Barney Hill abduction.

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Giorgio Piacenza: Giorgio was born in Lima, Perú in 1961. At the age of

12, he began to participate in Western esoteric and Indian mystical groups while

attempting to maintain a spiritual and critical perspective. After a clear close up

UFO group experience in 1975, he began to befriend and participate with several

contactees, abductees and contact groups and until the present has consistently

researched many aspects the UFO and contactee phenomenon trying to maintain an

objective criterion. In 1987 he earned a degree in Sociology from Georgetown

University and, in 1990, two business certificates from John F. Kennedy

University. In 1991, Giorgio opened an import-export business and for a few years

gave some TV and radio interviews in the U.S. and Perú. He continuously tries to

educate himself on a variety of subjects. In 2000, Giorgio became one of the

original civilian advisors to OIFAA, the Peruvian Air Force’s Office of

Investigations of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena. Throughout the years, he has

critically delved into a wide-range of interests whose development and integration

could have long-term cultural repercussions, interests such as the mind-body

problem, rational, intuitive and esoteric metaphysics, cosmology, Andean

traditions, exopolitics, and physics. He has been a life-long student of integrative

theoretical models including (since1981) that of Ken Wilber. In 2009, Giorgio

completed a Certificate in Integral Theory through John F. Kennedy University

and has been writing essays on a variety of fields of inquiry which he strives to

integrate. In 2011 Giorgio became an advisor to the Exopolitics Institute and from

2013 to 2016, a civilian advisor to DIFAA, the Peruvian Air Force’s Department of

Investigations of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena. Giorgio and his family live in

Peru.

Rosemary Ellen Guiley: Rosemary is considered by many to be one of the

top researchers in the paranormal and metaphysical fields, with more than 62

books published on a wide range of paranormal topics including a single-volume

encyclopedia of the paranormal. Her work has been translated into 15 languages.

Her current work is focused on inter-dimensional contact experiences, UFO related

contact experiences, the afterlife and spirit communications, dreamwork for well-

being, spiritual growth and development, angels, past and parallel lives, problem

haunting, and investigations of unusual paranormal activity. She has done ground-

breaking research on Shadow People and the Djinn. From her years of research in

these field, Rosemary believes that we live on an "Inter-dimensional Earth" that is

increasingly revealing itself as our consciousness expands. Her work is devoted to

the how and why we have other-reality experiences, and to helping people

understand their experiences and integrate the value of them into life. She also

assists those that have had problem hauntings and spirit attachments. Rosemary is a

certified hypnotist with the International Hypnosis Federation, and has trained in

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various energy healing modalities. Rosemary is also a consulting editor of FATE

magazine. Her websites are as follows: visionaryliving.com, djinnuniverse.com,

dreamsocial.co. Rosemary lives with her husband in New Milford, CT.

Reinerio (Rey) Hernandez: Rey is one of the 4 Co-Founders of FREE.

Rey and his entire family have had conscious physical contact with non-human

intelligence in their family home. All of the family members have also had various

contact with large UFOs, one time with a football stadium sized craft that was at a

distance of only 30 feet from Rey, his daughter, and 3 adult witnesses. His family

has also had numerous paranormal experiences. All of these contact experiences

began in March of 2012. Rey is currently employed as an Estate Tax Attorney

with the US Dept of Treasury. He previously was an Adjunct Professor for 6 years

at the New School for Social Research and the City University of New York. He

was also the Director of the Center for a Sustainable Urban Environment at the

City University of New York and the Director of the Office of Community

Environmental Planning for the City of New York. He graduated with honors

from Rutgers College, was an honors student at Cornell University for a Masters

Degree and was a Ph.D. Candidate at U.C. Berkeley in City and Regional Planning

where he was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship.

Rey resides with his family in Miami, Florida.

Should you have any questions, please contact us at:

[email protected]

Dr. Rudy Schild

Executive Director

The Dr. Edgar Mitchell

Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters (FREE)

To Contact FREE: [email protected]

Website: EXPERIENCER.ORG