https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/d6d656_c9f5e908a3db45e182b04d29c57fe6cf.pdf
Written by Rudy Schild, Ph.D and Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard
This is the forward to new book by the Dr. Edgar Mitchell Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial and Extraordinary Experiences, titled " Beyond UFOs: The Science of Contact and Consciousness With Non-Human Intelligence, Volume 1"
excerpts of the forward:
"Due to the “ethereal nature” of the FREE research data, these UAP related contact
phenomena are not studied in universities. FREE’s academic research study seeks to address this
problem. Our book analyzes the data findings from the historic FREE Experiencer Research
Study. FREE is in the 5th year of administering the world's first comprehensive, multi-language,
academic research study on individuals that have had UAP related contact experiences with Non
Human Intelligence (NHI)– The FREE Experiencer Research Study.
This book, volume one of our multi-volume book series that FREE is preparing, is
focused on an analysis of the data from our 5 year FREE Experiencer Research Study. "
Over a 4 year period, FREE collected responses to 2
quantitative surveys containing more than 700 questions and a separate Phase 3 qualitative
survey comprised of written responses to 70 open ended questions. Over this 4 year period, we collected more than 3,200 responses from respondents from over 100 countries."
Until we began our FREE Experiencer Research Study, no one had a basic understanding
on the topic of UAP related contact with Non Human Intelligence (NHI). Why? Because no one
had ever undertaken a comprehensive, multi-language, quantitative and qualitative data
collection, via anonymous surveys, administered internationally, via the latest survey collection
software, to thousands of UAP related “Contact Experiencers”. The FREE Research Committee
included most of the major investigators in this field who assisted the FREE academics in
developing the study’s research methodology. All of these major researchers understood that
basic research in this field was never undertaken in a comprehensive and academic manner. The
dissemination of our surveys was conducted on a worldwide basis to various groups involved in
these areas: Ufology, the Paranormal, “abduction research”, UAP Contactees, MUFON chapters,
UAP Disclosure, CE5, Consciousness research…"
"Unlike previous efforts in this field, our survey was not based upon hypnotic regressions,
lucid dreams, or channeling, but only upon recollections derived from conscious explicit
memories. This was a guard against false memory stimulation and a method of keeping the
testimony grounded.
We are conducting our study in 4 major languages (English, Spanish, German, Slovak
and very soon in Mandarin & Cantonese Chinese). We asked almost 600 quantitative questions
for our Phase 1 and Phase 2 surveys and our Phase 3 qualitative survey is comprised of written
responses to 70 open ended questions. As of June 2018, the date of this publication, FREE has
received almost 4,200 responses to our 3 surveys from Experiencers from over 110 countries for
our English language survey. We have received almost 1,000 responses to our Spanish language
survey. A separate book which analyses the Spanish language survey data will be completed in
the very near future by a separate Spanish speaking FREE research committee…"
"The true story of UAP related contact with Non Human
Intelligence was not being accurately presented. FREE’s work is thus a paradigm shifting event.
It seeks to amalgamate inquiries in diverse fields of consciousness research, also including
contributions to advanced physics.
It is important to stress that FREE is not a “ufology” organization. The majority of the
FREE Board of Directors, including the late Dr. Edgar Mitchell, view that the field commonly
called ufology operates under a very limited paradigm. Much of the focus of mainstream
“Ufology Research” is on a rudimentary "nuts & bolts" approach which primarily investigates
the physical aspects of the phenomena and assumes an “Exterrestrial Hypothesis” as to the NHI
behind this phenomena. FREE does not take this position…"
" We hypothesize, as the late Dr. Edgar Mitchell repeatedly stated
to members of FREE, that “The Experiencer of contact with NHI is the key that will open the
door towards understanding what is the relationship between what is “Consciousness” and
contact with NHI”.