Project Core Questionnaire

Thank you for taking part in Project Core.
Please fill out all fields as accurately and thoroughly as possible.

Project Core is a long-term study of paranormal accounts submitted voluntarily and anonymously by the interested public. Our goals are as follows:

1.) To identify shared elements between every type of paranormal encounter submitted, if such elements exist.
2.) To identify common traits between the experiencers themselves, if any exist.
3.) To compare and contrast genuine experiences with imagined ones. For this, we present an option for people who have never had any sort of paranormal experience to write a fictitious account of what they think it would be like to, for example, encounter Bigfoot, live in a haunted house, have a near death experience, or be abducted by aliens.

Over the next 10 months we will collect your stories as well as answers to some questions that interest us. This is not a gathering of accounts for a book, film or anything profit-driven – only research into paranormal experiences and those who have had them. It’s an anonymous submitting process, but one that requires raw truth no matter how odd or unbelievable. This is not an exclusive data collection process – ghosts, PK, ESP, possession, non-human contacts, etc. are all sought and welcomed. When we complete our analyses, we will present our findings in a paper that will be freely available to all.

This survey requires 100% honesty. Do not leave out the unbelievable, the bizarre or the outlandish. While relaying your experience, please do not include your interpretations. Project Core is about the factual perceptions of your event(s).

If you are creating a work of fiction, after selecting the fiction option, write your story. In the subsequent check boxes, please answer as you believe your "character" would.

This is where we start over – and try to get to the core of what's at work in paranormal experiencers' lives.

Project Core Members:

Dr. Kimbal Cooper holds a Ph.D. in Physiology and teaches university courses in statistics, epidemiology, embryology, and pathophysiology. His research interests are in statistical design and analysis, mathematical modeling of physiological systems, and anything else interesting he can get involved with.

Dr. Tyler Kokjohn received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Loyola University Chicago. He is presently a Professor of Microbiology and member of a team investigating Alzheimer's disease biochemisty.

Jeff Ritzmann is a commercial designer specializing in digital and analog imaging. He has been involved in UFO field research / investigation and image analysis for 25 years, and founded the first online experiencer support group.

Jeremy Vaeni is the author of I Know Why The Aliens Don't Land! and Urgency. He is also the director of Culture of Contact, a New York City-based experiencer arts and advocacy group.

1. Are you male or female? _____ Male _____ Female
2. Is the experience you are about to relay fact or fiction? _____ Fact _____ Fiction
Please relate your experience below (This field is required. Your form will not successfully submit if you omit this information. There is no character limit on this field. Please give as detailed an account as possible.):
3. What is your ancestral background to the best of your knowledge?
4. How many times throughout your life have you experienced a direct and obvious paranormal event? (enter the number in the field below)
5. Have you ever taken an I.Q. test? _____ I have never taken an I.Q. test _____ I have taken an IQ test and scored above average _____ I have taken an IQ test and scored average _____ I have taken an IQ test and scored below average _____ I have taken an IQ test but don't know how I scored
6. What is your blood type? _____ O + _____ O - _____ A + _____ A - _____ B + _____ B - _____ AB + ____ AB - _____ I don't know my blood type
7. Do you have diabetes? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
8. Do you now or have you ever had any thyroid issues? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
9. Do you have cardiac or blood circulatory system problems? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
10. Have you ever had episodes of fainting? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
11. Have you ever experienced episodes of sleep walking? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
12. Are you, or have you ever been, diagnosed with anemia? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
13. Do you have migraine headaches? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
14. Have you ever had a head injury(ies) that caused a loss of consciousness? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
15. Do you or have you ever participated in vigorous contact or collision sports? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
16. Are there any psychiatric issues documented in your family history? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
17. Compared to people you know, do you have an exceptional long term memory? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
18. How do you process anger? Express it Take it out on yourself
19. Do you have military experience? Yes, served peacetime Yes, served in combat No, I do not have any military experience
20. Are you a creative person? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
21. Have you ever partaken of psychedelic compounds? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
22. Have you ever had any sort of involvement in what the general public would deem an "occult" practice? _____ Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
23. Are the majority of your paranormal instances witnessed alone or with others? Alone With others With others around, but they don't see the paranormal event
24. Do you feel as if you have been "watched over" or "protected" in some way throughout your life? Yes, I have felt "watched over" Yes, I have felt "protected" No, I have never felt "watched over" or "protected"
25. Were your favorite numbers represented noticeably in your experience(s)? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
26. Were your favorite colors represented noticeably in your experience(s)? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
27. During the event(s) did you experience an emotion that you consider exaggerated in comparison to what was actually happening? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know
28. Have your experiences been accurately portrayed in the media and/or literature about the subject matter? Yes _____ No _____ Don't Know