- Plate 1. Graphic
material consisting of target pictures and responses drawn by Uri Geller under
shielded conditions.
- Plate 2. Graphic
material from computer drawing experiments with Uri Geller. (a) Picture stored
on video display. (b) Picture stored in computer memory only. (c) Picture
stored on video display with zero intensity,
- Plate 3. Occipital
EEG spectra, 0-20 Hz, for one subject (H. H.) acting as receiver, showing
amplitude changes in the 9-11 Hz band as a function of strobe frequency. Three
cases: 0, 6, and 16 flashes per second. (12 trial averages).
- Plate 4. Two pieces
of nitinol wire. Upper: The straight, normal shape of the wire before Uri
Geller rubbed it gently with his fingers. Lower: The shape of the wire after
Uri Geller rubbed it, and after it had been heated in the laboratory to
restore its original, straight configuration. The wire is now permanently
deformed.
- Plate 5. A
shadowgraph of one of the pieces of nitinol bent by Uri Geller. The radius of
curvature of the bend was found to be less than one mm.
- Plate 6. This piece
of nitinol wire rubbed gently by Uri Geller developed multiple
two-dimensional bends which are permanent.
- Plate 7. Uri
Geller's influence on this piece of nitinol induced a
three-dimensional, permanent bend. After Geller's rubbing, the wire
took the shape of an ellipse. The only known technique by which one can bring
about this result is twisting the wire into an ellipse, constraining it so
that it cannot move, and then heating it to a temperature of about 500
Celsius.
- Plate 8.
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photograph
at a magnification of 570X of the surface of the Geller fracture in the
stainless steel spoon. The dimpled pattern with a lacy white filigree is
typical of ductile failure. The angle from the vertical, which affects the
image characteristics, was forty-five degrees.
- Plate 9.
Laboratory fracture surface at 660X and thirty
degrees. Plates 8 and 9 are typical of the Geller and lab fracture surfaces,
respectively. The differences between the Geller and lab fracture surfaces, as
shown in Plates 8 and 9, do not appear to have significance.
- Plate 10.
A crack in the shank of the spoon adjacent to
the Geller fracture is shown in the center of the figure.
- Plate 11.
The crack shown in the previous figure at ten
times higher magnification (22OX). The unusual viscous appearance in this and
the next figure is not typical of room-temperature fracture.
- Plate 12.
Bottom of the crack at 11OOX. The
microstructure is typical of high-temperature rather than room-temperature
shear.
- Plate 13.
Fracture surface in a platinum ring broken by
Geller.
- Plate 14.
Lower right quarter of the fracture surface of
the platinum ring. This quarter contained regions that resembled
low-temperature cleavage and incipient melting. Magnification 210X at an angle
of thirty degrees.
- Plate 15.
Upper left region of the field of view of
Plate 14 showing small protuberances and a depression. This region is
suggestive of localized incipient melting. Magnification 1115X, angle thirty
degrees.
- Plate 16.
Lower right region of the field of view of
Plate 14 showing a flat terraced structure with small geometrical shapes. The
former is characteristic of low-temperature cleavage. Magnification 23OOX,
angle thirty degrees.
- Plate 17.
Central region of Plate 10 at the higher
magnification of 12,OOOX and an angle of thirty degrees. The geometric shapes
reflect the face-centered-cubic structure of platinum and are probably
inclusions or vacancy clusters.
- Plate 18.
(Courtesy of Psychic magazine)
This sequence of photos from a Super 8 movie film taken by James Bolen, editor
and publisher of Psychic magazine, shows Uri Geller breaking a dinner
fork in two by rubbing it gently. The fork, which Bolen personally verified as
being intact before the demonstration, gradually becomes pliable at its
midsection as Geller rolls his thumb and index finger over it. The fork
finally breaks apart, the prong part clinging slightly to the handle just
before it drops away, suggesting that the stainless steel momentarily became
plasticlike. To verify that no deception occurred in the developing and
printing of the film, Bolen secured the following affidavit from the photo
lab.
This is to certify that I, Ralph Elliott of Ramell, a photoprocessing
laboratory of professional standards at 650 Howard Street, San Francisco,
California, did receive from James Grayson Bolen three rolls of Super 8 movie
film on May 7, 1973, and had them processed for Mr. Bolen. I hereby state that
Mr. Bolen did not have access to the film at any time during the processing
thereof and that I released the film.to him - two full rolls developed and one
undeveloped because it was unexposed - on this the eighth day of May, 1973. I
hereby place my hand in signature to state that the foregoing is factual and
correct.
Signed Ralph Elliott
- Plate 19. "Phantom
leaf effect" in Kirlian photography. The right portion of the leaf was cut
away before the leaf was placed on the film. Apparently the "energy field" of
the cut portion of the leaf has been photographed using the Kirlian technique.
- Plate 20. (From
High-Voltage Photography by H. S. Dakin. Courtesy of the author.)
Prints of simultaneous exposures of a Seiko wrist watch at top and
subject's finger at bottom. Streak of light in
- Plate 21 occurred
when subject attempted to transfer mental energy from his finger to the watch
during the high-voltage exposure.
- Plate 22. "Spurts"
of energy emerging from Geller's fingertip as he tried to influence the key at
the top of the film.
- Plate 23. Detail
from Plate 22, showing "energy spurt" from Geller's fingertip.
- Plate 24. Geller's
fingertip as he tried to visualize the number "5" transmitted to him
telepathically. He did not receive a telepathic impression but felt an
"electric sensation." (Kodak Ektachrome film).
- Plate 25. Again
Geller described an "electrical sensation." but without receiving the
geometric form being sent to him telepathically. (Kodak Ektachrome film).
- Plate 26. Once
more Geller denied receiving a telepathic impression when the letter Z was
sent to him, but this emanation appeared on the Ektachrome film.
- Plate 27. An
attempt to duplicate the Geller "energy spurt" by deliberate manipulation:
holding a rubber band under the tip of the finger.
- Plate 28. An
"unexplained eruption" from a subject's finger pad, under presumably normal
conditions.
- Plate 29. An
"energy spurt" in red emerging from the subject on the left, visualizing
sticking a needle into the other subject, who suffers from a needle phobia.
The phobic subjcct's finger pad seems to be retreating from the fantasied
needle.
- Plate 30. "Phantom
leaf effect" obtained by Geller, who was not informed of the nature of the
experiment.
- Plate 31. Cindy's
fork after one hour of manipulation.
- Plate 32. The same
fork, after an hour and a half of manipulation.
- Plate 33. The same
fork, at the end of two hours.
Plate 35. A photograph of a typical
magnetic program card consisting of a .0004-inch-thick layer of iron oxide
bonded to a .008-inch-thick plastic base. (HP 65 magnetic program card.)
Plate 36. The normal magnetic pattern stored in the iron oxide layer is
seen at the top of the picture. It is made visible by a magnetic viewer, which
is a colloidal suspension of fine iron oxide particles. The stored magnetic
field in the card penetrates the colloidal solution and condenses the
particles along the lines of force causing a dark region to form.
Plate
37. Card 2: This card had been rubbed by Geller's fingers, and subsequently
rejected from a program calculator. A study of the card revealed that the
magnetic patterns had been altered. Mere rubbing of a card normally has no
effect on its magnetic program.
Plate 38. Card 3: The magnetic program on
this card was also found to be altered after the card had been rubbed by
Geller.
Plate 39. In a double-blind experiment performed at Western
Kentucky University, Uri Geller correctly determined the target figure, a Star
of David. His final attempt is the drawing on the right.
Plate 40. Spoons
influenced by Uri Geller at the home of Dr. Thomas P. Coohill. The spoon on
the far left, which mysteriously dropped onto a carpeted floor, made a
metallic "clink"; on examination it was found to be bent. Dr. Coohill picked
up the spoon and as he held it in his hand it began to bend in another plane -
at a right angle to the original bend (middle spoon). The long teaspoon on the
far right was broken when Uri Geller merely passed his hands over it while it
was held between the palms of Mrs. Thomas Coohill's hands.
Plate 41.
(Courtesy of Guy Briggs) Mrs. Thomas Coohill examines a spoon that was
observed to bend two days after Uri Geller's visit to her home.
Plate 42. Simulation of a key-bending event: Uri Geller bent an ordinary
three-inch skeleton key while psychic researcher and magician William Cox held
his forefinger against one end of the key. The key bent to an angle of
thirty-six degrees. Cox held a mirror in the background to provide him a
greater viewing range of the subject's motions. (Simulation by William Cox and
a member of the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man, Durham, North
Carolina. The key is the one that was actually bent by Geller.)
Plate 43.
A Hamilton pocket watch belonging to William Cox. Before testing Geller for
his ability to repair damaged watches, researcher Cox inserted a piece of
aluminum foil over the watch's internal regulator arm, which was set in the F
(Fast) position. The obstruction prevented the watch from running properly.
Plate 44. Geller knew nothing about the foil obstruction in the watch, but
after he held it in his hand (the watch had a double-backed case), it began to
tick. On examination Cox found that the foil had shifted ninety degrees and
pulled out of the balance arm; the regulator arm had moved a total of forty
degrees (its extreme limit) to the S (Slow) position.
Plate 45.
(Courtesy of Bernard Gotfryd) A fork made of forged steel with a
nylon-reinforced handle shattered in Uri Geller's hand, sending fragments
across the room. The fork had been handed to Geller by professional magician
Artur Zorka. Zorka and fellow magician Abb Dickson detected no sign of
trickery on Geller's part.
Plate 46. Target drawings made by Artur Zorka
and Abb Dickson, with Geller's responses. The last two images, those of a dog
and of a twice-bisected circle, were not drawn on paper, but only thought of
by Artur Zorka. Adjacent to them are Geller's impressions of Zorka's thoughts.
Plate 47. (Courtesy of Lawrence Fried) Uri Geller attempts to
photograph himself through the covered lens of a camera. The lens cap was
tightly secured by generous amounts of two-inch-wide, clothlike tape. Geller
"exposed" an entire roll of 35-mm film in his try at "thought photography."
Plate 48. (Courtesy of Lawrence Fried) Frame number 10, the only
one on the roll of film that contained an image, shows Geller, somewhat
blurred and out of focus, seated at the exact location where he had taken the
"thought" picture.
Plate 49. (Courtesy of Robin Owen) A key bent by
Uri Geller without his touching it. The bending process was photographed by a
close-up television camera and viewed by a large audience.
Plate 50.
(Courtesy of Robin Owen) The same key displayed to show the angle of
the bend.
Plate 51. (Courtesy of Robin Owen) Rare items bent or
broken by Uri Geller before Dr. A. R. G. Owen of the New Horizons Research
Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, and members of a television audience.
Plate
52. A vanadium carbide crystal had been encapsulated in a plastic
pharmaceutical capsule (drawn here). One scientist at Birkbeck College held
his hand over the capsule and Geller held his hand above the scientist's.
After a few moments the capsule jumped a slight distance. On examination it
was found that about half the vanadium carbide crystal was missing.
Plate
53. A disc of molybdenum crystal bent by Uri Geller without his touching it.
Geller's hands were held above those of one of the researchers, whose hands in
turn were above the disc. At the time the disc bent the researcher felt a
tingling sensation in his hands.
Plate 54. Geiger counter circuit and
chart recorder trace. Uri Geller held the screen of a Geiger counter in his
hand continuously for about fifty minutes. During that time eight count-rate
pulses, of approximately a second each in duration, were recorded (a, b, c, d,
e, f, g, h).
Plate 55. Uri Geller is wired with electrodes to measure his
brain-wave response during telepathy experiments and during his attempts at
producing psychokinetic phenomena.
Plate 56. (Courtesy of G.
Delrey) Geller attempts to deflect the needle of a compass. After
achieving only a slight deflection, Geller asked that the scientists and
technicians gather around him. His subsequent attempt was considerably more
successful.
Plate 57. Some of the metal objects bent by D. F. (aged
sixteen).
Plate 58. Some of the metal objects bent by a "mini-Geller," a
little girl of eleven.
Plate 59. Microscopic examination showing
metallographic structure of a key at the location where it was bent by Uri
Geller. No evidence of recrystallization or any softening could be found. The
brittle chromium plating was cracked.