In the first half, researcher Ben Lonetree joined Connie Willis (info) to discuss his study of naturally occurring electromagnetic energies and how they interact with the human biophysical mechanism. He talked about the science of Sedona, Arizona, and his theory of the Sedona Effect and Sedona Vortex brainwave EEG synchronization. After hearing Sedona described decades ago as the place where "the Earth speaks," Lonetree was initially skeptical, but he noticed that his scientific instruments always registered elevated energy levels there. Armed with an array of very sophisticated equipment, Lonetree set out to investigate Sedona's Schumann resonance: the degree to which the area's electromagnetic frequencies matched those of the human brain.
What he discovered, Lonetree continued, was remarkable. The naturally occurring magnetic energy coming from the ground at Sedona "was spinning like a tornado" in a vortex pattern. How then, he wondered, did this phenomenon affect human consciousness? Lonetreee's subjects would react in sometimes strange ways to Sedona's magnetic environment, bursting into tears or laughter; his instruments confirmed that each surge in vortex energy in the ground caused a corresponding surge in subjects' brainwave activity. By drawing human emotions out in this way, the vortex allows us to examine our feelings in ways that make them coherent and manageable, Lonetree suggested. He also noted that it's significant that the Native Americans in Sedona, have traditionally understood the area as sacred due to the unusual properties of the energy one experiences there. View related images.
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Zaysan "Z" Saldausky claims that through his charity organization ECSS, he's part of the world's best anti-child trafficking operations. He told the story of his "Universal Accidental Event," a bizarre encounter he had one day while walking one of Florida's remote mangrove swamps. To his surprise, Saldausky reported, he happened upon a "blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman that was in a blue skin-tight suit" who appeared to be hung up in the brush. Approaching cautiously, Saldausky freed the woman, only for her to disappear into a mysterious blue light. A few weeks later, he returned to the spot to find a group of six tall people, along with the woman he had freed before. He's since been abducted by the group several times, Saldausky claimed; they were listening to the broadcast at that moment, in fact.
Saldausky's experience with these strange friends has changed his life, he said. Although he doesn't ask them questions, he's constantly learning from them, despite the initial language barrier. He does answer their questions relating to life on Earth, about which they're intensely curious. Aboard the group's "lab ship," Saldausky was able to learn that the group is basically a "bunch of nerds" here to study our planet and people. They look mostly human, with a few anatomical differences like fewer teeth, larger eyes, and almost transparent hair. Their food consists mainly of gray, plain-looking balls that explode with flavor and texture upon being placed in the mouth, Saldausky related.