Nina Kulagina

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Nina Kulagina (nee Michailowa) Russian Нина Кула́гина ; (* July 30, 1926 ; † April 11, 1990 ) was a Russian woman who became famous in the 1960s for her alleged psychokinetic abilities .

Experiments

From 1963 to 1966, experiments were carried out in Leningrad by Professor Leonid Wassiliew, then by Jakow Petrowitsch Terlezki , in which Nina Kulagina was able to move various objects on a table, apparently without touching them. These included non-metallic objects such as matches and cigarettes - also under a glass hood - as well as the rotation of the magnetic needle of a compass in the case. It was reported that by concentrating her thoughts, she stopped a frog's heart . Her most impressive act was to levitate a ball. In her experiments, Nina Kulagina required up to two hours of intense concentration in order to achieve effects. The maximum weight that Kulagina could move was 200 and 500 grams, respectively. Both black and white photos and silent films were made during the experiments. Kulagina first noticed her "unconscious powers" when she entered a room in a very angry state. When she went to the cupboard, a jug moved towards the edge of the shelf and fell and broke. "

Today's science has no answers to Kulagina's abilities, whereas parapsychology explains that these can be traced back to “a normal but still unknown energy”. Skeptics see potential for fraud in the long preparation time, suspect sleight of hand and magnets on the body. Moving matches was re-enacted in a TV program.

literature

  • Hans Bender : Our sixth sense. Telepathy, clairvoyance, spooky. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 1973, ISBN 3-499-16796-4 .
  • Martin Ebon: PSI in the USSR. Langen Müller Verlag, Munich / Vienna 1977, ISBN 3-7844-16632 .
  • Leonid L. Wassiliew: Experimental studies on metal suggestion. Bern / Munich 1965.

Filmography

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Parapsychology. Controlled by the KGB. In: Der Spiegel 28/1977. P. 133.
  2. ↑ Martin Ebon: PSI in the USSR. P. 189.
  3. ^ Defense Intelligence Agency : Controlled Offensive Behavior - USSR (U). At: jamesaconrad.com. 1972. pp. 35-38.
  4. ↑ Hans Bender: Our sixth sense. P. 113.
  5. ↑ Martin Ebon: PSI in the USSR. P. 192.
  6. ↑ a b Hans Bender: Our sixth sense. P. 117.
  7. ↑ In the 1978 film The Terror of Medusa , original footage of Kulagina was used for the film sequence.
  8. ↑ Martin Ebon: PSI in the USSR. P. 198.
  9. ↑ Angelo Parodi: Science and Spirit. Pleasant Mount Press, Inc. 2005, ISBN 978-0976748939 .
  10. ↑ skequi: Magician Simon Pierro exposes Kulagina's feats (2007). June 23, 2014, accessed July 6, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Kulagina, Nina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kulagina, Ninel Sergejewna (maiden name); Нине́ль Серге́евна Кула́гина (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian woman with supposed psychokinetic abilities
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1926
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1990