Betty Hill with Junior (alien) and Dr. Charles Lietzau at MUFON International Symposium, Rochester, New York 2002. Photo credit Bill Konkolesky
This test procedure is defined as
Paper Roll Germination. The seeds are positioned in a row
along special germination paper, using 30 seed per roll. Also
included in this bioassay is a test roll designated as “control
#1” – plain water (100 ml in 8 oz. vial) with no dress sample.
The sample designated as “control #2” has 4-mg/100 ml, of
material from the non-stain region. The third sample group
designated “stain region” has 4-mg/100 ml, of dress material
from the pink stain area.
In
this type of test a “Development Factor” (Df) is applied in
the data analysis. With this factor one is able to take into
account both the fraction germinated and the mean seedling length,
for each test sample and at each development stage. This Df factor
is given by the simple relationship:
Df = (fraction germinated) x (average seedling length)
In
Fig.1 the development data (Df) are summarized over the 7-day
period of testing. There is no statistical difference between the
two control samples. This means that the dress material from the
non-stain region had no apparent influence on the development
characteristics of the bioassay seeds.
By contrast the seedlings
in the container with the material from the stain region developed
at a significantly (P<0.05) higher rate than either of the
control samples. It should also be noted in Fig.1 that the growth
rate (cm/day) of the seedlings in the dish with the stain sample
also continued to be at a higher level (greater slope constant)
throughout the test period. At seven days the stain region
seedlings disclosed a +30% increase relative to the controls, a
value which is approximately the same as obtained (+34%) in the
petri dish Bioassay #1.
In
general the data presented in this study clearly indicate that the
material on the dress, can in its present state alter metabolic
activity in living organisms. Although it increased the growth
rate in plant seedlings, what it might do when contacting other
living systems is not known, nor is there any assurance that it
has not changed properties during the 40 yr. storage.
It
is very difficult to alter the seedling development in plants. For
example adding plant food to the water media in which the plants
are exposed during germination will not increase development rate
and in fact can in some cases produce decreased germination.
Application of plant hormones such as gibberellins and auxins
produce characteristic changes in the seedling morphology, which
were not observed in this study. These factors are mentioned here
so that the reader can appreciate the unusual growth responses
obtained with this material.
During
a recent meeting with Phyllis Budinger, of
Frontier Analysis, Ltd.,
a series of beautiful photomicrographs of the Betty Hill
dress samples were presented, as well as numerous, infrared
spectrographic tests. Her findings are extremely
interesting and it is anticipated that her comprehensive study
will be released in the near future.
W.C. Levengood and J.L. Gedye, Evidence for Charge
Density Pulses Associated with Bioelectric Fields in Living
Organisms, Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine, 8, pp
33-54 (1998).
W.C. Levengood and J.L. Gedye, Method and
Apparatus for Detecting, Recording and Analyzing
Spontaneously Generated Transient Electric Charge Pulses in Living
Organisms. U.S. Patent No. 6,347,238 B1, Feb. 12, 2002.
Copyright © 2003. All Rights Reserved.Dr. William C. Levengood of Pinelandia Biophysics Laboratory of Michigan.
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