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"Mr. Swann was also given biofeedback training for the slower brain-wave frequencies (alpha and theta). He identified these states and after a while could reproduce them at will. "Until our analysis is complete, we can say nothing definite about brain-wave activity during the OOBE, but the voltage changes do appear to be important." "Members who have generously donated their time and advice for the Out-of-Body Research: "PHYSICISTS: Mr. L. F. Barcus, Mr. Thomas Etter, Mr. Robert J. Kleehammer, Mr. James Merewether. "PSYCHOLOGISTS: Miss Bonnita Preskari, Dr. Carole K. Silfen. "ENGINEERS: Mr. Kenneth Cohen, Mr. Martin Ruderfer, Mr. G.M. Smith." The above longish quote, then, is the nexus of the papers the publishing committee refused to publish. For the reception, the ASPR staff had prepared 150 copies of this statement by Dr. Osis on behalf of his rejected research. I wanted one for my archives -- but the copies had all been gobbled up by the time I arrived. The reception had been scheduled from 5:00 to 8:00. But it was still rather thickly populated as of 9:00.