JANUARY 2007

Again, it's been a while since I've taken the time from my busy schedule to update what ECHO has been up to. The time has flown. Since June, we have gotten many new members. Others have moved on. There have been a lot of positive changes to our organization.

We have expanded our scientific research to include 3D digital photography and total Infrared digital camera conversion photography. This has opened up exciting new areas of orb research and will, hopefully, allow us better methods of catching all types of paranormal anomalies if they exist.

Three dimensional digital photography allows for the capture of two photographs of the same area instantaneously, varying only in their slight difference of angle perspective. When two photos of this type are compared side by side via computer-friendly software and 3D imaging glasses, the human eye translates them into one photo with three dimensions. The ability to photograph an anomaly on two separate cameras calibrated to flash at the exact same time also tests the theory that all orbs are dust. A true anomaly should be visible in both simultaneous photos and have a three dimensional form and substance.

An internal IR filter conversion to a high-end retail, digital camera also provides an advanced level of anomaly comparison. The camera we are using has been professionally converted and re-calibrated to operate only in the high IR spectrum. This is a range far above the low spectrum IR capabilities found in retail digital cameras most of us use in basic paranormal research. This converted IR range is also impossible to see with the human eye. The concept is digitally equivalent to the older and more conventional IR film photography.

We believe total IR photography will inhibit most "dust" or "pollen" theories as a blanket criticism for certain anomalies. We want to see what a total IR camera produces over time. Hopefully, it will increase our abilities to photograph phenomena seldom seen such as apparitions - if they emit electromagnetic radiation in this spectrum.

Places of interest that we have investigated in the last months are: Springer's Point, Ocracoke, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Kentucky, and Eastern State Penitentiary, Pennsylvania.

Auto IR mode photo on a converted SLR digital camera. Notice orb to the left of me as I dowsed with a possible male teen killed in an auto accident. The information given to us during the dowsing (spirit name and circumstances of the traffic fatality) was confirmed as true by local authorities.