An Amazing Weekend with the Amazing Randi, Charles Reynolds and David B. Eisendrath's 1967 article in Popular Photography, is a photographers' technical account describing how psychic photographer Ted Serios's 'gizmo' tube could conceal a miniature optical device capable of producing his claimed thoughtographs. Its strength is that it is a contemporaneous technical investigation by photography specialists, published in a magazine whose readership could evaluate the optical claim directly. Its limit is that it is popular magazine journalism rather than a peer reviewed scientific study, though the specific mechanism it describes is a checkable physical claim rather than an opinion.
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Reliability Tier2
Charles Reynolds and David B. Eisendrath's 1967 article in Popular Photography, the middle tier reflecting a contemporaneous technical investigation by photography specialists rather than a peer reviewed scientific study, weighed against the mechanism it describes being a checkable physical claim rather than an opinion. NotesPhotographers' account describing how Ted Serios's 'gizmo' tube could conceal a miniature optical device.
Citation
AuthorCharles Reynolds, David B. Eisendrath
PublisherPopular Photography
Publication Year1967
Source Typemagazine
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Psi Phenomena, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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