Olof Jonsson
Olof Jonsson (1918-1998) was a Swedish-American engineer and psychic.[1][2]
Olof Jonsson's 1st practical use of ESP was in October 1939 when he advised the captain of their merchant navy ship from sailing into a German minefield.
He was born in Malmö, Sweden. He later moved to Chicago where he worked as an engineer. In 1953, the parapsychologist J] tested him in a series of ESP experiments. B. Rhine at Duke University.[3] He was caught cheating in the experiments.[4]
Jonsson is most notable for his long-distance telepathy unofficial experiment on the return trip of the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. Four psychics on Earth were chosen to receive telepathic signals from a Zener deck of cards from astronaut Edgar Mitchell in space. The experiment was deemed a complete failure.[5][6] based on the public press of the time. Other reports were more positive,
Astronaut Edgar Mitchell with team members Dr Karlis Osis and Dr. Rhine communicated in a preliminary analysis after the flight that the results would prove quite interesting.
References
[edit]- ^ "Olof Jonsson, Engineer, Psychic". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Prominent Swedish-born psychic Jonsson dies at 79". Las Vegas Sun.
- ^ Anderson, Rodger. (2006). Psychics, Sensitives and Somnambules: A Biographical Dictionary with Bibliographies. McFarland & Company. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-7864-2770-3
- ^ Semitjov, E. (1979). Mellan dröm och verklighet. Askild & Kärnekull.
- ^ Christopher, Milbourne. (1975). Mediums, Mystics & the Occult. Thomas Y. Crowell. pp. 105-106. ISBN 0-690-00476-1
- ^ Randi, James. (1982). Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-198-3
Further reading
[edit]- Brad Steiger. (1971). The Psychic Feats of Olof Jonsson. Prentice-Hall
- Olle Holmberg. (1968). Den osannolika verkligheten. Stockholm: Bonniers
