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current event: An event that can be confirmed to have happened
at the same time as the perception of it.
current information: On-going or sufficiently recent that
it can be investigated without recourse to historical records.
interviewee: An involved person who remains anonymous while
his or her story is told by another.
interviewer: a reporter who was not involved in the incident
being reported, but who learns about it via communication (in person,
by telephone, or in writing) from one or more persons who were involved.
involved person/party: Either or both the percipient(s)
and any witnesses. In the case of a seancé, the medium, the
sitters, and any others present would all be involved parties.
OBE: An Other-Body (or Out-of-Body) Experience. An incident
in which a person experiences a current event as if he was physically
present at a distant location. (Such experiences may be labeled
astral travel, remote viewing, or clairvoyance.)
percipient: The direct receiver of the information or the
focus of the occurrence. If a sitter receives information through
a medium, the medium is the percipient (even if she is entranced
and recalls nothing), the sitter is a witness. If three people simultaneously
see a ghost, each of the three is a percipient. But, those using
a talking board are considered witnesses not percipients.
reporter: Any identified person or persons who writes about,
publishes, broadcasts, posts, or otherwise disseminates the particulars
of a case. This could be the percipient, a witness, a sitter, or
an interviewer. A reporter must be identified sufficiently to be
contacted; no pseudonyms, no anonymous submissions.
witness: any identified person who was in a position to
observe the percipient during the manifestation, séance,
regression, or other incident. A witness who relates the story to
someone else and remains anonymous is considered an "interviewee."
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