In 1959, Swedish artist Friedrich Jurgensen accidentally captured strange voices during a recording near his villa in the countryside. These sounds seemed to be whispers from the deceased, discussing the songs of night birds in Swedish and Norwegian. After numerous experiments, he discovered that the tape would produce clearer, discernible voices when played back, with some even claiming to hear the voices of their relatives and friends.
In 1964, Jurgensen published "Voices from the Universe," detailing his findings. This discovery caught the attention of renowned German psychologist Dr. Hans Bender. Dr. Bender organized a team of scientists to conduct repeated experiments, ultimately confirming that under specific conditions, the tape could indeed capture clear human voices. These sounds could not be explained by existing science, and Dr. Bender even suggested their significance was comparable to nuclear discoveries.
As more scientists joined the research, the experiments reached a climax. In 1965, experimental psychology professor Dr. Konstantin Raudive began conducting recording experiments with significant results. At one point, British publisher Colin Smithers purchased a new tape and conducted experiments under Raudive's guidance. When Dr. Peter Bender listened to the tape, he was astonished to hear the German phrase "Open the door," which was the voice of his deceased mother! This discovery convinced Dr. Bender beyond doubt.
Colin Smithers translated Raudive's research into English, garnering global attention. By the late 1960s, NASA expressed interest in this research, sending engineers to closely examine Raudive's experimental results. Although they maintained an open attitude towards the findings, they refused to suggest any connection between these sounds and space projects.
However, many scientists, including Dr. Javier from Oxford and Dr. Klinsman from Harvard, remained skeptical, believing these voices could merely be coincidences or misinterpretations.
