Unexplained messages through time and space – popular paranormal investigators speak in Burgess Hill
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On Tuesday 19 May at 8.15pm, the Changing Times lectures at Cyprus Hall, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, host a special double-bill with Neil Ward and Ben Emlyn-Jones of the popular Paranormal Peep Show podcast to explore mysterious messages from both space and time …


Neil and Ben say: “From unexplained signals echoing through the cosmos to eerie messages seemingly sent across decades, humans have always been fascinated by communication that transcends ordinary limits. These talks explore two different but equally intriguing forms of “messages”: those that reach across time, and those from the vastness of space …”
Part 1 of the evening will see Neil Ward explore ‘The Dodleston Messages,’ the strange case of a pre-internet school teacher who received inexplicable messages on his early computer – from a sender who claimed he was from the year 1583.
Part 2 will see Ben Emlyn-Jones look at the peculiar stand-off between the mainstream SETI project – the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence – that investigates possible messages from space, and the ever-contentious but very popular world of ufology. Why are the two interests so divided from each other..?
This promises to be a fascinating evening from two well-known researchers of the unexplained and is a rare chance to hear and meet them both.


Changing Times’s public presentations are held throughout the year at Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, in Burgess Hill, and have been running for 35 years.
The presentations will begin at 8.15pm on Tuesday 19 May, with a door entry fee of £8 (no pre-booking). Further details can be found at: www.changingtimes.org.uk