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Fortean Times #174 (September 2003)

A better quality of scan/photo of this issue's cover would be appreciated. If you happen to have access to such an image, please send it to scans at the domain ft dot gjovaag dot com with a subject of "Fortean Times Cover Scan". Thanks for your help.
Release date: 26 Jul 2003
Cover price: £3.20
US Edition is dated October 2003 with a cover price of $7.25 USA (CAN $7.50)
Cover: Alex Tomlinson

Features

38 Death Ray Matthews (Cover Story)
David Clarke & Andy Roberts recall the curious life of British inventor Harry Grindell Matthews, some of whose creations may have been closer to science fiction than science fact.

32 Project Atlantis
Eric Andys reveals her part in an abortive experiment to enable remote viewers to communicate with whales and dolphins.

48 I'm the Slime
Sarah Bakewell looks at one of the 19th century's most fascinating scientific controversies - the discovery of Bathybuis haeckilii.

Forum

55 Moha-Moha Revisited - Ulrich Magin revisits a crypto-classic.

56 I Was A Sonic Experiment - Mark Blacklock on an infrasonic evening.

57 Expanded Albion: Visionary Landscapes - Noel Rooney looks at folk culture on film.

Reports

76 Fortean Traveller - No 24. Jack-in-the-Green festival, Hastings, UK - Geoff Coupland on Hastings' Jack-in-the-Green festival.

Strange Days

Virgin in the window, Cambodia's python boy, happy Buddhists, bad baboons, the McMinville UFO, mummy fungus, HAARP and more...

05 Extra Extra
13 Fortean Follow-ups
14 Science
16 Classical Corner
17 The Heirophant
17 Konspiracy Korner
19 For all the Saints
22 UFOlogy
24 Medical Bag
28 Alien Zoo
30 Mythconceptions
31 Strange Deaths

Regulars

Editorial

02 At the fringes of science

Subscriptions

54

Reviews

59 Books
64 Film & DVD
66 Games

Back Issues

70

Letters

71

Simulacra Corner

71

It Happened to Me

75

Comix

27 C'est La Guerre
79 Phenomenomix

Tales from the Vault

80

Coming Next Month

Schauberger's Error - The Nazi flying saucer myth
Himmler's Crusade - The 1938 German expedition to Tibet
The Fuhrer's Grail - Hitler and the Spear of Destiny
Fortean Times Issue 175 on sale 23 Aug 2003

Reader Info

67

Masthead

Editor - David Sutton
Founding Editor - Bob Rickard
Founding Editor - Paul Sieveking
Art Director - Etienne Gilfillan
Picture Research - Owen Whiteoak
Reviews Editor/Chief Sub - Val Stevenson
Contributing Editor - Ian Simmons
Contributing Editor - Joe McNally
Contributing Editor - Mark Pilkington
Website - Alistair Strachan
Resident Cartoonist - Hunt Emerson

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+* ''A better quality of scan/photo of this issue's cover would be appreciated. If you happen to have access to such an image, please send it to '''scans''' at the domain '''ft dot gjovaag dot com''' with a subject of "Fortean Times Cover Scan". Thanks for your help.''
+* Release date: 26 Jul 2003
+* Cover price: £3.20
+* US Edition is dated October 2003 with a cover price of $7.25 USA (CAN $7.50)
+* Cover: [[Alex Tomlinson]]
+===Contents===
+* 06 Lights in the Sky - The Aurora Gallery
+* 48 Ooze Yer Daddy? - The scientist and the slime
+* 76 Jack's Back! - British folk customs revived
+==Features==
+Death Ray Matthews (Cover Story)<br />'''[[David Clarke]]''' & '''[[Andy Roberts]]''' recall the curious life of British inventor Harry Grindell Matthews, some of whose creations may have been closer to science fiction than science fact.
+Project Atlantis<br />'''[[Eric Andys]]''' reveals her part in an abortive experiment to enable remote viewers to communicate with whales and dolphins.
+I'm the Slime<br />'''[[Sarah Bakewell]]''' looks at one of the 19th century's most fascinating scientific controversies - the discovery of ''Bathybuis haeckilii''.
+==Forum==
+Moha-Moha Revisited - [[Ulrich Magin]] revisits a crypto-classic.
+I Was A Sonic Experiment - [[Mark Blacklock]] on an infrasonic evening.
+Expanded Albion: Visionary Landscapes - [[Noel Rooney]] looks at folk culture on film.
+==Reports==
+[[Fortean Traveller]] - No 24. Jack-in-the-Green festival, Hastings, UK - [[Geoff Coupland]] on Hastings' Jack-in-the-Green festival.
+==Strange Days==
+Virgin in the window, Cambodia's python boy, happy Buddhists, bad baboons, the McMinville UFO, mummy fungus, HAARP and more...
+* 05 Extra Extra
+* 13 Fortean Follow-ups
+* 14 Science
+* 16 Classical Corner
+* 17 The Heirophant
+* 17 Konspiracy Korner
+* 19 For all the Saints
+* 22 UFOlogy
+* 24 Medical Bag
+* 28 Alien Zoo
+* 30 Mythconceptions
+* 31 Strange Deaths
+==Regulars==
+===Editorial===
+* 02 At the fringes of science
+===Subscriptions===
+* 54
+===Reviews===
+* 59 Books
+* 64 Film & DVD
+* 66 Games
+===Back Issues===
+* 70
+===Letters===
+* 71
+===Simulacra Corner===
+* 71
+===It Happened to Me===
+* 75
+===Comix===
+* 27 [[C'est La Guerre]]
+* 79 [[Phenomenomix]]
+===Tales from the Vault===
+* 80
+===Coming Next Month===
+* Schauberger's Error - The Nazi flying saucer myth
+* Himmler's Crusade - The 1938 German expedition to Tibet
+* The Fuhrer's Grail - Hitler and the Spear of Destiny
+* Fortean Times [[FT175|Issue 175]] on sale 23 Aug 2003
+==Reader Info==
+* 67
+==Masthead==
+* Editor - [[David Sutton]]
+* Founding Editor - [[Bob Rickard]]
+* Founding Editor - [[Paul Sieveking]]
+* Art Director - [[Etienne Gilfillan]]
+* Picture Research - [[Owen Whiteoak]]
+* Reviews Editor/Chief Sub - [[Val Stevenson]]
+* Contributing Editor - [[Ian Simmons]]
+* Contributing Editor - [[Joe McNally]]
+* Contributing Editor - [[Mark Pilkington]]
+* Website - [[Alistair Strachan]]
+* Resident Cartoonist - [[Hunt Emerson]]
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