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Old 20th January 2006, 03:20 PM   #1
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LOU GENTILE, EVP Applicant

CHALLENGE APPLICATION CLAIM MADE BY LOU GENTILE

Lou Gentile can produce voices of an unexplained origin using a Panasonic digital recorder model #RR-DR60, under scientifically controlled conditions. Lou Gentile will require a minimum of 4 hours of recording time so that he can assure the best possible results. The conditions of the test must be arranged so that any possible external interference (such as EMF, radio, or television signals) can be eliminated as possible explanations. The only stipulation's regarding this is that the surroundings must be free of audible noises and nothing can interfere with the normal operation of the recorder. The recorder can also be subjected to testing by Panasonic USA or a qualified engineer as long as doing so will not in any way damage the operation of the recorder and Lou Gentile is present for any of these tests. In addition to this, all parties involved from Lou Gentile's side will be available for X-Ray or other examination to insure they do not possess any transmitter or other equipment capable of creating a fraudulent result. If an identical recorder can be obtained from Panasonic USA and verified by Lou Gentile, this may be used but failing that, any of Lou's 3 personal recorders may be selected by a randomized procedure.

Specifically, Lou Gentile will ask then questions, with a pause between each of one minute to allow for an answer while the recorder is in voice-activation mode, then stop recording to play back the results immediatey. Playback may be made with any of the recorder's modes of operation. This method will be considered one testing set. There will be a total of 24 testing set's. Every 30 minutes of real-time recording, there will be a 15 minute break for water, bathroom, etc, during which the recorder will remain in the testing area and all parties involved will remain under surveillance and escorted under any condition's. These question's must be confined to subjects such as: basic addition and subtraction involving whole numbers from one through ten, first names, how many entities like yourself are present, the name of the most predominant entity around at the time, is there anything that you would like to tell us, can you see us, and do you consider yourself human? Due to the fact that the intelligence of the entities is unknown, these question's cannot include complex scientific or mathematical subjects. Some of these question's will be designed to entice the entities into giving responses. The list of questions will be compiled and agreed upon in advance by both parties. If any anonymous voices are found, they are to be submitted for independent testing chosen by JREF both to attempt to further clarify what is said, and to test the voices against voice prints of all parties involved. A test will be considered a success, if 4 questions are answered in the total of 24 sets that are in an intelligible voice that is speaking English. If at the end of 24 set's either fewer questions have been documented or testing finds them unintelligible, the test will be considered a failure.

-Lou Gentile


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Dear Mr. Gentile,

I am in receipt of your JREF One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge Application and claim letter. Thank you for submitting it to us.

As you most likely know, everyone here at the JREF is in overdrive right now, preparing to leave for Las Vegas on Monday for TAM4.

This makes it impossible for me to give your application the attention it deserves until we make our return to Florida on February 1st.

At that time, we will review your claim letter and test protocol more thoroughly, and get back to you in a timely fashion.

KRAMER, JREF Paranormal Claims Dept.

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Old 7th June 2006, 10:38 AM   #2
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Apparently, Mr. Gentile has been injured. We wish him a speedy recovery.

http://www.lougentile.com/modules.ph...ic&p=2156#2156
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Old 10th July 2006, 08:50 AM   #3
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Mr. Gentile has apparently decided to withdraw from the challenge.
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