Swadlincote Paranormal Investigations

In 2006 the team was called in to investigate a private location. The most significant activity that evening was when our Cell/EMF Meter was showing readings off the scale. We later found out that while this was happening, the Laser Thermometer was reading off the scale too.

One idea for an explanation of this behaviour is that the strobe light we used earlier in the night could of effected the EMF meter, so I have decided to try to re-create the conditions of that evening to see if the equipment will react in the same way once again.

The experiment was conducted on the 7th May 2007.

The equipment I used was the exact same Cell/EMF meter, Laser Thermometer and Strobe light that was used on the night of the Chesterfield incident.

The aim of the experiment is to see how using a strobe light on a paranormal investigation can interfere with the behaviour of an EMF reading device and a hand held Laser Thermometer.

The strobe was switched on at 12:39pm. The temperature at this time in the room and the area of the EMF meter was around 15 Degrees Centigrade.

By 12:49pm there were no fluctuations in EMF or Laser thermometer readings. To see if it would make any difference, I then turned up the speed on the Strobe Light.

At 12:59pm there was still no EMF or Laser thermometer fluctuations to report. I then decided to turn off the Strobe light for a few minutes whilst I double checked the readings.

At 13:04pm the strobe light is switched on once again. The average temperature was still 15 Degrees Centigrade.

By 13:14pm the strobe light had been running for over 30 minutes with only a 5 minute break in between. There were no unusual readings to report at any time during or after the experiment. I changed the distance between the EMF meter and the strobe light to see if that would make any difference but the EMF was still showing no readings at all.

From this experiment I can conclude that the equipment we used that night in Chesterfield was not affected by the Strobe Light. The events of that night remain a mystery however we now know that we can use the Strobe Light without risk of interference to the other equipment.

- Report by Richard O'Connor