How Soviet scientists studied the phenomenon of Ninel Kulagina. Evidence base of Chinese experiments

There is evidence of people who directly caught Kulagina cheating. Thus, a commission of the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Metrology named after Mendeleev, chaired by Doctor of Technical Sciences S.V. Gorbatsevich, recorded that Kulagina refused the proposal to repeat the experiment on moving objects “by the power of thought” in a hermetically sealed glass vessel. The head of the magnetic measurements laboratory at VNIIM, Studentsov, and senior engineer Skrynnikov visited Kulagina’s apartment. They concluded that Kulagina had a magnetic dipole under her clothes, and when she was asked to sit still, without moving her waist and hips, the compass needle stopped deviating. In addition, Kulagina insisted on moving exactly the item that she herself pointed to, for example, a cigarette box. She refused to move the object brought by the testers. Finally, there is evidence that Kulagina moved objects with the help of a thin thread or hair, and as soon as witnesses of the experiment established “eye contact” with her hand, the movement of objects stopped.

Since, as you can see, Kulagina did not conduct a single experiment in pure laboratory conditions, but demonstrated her abilities in her apartment or hotel rooms, there is no need to say that her gift was scientifically recorded.

It is quite difficult to suspect a not very young woman of quackery, of deliberately leading serious scientists by the nose for 20 years. Why not? Nowadays this would be quite understandable, psychics make good money, but then?

On the other hand, Ninel Kulagina was a swindler even before she became a “unique phenomenon for science.” In 1966, she was convicted of fraud by the Kirov People's Court of Leningrad. She presented herself as someone who could help purchase furniture from the back door. And she earned more than seven thousand rubles from this.

Martin Gardner, an American mathematician and popularizer of science, one of the founders of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of Paranormal Phenomena, called Kulagina “lovely. A plump, dark-eyed little charlatan,” who was also twice caught using tricks while experimenting with telekinesis.

Nevertheless, they believed her, they wrote about her and are still writing about her, and there are people who elevate her to almost the rank of a martyr from extrasensory perception.

Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina(also known as Nelya Mikhailova) (July 30, 1926 – April 1990) was a woman who allegedly demonstrated telekinesis and other anomalous abilities that were studied at several research institutes for more than 20 years.

• 1 Biography
• 2 Awards
• 3
  • 3.1 Criticism
• 4 Interesting facts
• 5 See also
• 6 Literature

Biography

Born on July 30, 1926 in Leningrad. At the age of 14 she joined the Red Army, and during the Great Patriotic War from April 1941 to June 1946 she served as a radio operator in tank forces. She was wounded several times and received group II disability. She was a council member and a veteran of the 268th Division.

In 1966, Kulagina was convicted of fraud by the Kirov District People's Court of Leningrad. The Prosecutor of Leningrad, State Counselor of Justice of the 3rd rank S. E. Solovyov and journalist M. N. Medvedev note in this regard that the reason was that “ she presented herself as a person who could help in purchasing furniture from the back door, and in a short time she collected more than seven thousand rubles».

Awards

• Order of the Patriotic War, II degree
• Medal "For Military Merit"
• Medal "For the Defense of Leningrad"

Research on the “Kulagina phenomenon”

She gained international fame in the 1960s when her abilities began to be studied. In the newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda” dated August 16, 1981, in the article “Weeding in the biofield” there is the following information:

At one time, journalists talked about Roza Kuleshova, who had skin vision. After reading about her, another woman, Ninel Kulagina, decided to show herself to people. Together with E. Naumov, a well-known collector of such information on such phenomena, with a group of physicists from the Lebedev Physical Institute, they organized Kulagina’s visit to Moscow for 4 days, studied at the department headed by Khokhlov at Moscow State University

Kulagina claimed that she was the first to discover her abilities, which she believed she inherited from her mother, when she realized that objects would randomly move around her when she was angry. She said that in order for abilities to manifest, it was necessary to spend some time in meditation to clear your mind of all thoughts. Kulagina said that while she was concentrating, she experienced pain in her spine and her vision was blurred. It was noted that thunderstorms prevented her from performing telekinetic actions. Perhaps the most famous experiment involving Kulagina was carried out on March 10, 1970 in a Leningrad laboratory with the participation of the head of the technical parapsychology section at the Scientific and Technical Society for Instrumentation, psychophysiologist and mathematician Gennady Sergeev. According to eyewitness reports, during experiments captured on film, Kulagina psychokinetically influenced the frog’s heart, separated from the body: first she changed the pulse in both directions, then she stopped the heart.

In 1968, black-and-white films made in the USSR documenting experiments with her participation were presented to Western experts and caused a sensation, at least among parapsychologists, some of whom rushed to announce that they had obtained decisive proof of the reality of psychokinesis. According to reports from the Soviet Union, 40 scientists took part in Kulagina's research, two of whom were Nobel laureates. Larry Kettlekamp claims that Mikhailova was filmed separating broken eggs, which had previously been immersed in water, into whites and yolks. During the experiment, all physical changes were recorded, including acceleration and changes in heart rate, brain waves and electromagnetic field. To ensure that external electromagnetic pulses did not interfere, she was placed inside a metal cage, where she allegedly showed the ability to remove a marked match from a pile of others lying under a glass cover.

According to Yu. B. Kobzarev, the experiments that were initially carried out by academicians Kikoin, Gulyaev, Kobzarev served as the impetus for the creation of a laboratory of radio-electronic methods for studying biological objects, which was headed by Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences E. E. Godik. According to Godik, the laboratory’s work plan included the task of “dealing” with the psychics who became active in the USSR at that time, among whom was N.S. Kulagina.

According to Yu. B. Kobzarev, among the recorded phenomena associated with Kulagina were the following:

• moving small objects, such as a lump of sugar or a matchbox;
• rotation of the compass needle;
• touching the hand of another person can cause severe burns;
• scattering the laser beam with your hands;
• change in acidity (pH) of water;
• exposure to photographic film placed in a closed bag (exposure).

According to Yu. B. Kobzarev, research carried out at the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics (IRE) of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1981-1982 established that there was a strong electric field around her hands, and a sensitive microphone installed near her hands recorded short ultrasonic impulses.

Laboratory employee A. Taratorin writes in his memoirs:

It was possible to find out that histamine is sprayed out of her palm in small droplets, possibly through the sweat glands. When sprayed, it forms a charged aerosol, which explains all the observed effects. The sprayed droplets caused clicks in the microphone, they changed the dielectric constant of the medium, scattering the laser beam, corroding the skin (the famous “burn”), and finally, they “sat” on the object, charging it. ...We were never able to understand the physiological mechanism of such injection; it really was a physiological phenomenon.

October 27, 2010 at the Physical Institute named after. P. N. Lebedev RAS hosted a presentation of the book by E. E. Godik (since 1993 in the USA) - “The Mystery of Psychics: What Physicists Saw” about experiments that were carried out for more than 10 years at the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Criticism

Many people and organizations, such as the James Randi Foundation and the Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims of Pseudoscience. (CICAP) are skeptical about telekinesis. So the Italian psychologist, journalist and writer, co-founder and executive director of CICAP Massimo Polidoro. wrote that the lengthy preparation and uncontrolled environment in the room (as in a hotel room), where experiments were carried out with Kulagina’s participation, leave a wide field for obvious deception.

Magicians and skeptics argued that everything done by Kulagina could be repeated using simple sleight of hand, using well-hidden and camouflaged threads, small pieces of magnetized metal or mirrors; In addition, opinions were expressed that during the Cold War, the Soviet Union had an obvious interest in falsifying and exaggerating the results of research for propaganda purposes in order to win the “psychological race”, such as the space race and the arms race.

The writer and popularizer of science V. E. Lvov accused Kulagina of fraud in his article in the Pravda newspaper. He wrote that she performed one of her tricks using a magnet hidden on her body. The article also reported that Kulagina was arrested for defrauding the public of five thousand rubles. He also cites as evidence Kulagina’s examination at the Leningrad Psychoneurological Institute named after V. M. Bekhterev, which “ ended with a sixteen-page protocol and a press release signed by six leading psychiatrists and physiologists of higher nervous activity" And " Researchers at the institute easily uncovered the tricks and machinations used by Kulagina in her demonstrations of “telepathy” and “clairvoyance.”" From the text of the Leningradskaya Pravda message it follows that “ It was the usual deception. An experienced swindler managed to commit another scam..." In addition, Lvov cites data from the commission of the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Metrology named after D. I. Mendeleev (VNIIM named after D. I. Mendeleev), which, under the chairmanship of Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor S. V. Gorbatsevich in May 1965, established that: “ N. S. Kulagina refused the offer to repeat experiments on moving objects in a sealed glass vessel...» « It was proposed to repeat the experiments in a closed vessel manufactured at VNIIM... which would eliminate the possibility of moving objects by invisible threads, etc... Kulagina’s repeated attempts did not give positive results»… « Experiments with watches and scales did not give positive results...“He also refers to the protocol of the visit to Kulagina’s apartment by the head of the laboratory of magnetic measurements of VNIIM Studentsov and senior engineer Skrynnikov, entitled “Report on Kulagina’s visit to N. in order to identify the physical reasons that allow Kulagina to turn and rotate the magnetic needle,” from which it follows that the visitors “ I was surprised by the equipment of the apartment with magnetic devices: a topographical compass, a marine (floating) compass, a horseshoe magnet and another form of more powerful magnet..." They " We began to study the state of the magnetic field... At the same time, we positioned the pointer device in such a way that Kulagina could not see it. The probe was placed on the edge of the table... They suggested that Kulagina stand up and turn while standing around a horizontal axis" After this, it was discovered hidden under clothes " a clearly defined dipole (that is, a piece of magnet or a coil with current)" and then they started " look for where she hid the magnet" As a result, they found that “ Below the waist or at the hips there is a permanent magnetic dipole, the magnetic moment of which is completely independent of the mental state of the subject..." Lvov notes that when Kulagina was asked not to make movements “with her waist and hips,” “ There were no needle deviations (in the magnetometer)" In addition, the authors of the protocol noted that “ Kulagina’s husband and she herself always offered to show us the movement of various bodies" and show " cigar case movement", and during the observation it was noticed that " Kulagina pulls the tablecloth exactly in the place where the object is located“, and after physicists established control over the subject’s left hand, psychokinesis ceased to appear.

The newspaper Pravda, in its issue of June 24, 1968, criticized Kulagina as follows: “ Having been released from prison, the swindler again settled in Leningrad and... succeeded in the mysterious field of fooling people interested in parapsychology... How could some editors occupy a fair amount of space in their newspapers with exaggerated tricks presented in the form of a scientific sensation?... After all, our press is always and in everything called upon to highlight the achievements and searches of science with perfect knowledge of the matter, with deep, exacting thoughtfulness, objectivity and insight...»

American mathematician, writer, popularizer of science, one of the founders of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of Paranormal Phenomena Martin Gardner called Kulagina “ a lovely, plump, dark-eyed little charlatan"(English) pretty, plump, dark eyed little charlatan ), who was caught twice using tricks to move objects.

Corresponding Member of the RAS A. M. Ivanitsky, according to him, took part in the study of Kulagina phenomena in the 1960s. In 2006, his memoirs were published in the newspaper “Novye Izvestia”::

One woman moved a pen cap across the table in front of everyone. No matter how many experiments we did, she still moved... However, after taking a closer look, we determined from the film that the woman was imperceptibly throwing a pre-torn long hair on the table, on which knots were twisted. One of the ends of the hair was attached to the stomach. Skillfully moving it, she moved the cap a little around the table.

A little later, during a conversation published on the website of the Skeptics Club, A. M. Ivanitsky clarified that the newspaper incorrectly wrote about hair, in the version he corrected it was about nylon threads. Ivanitsky notes that Kulagina’s hoax was discovered “ during a change of linen (in the psychiatric clinic where she was staying), on the belt of her robe we found nylon threads with knots twisted on them." and also indicates that " Without threads, she didn’t even try to do anything, saying: “You yourself know everything now.”" And in an experiment with the influence of a compass needle, Kulagina used a magnet hidden under a bandage on her finger. Ivanitsky also refuted the statement of psychotherapist M.I. Buyanov, who in an interview (Komsomolskaya Pravda, January 18, 2007) stated that “ Once I watched how the famous unique Ninel Kulagina moved the compass needle. But how she did it, no one has figured out yet. Skeptics say she held small magnets between her fingers. But her abilities were tested by famous scientists and she was never caught performing magic.", indicating that: " Just caught.»

RAS Academician E. B. Aleksandrov characterizes Kulagina as “ famous swindler"and believes, despite the fact that she was repeatedly caught in fraud, and those who examined her abilities did not find anything unusual, she still " subsequently... fooled the mature simpletons at LITMO».

• The phenomenon of Ninel Kulagina is described in one of the episodes of the American film “The Scarecrows”.

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It all started in December 1963, when a young, cheerful woman full of strength and energy, Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina, heard a radio message about a girl “seeing with her fingers.” This girl could read text and distinguish colors with her fingertips. Ninel Sergeevna recalled how she once took a spool of thread of the desired color out of a box by touch. Without thinking twice, she told her husband: “Just think, a discovery! I can do that too.” My husband, of course, didn’t believe it. They started trying. Not right away, but it worked...

Four years have passed since the first publication, in January 1964, about the Kulagina phenomenon, or “phenomenon K,” as journalists called it. During this time, rumors about the “Russian pearl” of parapsychology spread outside the USSR. In 1968, the famous Czechoslovak scientist, specialist in the field of “psi-photography,” Dr. Zdenek Reidak, came specially to meet with Kulagina. The experiments conducted by Ninel Sergeevna made a great impression on him. The scientist admitted that “the essence of Kulagina’s phenomenon lies in the peculiarities of her physiology.” It is possible that thanks to his fruitful work with Kulagina, Reidak soon headed the International Association of Psychotronics...

In the spring of 1973, the British also became interested in the “K phenomenon” and delegated two prominent biophysicists to Russia, Herbert and Casserer. The British staged a seemingly simple but effective experiment in moving a liquid hydrometer “with the help of thought.” What struck the scientists was not so much the fact that the hydrometer moved “under the influence of thought,” but rather the nature of the movement: in a strictly vertical position, without tilting, which contradicted the laws of physics. Later, in the London journal Paraphysics, one of them would write: “I am now happy to report that we were the first researchers in the West who succeeded in measuring telekinetic force.” And this power, against all expectations, turned out to be incredibly great...

In our country, the unique capabilities of Ninel Kulagina were studied by about three dozen institutes of various profiles. We did not refuse the opportunity to “explore” Kulagina and foreigners.

But here is an example of another phenomenon, the Bulgarian seer Vanga. Her abilities were studied exclusively by Bulgarian specialists, and the results of these studies remained a sealed secret. The Bulgarian government treated its “pearl” much more carefully than the Soviet government. Maybe that’s why Vanga lived more than eighty years, and Kulagina only sixty-four years? True, there is one serious “but”. Vanga had the opportunity to periodically connect to higher cosmic energy sources in order to replenish energy resources; Kulagina did not have such an opportunity. But the research program, long-term and complex, included experiments that did not go without leaving a mark on health. She often complained that after the experiments she felt physical and moral devastation, a headache that ended with vomiting. And no wonder: bioenergy was constantly pumped out of the poor woman. But did they care about replenishing it? Hardly...

But this was not what depressed Kulagina most of all. It was a shame that some scientists, having reached a dead end and trying to save their reputation, blamed only her for all the failures, calling her a fraud and a charlatan. False accusations forced Kulagina to go to court for protection of her honor and dignity, which ultimately led to a heart attack... It’s bitter and insulting, but how is it in Russian: “What we have, we don’t keep; having lost it, we cry.”

And there was something to lose. As a result of the ascetic activity of Ninel Sergeevna’s husband, descriptions of the experiments that were carried out remained. The “Russian Pearl” mastered not only the art of telekinesis, but also the elements of levitation. Most of all, she was successful in her experiments in moving light objects “with the help of thought.”

Usually the experience looked like this. Objects made from various materials were placed on a small table. Kulagina sat at a distance of about 1 meter from the table. With passes of her hands or movements of her head, with mental effort, she moved objects along its surface. She did it truly masterfully! Carrying out a complicated program compiled by observers, she could move both one and several objects simultaneously, in different directions, to pre-marked places or, at the request of the experimenters, began to rotate objects around a vertical axis, could take out any match from a laid out complex composition and move it to where indicated. The experiments were equally successful both when Ninel Sergeevna sat facing the table and when she sat with her back to it. At the same time, she could not even look at objects placed either on an open table or on one closed with a transparent cap, in an air environment or in a vacuum. She could move objects even in tightly sealed glass vessels.

Kulagin amazed not only seasoned physicists, but also biologists and chemists. How did she manage to change the acidity of solutions (by several units) without touching them? Or, right before your eyes, with hand movements, you can revive withered flowers and enhance their scent? What kind of miraculous energy was in her hands? In one of the experiments, she managed to dramatically change the frog’s heartbeat, and then completely stop its heart for two minutes. This woman had some kind of life-giving energy.

Here's one example: mice were exposed to radiation and divided into two groups. Experimental animals exposed to Kulagina's bioenergy lived significantly longer. But Kulagina’s bioenergy could be not only life-giving, but also destructive. In one of the experiments, Kulagina took a person by the hand, and... after two minutes a noticeable burn formed on his hand. The heating of the skin was so strong that the subject could not stand it and asked to stop the experiment. Among those who received such a “burn from Kulagina” was the English biophysicist Herbert, who left documentary evidence of this. It is curious that the nature of the Kulagin burn, its appearance and color had nothing in common with the types of burns known to us all.

In levitation experiments, Kulagina was able to hold any light objects, such as a tennis ball, suspended between the palms of her hands, which is confirmed by surviving photographs. She could lift objects from their support and lift them into the air, moving them both horizontally and vertically.

In 1990, Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina passed away. In the decade that followed her death, parapsychology developed at a rapid pace, largely thanks to the study of the “K phenomenon” and others like it. Today, work in this area of ​​knowledge is classified as “Of Special Importance.” Politicians and the military are showing extreme interest in parapsychology. It is likely that towards the end of her life, Ninel Kulagina regretted that December evening when she admitted to her husband that she “can” do the same as Roza Kuleshova...

One thing is certain: thanks to the study of the “K phenomenon” and others like it, man made revolutionary discoveries in the field of parapsychology and established new connections between the world of matter and energy.

Psychokinesis, better known as telekinesis, is the ability to move objects with the power of thought. Although such abilities sound more like the plot of a science fiction novel or superhero movie, the possibility of physical influence of consciousness on the surrounding reality has long been considered in scientific circles. In addition, there is a number of evidence and demonstrations of such abilities.

Of course, deep study and development of a person’s inclination towards telekinesis can lead to unexpected consequences for humanity. Today, given the number of active conflicts on the planet, telekinesis and data about it may turn out to be another weapon. The potential of this parapsychological phenomenon can be devastating.

Today, to be considered fully proven, any research must be analyzed and evaluated by experts. In addition, it is advisable to confirm the data with repeated research. In this case, it is clear that such confirmation in the case of studying telekinetic abilities becomes extremely difficult or even impossible.

On the other hand, the study of psychic abilities is a field of science that is characterized by the absence of influence from politics, corporations and corruption. Therefore, research results in this area are considered objective and less susceptible to falsification, especially compared to medical or nutritional research funded by large corporations.

It turns out that there are many publications on the topic of the existence and study of parapsychological phenomena, such as clairvoyance, telepathy, extrasensory perception and telekinesis.

Existing evidence

Jeffrey Mishlove, dean of the department of transformational psychology at the California University of Philosophical Studies, published a book in 2000 detailing the results of twenty years of research into the parapsychological abilities of a man named Ted Owens. His supernatural abilities included telekinesis and precognitive clairvoyance. Unlike laboratory experiments, Mishlov observed Owens' abilities in the wild.

As for laboratory research conducted under controlled conditions, one cannot fail to mention Nina Kulagina, who spent the last 20 years of her life under the supervision of Soviet academicians.

Nina Kulagina

A citizen of the Soviet Union, caught for fraud and extortion in the early 60s, turned out to be an extremely gifted person and demonstrated extraordinary psychokinetic abilities. In 1968, at a conference with the participation of Western scientists, Soviet researchers demonstrated experiments captured on film. The video clearly shows the physical impact Kulagina has on small objects.

According to Soviet researchers, Nina Kulagina was studied by 40 scientists, including two Nobel laureates. In addition to psychokinesis, Kulagina influenced magnetic fields, changed the acidity of water, exposed photographic film, scattered a laser beam with her hand and could cause a burn by touching her palm. Communist scientists, not being particularly inclined towards spiritualism and the supernatural, were amazed by Kulagina’s abilities.

Scientific background

The study of the magnetic and electric fields around Kulagina's body, as well as the electrical charge of her brain, was carried out simultaneously with the demonstration of telekinetic abilities. The process of conducting experiments was led by the famous psychologist Gennady Sergeev, who at that time was working in a military laboratory in Leningrad.

According to him, the frontal lobes of Nina Kulagina’s brain were distinguished by strong electrical characteristics. In relation to other parts of the brain the difference was fifty to one, while the difference in this ratio in the average person was four to one. The force field around Kulagina at rest was ten times weaker than the Earth's magnetic field.

During telekinesis, Nina Kulagina’s pulse rose to 240 beats per minute, the occipital lobe and the reticular formation, responsible for the activity of the cerebral cortex and for coordination with the spinal cord, became active. The difference in the polarization of the frontal and occipital lobes of the brain was further enhanced. At the moment of the greatest difference in the external force field, electromagnetic radiation was observed. Moreover, the electromagnetic effect was stronger around the object under the influence of telekinesis than around Kulagina herself, as if she was deliberately moving the force field.

Kulagina is not the only telekineticist

China is also extremely interested in studying people with parapsychological abilities. In September 1981, a work entitled “Experiments on the movement of objects using the unusual capabilities of the human body” was published in the People's Republic. It described the abilities of some "gifted children" who could teleport a small object from one place to another.

In addition to this work, several other studies have been published in China describing precise and supernatural abilities, such as psychokinesis and clairvoyance.

More recently, in 2010, a description of an experiment on the movement, or teleportation, of small pieces of paper from a closed plastic container was published. In addition, the author of the experiment claims that the average population’s ability to learn these abilities is 40%.

Evidence base of Chinese experiments

But, despite this, hundreds of famous Chinese scientists from different fields of science have studied and continue to study the capabilities of people with superpowers.

A more detailed study was conducted by the Beijing Institute of Space Medicine in 1990. In a series of experiments, high-speed photography was used to capture the teleportation, or movement, of small objects such as nuts, matches, nails and pills from closed storage chambers (paper envelopes, glass bottles, plastic containers and others) without disturbing the surface of the containers themselves. .

It turns out that the list of telekinetics and other gifted people, as well as their abilities, is impressive enough to influence scientists to pay more attention to the supernatural. Perhaps Nikola Tesla was right when he said that once science turns its attention to non-physical phenomena, it will be able to achieve progress in decades that previously took centuries.

Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina was recognized as one of the most powerful psychics of the last century. Her amazing abilities aroused admiration, bewilderment and mistrust, were refuted and confidently established, and, according to some, caused her premature death.

They first learned about it in the early 60s, when Ninel Kulagina heard about the phenomenon of one girl who could accurately identify colors with her eyes closed.

“I can do that too!”

During treatment in the hospital, she took out the required ball of embroidery thread without looking. Other women paid attention to this, and now Ninel Sergeevna remembered this episode and became interested in how developed such abilities were in her. As it turned out, she could set the color of paper cards with a blindfold, read, find hidden objects, and determine what program was on when the TV was turned off.

At first she was not able to do everything at once, but by training daily with the help and support of her husband, after a month she achieved sustainable positive results. Then the couple turned to their doctors and told them about the experiments being carried out. They showed interest and tested Ninel Sergeevna’s abilities in laboratory conditions. Strongly impressed by what he saw, Professor L.L. Vasiliev, an observer of the experiment, advised protecting and developing a unique gift, but hiding it from outsiders. The situation in scientific circles did not allow open study and discussion of extrasensory perception at that time. The professor turned out to be right - after some time, laboratory research boiled down to an attempt to convict Kulagina of deception and fraud.

20 years of painful experiments

However, Ninel Sergeevna did not cease to improve her gift. She learned to move small objects and lift them into the air, and influence the compass needle. With her hand movements she revived withered flowers, changed the chemical properties of water and the acidity of solutions, the structure and condition of dense materials, and exposed photographic film through a thick envelope. By touching or looking at it, it caused a burning sensation on the skin of volunteers, after which a severe burn remained.

With training, she was able to perform increasingly complex experiments. But the work was always very difficult. She had to expend too much mental and physical strength. In addition to enormous stress and extreme fatigue, Kulagina experienced dizziness, severe pain in the spine and back of the head, ending in vomiting. After the experiments, she could lose up to 700 grams of weight, her blood pressure increased and her heart rate increased - 240 beats per minute...

But the desire to understand the nature of amazing abilities was no less strong. Together with her husband, she went through one test after another. Over 20 years, they visited about 30 different scientific laboratories in government institutions. Many researchers, without hiding their skepticism, told Kulagina that they would reveal the cunningly constructed deception and bring her to clean water. But when they failed, they wrote down that attempts to “figure out how she does it” were futile.

In conditions of suspicious and unfriendly attitude, she refused to work. But over time, the ability to tune in came, and although the experiments were difficult and exhausting, she managed to show stunning results. And in a state of incredible overload, she experienced great moral satisfaction: another unique experiment was a success.

“The most offensive thing is when they call you a charlatan!”

The experimenters conducted numerous experiments of the same type, each time trying to “catch” Kulagina and declare her a fraud. But it was not overexertion, but accusations and aggressive attacks that oppressed Ninel Sergeevna most of all. In the end, they forced her to seek protection of her honor and dignity in court, and the proceedings led to her having a heart attack.

She spent a huge amount of effort and energy demonstrating unique experiences. Were there enough resources to restore it? This cannot be said with certainty. After a serious illness, not having lived even 65 years, Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina died.