SLI Effect: Street Lamp Interference - A Provisional Assessment

by Hilary Evans

A young man of Dublin walks past a row of streetlights at night–and they go out, one by one, as he passes. An engineer in Woodville, Washington, is stopped by police and his car searched to find out what he's doing to their streetlights. An Australian in the entertainment industry parks his car in a parking lot, and the light above him goes out–until the following evening when he parks in precisely the same space and the light comes on again. And that's not all. When a guest in a restaurant in Athens, Greece, asks that the music be turned down, they refuse–whereupon she "kills" the restaurant's electricity and they eat the rest of their meal by candlelight. Other people affect traffic lights, computers, railway crossings... This is Street Light Interference (SLI). Once considered to be folklore–something that happened to a friend of a friend–today it is recognized as a scientific enigma with implications for our knowledge of the universe, including ourselves. In this, the first full-length book on SLI, we hear from some of the hundreds of SLIders who have reported their uncanny experiences, and consider the wider implications of this fascinating phenomenon.

Genres: Nonfiction

52 pages, Paperback

First published June 14, 1993

Reviews

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interesting book, especially if you're one of the people who has had the experience of inadvertently interfering with electric or electronic devices or causing watches to malfunction. Streetlights seem to be the most frequent thing people notice interfering with; I suspect they are particularly vulnerable due to some lack of electromagnetic shielding. What is especially good about Evans' book is that he doesn't push any particular theory or explanation. He recounts the experiences of a multitude of individuals from around the world, and many of these cases are extremely convincing as to the fact that one individual did cause the disruptions. He also lists possible scientific explanations. He does search for a scientific basis here--this is not scary woo-woo stuff. He looks for common patterns and what conditions were present both in the environment and in the person involved. Personally, I have concluded that we all have different electromagnetic wavelength signatures that are sometimes "broadcasting" stronger than at other times, and that they can enhance or disrupt certain wavelengths of sensitive electric or electronic devices.

[Richard Heby · Rating 5 out of 5]

A thorough exploration into a strange phenomenon

Evans does the phenomenon of SLI a great service by treating its accounts scientifically and approaching the subject from an at least somewhat objective standpoint. What results is not an answer to the SLI phenomenon but rather an insight into these occurances and individual experiences. Having SLI and having experienced similar effects, the robust accounts in this book allow me to come to my own conclusions and find similarities about my experience with SLI and the experiences of others.

[Dean Stuart · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hard to read.

Good subject and interesting but badly written.
The author should have taken more time to think about the look of the book and the layout.

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting but a little repetitive.