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[Karl12]

Regarding the freaky 'Oz factor' there's a good article below from Jenny Randles who coined the term and have heard almost identical descriptions from other witnesses of cryptid/paranormal shenanigans.

Witnesses would tell me that they felt a strange sensation prior to the encounter – a sort of mental tingling as if they were aware that something was about to happen. They would even tell me they just had to look up and see what was there – as if it had called to them silently. Then I would be told that during the experience, time seemed to disappear and lose all meaning. It was as if the encounter were happening in a timeless, magical void.

Further clues kept popping up the more that I tabulated these cases. For instance, there were claims that at the onset of the episode all ambient sounds faded away c bird song, the wind in the trees, distant train noises, et cetera. All of these clues pointed towards an isolation factor at work, as if the witness were being singled out and put into a cocoon whereby he or she could experience the UFO, whereas anyone outside of it could not. As I started to work out the statistics for the cases I had gathered, this sense of isolation became very obvious. What I call “medium definition cases” (where a clear object with structured shape was seen) there were about 2.6 witnesses per case on average, and they rarely relied on just the testimony of one person; and if you canvassed the area, backup witnesses would frequently appear..

Essay on the Oz Factor and the Strange Sensations of Altered Reality Reported by UFO Witnesses
By Jenny Randles

Also a nice breakdown on this page:

Oz Factor:




• Presence of a slight haze or haze.



• The object is often perceived as a mass. cloud, compact but soft-edged, or solid metallic but surrounded by nebulosity.



• Body tingling.



•Perception of an electromagnetic field or electrostatic charge control body, perceived by elevated body hairs. Alteration in electrical appliances, motor paralysis, blackouts (local or wide), headlights off, deviation light rays, interference in communications (radio and radar), among others.




• At first perception of low temperature and then gradually increased until it became intense heat.



• Presence of lights of various colors, always predominantly red, yellow or orange.



• Perception mild low frequency hum, like the hum produced by a honeycomb, or the purring produced by the operation of an electrical transformer or motor.




• Sense of timelessness (temporary anomaly), or alteration of real time (spatiotemporal dislocation).



• Geographical and temporal Transport.



• Feeling pressure.



• Sometimes nausea and vomiting occur.



• Sometimes mild skin rashes, which becomes red on the affected area produced.