I'm not sure when it finally faded away, but from 1971 to the early 1980's, the Borderline Science Investigation Group (BSIG) was the premier organisation investigating unexplained phenomena in East Anglia. Our quarterly journal was called 'Lantern', and we published 40 issues between the Winters of 1971 and 1982. As a founder member, I thought it only fitting to use some of the spare space on this website to store scans of each issue.

I've had to start with No.8, as the first 7 issues were printed on 'foolscap' size paper, which won't fit on the bed of my scanner. With No.35, we changed from A4 to A5 format. To see the contents of each issue, double-click on the relevant cover image (or on the number if there's no cover available). The contents are stored as PDF files. If you haven't already got it, use the following link to download the free Adobe Reader software: http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/

I've given the titles of the main feature articles, but each issue also contains book and magazine reviews, comment, news round-ups, UFO reports, newspaper cuttings etc.

No.8 Winter 1974-5

The Haunting of Glasshouse Row

Local Curiosities

More Mysterious Stones

Of Fairy Folk....& Will o'the Wisp

No.9 Spring 1975

Ghosts of the Air

A Case of Psychic Photography?

More Than a Legend?

Suffolk Landscape Geometry

Local Curiosities

No.10 Summer 1975

Signes from Heaven

Local Curiosities

Norfolk's Phantom Coaches

The Castle Acre 'Diamond'

Lantern 10

No.11 Autumn 1975

Mysterious Stones part 3

Local Curiosities

UFOs Over Aldeby

19th Century 'Spookery'

Biorhythms & Psi part 1

No.12 Winter 1975-6

Puddingstones at Coton

Biorhythms & Psi part 2

Mystery Airplanes

Ghosts & investigations at Westwood Lodge

Mummified Cats

Local Curiosities

BSIG: the first five years

No.13 Spring 1976

Timberrr....It's a Sea Serpent

The Puddingstone Track

Ghosts of 1975

Local Curiosities

The Strange Case of the 'Phantom Hedge'

More Early UFOs?

Lantern 13

No.14 Summer 1976

Churchyard Chicanery

Local Curiosities

Stoned Again

Bealings Bells

Lantern14

No.15 Autumn 1976

Fearefull & Terrible

Two Confirmed Hauntings

The Bury Zodiac part 1

Local Curiosities

Cambridge Branch Report

Lantern 15

No.16 Winter 1976

Thoughts on the Puddingstone Track

Local Curiosities

UFOs Don't Exist!

Lantern 16

No.17 Spring 1977

The Bury Zodiac part 2

Air Mystery

East Anglian Fortean Miscellany

Luminous Owl at Hellesdon

A Voice in the Night

Local Curiosities

Lantern 17

No.18 Summer 1977

Invisible Friends

Black Shuck part 1

East Anglian Fortean Miscellany

Local Curiosities

My First Occult Experience

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Lantern 18

No.19 Autumn 1977

Stones & Things

Black Shuck part 2

East Anglian Fortean Miscellany

A Tale of a Crossroads

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Lantern 19

No.20 Winter 1977

Black Shuck part 3

A Suffolk Odyssey

An Antiquary's Ghost Story

Lantern 20

No.21 Spring 1978

Tell It to the Bees

A Question of Definitions

Great Balls of Fire

Lantern 21

No.22 Summer 1978

East Anglian Field Names

Secret Tunnels of Norfolk & Suffolk

Lantern 22

No.23 Autumn 1978

Witchcraft in East Anglia

Recent Hauntings

Black Toby

Mystery Lights

Spellthorn No.1

No.24 Winter 1978

The Phantom House of Bradfield

Crossroad & Roadside Burials

Spellthorn No.2

Lantern 24

No.25 Spring 1979

A Small Miscellany...of the 'Good People' of East Anglia

The Woodwose of Needham Market

Early East Anglian Antiquarians part 1

Spellthorn No.3

No.26 Summer 1979

Old Blunderhazard part 1

Early East Anglian Antiquarians part 2

The Bloody Hand

Spellthorn No.4

No.27 Autumn 1979

Tales of Old Witchcraft in Suffolk part 1

Early East Anglian Antiquarians part 3

Old Blunderhazard part 2

Spellthorn No.5

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No.28 Winter 1979

Swarms of Misery

The Secret of Kate's Parlour

Another 'Echo from the Past'

Tales of Old Witchcraft in Suffolk part 2

Falling Frogs

Local Ley Lines No.1

In The Air

Spellthorn No.6

No.29 Spring 1980

Folklore of the Hawthorn

Notes & Queries

Diary of a Haunting part 1

Children's May Day Weddings

In The Air

No.30 Summer 1980

Local Ley Lines No.2

Notes from the Field

Diary of a Haunting part 2

Malekin - a Suffolk Changeling

Old Scarfe

Notes & Queries

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No.31 Autumn 1980

Local Ley Lines No.3

Notes & queries

Diary of a Haunting part 3

Tales of Old Witchcraft in Suffolk part 3

No.32 Winter 1980

Early East Anglian Antiquarians part 4

A Gaggle of Ghosts

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No.33/34 Summer 1981 (double issue)

Could Become a Habit

The Norfolk Giant

Notes & Queries

Precognition in Animals

No.35 Autumn 1981

The Lound Moonraker

Notes from the Field

The Old man of Hopton part 1

Notes & Queries

Do Things Go In Threes?

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No.36 Winter 1981

The Old Man of Hopton part 2

Notes & Queries

East Anglian Haunts No.1

Stonepix No.1

No.37 Spring 1982

Hoax of the Broads

Stonepix No.2

East Anglian Haunts No.2

No.38 Summer 1982

East Anglian Haunts No.3

Notes & Queries

The 'Mayfly' Myth

Stonepix No.3

No.39 Autumn 1982

A Devil's Shield

Notes & Queries

Stop That Noise!

No.40 Winter 1982

BSIG Investigates: Caravan B77

Humming Along

A Norfolk Poltergeist

East Anglian Haunts No.4

Tomorrow's UFOs?