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{{CategoryInfobox
|name=Reported Phenomena
|scope=Umbrella category for four types of reported phenomena: ghosts and hauntings, cryptids and folklore, UFOs and sightings, and psychic phenomena
|parent=The Vault
}}

'''Reported Phenomena''' gathers every case file and phenomenon-type page concerning something reported — as distinct from the discipline that studies such reports ([[:Category:Parapsychology|Parapsychology]]), the people associated with them ([[:Category:People|People]]), their coverage in broadcast and print media ([[:Category:In The Media|In The Media]]), or the places and cross-referencing overviews built around them ([[:Category:Hub Pages|Hub Pages]]).

This category was previously named "Paranormal." That term was dropped because it doesn't accurately describe two of its four children — ufology and cryptozoology/folklore both have their own separate traditions distinct from the psychical-research sense of "paranormal" — whereas "Reported Phenomena" covers all four without stretching the word past its normal meaning.

== Subcategories ==
* [[:Category:Ghosts and Hauntings|Ghosts and Hauntings]] — spirits, apparitions, and haunted locations
* [[:Category:Cryptids and Folklore|Cryptids and Folklore]] — unconfirmed creatures and enduring local legends
* [[:Category:UFOs and Sightings|UFOs and Sightings]] — aerial phenomena and unexplained sightings
* [[:Category:Psychic and Tarot|Psychic and Tarot]] — psychic ability claims, mediumship, clairvoyance, and divinatory practice

== What belongs here ==
* Case files documenting a specific reported incident, sighting, or haunting
* General phenomenon-type pages (using {{tl|PhenomenonInfobox}}), such as [[Precognition]]

== What doesn't belong here ==
* Pages about a specific person — file those in [[:Category:People|People]] instead
* Pages about a place — file those in [[:Category:Hub Pages|Hub Pages]] instead
* Pages about a TV series, film, or other media coverage — file those in [[:Category:In The Media|In The Media]] instead
* The academic or investigative study of these phenomena as a discipline — file that in [[:Category:Parapsychology|Parapsychology]] instead

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