We, the undersigned supporters, call for the revival of the groundbreaking Canadian science fiction series Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (presented by Dan Aykroyd), which originally aired from 1996 to 2000 and delivered 88 episodes of investigative storytelling rooted in the scientific examination of the unexplained.
At a moment when public curiosity about anomalous phenomena is again rising, and with renewed cultural momentum behind paranormal storytelling through the reboot of The X-Files, we believe the time is right to reintroduce a series that treated mystery not as spectacle alone, but as data to be studied.
At the heart of Psi Factor was the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (OSIR), a fictional government-backed organization tasked with documenting, analyzing, and investigating reports of paranormal and unexplained events across North America. Through OSIR, the series framed its stories as field casework, where teams of researchers, psychologists, and scientists pursued anomalies with both skepticism and open-minded rigor.
We advocate for a modern revival of Psi Factor that honors the original OSIR framework while expanding its scope for the present day. A new iteration could incorporate contemporary scientific advancements, digital-era phenomena, and updated interpretations of consciousness, perception, and reality itself.
This is not merely a call for nostalgia. It is a call to reopen a narrative institution where evidence-based inquiry meets the edge of human understanding, where OSIR once again sends its teams into the field to ask difficult questions and document what resists easy explanation.
The unknown has not diminished. It has evolved. And OSIR should return to meet it.