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 OTS/CB Memo 117 6 - 18
 4 February 1976
 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
           SUBJECT: Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
 Investigation into Parapsychology
 1. Attached is the final report describing several
 years of CIA (ORD & OTS) sponsored research in the area
 popularly referred to as parapsychology. I believe the
 SRI report will be a major benchmark in the field. Even
 with its flaws the investigation is the most complete,
 serious and scientific investigation into pa .-rapsychology
 in general and its national security implications in Lr
 particular. The report establishes overwhelming scientific
 evidence for the existence of human perceptual capabilities
 which are as yet unexplained. The investigation, however,
 resulted in nothing which adds to the understanding of the
 mechanisms involved and little which increases the effective-
 ness of national securityapplications. The SRI investi-
 gation and internal CIA-L-' experiments do, nevertheless
 indicate potential applications of the phenomenon to intel-
 ligence problems. For example, empirically useful techniques
 can probably be developed for those intelligence problems
 where noisy, flawed information can be used to limit known
 alternatives which subsequently can be verified. It is my
 opinion that an internal CIA program directed towards the
 above mentioned and similar intelligence requirements should
 be re-instated and continued within OTS.
 2. Much interest has been generated by SRI's publications
 in technical journals this past year, and consequent progress
 is likely. The unclassified portion of the SRI investigation
 is to be published in the IEEE Proceedings in March 1976.
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 The acceptance by this pre:~_tigious journal, is a significant
 indicator of interest in this field within the scientific
 community. Furthermore, a number of laboratories,7-9 in-
 cluing that of Dr. R. IV. Lucky., Vice Chairman of the IEEE
 Publications Board and Division Director at.Bell Laboratories,
 have successfully replicated the SRI remote viewing tasks.
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 Other groups such as the USIB's STIC study on "Emerging
 Areas of Science and Technology of Importance to National
 Security" have independently identified parapsychology
 as an area worthy of support. The Dopartment of the
 Navy, the Office of Naval Research and Naval Electronics
 System Command have also independentlr decided to support
 SRI in extensions of the CIA sponsored investigations.
 Releasing the SRI data for publication has already stimu-
 lated additional investigations, and encouraged further
 research into understanding and controlling the phenomena
 involved. It is not premature for us to be now considering
 the analysis and application of intelligence desired from
 those techniques.
 SG1 I
 OTS/CB
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 Final Report
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