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6 August 1974
MEMO FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT Telecon from Dr Puthoff of SRI
1. Talked with Dr Puthoff frcm 1330 to 1350 hrs on this date. He gave me
a run-down on some of the developments and data which he is putting into his
next report (see below). He promised me that he would be through with the report
this week and hoped that., after editing and art-work, etc, it would be on its
way to us by the end of next week. Told him that in addition to the regular
channels, he should bring a couple of copies with him when he comes East. We'll
be seeing him on 21 August and can discuss the report then if we already have a
copy and, if not, can discuss it with him when he returns thru DC from Geneva on
28 or 29 August. Some of the tidbits he passed on are:
a. they've identified all nine subjects but are tending now to
view them only in two categories: Super Stars and Controls (with, possibly,
a sub-group of the latter being 'learners'--those who seem to progress);
b. they've reduced the screening tests from five to three (learning
machine, OOB,, telepathic drawings) and have set firm million-to-one Iq
criteria for super-star status; the other two tests (EEG strobe and tor ion
pendulum) are still being used in later stages but were not, he says.,
sufficiently discriminating for screening;
c. they have 'mountains of data' for us which he is trying to
analyze for this next report and he agrees that at least preliminary analysis
at this point makes much more sense than waiting (as he'd planned) til
near the end of the project;
d. Pat Price has gone thru his entire medical and starts his psych-
ological exams on 8 August; PAMC had just called Hal before he called me
to say they'd found highly un--'asual amounts of fluid in his brain-scan
(which SRI has decided to include on PAMC's statement that X-ray exposure
is minimal--so much for our guidance);
e. all other subjects are now firmly scheduled for medical & psych
exams and all should be completed by late September;
f. they've run some mid-test neurological correlates on Price, with
some possibly interesting findings--and are now factor analyzing to see if
there are correlates with respect to accurate and inaccurate OOB reporting.
2. All in all, he sounded rather positive, encouraged and encouraging--but
we'll know better when we see his report. Though I told him I'd deliberately
refrained from calling hi* because I didn't want to seem harassing, I stressed to
him the importance of this report and the need to ensure that it reflected
accurately all that has gone on. I told him it makes no difference to us if there
are 5 or 3 screening tests, or 2 or 3 groups of subjects, as lonE as the procedures
and data are consistent and meaninaful.__@
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