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STANFORD WISFARCH INSTITUTE
MI-111LO PAPK,, CALIFORNIA U4025
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March 19, 1976
DA., F. "V. M.(-!dcjlf(Ihr
Defense A(M-ince ReS0,11-Ch PPO:jcct@@ Agoncy
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Dc,-,ir Dr. Niccionfuhr:
11"Aving scoll ycill@ ICIAC'v LO Raildi the Ill".1giciall, r-c'p7'Oducc(1 as '111 appi-@Ildix
ill his book Tho Magi(-- of Uri- Gell(@r, I Lhou-hL I would wrlLc Lo hrin[,,
YOLL 1,11) to (kiLO 011 1?.,'llIdV S IaLest contrihi-itioli to cLisinTorimation. AlUlnu,--h
in gelln@ral we have no irgument- wiUh Ran(li's cri-Licism of@ Gellur',s puhl ic
p(!i-forinzanues wi Ill reg'llrd t'o the possibili. ty of c1liennery, we find HILI (@
with r(""'Ird Io llmldi's (tescri.pLic-11) of 1110 NVOI.-k at SRI, 11,111cli is cle'arly
up to his, old tricks, decepLicill by mi sclivection. In looM.Ilg Over ht";
book we 1:01-111d tI.LIL in evury instance Randi, in his efforts Lo Inull- Lhe
SRI cxperimcilLs wiLli Geller, was driven to liypothesizo the r-,.%isLcnco of
looph.01C colldi Lions thaL did not in fact. exist, Enclosed is a fl:ict sliceL
corl,ccLillf'). Hic c"J.-I-Or's j-11 Raildi's book with reglird to @Ile S111 work, which
YOU nlt)' Till(l YOVeFIlilig. RaLher than a serious atLompt. to put fonvlird
expe r L c ri Li c.-j. sill as to the possi bj. I i Lies of Chi cailery hi S slijrgcs Lud
Po s s i 1) i 1, i L' i C!:@ @ I re L r i V i -L) I and lilt i V 0 1111 C 01111) a P 1 L, 0 11 V,i U, I i L he s o p ht, i c @i L. u cl
caLibor of
a d v.i cc- L 11'a L we o 1) 1 @q i Il 1: rOM C 0 11 S Ll 1) f,' IMI -c' i C i L9 21 S 01' L 1) o
Mdll'0111'110 CL' V-1 S 'NO C(IIIS hiS 11001- as sil%pl. fl cfw@lr('@ rf:
vOn I "Ire oll i"J -, parl.
Beyond Hinc, our v"ork wiAll G(-!l1cr coll"'tittl@cd les's Llmn 3"(1, OT our ovel-all
c'I'Tort, :1.11 Ulc' fic"Id Of I)l1r,111OVIII@A1 f MIC, 1,1011i Ilgr, evon. 1.1ioul',11 it.
scellmd Lo I"'Irile'r Hie Illost publicity, it) no smaj.]. put'j, due, Lo Raild.1's ofTorls,
The hull.; oF 1-lic, otlwr 97';0 iS SLH-11111,11-izod in the Mnl'cll llrocecd-illgs of, Lho
ju.,.;t pubLishod Oils moilLh. In t1li.9 1)llper WO detflil 1-CS-1-11
ill over '50 uxperillient-s WiAll 111ile subjects, @@ikej)LiC-,Ll
who actled 'Is subject's), culf. to examilic
-1(lividtial ob(@Iijl'
I)LI(AILIVID lilt I'11110 I'll)"I Illodc by which -,All :11
vism,il (InL.a -Llhout a physical loc@ILILOIA Which Illay be a bilil(Lim",
I'Ltbor,'-IL.orY, ol. 11,1ftir"ll sel[AD-11.),.
The ccli'Lorl"11 accompailying Ulc' papol. Wm' writLen by Dr. It. W. Lucky,
edit.or of the. jouirli".)l "Ind ID'm licLicl of (11-to Adviinced Data Commmi-1caL.ions
)I- Bell Lnbs', Holmdel, NJ. We undersiLmid 111mL Is pni-t-, of t.1110
re'view pro,cc"ss I group at ]JI(Al ii-idependeiiLly replicaLed our experime'liL
mid olit.ainc(l rel-;ult@s to ours. Throc othor 1"Ibs 1-ilivu, :11so ropliented
the expel.,illiclit, alld these rc-ml,@,s are in v@iri()IIB Of J)UCJ)LIV@111.011 1'()I'
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you I uivc, any ques, tlicxi Is, ei 1@@ I I C-r wi H) rcg@,Ird Lo I Z.111 di' '3 a I -I of' a Lio I I-,'
or t.11c, 1EHE plipe r, please do 11OL hosiLn@.c Lo c-ontict us for clarificnUon.
With bcSL rel"nii-d!
H. PufAic)TE, PhD R.J.029
E' 1. c c L vo ii -i us a nd 13 i u cJ nce, r 1 nf', La ho ra t1c) ry
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