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REFERENCE: ACSI MESSAGE P2620152 JUNE 1978
SUBJECT: PARAPF"CHOLOGY (C)
'THE FOLLOWINC IS PROVIDED PEQ REQUEST,
A. BACKG, OU'i'.!D.: THE USA141A HAS CONTRACTUAL INVOLVEMENT WITH
SRI RELATED TO SOVIET SiRATEGIC DElf"ENSIVE MISSILES SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES.
'rHIS INVOLVEMENT HAS BEEN ON-GOIAG FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IN MID 1976,
DURING 'THE COURSE OF THESE- EFFORTS, USAM14A BECAME AWARE OF DR. H. PUTHOFF
AND MR. R. TARG'S WORK AT SRI RELATtu TO PARAPSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH.
SINCE FHL LOCAL W COMMUNITY HAD EXPRESED INTEREST IN SOME APPLICATIONS
IN THIS AREA IJ.,AMIA INVITED PUTHOFF AND TARG TO USAMIA FOR DISCUSSIONS
WITH ALL, TNrERESTED PARTIES. THIS DISCUSSION WAS HELD IN LATE 1976
AND AGAIN IN EARLY 1977, AS A RESULT OF THESE MEETINGS THE USAMIA
IMPLEMENTED A TASK UNDER CONTRACT DAAK40-771-C-0170 IN AUGUST 1977
WITH SRI, USING R&D FUNDS. THE FUNDING LEVEL. FOR THIS TASK WAS
APPROXIMATELY $80,000. THE STATEMENT 0,': THE TASK IN THE SCOPE OF
WORK RELATED TO THIS EFFORT WAS SIMPLY STATED "INVESTIGATION OF
UNCONVENTIONAL DISCRIMINATION TECHNIQUES'. IN AUGUST 1977 SHORTLY
AFTER THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED USAMIA REQUESTED THAT SRI FOLLOW UP ON
PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH A LETTER OF SRI INDORSEMENT FOR THE RESEARCH
OF PUTHOFF AND TARG. (INCLOSURE 1). IN SEP 1977 A MORE DEFENITIVE
TASKING STATEMENT 'WAS SUBMITTED TO SRI OUTLINING USAMIA'S 1BJECTIVES.
(INCLOSURE 2). THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK THUS FAR IS GIVEN IN ItdCLOSURE 3.
ON JUNE 19, 1978, THE SRI CON1RACT MONITOR MET UITH MR. RAY LEADABRAND
SG1J OF SRI AND OF DIA TO DISCUSS A CONCERN THAT HAD
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 SURFACED OVER THE FORMULATION OF AN INTERNAL SRI OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
 TO MONITOR THE WORK BY PUTHOFF AND TARG. AFTER SEVER@L HOURS OF
 DISCUSSION THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED AND AN UNDERSTANDING WAS REACHED
 ON SRI'S POLICY REGARDING SENSITIVE AREAS OF RESEARCH. (INCLOSURE 4).
 B. UNIVERSITY PARAPSYCHOLOGY COURSES: LOCALLY THERE IS A
 PARAPSYCHOLOGY COURSE OFFERED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE
 SPONSORED BY THE CONTINUOUS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. THIS COURSE IS OF
 GENERAL NATURE AND COVERS VARIOUS SPECULATIVE ASPECTS OF PA.-,APSYCHOLOGY.
 ANOTHER UAH COURSE IS SPONSORED BY THE FREE UNIVERSITY STUDENT GOVERNMENT
 ASSOCIATION. THIS COURSE DEALS WITH VARIOUS SPECULATIVIE' ASPECTS, BUT
 INCLUDES UFO'S, ETC. THERE ARE ALSO COURSES OFFERED BY THE PSYCHOLOGY
 DEPARTMENT A'. ATHE.'@S STATE UNIVERSITY IN ATHENS, ALABAMA, THAT ARE
 OFFERED AS PSYC@JLOGY ELECTIVES. THESE COURSES ARE ALSO GENERAL IN
 NATURE. TO OUR KNOWLEDGE NONE OF THE ABOVE PROGRAMS COULD BE CLASSIFIED
 AS AREAS OF SERIOUS STUDY OR RESEARCH, BUT COULD PROVIDE AS A BASIS FOR
 SCREENING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT IHAVE ABOV7- NORMAL ABILITY SHOULD THE
 NEED ARI'SE FOR A LOCAL TRAINING PROGRAM.
 C. BECALJSF THE CURRENT JSAMIA/SRI EFFORT EXPIRES "N AUGUSY 1978
 AN EVALUATION TS IN PROGRESS AT USAMIA ON CURRENT STATLS OF TASKING
 AND RESULTS. INCLUDED AS INCLOSURE 5 IS THE RESULTS THUSA'AR AS TO
 FUTURE PROGRAM DIRECTION AND RESEARCH APPROACHES. THE RESEARCH APPk04CHES
 WERE FORMULATED AND SUMMARIZED FROM A SRI REPORT ENTITLED "PSYCHOENERGETIC
 RESEARCH: SUGGESTED APPROACHES" AND 'IN THE OPINION OF THE USAMIA
 WOULD REPRESENT A@SOUND ARMY R&D PROGRAM IN THIS AREA.
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