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      MEIMORNMUM FOR: As -Late Deputy Director for Administration
      SUBJECT SRI Report on Perceptbal Augmentation
           1. 1 read SRI's report with crreat interest and found
      some of the narrative and observations to be intriguing.
      Unfortunately, they were unable to find any physiological
      measurable basis for their observations, a problem which
      has plagued research in this area for many years. At least
      to this reader I thought the report suffered unnecessarily
      from statistical over kill mixed with observational data
      which I found difficult to separate. It would have been
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      helpful to know what the initial protocol was and to have
      further clarification of the control group (learner/
      control?) and the reasons for grouping some of the subjects
      for statistical r.-asons. Personally, I cannot endorse the
      statement that this report "establishes overwhelming
      scientific evidence for.the existence or' human perceptual
      cdpabilities which are as yet unexplained."
           2. Putting aside any shortcomings in the report or
      my interpretation of it, I believe that the Agency should
      continue to monitor this area which I refer to as unusual.
      sensory perception with particular enphasis-on measure-
      ments of energy transfer which I believe must exist if
      this Dhenomenon is to be of any practical value to the
      Agency. The Office of Medical Services has indicated its
      interest in parapsychology to the Office of Research and
      Development in a formal requirement and I hope that
      senior officials of this Agency will continue to
      modest efforts in this a rea of areat potential even
      the field enjoys little support by scientists in
      general.
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