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January 23 98 r U.S. Edition
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SECTION: NATION; Pg. 17
LENGTH: 692 words
HEADLINE: An E.S.P. Gap;
Exploring psychic weapons
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... zodiac," psychic and palm reader. By looking at top-secret photographs
and charts, the clairvoyant attempted to predict the movements of Soviet
submarines off the East Coast. Madame Zodiac's payment: $ 400 cash.
Ronald McRae, a former investigative reporter ...
... published this spring. It is one of several forthcoming works, written
by both skeptics and believers, on the military's forays into parapsychology,
the quasi-science that studies the interaction of mind and matter. According to
McRae, who is skeptical of psychic claims, the Department of Denfense has spent
The Pentagon denies any interest in parapsychology. A Denfense Department
spokesman said last week that officials had scrutinized the budgets for fiscal
years 1983 and 1984 "and ...
... financed psychic research to study the "shell game" basing mode for the
MX missile, a system that would attempt to confuse Soviet military strategists
by shifting missiles among a number of concrete shelters. Other esoteric
programs uncovered by ...
... CIA or both funded his psychic research programs, but he maintains that
there was a "multimillion-dollar" project, part of which focused on "remote
viewing" experiments.
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In one test, Targ went to Grant's Tomb in New York City and tried to transmit
... view, which she said "makes me think of a restaurant or museum." Her
vision, Targ argues, was remarkably accurate. On a visit to the U.S.S.R. in
October, Targ found that the Soviets had replicated some of the experiments he
and his colleagues had reported in scientific journals.Says Targ: "In the
Soviet Union, psychic research is taken seriously at the highest levels."
Sighting submarines by clairvoyance? Sending signals with E.S.P.11
Representative ...
... a look. "Some people think this is the work os the devil," says he.
"Others think it may be the holy spirit. If the Soviets, as is evident, feel it
is worthwhile, I am willing to spend a few bucks."
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