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OTS/CB Memo #760t5O
19 August 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Visit with Dr. H. Putb-off and Ar. R. Targ,
Stanford Research Institute (SRI), 12 August 1976
1. The above investigators were visited to review their
current R&D technical and administrative atktus. Several
items of interest are recorded below. In brief, Targ and
Puthoff have changed divisions within SRI, have received Oata
replicating several of their experiments, remain in financial
difficulties and believe they can more accurately and reliably
produce paranormal phenomena.
2. The latest reorganization of SRI has affected Taa-,q
and Puthoff. The Bioengineering and Infornation Science
Division is now headed by 1"arl Jonos who replaced Dart Co*.-,.
Cox was replaced because of his di*isions unsatisfactory
financial perforviance. Jones has decidod because he has a
financially weak division, Targ and ruthoff would be better
off in a financially stronger division. Accordingly, they
moved to the Radio Physics Division (RPD) which is concerned
with various telemetry and communications problems. Within
the division are numerous intelligence and military projects.
An SI/TK conference room is part of the P2D facility housod
in Building 44. It is my opinion that Targ and Puthoff will
be better off with this arrangement. After talking with -@Iheir
new management, it became clear they will not be treated as
special cases. They will interact more strongly with oth,-,,-r
people in the division and will be given the benefit of V,ie
division's marketing contacts. Their access to I-.,%'&D mone.@J will
be the same as any group and their direct exposure to prehi-
sures from Charles Anderson, President of SRI, and others will
be minimized by the RPD management. The only disadvantaq-@ is
that Targ and Puth-off will be given a finite time to develop
a funded program and then will be forced into support of
other funded projects within RPID.
3. The financial situation of Targ and Puthoff is once
again percarious. They have 100K from the Air Force whicA is
being applied to remote viewing of AF intelligence problwns.
They have spent almost all of the 50K from the Office of ',Iaval
Research (ONR) as described below. They expected SOX now and
200K soon from the Navy. This mavy support has all disappeared
because a Dr. S. Kasldf of the staff of the Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for R&D has decided the research is not worth the
potential adverse publicity. (SRI actually had 30K in h4nd
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when it was recalled by the Navy.) It seems inevitable that
When this R&D field is reviewed at high levels the politics
becomes ovenihelming.
4. The Office of Naval Research funded a replication
of one aspect of our former program. The experiment was a
remote flashing light used to induce changes in the brain
wave activity of a sensitive subjoat. This experimant pro-
duced positive results when done by another institute under
conditions specified by 011R. It recently even produced
results when the observer of the flashing light was removad.
In general, a very controlled replication of an objective
effect seems to have been accomplished. If true, this
effect has profound implications for science and intelligence.
It means that objective inrormation can he passed and sen'3ed
in an unconscious mode by an unidentifi6d means.
5. Although they could not share the details with m,:@,
SRI claimed the Ar contract has already produced results.
Supposedly.. operationally significant experiments as well as
analysis experiments have been successful. Dale Graff, Cie
Ar project officer, will share these results with me after
he returns from a month's leave. It is noted that Ed Levc3tt
provided some of the significant results. We shall see.
I I SG1 I
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