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TfS/CB Memo #76-18
4 February 1976
11ILMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
Investigation into Parapsychology
1. Attached is the final report describing several
years of CIA (ORD & OTS) sponsored research in the area
popularly referred to as parapsychology. I believe the
SRI report will be a major benchmark in the field. Even
with its flaws the investigation is the most complete,
serious and scientific investigation into parapsychology
in general and its national security implications in
particular. 11he report establishes overwhelming scientific
evidence for the exister@ce of human perceptual capabilities
which are as yet unexplained. The investigation, howevar,
resulted in nothing which adds to the understanding of the
mechanisms Inyolved and little w1hich increases the effective-
ness of national secur*ly..applications. The SRI investi-
gation and internal CIA '0 experiments do, nevertheless,
indicate potential applications of the phenomenon to intel-
ligence problems. For example, empirically useful tecbalques
can probably be developed for those intelligence problems
where noisy, flawed infornation can be used to limit knoun
alternatives which subsequently can be verified. It is my
opinion that an Internal CIA program directed towards the
above mentioned and sizilar intelligeuce requirements s4ould
be re-instated and continued within OTS.
2. ',@,@.uch interest has been generated by SRI's publications
in technical journals this past year, and consequent prorress
is likely. The unclassified portion of the SRI investij-,ation
is to be published in the ME Proceedin s in "'larch 1976.
The acceptance by this prestij-16U-S-330brurn 1, is a significant
indicator of interest in this field within the scientific
coMunity. Furthermore, z, number of laboratoTies,@-9 in-
cluing that of Dr. R. W. Lucky, Vice C"hairman of the TrPF
Publications Board and Division Director at Bell Laboratories,
have successfully replicated the SRI remote viewing tasks.
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Other groups such as the i;SIB's *STIC study on t'Frierging
Areas of Science and Technology of Importance to National
Security" have independently identified -parapsychology
as an area worthy of support. ',lie 1,epartment of the
Navy,@ the Office of Naval Research and Naval Electronics
System Cormiand have also independently decided to support
SRI in extensions off' the CIA sponsored investigations.
Releasing the SRI data for ublication has already stimu-
lated additional investilMons, and encouraged further
research Into understanding mid controlling the phenome--na
involved. It is not premature for us to be now consideying
the analysis and application of intelligence desired frnr,
those techniques.
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Attachment:
References
Final Report
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