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MEMORIOIDUM FOR: Associate Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT : SRI Report on Perceptual Augmentation
1. 1 read SRI's report with great 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
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 reasons. Personally, I cannot endorse the
statement that this report "establishes overwhelming
scientific evidence for the existence of human perceptual.
capabilities 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 emphasis on measure-
ments of energy transfer which I believe must exist if
this phenomenon 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 support
modest efforts in this area of great potential even though
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the field enjoys little support by scientists in general.
SG1 I
Deputy Director of Medical Services
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