roducer UUJTA eculates "After he went to the restroom, a lady who was in the 4pplomm W f Probably, that's when he developed the film." YAMASHITA's demonstration was equally suspect. The blindfold he used'was his own, a black cloth filled with cotton padding. Blindfolded, he was able to read cards and dice with total accuracy. Complex figures he was able to reproduce using a pencil. However during the demonstrations, the panel noted that his clairvoyant 0.opbVei~6 *'W";er6 - iiatifEfed"i-o"li `Ivllsiioift.""~Ails i.ho'wn-1n-' t e diagram on P.1§0,he.was.able to-se4e clairvoyantly within a . apecif-ic -f i-eld located directly below his blindfold. SUZUKI observes thathis field of vision was about what one,. would expect if a blindfolded person were looking out through a narrow opening. CLAIRVOYANT SEES ONLY OBJECTS CLOSE AT HAND Inci dent -all .y w,a.sunat"le "to read btJec"t's, placed behind a curtain m .ade of the same material as the blindfold. SUZUKI observes, "Even an opening as small ap-04mm, under the. blindfold could made a,world of difference. -You must remember he has sharp features, including a prominent nose. 'We suggested sealing his eyes completely, but he said the pressure on his eyes would restrict his psychic powers." So it was not until the ninth day that-YAMASHITA finally agreed to have his eyes sealed completely. Needless to say, his clairvoyant powers deserted him at that point. Magicians are able to read cards while blindfolded for the same reason. When SUZUKI demonstrated this trick for YAMASHITA, the latter complained, "The important difference here is I keep my eyes shut when blindfolded but you don't." 'If YAMASHITA is telling the truth, I can only say that ESP is beyond my comprehension. TACHIBANA says, "Whether we can call this ESP is very questionable." On 14, Jan,. the last d4y pf the. s 'hoot#g, the panel confronted KIYOTA..with. al-1- the evidence it had gathered. Overwhelmed, KIYOTA admitted the demonstrations were fraudulent. His confession was recorded by a hidden camera and shown later. to TV vi,e, ers. In thatsequence. KIYOTA. demons t ra ted h T~ binds Th~at~'se4uence is shown in-photos.. ~at -right'. . First,, he cradles.the r n ppoon 1 Fi 's" i g' 't baind,~ 'hi ,s e t ha6d. ' PI c ng "'t"' 14 p n9 a' his"a b a 6e --narrowest part -of: -the.. spoon, -he bends "-it l"2,tim&8~,:- ti4itfitig'it- by"iovitig"his h and J back and forth. This takes one second if done slowly, 0. 5 seconds if doqe~ 'n, 'c' 'a' ki, iA "'h ...... emonO AP-.y att6ftbu of "'the audience for' sec'onds, can qualify as. a psychic. Panelist SUZUKI put on his own demonstration, adding, "Even a grandmother of 84 years can learn this trick. Once you become fairly good at it, the spoon bends easily and you almost begin to wonder if you are not indeed psychic." KIYOTA, after being exposed as a fraud, said, "The pressure to perform within a limited time frame became so great I just had to use physical force. But I must say this is the first time it has happened." TACHIBLXA is skeptical, "Since we caught them cheating this time, we have to suspect this isn't the first time." SUZUKI., who appeared on a Nippon Television show on ESP before, Once measured the 34.5 megahertz radio waves emitted -by KIYOTA's brain. KIYOTA showed me a - 0 Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0400330015-2 - 2 - videotape of that program'. SUZUKI says, "That's not unusual since we all give off the seAwgemd Po r brain emissions. SUZUKI explains, "We boosted the emissions a million times just to impress our TV audience." Needless to say, the the Yamashita family has P i5d1io?FURUTA-`saiy's' , 1 amily fears that vLewers restructure the show." disgraced psychics offered a rebuttal. TV officials say asked that all his scenes be cut from the show. ' "Wo' w"' *tfi~t"kf1:6T'*4A""s*- l'o-a-k has be~ea' 'u -~covered, the Yamashita will identif y,him-*-with KIYOTA and'has 't -01 KYOCERA PRESIDENT A STAUNCH SUPPORTER 9' ""I'bave no comment..,to.m K nk 'YAMASHITA'i8dy ; a,..P, if -yqp,,thi ESR, As. not.-ou the ,,.,you ` ar,e tee to do so. YJYOTA's fat 'her. Yoshinori, who operates a sushi-shop in downtown TOKYO-says, "When our son confessed, we considered closing our shop and moving. But we have' decided to stick it out. We are told that NHK might do a program on Masuaki, if he's lucky." A well-known Liberal Democratic Party Diet member wondered'what all the fuss was about. It is rumored that Dentsu Inc, an advertising giant, is also interested. YAMASHITA's father, Takemasa, is a director of Daiwa Securities Co, Inc and a former manager of its Kyoto Branch. He has many friends in the Kansai financial world who are familiar with his son's psychic powers. While the TV show was being recorded, YAMASHITA put on clairvoyant demonstrations for executives of Daiwa Securities and Sumitomo Bank. ~~e. recent. -TV A - Kyo~_-era pre-sident INAMOR-I - Kazdo -say's, - "It -is Commenting,Qn . how, nonsense to try to provide scientific evidence of ESP. These demonstrations are influenced greatly by the spiritual atmosphere. If I had been in the audience, p~F4a q.thin4s would h4ve_gq~ie differentl ..p y.. KtYOTA h'aii' rieic"eieived UV-itA~i*011'n-s" f r om' colleges in -the US and has conducted a...-. b khc B0. Y-TA and demonstration f,6r- NAKAYAMA Taro ~ of ;-thd" Prlni' Minister s ti e ih~ kt 6 YAMASHITA experienced an awakening...pf..thqir, ter,.YuXi GELLER) 1~islt6d JA ago,,. ~Afpa;_~4.qqia LzA _xpq4ed-,.GF.L1,XR1,s4poon -,-tziak.-:snd t-the- ten year.s _gq M-c6ii~'pls-e~, continued to visit researchers at the Electric Communications University and Defense Academy. Some years back, this magazine published an interesting observation by YAMAMOTO Shichihei, writer, "ESP is ESP because we are unable to believe in its existence. These demonstrations should be conducted before an audience of skeptics. Otherwise, they are meaningless." Perhaps we can say the demonstrations failed because a skeptical TV crew possessed super-psychic powers which nullified the psychic powers of KIYOTA and YAMASHITA. Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0400330015-2 3 - KIYOTA conf elssed his ultimate dream was to appear in "Shukan Asahi" which has been cri ic f t4elESP bMbo/66W Cing ti 8 W-RD MOO hypRQRRtaV*. 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