in : - 000700090012-5 Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIERR ERG 00787R 20 February 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Research and Development SUBJECT: Stanford Research Institute Parapsychology Research Attached herewith are two reports summarizing the final work by SRI for OTS, together with a memorandum ye discussing the status of the Parapsychology program. As you are no doubt aware, I directed that OTS support of this effort be terminated. [I continue to believe that it would be inappro- priate for us to continue it; however, if ORD desires to pick David S. Brandwein Director Office of Technical Service it up, be my guest. Enclosures: As stated above E2 IMPDET CL BY 187475 SECRET -5 Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000700090012 SG1I ye
ik * Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CiA-RDP96-00787R000700090012-5 OTS/CB Memo #76-18 4 February 1976 MEMORANDUM 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. The report establishes overwhelming scientific evidence for the existence of human perceptual capabilities which are as yet unexplained. The investigation, however, resulted in nothing which adds to the understanding of the mechanisms involved and little which increases the effective- ness of national security applications. The SRI investi- gation and internal crAl™® experiments do, nevertheless, indicate potential applications of the phenomenon to intel- ligence problems. For example, empirically useful techniques can probably be developed for those intelligence problems where noisy, flawed information can be used to limit known alternatives which subsequently can be verified. It is my opinion that an internal CIA program directed towards the above mentioned and similar intelligence requirements should be re-instated and continued within OTS. 2. Much interest has been generated by SRI's publications in technical journals this past year, and consequent progress is likely. The unclassified portion of the SRI investigation is to be published in the IEEE Proceedings in March 1976. The acceptance by this prestigious journal, is a significant indicator of interest in this field within the scientific community. Furthermore, a number of laboratories,/-9 in- cluing that of Dr. R. W. Lucky, Vice Chairman of the IEEE Publications Board and Division Director at. Bell Laboratories, have successfully replicated the SRI remote viewing tasks. E2 IMPDET CL BY 462335 Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000700090012-5
ip : Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000700090012-5 Other groups such as the USIB's STIC study on "Emerging Areas of Science and Technology of Importance to National Security" have independently identified parapsychology as an area worthy of support. The Department of the Navy, the Office of Naval Research and Naval Electronics System Command have also independently: decided to support SRI in extensions of the CIA sponsored investigations. Releasing the SRI data for publication has already stimu- lated additional investigations, and encouraged further research into understanding and controlling the phenomena involved. It is not premature for us to be now considering the analysis and application of intelligence desired from those techniques. Attachment: References Final Report SG1I Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000700090012-5
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