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STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025
(415) 326-6200
March 28,
1973
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Dear
In response to your request of 27 March 1973,
enclosed is
a request
for an increase in scope
of Contract Number
1471(S)73.
The goal of
the
increase in scope is to permit the inclusion of
an additional subject
(Uri Geller)
and an additional professional staff member during the re-
maining two-and-one-half month period of FY 1973.
The suggested funding
rate of the increase
in scope is that
of
the basic contract which covers
a similar effort,
increasing the overall .effort for the remaining period
by a factor of
two.
Experimentation during the additional effort
is to focus on providing
validation of
the phenomena under consideration in terms
of
sponsor- supplied
materials
and techniques.
In particular,
experiments involving the re-
trieval
of sponsor-controlled information will be carried out in a double-
blind procedure using a protocol agreed upon in advance by sponsor
and
client.
In the event
of early success which meets sponsor requirements for
validation,
the remainder
of
the time shall be devoted to further experi-
mentation mutually agreed upon in preparation for an assumed follow-on
program.
Assuming
a significant degree
of validation in this experimentation,
consideration will be given to
the possibility of
a demonstration on the
East coast,
under appropriate conditions,
for
a group of sponsor-selected
individuals.
The attached itemized list gives
the estimated cost for
the increase
in scope covered by this letter proposal.
With best regards,
H.
E.
Puthoff
Xy
HEP :1s
Senior Research Engineer
Electronics
and Bioengineering
Laboratory
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la i . ~~ y Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000400100007-2 SRI BRIEFING: RESEARCH ON PARANORMAL PHENOMENA September 24, 1974 Harold Puthof£ and Russell Targ Introduction and description of early SRI experiments involving the perturbation of a superconducting magnetometer. Results indicate both psychokinetic and paranormal perceptual ability of the subject, Ingo Swann. Techniques to enhance man/machine communication. Experiments with a four-state random stimulus generator used as an ESP teaching machine. Remote viewing. Experimental evidence for direct perception of remote geographical locations. Information transmission under conditions of sensory shielding. Picture-drawing experiments with Uri Geller. Experimental factors related to paranormal perception in a uniform-sensory setting (ganzfeld procedure); film. Arousal response in EEG with the presentation of remote stimuli. Physics, entropy and psychokinesis, a summary of recent experiments. Real time Kirlian video photography high-voltage corona discharge experiments. Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000400100007-2
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SRI BRIEFING:
RESEARCH ON PARANORMAL PHENOMENA
September
24,
1974
Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ
1.
Introduction and description of early SRI experiments
involving
the perturbation of a superconducting magnetometer.
Results
indicate both psychokinetic and paranormal perceptual ability
of the subject,
Ingo
Swann.
2.
Techniques
to enhance man/machine communication.
Experiments
with a four-state random stimulus generator used
as an ESP
teaching machine.
3.
Remote viewing.
Experimental evidence for direct perception of
remote geographical locations.
4.
Information transmission under conditions
of sensory shielding.
Picture-drawing experiments with Uri Geller.
5.
Experimental factors related
to paranormal perception in a
uniform-sensory setting
(ganzfeld procedure);
film.
6.
Arousal response in EEG with the presentation of remote stimuli.
7.
Physics,
entropy and psychokinesis,
a summary
of recent experiments.
8.
Real
time Kirlian video photography high-voltage corona discharge
experiments
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SUBJECT:
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of
a Contract with
Stanford Research Institute for Paranormal Research
4.
0RD will supplement
an existing contract with SRI for the
purposes of the specified research.
The work will extend over a period
of two and a half months
at
a cost of approximately $18,474.
In order
to take advantage of the existing TSD contract and to settle the matter
of validation as expeditiously as possible,
it
is proposed that ORD
transfer funds for the extended contract to TSD.
Supporting action
from TSD,
as regards preparation and protection of the test material, has
already been cited; Chief/TSD, will be asked to designate and himself
this task
brief for
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a TSD Officer unassociated with the TSD project
and unknown to
the TSD
and. ORD project officers.
Further support from
may be required in the transmission of test materials; this will
be coordinated upon your approval of this proposal.
5.
Should Mr.
Geller's powers be validated,
a proposal for
follow-on research will be coordinated with TSD and submitted for your
approval.
It
is likely that
such research would focus
on:
the identi-
fication of other test
subjects; the testing of them and the present
subjects more critically
(to determine the outer limits of resolution,
the effects of screening with various materials,
etc.); and on the
heuristic
aspects of identifying staff officers with these innate
capacities and developing techniques for surfacing and perfecting them.
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BIOSTIMULATION THROUGH LASER RADIATION AND BIOPLASMA
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CHEKEROV
TRANSLATED BY
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Ghoshal
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1976.
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