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29 January
1974
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT:
Trip Report,
23-25 January
1974
Stanford Research
Institute,
Paranormal
Investigations
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I met with
Drs
.
Cox,
Jones,
Puthoff,
and Targ
of
SRI
for
about
eight
hours
on
24 January and
three
hours
on
25 January
to discuss
procedures,
tasks
and guidelines
and
to reach contractual
agreement
on
the one-year
($150K)
effort.
Attached
are
annotated copies
of the
’’tasks"
and "guidelines" papers
which provided
a partial
foundation
for
the
discussions.
This memorandum merely elucidates
those documents
as
necessary and covers briefly such other matters
and agree-
ments
or unresolved points
as
are appropriate
for
the
record.
2.
Contractual Agreement:
Both SRI's
and OTS’s
con-
tract
officers were present
for
these portions
of
the
discussions
and
the
"proposed Work Statement"
(also
attached)
was
adopted
as
the
contractual base with
the
following modifications:
a.
Somewhat more
flexibility
in
the
apportionment
of
time was provided by
inserting
"approximately" before
each
of
the percentiles
listed under
"basic research"
on page
3.
b.
Reporting procedures will
call
for
brief written reports
each month
and
two
lengthy
interim reports
in May and September
1974,
as
well
as
a
final
report
in February
1975.
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All
reports will contain accounts
of
technical, progress
and
financial
status
for each
o±
the
two
task
areas - -applied and basic
research.
d.
Following receipt
of
the
two
interim
reports,
the
SRI
investigators will visit
D.C.
for
conferences
on achievements
and plans
and,
possibly
for presentations
to
a broader sponsor
audience.
rather
than
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reports
should be UNCLASSIFIED
SECRET
and
this
change
in
the contract draft will
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the
OTS
contracts
officer
that
he
has
obtained ORD/PRB
approval,
if necessary.
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was
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that
was
separately agreed between
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ley should visit
the
SRI
site
at
the very
least
at
the mid-
thn?
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[i.e.,
April,
July and November],
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Guidelines
:
(See Attached Memorandum)
The guidelines
tions^
d °Pted Wlth
thS
followin S modifications
and clarifica-
a.
ine
data control
restrictions
(para.
do not
apply
to cleared
SRI personnel
and
con-
sultants
essential
for
supporting special phases
of research
(e.g.,
medical,
sensory,
behavioral
and neurophysiological
testing)
.
b.
The explicit
addition
of
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to
the
(para.
3)
list
of "authorized"
sponsor
personnel.
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There were
several
lengthy discussions
in which we
tried
to clarify the need
for and
intent
of language relating
to
"authorized
personnel"
--
stressing
the practical
advantages
and
the bureaucratic necessities,
as well
as
the
contusion which characterize earlier efforts
aigely because
such controls were not
observed.
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We
stressed
in
a number
of ways
(and
it
seems
that
SRI
finally understood)
that
these were not
discriminatory measures
aimed
at putting-down
any
individuals
or
at precluding contacts which
SRI
felt were
essential;
SRI
could,
naturally,
continue
to relate
to
other
sponsor personnel
on
paranormal
theory
or
on other aspects reflecting
legitimate
sponsor
interest
and functions- -they°
simply would not
talk
to unauthorized sponsor
personnel
about
this project without
first
obtain-
ing
the
approval
of
the project
officer.
d.
With respect
to
"other sponsorship"
it
was noted
that
the contract
specified we were
buying only
75%
of
the
time
of SRI's paranormal
investigators
and
that,
in
fact,
SRI now has
two
other contracts
in
this
field:
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e.
Three
other security aspects were
discussed:
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With respect
to publication
of data,
SRI
mentioned "Nature's"
invitation
[see editorial
attached)
to publish
the results
of recent research
and
showed
us
an early draft
of
an article
they
intend
to submit- -focussing
largely
on
the
Price 00B work:
we
will
see
the
final
draft before
they sent
it
to
"Nature".
The possibility of clearing
at
least
some
of
the
"superstars"
such
as
Pat
Price,
thereby making
for
e asier handling
and more
security;
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look
into
the
advis-
ability
of
this
course
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4.^
Tasks:
(See
attached outline.)
The
"A"
and
"B"
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att
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tasks
to
be
"implemented"
and those
to
be
considered," respectively.
SRI
will
have
to
irh?t
U]
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-
nui
?ber
of
its
own specialists
to determine exactly
*hat devices/instrumentation
are available
and there might
be
some
further modification
as
a consequence
--
but,
it was
tests^hmnid^
tha5’
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e^ tent Possible,
all
the
indicated
undertaken
and
that,
in addition,
other useful
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SRI was
quite receptive
to
the whole
thrust
and
intent
of
the basic research
tasks
--
all
'
renorts
1 "unUn
rf ported
on separately
in
the monthly
and
interim
reports.
Noteworthy comments
on
the
"tasks"
are
as
follows:
Our
will
also handle
the
TJ
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Handwriting
s'ampies
and,
if possible,
all
of
the
In-Depth
Interview"
except
for
t he medical
and
psychiatri c portions.
will
discuss
this
It was
tentatively agreed
that
the psychiatric
xvith_
portion might
be
omitted.
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Part
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testing
of
the
subjects will
be
done concurrent with
the applied research
(i.e.,
not
delayed until
later
in
the
year)
and, while
all
the
tests will
be employed
at
the
outset,
it
is hoped
that
by mid-year
there might
be sufficient
evidence
to
permit greater
focus.
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The Part
II
testing
(neurophysio-
logical
correlates)
will
be
done
as
appropriate
during
the
^ course
of the
applied research
and
these
results will
be
integrated with
the medical,
sensory
and behavioral
tests m
an attempt
to
find
cues
for
focus.
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SRJ
bought
the
"referee" concept
and might
use
their blue-ribbon panel
for
this purpose:
but
Otis
and Pineo will not
be
used
(there
is
a serious personality
clash with regards
to Otis).
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An additional
guideline,
to
the effect
that
the
investigators would not
take part
in
the
experi-
ments
(e.g.,
as
"senders,"
etc.)
was
agreed upon;
in
F,Av,T^ U]f r Wlth
res P ec t
to
one possible
subject
(Hella
AillD)
however,
Targ might
be
used
one
time
to establish
a
baseline
--
but
such
data should
be
identified
and
handled
separately.
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As
for
the
subjects,
it was
tentatively
agreed that
there would
be
three
"superstars"
(probably:
PRICE,
SWAN and
a th?id
be
identified
-- possibly HAMID
or ELGIN),
three
run-of-the-mill psychics
and
three controls
(.not
to
include any of
the research
team)
,
.
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Tt was
a 2 ree d that
the
sponsor might
try
to provide
s ome
of
the
te sting gear
(e.g.,
the
qradiometer
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by
the
sub j ects
°n
the morning
of each
test
day,
we
agreed
to
ask
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