Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200040001-1 INVESTIGATION INTO THE "FORCE" IN PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL WRITING BY: Huang Jinggen, Yu Xinghai and Shao Laijing (Fudan University) ABSTRACT This article discuses use of a mechanical balance, a thermobalance and piezoelectric crystal to study the “force” in parapsychological writing. Within the scope of measurements during the experiment, no measurable “force” was observed during parapsychological writing. The authors discuss the results in the light of wave and particle dualism of matter. "Parapsychological writing" is one form of human paranormal ability which hag been demonstrated by a large number of experiments (1-5). "Parapsychological writing" includes a number of complex parapsychological phenomenon including moving the writing instrument, breaking through spatial barriers and thought directed writing. These paranormal] phenomenon cannot be explained using modern scientific knowledge. However, the recording of paranormal phenomena, especially of the accumulation of data on experiments conducted using strict scientific methods must eventually approach and disclose the truth about this unknown realm. In "parapsychological writing" is there a "force" which corresponds to the movements of the "writing"? This is a major topic in the thoroughgoing research into parapsychological writing. The authors used a mechanical balance, a thermobalance and piezoelectric crystal to investigate the force in parapsychological writing. We discovered that it was a type of “imaginary force" that accompanies the movements of parapsychological writing. Within the parameters of measurement in the experiment, there was no common physical measurable quality. THE EXPERIMENTS 1. THE MECHANICAL BALANCE The balance was a semiautomatic TG328B balance. It has a glass cover. Its lower limit is 0.1 mg. On the left hand plate of the balance we placed a plastic film canister. Inside the film canister we placed a square of white paper. The lid to the film canister was open just a crack. On the right hand plate of the balance we placed a weight piece of equal weight so the balance would be kept level with the pointer at the zero marking (see illustration one). After observing for five minutes, there was no movement in the pointer. However, it would move if one less or one more mg weight piece would be added. On a concrete platform outside the balance cover we placed a fountain pen. The 59 Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200040001-1
Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200040001-1 test subject was Little Ji. The experiment required that she use her thought to "write" or "draw" on the paper in the film canister with a black ink fountain pen. She was to concentrate her thoughts on this to the exception of everything else. We conducted a total of nine experiments, of which, three were successful. Each experiment lasted for 15 to 25 minutes. The words and drawings were all black like the ink in the fountain pen used in the experiment. In the three successful experiments, two had clear characters and drawings (see illustration two) and the other had fairly blurry circles and dots. Neither of two observers saw the mechanical balance move at all, demonstrating that the film canister was not under any observable "outside force". ILLUSTRATION ONE: DIAGRAM OF THE MECHANICAL BALANCE Film canister Blank paper Pointer Scale graduations Glass cover Balance pan A Om Wb — 0 © © © & TLLUSTRATION TWO: RESULTS WITH MECHANICAL BALANCE A. 8 MAY 1989 12 MAY, 1989 1. Parapsychological writing 60 Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200040001-1
Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200040001-1 2. THE THERMOBALANCE A thermobalance is an instrument which gives a continuous recording of the relationship between mass and temperature. Normally, the procedure is to control the temperature by heating or cooling the sample material or to maintain the sample at a constant temperature. In our experiments, the temperature was constant at room temperature, and the lowest measurable unit was 0.05 mg. Illustration three shows a diagram of the arrangement. In the experiment a blank piece of tape was stuck to the crucible arm, the arm was covered with a glass tube to keep air currents from affecting the experiment. The test subject, Little Ji, sat at the edge of the table 0.5 meters from the balance with her back to the instrument. On the table we placed a fountain pen (to discriminate colors we used fountain pens with blue and green ink). The experiment required that the subject use her thoughts to "write" on the white tape with the fountain pen. During the experiment, those administering the experiment always observed the progress of the experiment from the side, and the automatic recorder drew the weight/time graph. Ten experiments were conducted in all, and three of these were successful. Each experiment lasted approximately 20 minutes. The "writing" was always dots and the same color as the ink used in the fountain pens in the experiment. On one occasion the "writing" was green, and on two occasions it was blue. ILLUSTRATION THREE: DIAGRAM OF THERMOBALANCE ARRANGEMENT Balance (2) Weight recorder Weight/time graph 1. Oven 2. Temperature control 3. Temperature/time graph 4. Tape 5. 6. 1. Illustrations four and five show the dots "written" on the tape mentally by Little Ji. The automatic recorder weight/time graph came out as a straight line. There was no change in weight, demonstrating that there was no function of "force" in the "parapsychological writing". 61 Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200040001-1
Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200040001-1 RESULTS OF THE THERMOBALANCE EXPERIMENT. 20 MARCH, 1989 ILLUSTRATION FOUR: SCD Coe & eal TLL LTP SLU 00 EGER et IRS LRRRREE Oo aL [Cr aziLiti ST Ee mei itt GGG = aro r= ial mw) eH Lap} g TACT — ery TW 3 TOE tal ee TT TERERRERERRAAEEAGEIDEOTTERE mot Be ECE @= COPPETEE T a. j=] ma En RESULT OF THERMOBALANCE EXPERIMENT 18 APRIL, 1989 THE "“PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL WRITING DOT WAS GREEN. ILLUSTRATION FIVE: Parapsychological writing 2. Weight/time graph 1. 62 Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200040001-1
Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200040001-1 3. THE PIEZOBLECTRIC CRYSTAL The arrangement for the experiment was as shown in illustration six. The experiment was conducted using four subjects with parapsychological abilities in turn. A square piece of blank paper was stuck to a piezoelectric ceramic ' strip in a paper box (in some of the experiments, double faced carbon paper was inserted between the piezoelectric crystal and the blank paper). The experiment required the subjects to use their thoughts to write a line or character on the blank paper. In the ten successful experiments, there was no electrical signal transmitted by the piezoelectric detector (see illustration seven), demonstrating that the piezoelectric sensor was not able to detect the force of the "parapsychological writing" no difference could be detected either when the fountain pen was "present" or "not present" on the piezoelectric crystal. ILLUSTRATION SIX: DIAGRAM OF ARRANGEMENT OF PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTAL EXPERIMENT reps O L mm @ Piezoelectric crystal Isolation board Sample box Fountain pen Double line automatic balance recorder Om & bok eo 8 6 © 8 We suspected that the subjects with parapsychological abilities might be able to transmit some kind of signal energy during the parapsychological writing experiment that would cause the a break in the signal given off by the piezoelectric crystal. Therefore, we used two piezoelectric plates glued together. One plate transmitted a low frequency alternating current signal, and the other plate was used for the parapsychological writing. The signal was the superimposition of the two individual signals. If the electrical signal was cut off, there would be a break in the low frequency signal on the recorded graph. However, this never happened. Therefore, such suspicions were eliminated. 63 Approved For Release 2000/08/09 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200040001-1