SG1A SG1I SG1A SG1A SG1A SG1I * Approved For Release 2005/03/24 ** cinsorel drhroonooitb peel ‘SECRET OTS/BAB MEMO #287-77 17 November 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Briefing for House Permanent earch[ | re OTS Involvement in ESP Research SG 1[ |r response to a request from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, OTS briefed Committee staff personnel on its involvement in, ESP research. The meeting was held in the Committee's offices from approximately 1000 to 1100 hours on 16 November 1977 and was attended by: David Brandwein p/OTS OLC OTS /BAB Michael O'Neil Committee Staff Dick Geza " " Pat Long " " 2. The Committee's interest was occasioned by the article "Psychic Spying" which appeared in the Parade Section of the Washington Post on 7 August 1977. The staffers wanted an informal background briefing on Agency research efforts on ESP. 3. [| A short oral history of OTS efforts in the field, dating back to 1961, was presented. All three staffers asked very pertinent questions and were given frank and in-depth replies. 4. Since the Agency representatives present could speak only for OTS, was asked to find out SG1 A | Approved For Release 2005/03/24 : 1CIA-RDR96I00787R000500170001-0
SG1A Approved For Release 2005/03/24 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500170001-0 SECRET OTS/BAB MEMO #287-77 Page 2 if any other Agency component was sponsoring ESP type research. 5.[ a written outline of OTS work on ESP -- classified SECRET --, the IEEE article covering the un- classified portions of the work done by SRI and.a brief article on Mr. Pat Price were left with the Committee. Additional information was offered but they declined. OTS /BAB SECRET Approved For Release 2005/03/24 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500170001-0 SG1I -
his ing | ‘he stag B pbalde P a tis partndr in the test. Yat another time, 28 pic Ed a@ woman's wristwatch out of : Dagyol articles withaut kndéwi ner wae and describdd a pain ia the "bow of the vaatc . Fad, nurt her elbow pigyi is fearlior olden feels rape iboubthe impor- anc ychologys,No. one can By to U, youre Ur or SPF. Hay sould you fe involved in any experienc it, felt i se it nore, and | want to meet other peo vho are invefived in it.” Patrick Price ‘he newly appointed president of Prin- . ‘ess Coal Company in Huntington, West . heginia, refers to himself as, “One who iperates with or without a body.” Patrick ‘vice ig not playing word games with ‘tat statement. it has been scientifically own that he can “exteriorize” his con- cious self to obtain data and informa- on through ESP. - Price's remarkable, ability is being put » use by Princess to.develop its coal 2sources in an expanding energy mar- at. His talent will also be used in direct- 1g Operations of Princess's sister é6ni-" ames which include Sycamore Coal nd Kathys Farms, the group’s agri- witural arm encompassing. same 4,500. cres of farmlands and game preserves, 3 wall as a showcase ranch for raising varoughbred horses. With a vast acre- ge that extends over several states, 'ricess Coal is purchasing a helicopter 3 whisk Price around the group's wide- aread hoidings. , Excited about putting his abilities to 32 i the coal industry, Price says, “I maw that coal has certain properties iat Hf released and properly utilized nuld handle any energy needs we have ¢ the next three to four hundred years." A man of unwavering confidence with cordial dispasition and penetrating ue eyes. Price says he will also use his mque ability to ascertain the company's egfaration and production reports. “I ont need to physically leave the office i do that,” he asserts matter of factly, .»2Ccause the coal fields are only a cou- ‘e hundred miles away and distance is >» problem mentally.” Mevertheless, he will go into the field whatever it w ere is a gre&f deal QO this field. | personally want arn. ns os 7 "Patrick Price - "a3 Slerereedore7rocose 1G wade er presidency, Price recently accom- panied chairman of the board David L. Francis and a group of company engi- neers on an inspection tour of the prop- erties and "saw" beneath the surface seven seams of coal in a mountain. His analysis was corroborated by the engi- neers. Over the past year, Price has been tested by physicists at Stanford Re- search Institute (SAI) in Menlo Park, California, with positive results. In one ‘experiment he was able to mentally change the electronically measured out- put of a revolving clock pendulum at which a laser was bearned. On com- mand and for forty-five minutes, he al- tered the output of the system below its normal “at rest’ leval, seemingly an. impossible feat. In another experiment, - he exteriorized and correctly described .. in detail a location several miles.from.the - laboratory that not even the experiment- ers knew would be the target. This ex- .periment was reported in Nature, the — ' prestigious English scientific journal. ~ Yet another experiment with an SRI physicist has convinced Price that he can change the genetic structure of plant: life. Thus, one of his goals is to develop hybrid seeds. He now is setting ~ up a program at Kathys Farms to modify the genetic structure of food plants in order to build up their resistance to in- sects, droughts, severe soil and weather conditions, and to reduce their growth cycles. Asked about the success of ‘such a program, Price answers, "The numerous experiments | have willingly undergone under very stringent labora- tory conditions over the past year at SAI show that | can produce an effect at will that. is measureable and that gives posi- tive results.” Price was fifty when, as he states, “I! had an analytical awareness as to the availability of abilities | already had." He credits Scientalogy for “open- ing new vistas and abilities of self to me and which | now use as a matter of fact.” The unique businessman has oper- ated across tne business spectrum from his famity's construction and building business to a packaging company he once owned. He has also held various posts in government ranging from com- missioner of police and fire for the City of Burbank, California, to city council- man and board chairmar. From his own personal experiences, and those with others in business and government, Price now believes that everyone can do what he does and that such abilities are not extra-normal or eriocically to cansult wia nny eproverror Refessa woosio3fo4°: CHRIPS6-be iva his impressions of areas being pepe wie TH. gee ee TR PA uniquely displaying them,” he agrees, Phoje courtesy of Stanford Research institute "but the only. difference is that t have _ knowingly assumed responsibility tor what ! do and make the constant daci- f sion that it is perfectly okay to do it.” .° Price feels that mast peaple refuse i —_ to confront this aspect of themselves | - which is why they are. unaware of it or [ don’t make propar use of if. Yet it does | function for successful businessmen. whether they adrnit it or not, he adds. “Those who really make a thing a suc- | cess trust their basic instinctive data and f themselves. They're not just following [ books, procedures, computers, or ack | visors because they innately understand that most of tha combined data was [| gathered erroneously and, therefore, would lead them to false conclusions.” [> - He predicts that others tike himself } - will follow him in business and that corn- panies will start utilizing such skills anc | abilities in their operations. “By virtue of the fact that | have come forward,” states Price, lock doors for those in business .. . they can either challenge what | say and do |} or they can accept it and apply it to self.” Asked about how he sees his awn | performance with Princess Coal and its allied companies in the months ahead, Price replied, "I have no reservations about the positive results. Besides, | am putting myself on the line and arn will- { ing to be maasured by the company's performance under my guidance. As any businessman knows, the final praaf | of-how valuable | may be will te on the bottorn line, “it can help un- |
ee OTS Involvement in ESP Research | | | ron Approved For Release 2005/03/24 Shift Mep96-00787R000500170001-0 | Up to SG1A 1961 |__|] Monitoring only 10/61 SG1B SG1A 4/72 [ ORD/OTS are contacted by Targ and Puthoff of SRI. Demonstrations by Ingo Swann appear to show ESP has useful/practical intel application (Swann apparently caused a magnetometer to fluctuate). SG1A 8/72 © [ ] Contract with SRI coTs/orD)| side a demon- SG1 stration of using ESP to describe hidden objects. The A | results are so good is provided to work up SG1 | a more complete research plan, — A SG1A 10/72 | _lors funds[__contract with SRI to explore @ talents of two subjects. Both results and abili- ’ 'ties are inconsistent. One Subject can cause a change ' of temperature while another can reproduce information in a sealed envelope. But neither can duplicate the work of the other. . SG1A 2/73 [ ORD renews its interest in the project and it ecomes a joint OTS/ORD effort. SG1A 3/73 . [ _]A third "sensitive" (Pat Price) is discovered with an apparent ability for "remote viewing." The poten- tial use of this technique for intelligence gathering spurs all concerned to move ahead quickly. SG1A 4/73 I A new contract to continue and expand the work at is forwarded from OTS/ORD to the DDO (Mr. Colby) for review and is referred to the Executive Management Committee because of its sensitivity. 5/73 The contract is finally sent to the DCI (Schlesinger) who.decides to allow the existing contract to be completed without a follow-on. OTS is told this work is too sensitive and potentially embarrassing. At this time OTS is in the midst of an investigation Approved For Release 2005/03@K F'G(AIRDP96-00787R000500170001-0 4 da K alas
SG1A SG1A SG1A SG1A SG1A 8/73 2/74 8/74 Approved For Release 2008/03/2AE GAFGIRDP96-00787R000500170001-0 ~2o ” regarding its role in the Watergate affair. An "informal experiment at SRI with an OSI scientist On remote. viewing uncovers classified information and renews Agency interest in ESP. Two "remote viewers" provide a good description of a military site by accident. They are then asked to describe the interior of the building and produce physical layout, code words and a list of personnel. The names of the people prove to be incorrect but the description of the interior and the code names are accurate enough to convince the new DCI (Colby) to renew work on ESP. A new joint OTS/ORD project is funded to develop and utilize ESP. ORD is to concentrate on identifying and measuring the phenomena while OTS is to evaluate _ the operational usefulness of the people and techniques without trying to 'understand" them. Lex eriction soon develops between ORD, OTS and the con- actor because of conflicting interests. ORD wants very strict experimental procedures. OTS wants more practical applications and the contractor wants less security constraints. The Agency wants more research while the contractor wants more time and money. ORD and OTS come up with different interpretations of the same data. [__] xe directors are named to OTS and ORD. Neither rector feels "comfortable" with the project. The first real use of ESP for intelligence collec- tion is a remote viewing attempt of a Soviet research facility (URDF-3 or PNUTS). Results are frustrating and inconclusive. Much of the information is simply wrong. But some of it is so unusual and detailed that it cannot be ignored. The results are des~ cribed as valid messages being transmitted over noisy channels. aes Ef Approved For Release 2005/03/24 -RDP96-00787R000500170001-0
Approved For Release no0sidaisd eef\Glooss-oo7s7R000800170001-0 -~3- “ SG1A OTS -.: quickly looses its enthusiasm for ESP re~ search and directS the project officer to come up with practical applications or abandon the project. SG1B SG1A These results vare reviewed by other DDO components and new requirements are generated. . However, OTS and ORD managements both decide’ not to continue the project. OTS believes the long range nature of the research take it out of the purview of its charter and ORD believes the work performed by SRI -is unworthy of further support. SG1A | | In response to specific requests from DDO components OTS does agree to maintain a very limited interest in ESP. Responsibility for the work :is turned over to an OTS psychologist. He :is told to conduct "opera- tional" experiments but to devote no more than two percent of his time to the work. The best of the SRI Subjects agree’ to work -- on a part-time basis -- with the psychologist, as do. two OTS staff officers who lave also demonstrated "remote viewing" ability. SGIA | | One of the requests for operational support is a set of geographic co-ordinates which one of the Area Desks has submitted as a target for "remote viewing." The two OTS engineers volunteer to "view" the site and SG1A describe an installation under construction which they believe to be[ The customer is highly impressed with this information Approved For Release 2005/03/24 : RE RH S | /B7ROOOSOOTZ0O001-8 yah i
Approved For Release 2005/03, F Pras IRDP96-00787R000500170001-0 | 0 4. SG1A | This same DDO office then provides new co-ordinates which are in turn passed on to the "outside" Subject, (Price). The results of this experiment are presented SG1A to the customer in report form -- with a detailed Sketch-- for evaluation. SG1A SG1A | Before a meeting can be set up, however, Mr. Price dies of a heart attack. . 9/75 Subsequent attempts to have the area desk evaluate the : experiment ~~ in writing -- finally result: in a somewhat confusing, but nevertheless official, report. SG1 A SG1A ste . os 10/75 Mr. Price's death effectively ends all official oTS. involvement in ESP research. Approved For Release 2005/03/24 : GHP p6-00787R000500170001-0