SG1B Approved For Release 2002/ 96-00788R001800060001-7 DOD/INTELLIGENCE PSYCHOENERGETICS PROGRAM FUNDING (SRI) Organization CIA Budget Thousands of $ 1971-75 1975~76 NAVELEX 1976-79 FTD, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB 1977-80 MIA, REDSTONE ARSENAL 1978-80 AMSAA, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND 1978-80 DIA Ld ARMY INSCOM 1979-80 1979-80 JOINT PROGRAM FY 1981 DIA ARMY INSCOM FY 1982 DIA ARMY INSCOM FY 1983 DIA 2 Se ee Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800060001-7 SG1D
Approved For Release 2002/@qsi@eaepmyemes -00788R001800060001-7 II PSYCHOENERGETICS, PSI, "ESP" (DEFINITION) Psychoenergetic phenomena are a class of direct interactions between human consciousness and the physical environment that, although as yet unexplained as to mechanism, can be observed and recorded, Psychoenergetic phenomena include: e The acquisition of information not presented to any obvious sense. These are perceptual processes that act as information input to an individual. Examples include: - The (mental) viewing of the contents of a safe, or a distant military site (clairvoyance). - "Pickup" of the thoughts of another (telepathy) - Direct foreknowledge of a future event, such as the firing of a missile (precognition). * The production of physical effects not mediated by any obvious mechanism, These are perturbation processes that act as action output from an individual. Examples include: - The physical movement of an object by a (mental) effort of the will alone (psychokinesis). Perturbation of an electronic or mechanical component, such aS a microchip or a gyro, by mental effort, Perturbation of a basic physical process, such as the decay rate of radioactive material, by mental effort, A more complete breakdown of psychoenergetic processes is given in the chart on the following page. Application of psychoenergetic processes to military/intelligence objectives include use of the perceptual processes in data collection (verified), and the use of the perturbation (psychokinetic) processes to influence weapons systems (potential). 3 RE Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800060001-7
GaldISSVIONN i i boprovéd For Release Joo2i05/47 : cia-kppgs-b0788Rdb1800040001-7 (U) BREAKDOWN OF THE VARIOUS PSYCHOENERGETIC PROCESSES (U) ¢ PSYCHOENERGETIC PROCESSES PERCEPTUAL PROCESSES PERTURBATION PROCESSES (Information Input) (Action Output} SPATIAL TEMPORAL (Remote (recognition, ANIMATE INANIMATE Viewing) Retrocognition) . | REMOTE REMOTE RANDOM DIRECTED BEHAVIOR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES PROCESSES MATE MODIFICATION PERTURBATION, ANIMA INANIMATE , HEALING CLASSICAL MECHANICAL NOISE FORCES DISTRIBUTION TELEPATHY = MEDICAL CLAIRVOYANCE, PSYCHOMETRY (Electronic Noise, TEMPERATURE DIAGNOSIS DOWSING (Temporal History) oman Motion, etc. FIELD GENERATION (Electric, Magnetic QUANTUM Gravitational, etc.) MECHANICAL STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION (Radioactive Decay, Zero-Point Fluctuations, etc.) Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800060001-7 GIIdISSVIDNN
Approved For Release 200 27GB? 26-00788R001800060001-7 IIt INTELLIGENCE A. USSR Beginning in the mid-1970s, Soviet psychoenergetics research became sub-~ ject to increasingly more stringent controls by both the government and the military. In 1975, a high-level commission was officially established in the USSR to review psychoenergetics research. The commission was under the direction of the vice president of the USSR Academy of Sciences and included several institute directors and deputy directors as well as Party officials. After a 3-year review period, this commission's recommendations led to an integrated approach to the study of psychoenergetics in the USSR, A centralized coordinating and review group was identified which had several Ministry of Defense (MOD) representatives, a member of SKB VYMPEL (the antiballistic missile design bureau), and at least one laboratory leader who is believed to be KGB affiliated, There is also backing from high-level officials in the Communist Party, probably at the Council of Ministers level, The review group is closely associated with a new psychoenergetics laboratory (Bioelectronics Laboratory), which reviews and integrates psychoenergetics research performed at other laboratories and also performs its own research, Such research ranges from long distance experiments in information transmission to psychokinetic influence on physical devices and biological systems. In addition, the laboratory also serves a screening function ‘for identifying people from the general population, throughout the USSR, who can perform well on psi tasks, In general, it is known through intelligence data that applications oriented research is being pursued, Application goals are no doubt of high interest to MOD and Party officials who support and monitor this work. Specifically, there is evidence of a strong interest in applying ESP/remote viewing phenomena in accessing secure data, in information transmission (i.e., long distance communication), and in locating lost or hidden material or people, Although it is difficult to assess the advances in Soviet psycho- energetics research, the high-level sanction by both the government and the military would indicate that progress in this area is sufficient to merit its continuation. The scope and magnitude of this support would also tend to indicate that intelligence and/or warfare applications of ESP/remote viewing have most likely been attempted and will be continued in the future. 5 “SECRET. Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800060001-7
Approved For Release 200 7G re fefehinss.00788R001800060001-7 B, People's Republic of China OE OE fe Since 1979, a rapid increase of interest and mobilization of resources has occurred in psychoenergetics research in the PRC. In this short period large segments of the population have been screened and a number of indi- viduals identified as possessing psychoenergetics skills. Some of the major universities and research institutes are currently involved in psychoenergetics research, The skills catalogued are essentially identical to those observed by psychoenergetics researchers in the West and in the Soviet Union: various forms of acquisition of information that are inaccessible by normal sensory means (e.g., identifying written Chinese characters sealed in a box), and the generation of small-scale physical effects on shielded targets (e.g., the fogging of film). There are, however, certain differences in research directions that reflect their scientist's efforts to correlate research findings with certain unique Chinese concepts, such as the search for pos- Sible relationships between psychoenergetic skills and martial art practices, Since 1979, investigations have moved from the public media to the universities (e.g., Beijing and Yunnan Universities), to research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (e.g., Institute of High-Energy Physics), and to the national laboratories involved in space/military research (e.g., institute of Space Medico-Engineering, and an unnamed Air Force Institute), The signs of increasing research activity and steps toward legitimization and official sanction indicate steady progress at a relatively rapid rate. At this time, there is no direct evidence of PRC interest in ps ycho- energetics phenomena for military or intelligence purposes, However, the pursuit of this research at national laboratories and mllitary-related institutes, and the leadership role for this research by a leading rocket expert (H. S. Tsien), would indicate that PRC interest in military appli- cation potential of psychoenergetics phenomena is a good possibility. 6 “SECREL... Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800060001-7