Angavses A culates, “After he went to the restroom, a lady who was in che ADRI NES Har RG ier gescODQIDRIA 111 cd ARDROG-DB782R0GH4003 208450. Probably, that's when he developed the film.” YAMASHITA’s demonstration was equally suspect. The blindfold he used’was his own, a black cloth filled with cotton padding. Blindfolded, he was able to read cards and dice with total accuracy. Complex figures he was able to reproduce using a pencil, However, during the demonstrations, the panel noted that his clairvoyant, _. nous 3 w poters Were restritted tow natrow field’ of Wision. "As ‘{s*shown fa’ the diagram on — -, +. .P 160, he was.able to see clairvoyantly within a.specific -field located directly -- -- i below his blindfold. SUZUKI observes that his field of vision was about what one. would expect if a blindfolded person were looking out through a narrow opening. VOYANT SEES ONLY OBJECTS CLOSE Pee en ee re Rt we AT HAND - eek come Tope bet Rat a ee es CS 4 ee tts “YN e™  todyaentally, YAMASHITA was unable to read objects placed behind a curtain made of the same material as the blindfold. SUZUKI observes, “Even an opening as small _ags 0.1mm under the. blindfold could made a world of difference. You must remember he has sharp features, including a prominent nose. We suggested sealing his eyes completely, but he said the pressure on his eyes would restrict his psychic powers.” ae u we : So it was not until the ninth day that-YAMASHITA finally agreed to have his 5 eyes sealed completely. Needless to say, his clairvoyant powers deserted him at that point. Magicians are able to read cards while blindfolded for the same reason. When SUZUKI demonstrated this trick for YAMASHITA, the latter complained, “The important difference here is I keep my eyes shut when blindfolded but you don’t.” -I£ YAMASHITA is telling the truth, I can only say that ESP is beyond ny comprehension. TACHIBANA says, “Whether we can call this ESP is very questionable.” _ ,,,On 14 Jan,, the last day of the. shooting, the panel confronted KIYOTA.with all the evidence it had gathered. Overwhelmed, KIYOTA admitted the demonstrations were fraudulent. His confession was recorded by a hidden camera and shown later, to TV , viewers. In that sequence, KIYOTA demonstrated, how he.bent the.spoon.with his... ... “ ""'"“hands.’ | That-sequence is shown in photos‘at right. . First, he cradles the spoon in wee 4 ocowosan "pg eg one hatid, praépiig the ‘hatidle with his Teft ‘hand. Placing his thumbs. at the ts; oe narrowest part of the- spoon, -he bends it 1+2'times, ‘twisting it by moving his hands” : back and forth. This takes one second if done slowly, 0.5 seconds if done... velco te wba teta g urs,,.80 anybody,.who,.can divert, the ....: se" Gutekly, ““A'demongtration can Jast up, to eight, hours,...g0 anybody. whe, attention of the audience for 0.5 seconds, can qualify as a psychic. Panelist SUZUKI put on his own demonstration, adding, “Even a grandmother of 84 years can learn this trick. Once you become fairly good at it, the spoon bends easily and you almost begin to wonder if you are not indeed psychic.” KIYOTA, after being exposed as a fraud, said, “The pressure to perform within a limited time frame became so great I just had to use physical force. But I must say this is the first time it has happened.” TACHIBANA is skeptical, “Since we caught them cheating this time, we have to suspect this isn't the first time." SUZUKI, who appeared on a Nippon Television show on ESP before, once measured the 34.5_megahertz radio waves emitted by KIYOTA's brain. KIYOTA showed me a Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400330015-2 -2-
videotape of that program. SUZUKI says, “That's not unusual since we all give off thes-Apprevad For fretaasmeR0RDGi 12bAaRDPO6-00:29 2RO6040038001 512 brain emissions. SUZUKI explains, "We boosted the emissions a million times just to impress our TV audience.” Needless to say, the disgraced psychics offered a rebuttal. TV officials say the Yamashita family has asked that all his scenes be cut from the show. Producer’ URUTA “says, "Now ‘that RKIYOTA's ‘hoax ‘has been “uncovered, the Yamashita fenily fears that viewers will identify him*with KIYOTA and has askéd’ us ‘to ; 7 restructure the show.” KYOCERA PRESIDENT A STAUNCH SUPPORTER ‘ -YAMASHITA says; “ “T. “have: “Ho: commEnE.” ‘to “pake® * t€"you.think ESP 1a aot-on the: aad. you aré free to do so. _ KIYOTA's father, Yoshinori, who operates a sushi: shop in downtown TOKYO ‘says, “When our son confessed, we considered closing our shop and moving. But we have decided to stick it out. We are told that NHK might do a program on Masuaki, if he's lucky.” : A well-known Liberal Democratic Party Diet member wondered what all the fuss was about. It is rumored that Dentsu Inc, an advertising giant, is also interested. YAMASHITA's father, Takemasa, is a director of Daiwa Securities Co, Inc and a former manager of its Kyoto Branch. He has many friends in the Kansai financial world who are familiar with his son's psychic powers. While the TV show was being recorded, YAMASHITA put on clairvoyant demonstrations for executives of Daiwa Securities and Sumitomo Bank. Commenting on the recent, TV .show, . Kyocera president INAMORI -Kazto ‘says, “It-is nonsense to try to provide scientific evidence of ESP. These demonstrations are influenced greatly by the spiritual atmosphere. If I had been in the audience, perhaps Things would have gone, differently.s«".. Con ea ee be ee ot a att * RTYOTA. has" esti “tnyitations ‘from colleges in ‘the ee conducted 3 a w=. .demonstration for NAKAYAMA Taro of*the” Prime Minister's “Office.” Both KIYOTA and _YAMASHITA experienced | an awakening of. their, psychic. powers after, Yuri .GELLER:-: 7 wisited | JA’ “ten, years "BBO s.. After. this. magazine. exposed.,GELLER \s.spoon trick: and: the. “boom collapsed, ‘KTYOTA continued to visit researchers at the Electric Communications University and Defense Academy. Some years back, this magazine published an interesting observation by YAMAMOTO Shichihei, writer, “ESP is ESP because we are unable to believe in its existence. These demonstrations should be conducted before an audience of skeptics. Otherwise, they are meaningless.” Perhaps we can say the demonstrations failed because a skeptical TV crew possessed super-psychic powers which nullified the psychic powers of KIYOTA and YAMASHITA, Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400330015-2 voce ee
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