Producer JJRJJTA speculate s .
"Af ter he went to the restroom, ^lady who was in
the IPBfWfl EftT
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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 ttot^his clai^y^aiit,
*vpb^efg'w'erfe r'estrltted tb'h n&Y'row'field of vision.
Ais
is shown in the diagram on
P 160,
he was .able to see -clair-voyantly within a specific -field located -directly
*
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.
CLAIRVOYANT SEES ONLY OBJECTS CLOSE AT HAND
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Ihci‘d6htaiiy, tAMSHlTA was unable to read objects placed behind a curtain made
of the same material as the blindfold.
SUZUKI observes,
"Even an opening as small
as 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.
So it was not until the ninth day that- YAMASHITA finally agreed to have his
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.
If YAMASHITA is telling the truth,
I can only say that ESP is beyond my
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
al-1
the evidence iV 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 dqmonst rated .how .he,,.,bent:. tbe... s.P.Qph .wit.h. .his
.
'
hands .
* That sequence is shown in photos at right .
FirsL,
he.^cradies ,
^ppon ip.
his' right hand, grasping the
'handle with his Left hand.
Placing his thumbs at
the
- narrowest part of the spoon, he bends it 1-2 'times, testing it by moving his hands
back and forth.
This
takes one second if done ..slowly,
0.5
seconds.
.......
...
quickly ,
;
' A.' demhnstration
ei^ht
. hour§ ,^so apy^dy, who, .can
- the
attention of the audience for 6.5
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
• 5_megahertz radio waves emitted -by KIYOTA’s brain.
KIYOTA showed me
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SUZUKI says,
"That's not unusual since we all give off
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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
the Yamashita family has asked that all his scenes be cut from the show.
say
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‘'> 'PrbdhceV MUTA' 'says, "Now that tatOTA'
s' hoax' has been uncovered,
the Yamashita
family fears that viewers will identify 'him'' with KTYOTA and has 'asked us to
restructure the show."
KYOCERA PRESIDENT A STAUNCH SUPPORTER
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YAMASHITA S'dyS,
W- CWent^o .snake
If y9W> think ESP is sot on the
•
''levAl,
you are free to do so."
KIYOTA’s father,
Yoshinorl, 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
qji the recent TV
:show, Kyocera president -INAM0R1 -KazUO
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*
jqyoTA has received invitations from colleges in the US and has conducted a
,
demonstration for NAKAYAMA Taro
: of
: the Prime Minister’s Office.'
Both KlYOTA and
YAMASHITA experienced an awakening .of
their, psychic, powers
. after, Yuri .GELLERs-.
'visit’ed JA ten years' ago
After,.thLfs. magazihe exposed,: GELLER
’ s . apoon trick and the
boom collapsed,
icCYOTA 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 KlYOTA and
YAMASHITA.
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Buoyant KIYOTA (left) and YAMASHITA at start of shooting
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