OST-1010S-367.75 DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SOVIET AND CZECHOSLOVAKIAN PARAPSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH (U} PREPARED BY UL S. ARMY MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE AND TNFORSATION AGTECY, OFFICE OF THE SURCCU GLHTERAL A a Oo nant eA tenn eel oe es eae oe l OE oe Se SE a ns Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000500730003-0
ROAD Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA- $T-CS$-01-169-72 July 1972 Although tha US Navy subsequently dented tha repores of telepathic testing oa atonic pubmariacs, tha Sovict hierarchy appaccatly heeded Doctor Vostiev’s advicu and gave eupport,s both moral and {inancial, to his dynamite view chat: “rhe discovery of the tclepathic coumunicatton uty3l € energy’ . — & (U) Since 1962, Doctor Vasilev has headed @ $ ectal laboratory for blocommunications cuswacch at the University of Tentngtad. ~ Hajor aspects St the work of this laboratory are to conduct research and to develop mochines capable of monitoring, cescting and atudying telepathic commmication (79). S$. (U) In 1953, Doctor Vasilev claimed to have conducted successful long-distance telepathic exporiments between Laningrad ond Scvascsapol, a distance of {00 ailes, with che Sid of an ultra-short-wave (UIF) radio transaittcr. As 8 result, Doctor Vasilev was convinced that his expecicents, and those he conducted jointly with che Moscow-based Sckhecerev Brain Institute, offered scientific proof of telepathic communications. His next goal was to identify the nature of brain energy that produces it (59). a a ence Theorizing on the above axperiments, one Sovier scientist suggested that telepathic {opulscs are ractated along the lines of bics of {information in a cybernatic systcn. Another scfencise is known to be vorking on che idea of tica as energy, speculating that telepathic transaissions aay be propagaced Through 2 supposed eime~energy system, rather than through che ealectromagnatic field. 6. (VU) Soviet research into biocommunications phenowena does not appear to bu carth-bound and lim{red co inner space, but apparantly extends to outer space as wall. The so-called Father of Soviet Rocketry, X.E. Tsiolkovsky, stated thats “In the coming era of space fl{ghts, telepathic abilitics are necessary. While the space rocket pust bring sen toward knowledga of the grand secrets in the umiverse, the study of psychic phenomena can lead us toward knowledge of the wysterics of the human aind. Ic.is precisely the solution of this secree which promises the greatest achievements." (80), There are reports that the Soviets are training thelr cosmoaauts fa telepathy to back-up their electronic equipment while in outer space. Ove of these back-up scheacs is known to favolve coded 25 Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000500730003-0
ST-CS-01-169-72 July 1972 5, (0) It ts a knom fact that the Sovict Union takes the appearance of luninous bodies very seriously as evidenced by the Kirlian photography of the hwan body's aura (QL). It appears that the Sovicts may te congsideriog chat 3 hand which appears out of nowhere and can grasp, “with the firm pressure of an old friend," another person my have {irst-rate military possivilitics. There bas been sore discussion recently qbout the prospects of being able to control, the apport technique to a point of sophistication where fudividuals ceuid contrel these “lusiseus clouds." The todividuals who have studic¢d these effects (real or otherwise) have suppesred that since these bodies can travel ulinited distances and are le to pass throupn solid material (walls), they might well be used to produce instant death in military aod civilian officials. It is > produce ine eeadehat these boures coule dieable eiTiEsry equipmeot oF communication nets. 6. (0) If onc reads the cases and experinests pentioned here, as well as references two through mine uncer PART LI of the noo-cited bibliography, he can make certain deductions. If any of this bighly questionable mitcrial is true then it can be inferred that organic matter can be transformed into “ectoplasm,” that this can be rendered invisible and {mpalpable and thus converted into something which, for all practical purposes, amounts to force. L£ organic mutter can be converted into such “force-matter, it jonce ts seems reasonable to assunc that a physical object 4f similar) converted, could travel Chrougn Space: oN 7. (WJ) Two things are certain: (1) that parapsychological r phenomena arc due to the little-known faculties of the subconscious mind; and (2) that the powers of the subconscious mind are vaatly superior to those of the normal consciousness. The fantastic memory of the subconscious mind (somectines referred to as “photographic memory’) is a vell-established fact. So is its extraordinary mathematical ability, which has baffled trained mathematicians no end. Lt seews probable that sosc of these Lite Ye-uderstood faculties of the subconscious mind have soue~ thing to do with its ability to put topether again an object which it had previously disintegrated, and to manipulate the forces fovolved in this process. The only way one cut leam mo ses ig througt intensive _— re aboucr these Little-understocd proces ‘study aad experimentation. The stakes seem high ecough. ——e 29 Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000500730003-0 a
Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000500730083-0 ST-CS-01-169-72 July 1972 8. (U) While the process by which matter {s converted into “force-natter’ (and vice versu) may not te understood, neverthe- Jess, one is faced with the possibility that che husan atnd can disintegrate and reinteprate orpanic matter - a feat which scems far more complex than the distntcgration and reintegration of, poy, a stone, a piece of wood, paper, etc. Experiments show that a human body which has lost about half its veight can be reinteprated witnout loss of norual. functions. Since this is posalble, It Coes nor seta sate to exclude - without furcher investigsticon - the possibility that tnorganle waiier might undergs astoilor disintecration and reintegration. After all, apport henonena in which physical objects have passed through solid oie have been observed and attested to by some of the world's most eminent sctenctists as well as by a host of other responsi- Ble witnesses, In wees of what the human mind has demonstrated it can do with ovganic matter, and in view of the very real Soviet threat in this sector, the science of parapsychology should be Investigated to its fullest potential, perhaps to the benefit of national defense. ae 9. (U0) According to Pullman (92), Director of the Southeast Hypnosis Research Center in Dallas, Texas, before the end of the 1970s, Soviet diplomats will be able to sit in their foretgn ewbassics and use ESP (in this case a form of the apport technique) to steal the sccrecs of their enemies. (See also reference 91, p. 216) Pullmsn states that a spy would be hypnotized, then his-invisible "splric™ would be ordered to leave his body, travel across barriers of space and time to a foreign government's security facflity, and there read top-secret documents and telay ‘back their information. Such "astral projection” already has been accomplished in laboratory settings, Pullman said, adding “ that the Russians ate probably now trying to perfect it. Pullman further states that the Soviets are ac least 25 years ahead of the US in psychic research. According to Pullman, the Soviets have realized the immense military advantage of the psychic ability known as astral projection (our-of-the-becy travel). In this reference, details are given for some of Pulloan's work in the US with astral projection. Other sctlentists and cediuns interested in this work are professor H.A. Cshn of Norther Arizona University (92), Doctor Charles Tart of the University of Souther Califormmta (91,92), and Doctor V. Inyushin of Alma-ata (91). Sybil Leck, noted abtrologer end author, states, "there is great danger that within the next ten years tne Soviets will be able to steal our top secrets by using out-of-the-body sples.” Further reading, although mich older, can be round in a book by Muldoon and Carrington (93). Suggested backgroud reading*én astral Projection can be found ir: an excellent article by J. Fraser Nicol in Psychic (94), 39 Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000500730003-0
ST-CS-01-169-72 July 1972 a. Know the contents of top secret ‘US dociments, the movemincts of our Croops and ships and the location und nature of our military {netallations. ———— *" b. Hold the thoughts of key US military and civilian leaders, at a distance. ce. Cause the instant death of any US official, at a distance. wause Fae d, Disable, af a distence, US ailitary cquipwent of all Lypes docluding space crait. 3. (U) Ie ts generally conceded that the above four areas sound like science {iction, hesever, the literature appears to support (b) as beinn the cost possible use of psi pnenomena during the tine france of this study. Again trom Ostrander and Schroeder vho cite Oliver Caldwell, an expert on Sovict affairs and past-acting comnissioner for International Education in HEW, as follows: "T dm gwnazed at the skepticism and sometimes hostility which I encounter when I try to tejJl Americans about some of the experimentation which is taking place in the USSR in paraosycholovy and related fields. I find this strange because there is available docurentation in translation which substantiates mose of the things I sav in the USSR. I am really disturbed, because Lf the’ United States docs not make a serious effort tu move forward on this new frontier, in another ten years it may be too late," 4. (U) In closing this section on parapsychology a quote from astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Jr. is appropriate (131). "Extrasensory perception {tg not a matter of helief. There is a great deal of serious scientific work being done in it, and it has been established over the last thirty years that it {is a matter cf proba- bility, and the probubilitfes have been established beyond chance. I think it fs an importance work. L happen to be curfous about it, and thus have been pur- suing ic for many years. This happened to be an opportunity (Apollo 14 Lunar mission) to do another little step - a piece in the scientific puzzle of what man’s all about.” ~e€ Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000500730003-0