rameters ceed ne DP96-0078 Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-F 700110005-0 SUBJECT: Office of Research and Development and Office of Technical Service Paranormal Porception Research Project with emphasis on those characteristics- of most importance to intellirence matters such ns resolution, information transfer rate and accuracy; b) Correlation of physiolog- ical responses to reliability and egecuracy of paranormal perception; ¢c) Enhancement of those abilities which seen to be most useful to the intelligence comnunity; and ad) Exploration of new avenues of research discovered during the course of the program, 56. The proposed project is well suited to a jeint effort by the Office of Research and Development and the Office of Technical Service. The proposed investisation is a tightly directed advanced research project, Ft involves the exploration of 2 demonstrated phenomena to determine the significance and Limitationa of ronote perception abilities of “gifted" individuals for intel~ ligence collections. Necessarily a parallel effort elucidating the fundamental nature of the pexranormsl perception phenomena is proposed. This fundamental in= ‘formation is required in order to develop an orderly couprehensive program which would lead toe the basic understanding essential for the ?rll exploitation of the phenomena for intelligence activities. It is ox pected that the combination of attitudes and experiences represented by OTS and ORD will produce timely relevant results and insure an objective assessment of the Signif~ ieance of those results. %. The recommended project should be complated by stanford Research Institute. SRI has praduced some of the most significant investizations in paranormal nhe- nomena. This has occurred beeuuse of the philosephies and abilities of the principal investigators. These investigators have established competence in the physical sciences and in paranormal phenomena research. They have beon respansive to past OTS directives and are willins to investigate intelligence related applications, SRI has fiven these investigators the institutional inteyrity and facilities necessary to achieve creditable research in both the public and a more restrictive private domain, ©; “Z ir ie ied tie oe ere nr) thoes ne " 4 are Wee N Oe Rhee eee bd be ae Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000700110005-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R006700110005-0 SUBJECT: Office of Research and Develovment and Ox2ice of Technical Service Paranormal Perception Research Project 7. Although the controversy associated with paras normal research may create Some unique security problems, they are not insurmountable. These problems include embarrassment of being involved in an assumed fraud; the potential adverse propaganda associntod with the use of psychic mind altering or contral techniques, and the fact thet some subjects may bo of questionable stability. These potential problems can be controlled because af the motivation and integrity of the principal investi~ gators. HEoth the investigators and the Institute have Solid reputations and derive much of their support from governnent projects. Involvement with fraudulent experi ments, publication of poor experimentation and open associntion with CIA would he deleterious to the careers of the investigators and the ereditability of the Institute. Yor this effort, we recommend a secret Level contract but remain flexible to other security arrangesents which could be implemented as deemed necessary. Jehan N. NeMahon Director Office of Technicnl Service Sayre Stevens Director Office of Research and Deve Lopment Enclosure: ' Proposal APPROVED: vate Carl E, Duckett Deputy Director for Sclence and Technolory Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000700110005-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000700110005-0 Substitute for paragraph ge The objectives of the proposed effort are four-fold. Approximately 50% of the effort will be directed towards the co : investigation of the opportunities for the operational use of "sifted"! individuals; twenty percent will be directed towardSestablishing those characteristics which will enable us to identify "gifted" subjects; twenty percent will be directed towardSinvestigation of the neurophysiological correlates of paranormal activities; ten percent will be directed toward, validation of paranormal experiments. Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000700110005-0