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a eon 2001/03/26 : CIA-RDP96- agggro00800130067.2 -2 ie JPRS 5 2385 fd Keb 194/ be able to conduct a grandiose experiment in Uzbekistan. The new Charvak- skoye Reservoir will be filled, imparting an enormous load on the earth's crust. It will be possible to trace and analyze the processes which tran- spire as the reservoir is filled. The station chief is confident that the time will come when earthquakes can. be predicted several months in advance. (Summary: "Earthquakes on Order?", by L. Lebedev; Moscow, Pravda, 7 Jan- uary 1971, p 6) Siberian terrestrial “f feitetisn Insettutd occupies Experimental Building se, en eo Te . An experimental facility (korpus) of a building complex of the Si- berian Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, the Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation of the USSR Academy of Sciences has just been placed in opera- tion. This scientific laboratory -- a manufacturing plant in miniature -- is made of concrete and glass and has a total area of approximately 2,000 square meters, Director of the institute, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences Doctor of Physicomathematical Sciences V. Ye. Stepanov’reported that two more facilities (korpusa) -- a laboratory and an administrative building, will be built soon. [4] (Complete translation: "Experimental Facility," (unsigned); Moscow, Stroi- tel'naya Gazeta, 23 December 1970, p 4) Scientists Use Earthquake Waves for Geological Prospecting Recently the All-Union Institute of Geophysics developed e method of using the waves of distant earthquakes for geological prospecting. A spe- cial geophysical party was created for this purpose under the Glavtyumen'- geologiya [Tyumen' Department of the Main Administration for Geology?]. It recently completed its third season of field work. With the aid of complex instruments and equipment for capturing the "repercussions" of underground tremors, the geologists have already studied the underground strata at ten points on the West Siberian iowland. A precise picture of the underground relief has been drawn for depths from 20 to 50 kilometers. Doctor of Geological-Mineralogical Sciences N. Rostovtsev, the di- rector of the West Siberian Scientific Research Gas “and Petroleum Institute, said, “Of course, the recovery of useful raw materials from such depths, if, in Fact, they are there, is an extremely difficult matter and therefore possible only in the future. However, information obtained on the structure of the earth at these great depths will, on the whole, undoubtedly acceler- ate and increase the prospects of finding new gas and oil fields. [4] (Complete translation: '"Superdeep Prospecting," by S. Yushkovskiy; Moscow, Izvestiya, 15 January 1971, p 4) Approved For Release 2001/03/26 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500130067-2 ~ 49 om (Peanut nn rhe eT RRNR RENEE SCHAAR Pn AR RUSE EM epee A On A RTE eT eI sadheehcclemrecimnicind tortoises ee ae
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be able
to conduct
a grandiose experiment
in Uzbekistan.
The new Charvak-
skoye Reservoir will be filled,
imparting an enormous
load on
the earth's
crust.
It will be possible
to trace and analyze
the processes which
tran-
spire as
the reservoir
is
filled.
The station chief
is confident
that
the
time will come when earthquakes can.be predicted several months
in advance.
(Summary:
"Earthquakes on Order?", by L.
Lebedev; Moscow, Pravda,
7 Jan-
uary 1971,
p
6)
Siberian Terrestria
rtai^a?
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2*
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Magnetism Institutf Occupies Experimental Building
An experimental facility
(korpus)
of
a building complex
of
the Si-
berian Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism,
the Ionosphere and Radio Wave
Propagation of
the USSR Academy of Sciences has just been placed
in opera-
tion.
This
scientific laboratory --
a manufacturing plant
in miniature —
is made of
concrete and glass and has
a total area of approximately 2,000
square meters.
Director
of
the institute,
Corresponding Member
of
the USSR Academy
of Sciences Doctor
of Physicomathematical Sciences
V.
Ye.
Stepanov^reported
that
two more facilities
(korpusa) —
a laboratory and an administrative
building, will be built
soon.
[4]
(Complete
translation:
"Experimental Facility,"
(unsigned); Moscow,
Stroi-
tel'naya Gazeta,
23 December 1970,
p
4)
Scientists Use Earthquake Waves for Geological Prospecting
Recently the All-Union Institute
of Geophysics developed
a method
of
using
the waves
of distant earthquakes
for geological prospecting.
A spe-
cial geophysical party was
created for
this purpose under
the Glavtyumen'-
geologiya
[Tyumen'
Department
of
the Main Administration for Geology?].
It
recently completed
its
third season
of
field work.
With
the aid of
complex
instruments
and equipment
for capturing
the "repercussions"
of underground
tremors,
the geologists have already studied
the underground strata
at
ten
points on the West Siberian lowland.
A precise picture of
the underground
relief has been drawn for depths from
to
50 kilometers.
Doctor of Geological-Mineralogical Sciences N.
Rostovtsev,
the di-
rector of
the West Siberian Scientific Research
Gas* ancPPetroleum Institute,
said,
"Of
course,
the recovery of useful raw materials from such depths,
if,
in fact,
they are
there,
is
an extremely difficult matter and therefore
possible only in the future.
However,
information obtained
on the structure
of
the earth at these great
depths will,
on
the whole, undoubtedly acceler-
ate and increase
the prospects
of
finding new gas
and oil fields.
[4]
(Complete translation:
"Superdeep Prospecting," by
S.
Yushkovskiy; Moscow,
Izvestiya,
15 January 1971,
p
4)
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Dear
Dr.
Niedenfuhr:
Having
seen
your letter
to Hand!
the magician,
reproduced
as
an appendix
in
his
book The Magic
of Uri Gel lor
,
I
thought
I would write
to
bring
you up
to date
on Randi's
latest contribution
to disinformation.
Although
in general
we
have
no
argument with Randi's criticism
oi. Gel lei
ft public
performances with
regard
to
the possibility of
chicanery,
we
find
that
with
regard
lo Randi's description
of
the work
at
SRI,
Randi
is
clearly
up
to
his old
tricks,
deception by misdirection.
In looking over
his
book we
found
that
in every instance Randi,
in his efforts
to
inn'll,
the
SRI
experiments with Geller,
was driven
to hypothesize
the existence
of
loophole- oondi lions
that did not
in fact
exist.
Enclosed
is
a
fact
sheet
correcting
the errors
in Randi's book with regard
to
the
SRI
work,
which
you may find revealing.
Rather
than
a
serious
attempt
to
put' forward
export criticism
as
to
the
possibilities of chicanery
-
(his
suggested
possibilities
lire
trivial
and
naive
in comparison with
the
sophisticated
advice
that we obtain
from consulting magicians
of
the caliber
of
Mil bourne Christopher)
- we
consider his book
as
simply
a
commercial
venture on
hi s
part.
Beyond
that,
our work with (idler constituted
less
than 3% of our overall
effort
in
the
field
of
so-called
paranormal
functioning,
even
though
it
seemed
to
garner
the
most; publicity,
in
no
small
part
due
to
Randi's
off or Is.
The hulk of
the other 97%
is
summarized
in
the March Proceedings
ol
l ho
IRRE
just published
this month.
In
this
paper we
detail
the
results obtained
in over
BO experiments with
nine
subjects
(including visiting
skeptical
government
scientists who acted
as
subjects),
carried
out
to examine
a
putative
paranormal perceptual
mode
by which
an
individual
obtain.-,
visual
data
about,
a
remote
physical
location which may be
a
building,
laboratory.,
or natural
sotting.
The editorial
accompanying
the
paper was written by Dr.
R.
W.
Lucky,
editor
of
the
journal
and
also
head
of
the Advanced Data Communications
Department
at Bell
Labs,
Holmdol
,
NJ.
V/e understand
tlmt
as
part;
of
the
review process
a
group
at Bell
independently replicated
our experiment
and obtained
results similar
to
ours.
Three other labs
have
also
replicated
the
experiment,
and
these
results
are
in various
stages
of preparation
lor
publication.
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Anatoliy Andreyevich lego shin, rector of the Irkutsk polytechnical institute,
states that in the new academic year the institute will organize training courses
for engineers of new skills
(spetsialnostyam).
According to plan the institute will
enroll 3>350 students
in the first course in 1962.
They will be trained in 31
skills and receive general technical
training.
Almost 2,000 people will receive
on-the-job training at the institute.
By the end of
1962 the institute will expand
the network of educational and consultative points and will increase enrollment- in *
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evening departments in Cheremkhovo,
Angarsk,
and Bratsk.
Organizational and
methodical
work will be accelerated in Zheleznogorsk and at the
construction'
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site of the Bratsk industrial lumbering complex where many youth are anxious to
obtain higher education without leavLng their work.
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