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vith emphasis on those characteristics' of most importance
to intelligence matters such as resolution,
.information
transfer rate and accuracy;
b)
Correlation oi physiolog-
ical responses
to reliability and accuracy of paranormal
perception;
c) Enhancement of
those abilities which seem
to be most useful
to
the intelligence community;
and
d)
Exploration of new avenues of research discovered during
the course of
the program.
5.
The proposed project
is well suited
to
a joint
effort
by the Office of Research and Development and the
Gifice of Technical Service.
The proposed investigation
is
a
tightly directed advanced research project.
It
involves the exploration of
a
demonstrated phenomena
to
determine
the significance and limitations of remote
perception abilities of "gif tod**
individuals
for intel-
ligence collections.
Necessarily
a parallel effort
elucidating the fundamental nature of
the paranormal
perception phenomena
is proposed.
This fundamental
in-
formation is required in order
to develoo an orderly
comprehensive program which would lead
to the basic
understanding essential
for the
fall exploitation of
the phenomena
for intelligence activities.
It
is ex-
pected that
the combination of attitudes and experiences
represented by OT3 and GED will produce timely relevant
results and insure an objective assessment of
the signif-
icance of those results.
6.
_ The recommended project should be completed by
Stanford Research
Xxistituto.
SRI has produced some of
the most significant investigations in paranormal ohe-
noEsena.
This has occurred because of the philosophies
and abilities of the principal investigators.
These
investigators have established competence in the physical
sciences and in paranormal phenomena
research.
They have
been responsive
to past OTS
directives and are willing
to
applications.
SRI
has
investigate intelligence related
given these investigators
the institutional integrity and
facilities necessary to achieve creditable research
in
both
the public and
a more restrictive private domain.
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Although
the controversy associated with para-
normal research nay create soae unique security problems
they aie not insurmountable .
These problems
include
embarrassment of being involved in an assumed
fraud:
the
poxent^al adverse propaganda associated with the use of
psychic mind altering or control
techniques,
and the
some subjects may be of questionable stability,
ihea.© potential problems can be controlled because of
tiv*
nd
. integrity of the principal investi-
o-tors.
i>oth
the investigators and the Institute have
solid reputations and derive much of their support from
government projects.
Involvement with fraudulent experi-
ments,
publication of poor experimentation and open
S?S
ln * 1On with
CIjft would
'oe deleterious
to the careers
Si.
t
5Ji XnVe.^ iP tors and thG Portability of the
Institute
1 or this eixort, we recommend a secret
level contract but
loan in flexiole
to other security arrangements which could
be implemented as deemed necessary.
John N.
McMahon
Director
Office of Technical Service
Sayre Stevens
Director
Office of Research and Development
Enclosure:
Proposa
APPROVED: _______
Date
Carl E .
Duckett
Deputy Director
for
Science and Technology
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The objectives of the proposed effort are four-fold.
Approximately 50% of the effort will be directed towards the
investigation of the opportunities for the operational use of "gifted"
individuals; twenty percent will be directed toward$establishing
those characteristics which will enable us to identify "gifted"
subjects; twenty percent will be directed toward>investigation of
the neurophysiological correlates of paranormal activities; ten
percent will be directed toward-, validation of paranormal experiments.
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