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I OBJECTIVE (U)
(S/NF) The objective of this research plan is to suggest a systematic and scientifically rigorous investi-
gation of anomalous mental phenomena. The plan includes an integrated and multidisciplinary ap-
proach to both basic and applied research, and combines these with standard HUMINT practices to
accomplish the long-term goals for applications in the intelligence community.
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II INTRODUCTION (U)
(U) With regard to this research plan, anomalous mental phenomena can be divided into mo broad
categories:
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aimis Cognition : Afonn of information transfer in which all known sensorial perceptions are
absent.
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A n^.lnns Perturbation: The perturbation of matter in which all known physical interactions ar
absent.
Anomalous cognition (AC) includes phenomena that are described in the parapsychological literature
as extra-sensory perception (ESP), telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition, while anomalous per-
turbation (AP) includes psychokinesis, teleportation, levitation, and materialization.
1. (U) Historical Background
(S/NF) Serious government-funded research of both these domains began in 1973 when the Central
Intelligence Agency initiated a modest effort to determine if a genuine phenomenon could be verified
and to assess the degree to which it could be applied to general intelligence problems. Through fiscal
year 1985
a variety of intelligence agencies from the military services and the Defense Intelligence
Lency had supported predominantly application -oriented research programs at SRI International
for the intelligence community. Much of that support was minimal and/or sporadic and thus very lit
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systematicresearchwasconducted.
1 While the understanding of anomalous mental phenomena at
a
time did not allow for reliable operational use, nonetheless, enough had been learned to suggest
intelligence applications were possible and that applied and basic research should be conducted to
verify and support potential operational applications.
(S/NF) Beginning in fiscal year 1986, the Army Medical Research and Development Command
initi-
ated a coordinated, 5-year, basic research investigation of anomalous mental phenomena at SR
temational. This program had three objectives:
(1) Provide incontrovertible evidence for the existence of anomalous cognition and anomalous pertur-
bation.
(2) Determine the physiological, physical, and psychological basis for AC and AP.
(3) Determine the degree to which AC data could be integrated into the intelligence community.
(S/NF) The program was fully funded for the first two years; half funded for the 3rd year; and not
Ldcdbythe USAMRDCforthe4thand5thyearsoftheir contract. The
mittee, however, funded the 4th year (at the same level as the 3rd) through DARPA to the USAMRDC
contract. The 5th year of that contract, however, was not funded at all.
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(S/NF) Regardless of this uncertain support history, the SRI’s Cognitive Sciences Program (CSP) met,
or partially met, its objectives.2” 5 An information -transfer anomaly (i.e., anomalous cognition) was
found to exists, and it could not be explained by inappropriate protocols, incorrect analyses, or fraud.
The CSP was not, however, able to verify the existence of anomalous perturbation.5,2’^
(U) Significant progress had also been realized in meeting the second objective.
Preliminary results
suggest that the central nervous system (i.e., the brain) of individuals with known AC ability appear to
respond to isolated AC stimuli. These responses are similar to those observed when their eyes are stim-
ulated directly.
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(U) In addition, two theoretical models have been constructed. The first one, a heuristic model, sys-
tematizes the data of over 600 separate experiments spanning 22 years of research that had been pub-
lished in the open literature.
It suggests a possible physical transfer mechanism for AC data. 11 The
second one, a fundamental model, suggests that animals possess an additional sensorial system which is
sensitive to “information” directly.
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In addition to these major findings, the CSP realized a number of preliminary secondary find-
ings. They include, but are not limited to:
• Dynamic targets are statistically better than static targets in AC laboratory experiments, in simulated
operational activity, and in actual operations.
• Traditional psychological, medical, and behavioral screening methods are not successful at identify-
ing individuals with AC ability; however, surveys indicated that approximately 1% of individuals from
unselected populations do possess a robust AC ability. 12
• A number of empirically based training methodswere developed, but the results from these were pre-
liininary.13,14
• Anomalous Cognition does not depend upon distance or the time span between a target and an indi-
vidual with AC ability. 15
It is beyond the scope of this report to provide a technical review of the 17 -year history of SRI’s cogni-
tive sciences program in detail; however, complete documentation and technical briefings will be pro-
vided upon request. In addition, Appendix H provides a complete list of documents that were produced
under that effort.
2. (U) Overview of the Research Plan
(S/NF) This document describes a plan which begins with the results and techniques of the earlier pro-
gram, and develops new concepts that are integrated into the general research community. In addition,
the plan suggests ways in which AC-derrived operational data might be integrated as general HU-
MINT information into the intelligence community.
Because of the complex nature of the research
problem, the plan will be interdisciplinary and will involve a number of specific university departments
and government laboratories. By necessity, the plan will be long-term; however, a graduated approach
that contains significant technical and policy review is outlined in Section III. Second II describes the
plan, and supporting technical detail can be found in the appendices.
* (U) Technically, this is referred to as entropy in the thermodynamic literature.
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