mS FOR GOT TEE Use Gil t DWARD P, BOLAND, MASS. KN Oro : aaerwin oettty Cerne RENEE co LEMENT 5. wise pproved For Relea . | (202) 225-4121 CLEMEs IT 4. ZABLOCKY wi se 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001100060006-9 MORGAN FP. MURPHY, IL. Lee eee ROSE, N.C U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ROMANO L. MAZZOLE, KY. NORMAN ¥, MINETA, CALIF. PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE WYCHE FOWLER, Jw GAs ON INTELLIGENCE BO ty Hee pe thir — . JOHH M, ASHBROOK, OHIO _ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 ROBERT MECLORY) 1 = ~~ J. KRENGETH ROBINSON, WAw THOMAS K. LATIMER, STAFF DIRECTOR February 5, 1979. MICHAEL J. O'NEIL, CHIEF COUNSEL wHiTedue VA (8) YOUNG FcA (9) MEMORANDUM FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS Dear Colleague: The Subcommittee on Evaluation has for almost a year and a half been following the intelligence community's activities in the field of parapsychology or remote view~ ing. It also can be described by other terms such as mental imagery or ESP. Parapsychology denotes the ability of certain individuals to access and describe, by means of mental processes, information which is ordinarily blocked from human perception by distance or shielding, and gener- ally accepted as secure against such access. The aspect which has been investigated most has been to test the ability of a subject to remote view geographical locations even at intercontinental distances, given only geographical coordinates or a known person on whom to focus. The Subcommittee began its investigation in an attempt to determine whether the community's activities in this area were above board and not part of the "mind control” activities of the Central Intelligence Agency where in some cases the rights of individuals were violated. While the Subcommittee has not made any determination to endorse the experimentation as valid or invalid, it does find that continued activity in this field may offer promise in applications to intelligence problems. Thus, I have asked that Doctors Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ of SRI International, formerly Stanford Research Institute, brief the full Committee next Tuesday, February 13, at 10 a.m. The briefing will be classified. Doctors Puthoff ana Targ are both physicists who aid early work in high-energy laser physics. They have appeared before such scientific OR COMMITTEE USt ONLY 3h Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001100060006-9
- Fox Cora Tee USE OMA) Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA 8RO 01100060006-9 ' bodies as the Institute of Electrical and Electronic . Engineers, have published in the’IEEE’ Journal, and most last month. ; Since there is consi ology in the scientific communit physics, as well as with the uniformed who would label such research more mind control experimentation, it would be appreciated if their appearance before the Committee be kept privileged. I think you will find this presentation interesting and exciting. I urge you to attend. If you would like additional background prior to the briefing, Dick Giza (225-5658) of the Subcommittee staff oc pre-brief and provide Wndlassified readinc atierials. | | Stncezel i rt Charlie Rose Chairman, Subcommittee on Evaluation BR AOMANTITS USe Ch) oer ANE RETIN arsed Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001100060006-9 “recently gave &-presentation before the American Associa- . . tion for the Advancement of Science convention in Houston derable sensitivity to parapsych- y because of the inability to attach to parapsychology the principles and/or laws of an give you a detailed sye _ a ereemnater ne aeRO RE AE EIN Re eee . Hu