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fort
in
the fie1d
° f paranormal
phenomena
including
remote viewing
and remote perturbation.
Remote
viewing
is
a
phenomenon whereby
a
subject can access
a
area
or facilit^ and describe
it
(in
some
cases
this
includes
noises
and odors).
l1v
S
lves
. the ability
to move or influence
the physical
behavior of
an
inanimate object.
S
e
govlrnileM
eaSin9
1nterest
in this
area
both
Inside and outside
.
Congressman Rose
(D-NC)
(House Permanent Select Committee on
nfh!c?
e
!h
I
s
a
„ st ron9 be1iever and
has written
Ruth
Davis
of his
interest.
He
has
recently talked openly of these
phenomena.
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I
h
n
HAJ
C
! ntP 11 ^f nce Subcommittee
has
been
briefed
on
non-
DoD efforts
by
SRI
personnel.
.
The
NSC
Staff
is
preparing
to brief David Aaron
and
Zbiq on
the
phenomena
and
DoD efforts.
For these
reasons,
wanted
to make SecDef aware
of
DoD efforts.
DoD efforts
driven
by
Soviets'
high
level
of
interest
in possibly
exploiting
paranormal
phenomena
for
intelligence
purposes.
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the Soviet effort
based on
three DIA studies
and one CIA study.
•
Positive government support.
.
Some
aspects
of the program are classified.
•
Some funding controlled
by MOD and possibly
KGB.
•
Staffed
by competent scientists.
.
Tight government control
over published
research
information
Emphasis
on
intelligence and military
uses.
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The DoD effort
focuses
on:
.
Ascertaining scientifically whether such phenomena may exist.
,
Determining
extent of Soviet
use of phenomena
for
intelligence
purposes.
.
As
a
subset of Soviet
use,
the requirement for countermeasures.
.
Certain aspects
of parapsychology appear
to
show promise
for
intelligence collection.
Recent minimal
DoD funding
has
been primarily
DIA, Army and Air
Force.
The DoD program
has
been
reviewed for propriety and
legality.
—
Army and DoD General
Counsels.
--
Army medical
panel.
The DoD management structure
includes
a
Steering
Committee
and Working
Group.
--
Steering
Committee:
.
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Policy Review)
.
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense R&E
(Research
& Advanced
Technology
.
Army, Assistant Chief of Staff
for
Intelligence
.
Navy,
Naval
Intelligence Command
.
Air Force, Assistant Chief of Staff
Intelligence
.
DIA,
Deputy Director for S&T
Intelligence
(Chairman)
—
Working Group:
.
DUSDR&E
(R&AT)
DIA
(Chairman)
.
Army
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Air Force
.
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FID
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NSA
.
CIA
Some
examples
of interest
(cannot determine
the scientific validity
of the examples).
In
1977-78,
SRI
conducted some experiments
in
remote viewing
for
DIA.
--
The
individual
who
was
to
do
the remote
viewing was
provided only
geographic coordinates
and asked
to
report
his observations.
.
Site selected was
in
only given geographic
coordinates j
.
(subject was
Subjects
reporting contrasted with
DIA
intelligence
holdings
reveal:
What Subject Reporte d
Intelligence Holdings
"...I
see some
tall
smoke-
stacks,
like
a
refinery or
factory.
Those
seem to be at
some distance."
"...This
looks' like
it’s
in
a
va 1 1 ey
.
"...Over here are,
I'm not
quite sure
i
have my direc-
tions
right,
but there's
a
stand of pine
trees.
"
.
.
. Looks
like
a military
storage thing with
lots
of
low
sort of covered-in-the-ground
types
of storage
facilities,,"
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