OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND OFFICE OF TECHNICAL SERVICE PARANORMAL RESEARCH PROJECT

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00787R000200200031-6
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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2003
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MR .1R {DUM FOR: Deputy Director for Science and Technology
SUWRCT Office of Research and Development and
Of Lice of Technical Service Para norma l
Perception Research Project
1. It is recommended that a research and development
Investigation of paranormal perception phenomena be initi-
ated with Stanford Research Institute (SRI). A proposal
for such an investigation is attached. Since this is a
tightly directed advanced research project, it is further
recommended that the effort be jointly funded and monitored
the Office of Research and Development and the Office
Technical Service. The estimated cost fear the proposed
effort in $149, 35 .
2. The objectives of the proposed effort are twofold.
The initial emphasis of the investigation will be to char-
acterize and develop paranormal remote perception abilities
which appear to have been demonstrated under controlled
laboratory conditions by SRI. Since those phenomena are
unexplained and largely unexplored, the second objective
would be to collect sufficient date and informption to
guide the development and assess the value of a more con-
prehensive program.
A previous OTS project, summarized in the attached
proposal, indicated the existence of paranormal perception
phenomena. The phenomena include remote perception of docu-
ments, objects, activities and locations. The demonstrated
reproducibility of such remote perception under controlled
conditions strongly suggests these phenomena are and will
continue to be interesting, to the intelligence community for
either offensive operational exploitation or defensive threat
assessment.
4. The proposed effort will be concentrated in
areas described in the Statement of work section of
tached proposal. In spry these are: a) Characteriz
of the remote perception abilities of gifted subjects
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with emphasis on these characteristics of most importance
to intelligence matters such as resolution, information
transfer rate and accuracy b) Correlation of physiolog-
Leal responses to reliability and accuracy of paranormal
perception, a) Enhancement of those abilities which seem
to most useful to the intelligence community; and d)
Exploration of now avenues of research discovered during
roe of the program.
The proposed project is well suited to a Joint
effort by the Office of Research and Development and the
Office 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 "gifted" individuals for in el-
ncu collectio. Necessarily a parallel effort
tins the fundamental nature of the paranormal
Lion phenomena is proposed. This fundamental in-
formation is required in order to develop an orderly
prabensivee program which would lead to the basic
understanding essential for the full exploitation of
the phenomena for intelligence activities. It in ex-
pected that the combination of attitudes and experiences
"presented by OTS and ORD will produce timely relevant
results and insure an objective assessment of the signif-
icance of those results.
S. The recommended project should be completed by
Stanford Research Institute. SRI has produced some of
the most significant investigations in paranormal pber-
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 phenol mena research. They have
been responsive to post OTS directives and are willing to
investigate intelligence related applications. SRI has
given these investigators the institutional integrity and
facilities necessary to achieve creditable research in
both the public and a score restrictive private domain.
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Perception Research Project
7. Although the controversy associated with i
normal research any create some unique security problems,
they are not insurmountable. These problems include
embarrassment of being involved in an assumed fraud; the
potential adverse propaganda associated with the use of
psychic mind altering or control technique r and the
fact that some subjects may be of questionable stability.
Then* potential problems can be controlled because of
the motivation and integrity of the principal Investi-
gators. Both the investigators and the Institute have
solid reputations and derive such of their support from
government projects. Involvement with fraudulent experi-
ments, publication of poor experimentation and open
association with CIA would be deleterious to the careers
of the investigator and the creditability of the Institute.
For this effort, we recommend a secret level contract but
remain flexible to other security arrangements which could
be Implemented as deemed necessary.
John N. UcJk
Director
Office of Technical Service
Sayre Stevens
Director
ce of Research and Development
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