FUNDING CONTINUITY FOR REMOTE VIEWING EFFORT. HPSC(I)

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• Publication Date: December 12, 1979
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VOL 3 Congressional Actions
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Funding Continuity for Remote Viewing Effort
HPSC(I) Classified Intelligence Addendum, Pages 66 and 67.
"The Committee notes that the fiscal year 1980 budget includes no
funding to continue the small effort in "remote viewing" which has been
conducted under the sponsorship of DIA.... It is concerned, however,
whether sufficient understanding of the subject can be maintained to
assess Soviet work in this area if all "remote viewing" funding cejses.
The Committee suggests, therefore, that the current research and
analysis contract uatefforts in remote viewing be continued on a limited
basis through fiscal year 1980. Also, the Committee asks that the 198
budget submission address the utility of remote viewing projects with a1
justification for either continuing or discontinuing the research
program."
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1980, will permit only limited gains in understanding of the phenomena.
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then a much larger program with adequate funding and sufficient time
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un ing. 11 the Committee desires to have a prdgram in remote viewing
that firmly establishes the existence or non-existence of the phenomena,
delineates the im rta t : bl
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countermeasures would be adversely affected without continued
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this research and development activity would severely hamper U.S.
efforts to assess Soviet and Warsaw Pact research in this area. Similarly,
U.S. efforts to keep pace with foreign researchers and to develop possible
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I DIA concurs with the Committee's views on -remote viewing. To stop
the possibility of using remote viewing does exist, and that it has some
potential for intelligence collection.
use of remote viewing and establish procedures that enhance or affect it.
If funding is stopped after FY 80, we likely will have only proved that
Although no funds are currently programmed for FY 80, current
contract efforts will continue into the second quarter of FY 80. Funds
are requested in FY 81 to research the variables that would affect the
variables associated with its functioning.
further its existence and permit some exploitation into the many
real and usable phenomenon. Current year funds will allow us to pursue
Prior year funds have established that remote viewing appears to be a
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