EYE ON HOLLYWOOD' TELEVISION PROGRAM, BEGINNING 12:30 AM EDST, 3 OCTOBER 1984

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CIA-RDP96-00788R001200030006-1
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October 8, 1984
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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001200030006-1 IAGPA-F--SD 8 October 1984 SUBJECT: "Eye on Hollywood" Televison Program, beginning 12:30 AM EDST, 3 October 1984. 1. While on TDY in New York City during the week 1-5 October, the undersigned was viewing the program "Eye on Hollywood," an "Enterta.inment Tonight"-style television magazine, which. was presented beginning at 12:30 AM, 3 October 1984, on New York's Channel 7, WABC-TV. One of the featured stories dealt with military exploitation of psychic phenomena. Interviewed on the program were Russel Targ, Keith Hararry, Hella ammid, and a psychic from Jamaica who claimed to have worked for the British during WWII. When questioned about military involvement with psychic phenomena,'Targ, Ilararry and Hammid replied that the military was indeed involved, but that the details were classified, and they could not elaborate. Hella added that she could not allow her psychic abilities to be used for military purposes. 2. During the course of the program, a segment was shown depicting a "local" remote viewing experiment conducted by Steven. Schwartz and other affiliates of Moebius, the L.A.-based "psychic firm." Additionally, the front of SRI International's Radio Physics Research lab was shown, along wits the statement that military personnel were known to be participateing in psychic experiments under the a program known as "Grill Flame." It was reported that no one at SRI would c e to the Eye on Hollywood crew. SG1J Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001200030006-1