MEMO TO MANFRED GALE FROM DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER

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• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00788R001200230037-5
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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: November 23, 1979
• Content Type: LETTER

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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER
CHINA LAKE, CALIFORNIA 93555
Manfred Gale
}-}Q Department ~of the Army
ATTN: D~IM/~-ZD~
Washington, D. C. 20310
Dear Manny:
IN REPLY REFER TO:
WFC 23 Nov. 79
First let me apologize for the astringent phone call of last week.
Second, I surrender on the meaning of the word "demonstration"--a
dictionary consultation convinced me of ~,y error,
Soon to follow are my comments on each of the "Findings and Recommendations"
you sent last week. T'he comments, in aggregate, are meant to support the
major conclusions I would make. These are:
(a)}'~. investigations thus far have neither proved nor disproved
the phenomenon;
(b) I'he results of1~Z- experiments do indicate that the purported
phenomenon warrants further scientific investigation;
(c) T'he results of (Z? experiments warrant military trials of this
phenomenon.
(d Further Random Number Generator experiments to scientifically
prove ~ are unlikely to do so;
(e) The ~ and Q' investigators are conducting honest experiments,
but these experiments need additional rigor;
f) Management committment and review of4`Z. efforts at5 r=
and -- have been too tentative to provide adequate supervision of such
efforts.
(g) Diffusion of DoU sponsorship of 12. projects has inhibited. progress.
I think we need an opportunity for each committee mcmher. to present his
conclusions and rationale to the others. Subsequent discussion, I think,
will result in a set of conclusions to which we can all subscribe. It
is not mandatory that we meet to accomplish such an exchange of assessments,
although such a meeting would be more expeditious. Perhaps we could all
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