PARAPHYSICS RESEARCH IN THE WARSAW PACT

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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: January 1, 1978
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Introduction
a much wider range of human sensitivities (e.g., subtle
electromacmetic fields). A trend toward multidiscit,linarv~
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kinesis). In recent years, many additional researchers ~ ~
have become active in the field and have?becun to address ~
Shortly after, the scope of research was increased to ~ ~"
include all types of paranormal phenomena (e.g., psycho- ~.
f research is now emerging which will likely accelerate the.: ' r~ ? =':"`a
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understanding of the 'various paranormal phenomena. ~.~ 4~.
Additional investments of both personnel and money will ~ ~` '~`?~~~:~
? likely lead to increases in the scope of~ research and ~~ ~;:
~ should be expected in the immediate future. ~ i :~:`~;=.."
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~ (C) Most of the current research on p. ~ r yi`'`~R
paranorral henomena ~ ? '~~.?'~'f`:~
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~ pp y performed as an adjunct to other official ~ =~ -? ~ ~~-;~
~ duties; however, it is likely that there are some re- ~ ~. ''~ ~~}
I searchers involved on a full-time basis and 'receive govern- ~ ':~~
' meet support. At least three, and possibly more, officially ,
sponsored research groups exist in Moscow, Leningrad, and
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~ (C) The research level has been cyclic in responding to . ~ . ~ ~ -="?sr:
I criticism and encouragement. Through the mid-1960s, the ~
main conflicts were over ideological issues (scientific -~'
~ and Marxist). Recent trends indicate" that serious ~ ~ ~ '~_
~ ideological conflicts have been resolved and that official ~ ~?
. ~ attitudes at least tolerate, if not openly accept, such ~ -
~ research. Open, highly visible support from prominent ~ ._ _
scientists has recently been given through~offical party.. ~.-.;
j ~ ~ organs. Increases in interest have been noted in a wide. ~~ '
~ sector of the scientific community. Criticisms continue ~ ~-~-
~ but they are not as intense or frequent as during earlier ~ ~''
~ periods. The Party has much to gain and little to lose ~
~ from prope~ly conducted paraphysics research. ~
ESP) was begun in~the early 1920s by a few researchers, it ~~~
was interrupted at the start of World War i2, and was .
reinitiated in 1959. Established scientists frorl various~~~
disciplines entered this research field at that time. .~' ?
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objections have usually given way, in the USSR, to practicaZ-~
on application potential is also apparent. Ideological
could cause some possibilities to be ignored.. An emphasis
While this may lead to improved research in some areas, it~
research, and to emphasize. theoretical explanations based`'
on known to yet-to-be discovered physical mechanisms. ~=
searchers to create a variety of new terms for their
(C) The striving for ideological acceptance has led. re
.considerations regardless of. the controversial nature of a ~__
new idea or unusual phenomenon.
that are available from reliable researchers are highly
significant and very revealing.
(C) In the Soviet Union research is done primarily with
people who demonstrate consistently high paranormal
performance ability. It is known that there is a program
to screen "gifted people" from the general population, and
that training techniques are used to enhance such abilities.
(C) The data for assessing Communist achievements in
paraphysics research are quite liiaited, and very little
information is available from reliable researchers. That
which~is available usually lacks sufficient backup material.
This may be due, in some cases, to lack of proper publica-
tion channels for such research, or is possibly due to
political or security factors. Although limited, the data
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experiment in the history of. paranormal phenomena research
was done. An experiment bti KOQan'S group in Moscow _
achieved 105 out of 135 correct correlations to random-
selected digits from 0-9.? The "sender" and "receiver" were
separated by a few meters~to a few kilometers. Kogan's
group also achieved statistically significant results in
long-distance (3000 km) experiments. These experiments,
and others like them, demonstrate the basic communication
~ potential of paranormal abilities. Similar experiments
~ probably have been repeated in the. Soviet Union, since
the communition application is a known USSR research goal.
~ Additional experiments carried out from submarines, space,
~ or~command and control locations, perhaps involving simple
I codes, have probably already been done to explore
practical value of paraphysical phenomena. The application
of similar paranormal channels for information access (i.e.,
~ in an intelligence role) has surely not been overlooked by
the Warsaw Pact countries. _:
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(C) In 1967, the statistically most significant telepathy ~~1
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subtle electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields.
The application of such "energetic""phenomena to induce.
certain types of responses in others might be considered
by Warsaw Pact countries although the effectiveness of .
such influences, if any, on unwitting people is unknown..
There is also evidence that sensitive interrogation
devices are being developed that respond to subtle para-
normal effects.
people, and some individuals have unusual sensitivity to
desired reactions (physiological, ideomotor) in other ~~~:?;
devices and material objects. Certain people can induce"~='.
results indicate that some people can generate unusual ~`:~"~
energetic "field" effects which interact with sensitive `-?.:;~~
(C) In addition~to communication, other experimental ~~~?~
(C) Research in paranormal phenomena reported by some of
the Warsaw Pact countries is considered unreliable.
However, improvements are expected and the scope will
probably be broadened in the future. This research could
provide clues for explaininc, other unusual paranormal
abilities, such as telepathy, and could indicate ways of
enhancing such abilities for wider practical use. It is
also possible that certain adverse influences will be
discovered that would have military potential.
Conclusions
(C) During the past few years, worldwide research on
paranormal phenomena has increased.. Although most is of
questionable value or is difficult~to evaluate, a few
experiments are extremely significant and are generally
repeatable. Some of the research in paranormal phenomena
in the USSR is significant, and some basic applications
conceivably have occurred. Increased scope and diversity of
research in the Warsaw Pact countries, and the pursuit of
various application options, will probably continue. Due
to the multidisciplinary nature of such research, increases
in theoretical understanding of various unusual paranormal.
phenomena will probably be achieved. (CONFIDENTIAL)
SOURCE: U.S_ Air Fo=ce Foreign Technology Division Analysis
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