STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SRI) INVESTIGATION INTO PARAPSYCHOLOGY

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00999A000300100007-4
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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 4, 1976
• Content Type: MFR

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OTS/CB Memo #76-18
4 February 1976
11IL,MORA DUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
Investigation into Parapsychology
1. Attached is the final report describing several
years of CIA (ORD & {STS) sponsored research in the area
popularly referred to as parapsychology. I believe the
SRI report will be a major benchmark in the field. Even
with its flaws the investigation is the most complete,
serious and scientific investigation into parapsychology
in general and its national security implications in
particular. The report establishes overwhelming scientific
evidence for the existence of human perceptual capabilities
which are as yet unexplained. The investigation, however,
resulted in nothing which adds to the understanding of the
mechanisms involved and little w -rich increases the effective-
ness of national securiy.rapplications. the SRI investi-
gation and internal CIA o experiments do, nevertheless,
indicate potential applications of the phenomenon to intel-
ligence problems. For example, empirically useful tecbin.iques
can probably be developed for those intelligence problems
where noisy, flawed infornation can be used to limit known
alternatives which subsequently can be verified. It is my
opinion that an internal CIA program directed towards the
above mentioned and siniar intelligence requirements should
be re-instated and continued within OTS.
2. ,..uch interest has been generated by SRI's publications
in technical journals this past year, and consequent pro;res
is likely. The unclassified portion of the SRI investi
is to be published in the ME Proceedin s in 'march 1910'.
The acceptance by this prest g ous journa?, is a significant
indicator of interest in this field within the scientific
camwurnity. Furthermore, z, number of aboratories,~_g in..
cluing that of Dr. R. W. Lucky, Vice Chairman of the I! :
Publications Board and Division Director at Beall Laboratories,
have successfully replicated the SRI remote viewing tasks.
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Other groups such as the i:SIB' s STIC study on ''Erner ing
Areas of Science and Technology of Importance to National
Security" have independently identified parapsychology
as an area worthy of support. The epartrent of the
Navy, the Office of Naval Research and Naval Electronics
System Con&nand have also independently decided to support
SRI in extensions of the CIA sponsored investigations.
Releasing the SRI data for publication has already sti.-
lated additional investigations, and encouraged further
research into understanding and controlling the phonome =a
involved. It is not premature for us to be now considering
the analysis and application of intelligence desired frnr,
those techniques.
SG1
Attachment:
References
Final Report
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