LETTER TO DR. F.W. NIEDENFUHR, DEFENSE ADVANCE RESEARCH PROJECT AGENCY, FROM H.E. PUTHOFF

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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: March 19, 1976
• Content Type: LETTER

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STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA O402E
(415) 32L G200
1-. l'. 'v1', Ni.(.clcrrf.ilhr
Defense Advcltrcc Research Project Agency
1100 Wi1On Itoulevarcl.
Arlington, Vi rhinia 22100
Having seen your le L Le:v Lo Randi the magician, reproduced as an appendix
in his book The Magic of Uri Geller, I thought I would wr:i_Lu to bring
yor.r t:tp to Wi t o on. R.andi ' s l nest contrihutiort to d.isinfornt.l Lion. Al though
111 pene.ral we have no argument. with Randi'a criticism of Goiter's public
performances with regard to the possibility of chicanery, we find LhaLL
wi th i lgarcl I o Nandi' 's description of the work at SRI , Randi is cleany
up to his old tricks, deception by misdirection. In looking over his
book we found t.lrnL in every instance Ranch, in his efforts to fauli_ the
SRI experiments with Geller, was driven to lrypothes.i.ze the existence of
looph.olc cond:i Lions that did not in fact. -exist, Enclosed is a fact sheet
conrecLin?- the error; in Ra>.idi's book with regard to Lhe SRI work, which
you may :find revealing. Rather than a serious attempt to put forward
expert cr?itici.am as to the lxossibi.lities of chicanery - (Fria stetggosted
pOSs:ihilit:iet are trivial and naive in comparison witli the sophist.lCat.ed
adv.icc that we obtain from consulting magicians Of L110 calihor of
Miibourne Ci'r?.istopher) - 'NO Cansldon his hoot: as Simhl.?: a c:f?r,tccret;.I
ventur?0 on hi S part
L1eyond Lha L, our work w:i. Lh Gcc!Iler constituted lass than 3?10 of our ovcrl111
effo1 i. :i.n the field of so cnll.c~d paranormal funct.iortiug, even. Lhoul;h it,
seemed to I"arnor tie most; publicity, in no c;n1a1:1. putt, clue Lo Randi'a efforts.
The hull; of the other 9l`%, :as surIIIII, zecl in tho March ]Proceedings oC the
11 11;111', ,just: published Oils moll Lh. In this paper we do tail the resul 1--a> ob La i_ncd
in over 00 exper:ime11 L 's wi.Llr 11:1 11e subjects (includi.ng visiLiug rske1) Li caI
govel'nment :i;eierltiaLa who acted as sul)jocts), ca.1.r:Icd C)u1. to exaIII ine
utat,Lye paranolnral.. pwerce.pt.t.lal. mode by which an :1ruliv.i.dnal ohIain
p ,
visual data tahout a remote physical booaL:Lorr which may be a bt_tild:ing,
inborn for v, or natural s0 t L:i_nl;.
The cdi. Lo:r.ial accompanying the paper was wra tt:en by Dr. lt, lt'. Lucky,
edi l;or of the ,journal and also head of the Advanced Data Cumnlulr:i_ca Lions
Deportment at hell Labs, Holmdel, NJ. We widens Land IliaL as part of time
rev:i ow pr. o?cess a group at Bell independently replicated our experi meri L
and ol_,tained )e:7u:LLs similar to ours. Threeother labs have, also replicated
the cxpe:e?inlen l , and these resin t.s are in various S Lo es of prepaid 1i.011 1'01? I
publ. i OIl tL on.
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If you have any .dues Lions, of Cher with regard to Rand.i ` s allcRa Lious
or the IEEE paper, please do not hesi La Le to contact us for clarif.i ca Lion.
With bus L regards,
H. E . Pu tliof l , PhD 1:7.029
Electronics and 13iucngi-ncei?ing Laharatory
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