REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00999A000300030017-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 2003
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: January 1, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
VIA CIA Management Committee
SUBJECT Request for Approval of Contract
1. Action Required: Your approval is requested for
TSD to increase the scope of a contractual agreement with
Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California and
expend additional funds in the amount of $18,474.00. An
amount of $49,909.00 has already been approved for the
basic contract which is 35 percent completed, and the new
total will be $68,383.00 of which $49,909.00 is being
provided by TSD and $18,474.00 by DDS1T/ORD.
2. Basic Data or Background: It has long been
claimed that certain gifted in ividuals have had the
ability to perceive and produce physical effects by para-
normal means. Recently, two individuals, Mr. Uri Geller and
Mr. Ingo Swann, appear to have demonstrated certain of
these abilities under controlled laboratory conditions.
The abilities of these individuals (unwitting of Agency
sponsorship) are being submitted to a serious scientific
investigation, part of which is being supported by the
above mentioned project. The goals of the current project
are to achieve unequivocal scientific verification of the
existence of these abilities. Should such verification be
obtained, the nature of the phenomena will be investigated.
ORD will undertake the long range task of understanding
and measuring the phenomena with the goal of establishing
a physical understanding or basis so that further exploi-
tation may proceed in a systematic manner. TSD will
simultaneously explore the limitations and properties of
the phenomena attempting to establish cause-effect relation-
ships which can lead to more immediate exploitations.
Some of the results of this project are summarized in the
attached technical memorandum. More complete and current
information will gladly be furnished by SG1I
TSD/CB or ORD II SG1
B
SG1
B
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3. Staff Position: This action has been approved
by C/TSD. Even though the likelihood of success of
this project cannot be accurately estimated, the
uniqueness of these phenomena and the potential appli-
cations justifies our interest. Mr. Geller, for example,
appears to have the ability to reproduce certain documents
he has never seen which are sealed in double envelopes
remote from his person. Verification of this ability
and understanding its limitations could be of significance
to the Agency in both offensive (covert operations) and
defensive (security) applications.
~~ rb 4. Recommendation: This project is worthy of the
stated increase in scope and consideration for continuance.
The investigation sponsored here distinguishes itself from
past efforts in that well controlled laboratory tests
are being completed on only the most gifted available
subjects. This approach appears to be producing results
and the results are as uncontrovertible as possible.
W.E. Colby
Deputy Director for Operations
Attachment:
Technical Memorandum
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