MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD, PROBLEM: TO DOCUMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY RELATED TO PARAPSYCHOLOGY.

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MEMORANDUM FOR - RECORD
PROBLEM s (C) To document disaus$LQA 4"XA
inquiry related to parapsychology
FACTS AND DISCUSSION t
1. (U) In response to a 28 NOVe nbOV 77 o
Inquiry by Mr. Giza, staff member Remo >~e>'
Committee on Intelligence, the foU#w pil e !
Mr. Giza on 12 December 1977:
Mr. Dale Graff, FTD/XRQ
Lt Col Michael Bloom, AF/XNY
MajYJack ~Drantell, 8AS/L _4'
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2 (C) ? prcaliminary remarks . i a a tit
conducting the inquiry for a committee somber* not identified
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who had read a 7 August 1S7 "
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Agency (CIA) who had indicated to haler ? *; rQreal
Technology Division (FTD) was sponsoring +exps ts, uAd
a continuing interest in parapsychology*"
3. (S) Mr. Graff explained that FTD had received * task fates
the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) , in Dec r X971 r to
produce an assessment Of the threat led s e bo
research conducted in the Warsaw 'ec t,
{S) The. experiments sponsored by FTD were desor at
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length by Mr. Graff. The Stanford Rea,a 'ch xnetit 4tea under
contract to ?TD, had conducted exper u nts in. ' remote v g...
The objective of the experiments was to provide a b sis. +i'
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comparison to evaluate data. At the request Of Mr.
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of the contract final report was left with the
5. (U) In response to a question by. Mr. Giza it V4*. '00,0440W,
that the FTD study, now in draft rev " by A7/IN
dominantly used open source literat
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6. (8) During the description of the UUI ox
based upon the findings, decide 7
FTD Commanders policy was to conduct the DI34 i We
7. (U) During the discussion it was painted out t
prior access to, or any precQnc4p.tYed p'1 q?*.
attempt to use an object which they SL.
for remote viewing was within. they .t3niafl. RM-4V*r?
not` tce1 a +e-: ~t
the objective of the experiment was
that several experiments were conducted where t'! ab Oct
collection of foreign intelligence. ,ic. Graff r
Giza asked if FTD had attempted to use ' t ,v i +a
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in January 1978, following DIA rent r of the
DIA. The decision for renewed tnapkinq Pr
ethers is entirely contingent >+1-t,t:
study.
committee on his total inquiry, he would flat re ma)wL
available to the Air Force through ,f+.
9. (U) Copies of the F'TU draft . opt a.
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Warsaw Pact (U), DIA Task PT-1810!- .an .
report, Advanced Threat Technigu4. ,$s+eu
are being retained by A'/INYSA and W/ MA.
ACTION O 'ICER: Lt Col .Michael 419QMk&; IX
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8. (U) Mr. aiza stated that if he..ra1 a repo t