SUMMARY OF U.S. PSYCHOENERGETICS RESEARCH FACILITIES

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Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788RO01100260003-0 SUMMARY OF US. PSYCHOENERGETICS RESEARCH FACILITIES No. Facility Main interest (1) Years of Experience Stanford Research RV, GESP, Institute, Interna- some PK tional (SRI), Menlo Park, Ca 2 Mind Science Foundation San Antonio, TX Applied Science PK, RV Department,Prince- ton Univ., NJ (Dean R. Jahn) Foundation for GESP, PK Research into the Nature of Man (FRNM), Durham, NC Lawrence Livermore Labor- PK atories (L3), Livermore, CA (Lab of R. Hawke) Psychophysical Research GESP, PK Lab, Princeton, NJ Type research Comments Since 1973 Mostly applied; - In secure facility at Radio some basic PK Physics Lab with random event - Physics background generators (REG's) - Willing to investigate applied issues Basic research. - Not secure PK with random - Psychological background event generators - Good Physiological instrumenta- (REG's) and bio- tion logical specimens. - No applied interest Basic research. - Not secure PK targets include - Physics, Psychology orientation sensitive instru- - Possible applied interest ments, and large- - Uses student subjects (no high scale devices. performers sought) Basic research. - Not secure PK with random - Psychology orientation event generators. - No applied interest Since 1977 Basic/applied - Secure facility - Very limited effort; unofficial - Some excellent plans, instru- mentation, etc. - Not willing to,do classified work Basic research. - Not secure PK with REG's - Previously located at Maimonide Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY - Psychology orientation - No applied interest 7 Physics Dept, Wash- PK Since 1979 Basic research - Not secure ington Univ.,St. PK with REG's Theoretical orientation, no Louis, MO Study of "spon- clear applied interest (1) Terms used here: Remote Viewing (RV); Gendf ~,SP-SFgr Release 2066016' el.IHt DP96-00788R00 1.002?00P.3-9)_. m4 nr"!jI Approved For a ease 2007070- - - IA-RDP9.6-00788RO01100260003-0 SUMMARY OF US PSYCHOENERGETICS RESEARCH FACILITIES (Cont'd) No. Facility Main interest Years of Experience Type research Comments 8 Psychophysical GESP Since 1979 Basic research - Very extensive computer Lab, Electrical Emphasis on facility Engineering Dept, physiological - Not secure Duke Univ, Durham, monitoring - They are willing to accept NC (1) additional support/funding - No applied orientation 9 Eyring Research PK None Basic and applied - Secure facility - They desire to enter research, but have not performed any preliminary investigations to date. They have access to a qualified staff and consultants. 10 American Society of PK, GESP Decades Very basic - Work is hard to evaluate Psychical Research NY, NY (1)NOTE: This facility (Item 8) is not the same as the early Duke University parapsychology laboratory which was part of the Psychology Dept. This was Dr. J. B. Rhine's laboratory, which investigated parapsychological phenonmena from 1929 until it was closed at his retirement in 1965. Dr. Rhine then became director of FRNM (see Item 4) until his death in 1980. Annrwed For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788RO01100260003-0 , - I I: -