POLEMIC ISSUES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00788R002000140007-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Content Type: BRIEF

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1. No firm "scientific" experiment
has been performed to prove
existence of the ~?heno" ena.
Proponent
The extremely personal nature of the
phenomena as it is curreritlly perceived
requires an intense personal involve-
ment which could easily lead to a
circus-type atmosphere for first-hand
observation. This is very undesirable,
possibly detrimental, and excluded
by the human use protocols.
2. The evidence pptyiuced could be
the resu't of trickery or poor
experimental design.
3. No explanation exists in terms of
scientific theory to support the
existence of such phenomena.
4. There are not enough resources
being currently provided to known
areas of science with "hard"
proven potential to waste
significant resources on an area
as "soft" as this.
5. The form of the raw product
could, and at times in the
past, has been very leading for
a non-critical evaluator.
We don't think we fooled ourselves
with our own challenge/validation
session; constantly seeking better
experimental procedure within the human
use protocols.
Application need not wait for complete
scientific understanding.
The potential military applications,
of this phenomena, are extremely
important and only a few are working
on this area.
We think that our pre-evaluation
editing out of dates and previous
session related inforw Lion from the
transcript, along with the ordering of
targets plus transcripts as provided
to the evaluators, overcomes this.
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