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INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS
SECTION
COVER SHEET
SUBJECT: EXTRASENSORY
PERCEPTION
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CROSS REFERENCE S!
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Mr. Foos, resident of ichmond,Va., isa high school ~" ,
a term probably technically inaccurate! and beganexperimentingwith
members of his family. and
in
recent
th
weeks
He claims
to have
ceived
a consi
has
achieved
amazi
ons
o
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in his ability
has appeared at Duke University where
ly
§overnment agencies
very muchinterested.
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experiments have
technical
or scientific
can do uhat
emp
long been
explanation.
he makes up his
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to teach the blind
an automobilesafely.
supernatural power and, not being a scientist
person
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Very Simply, Fbos claims the ability
sufficiently uell to drive
He
and various the Veterans Administration} are
to see; in six monthsto teacha person without
9
eyes to see
Bk disclaims any
or physician, has no
.He merely states that a
mind to
do.
H2 claims
to
have
taught not only membersof his family but approximately 25 other individuals
as mull,
with 100%efficiency.
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including persons completely blind,
to see
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To illustrate his ability, his daughter,MargaretFoos .
about l6 - 17 years of age! wasblindfolded by the observers "w&#39;ith F&#39;
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moving about _;g-"a&#39;{~,-3-d S5I Mr/v I-_F.*,92 11-,1: >.§:
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including
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in an apparent
to teach the blind to see.
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success
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as with completeIn answer vision. toaquestion
as to
. whether distance
recent public
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uizether motion
adistance
of 400
childhood game
feet.
lfactor, . Foos
had distinguished
In answer
would complicate
of jacks
stated e
using a
small l;~ "
a
colored balloons
to another
the problem,
error
question as
to
Margaret played
the
diameter! rubber
ball, deftly retrieving itregardless of angleof bounce.
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.&#39;-Zr. Foos uas questioned -as to his ability to read an article covered by a pad or to
a person "15 1,7 1" ? 2: , ____ _:
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exhibit Margaret
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minute handwriting submitted b,y those in attendance, accurately trace the written material and in all unys function w hout
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awall. He at that time because of the defense
at liberty
to discuss
avoided a aspects of
it. Later,
to teach see through
direct a:nswe~r; stating -that- -~~~ ~~~~--such apossibility he uas not
however, in
private conversation,
he claimed that he had taught one of his students to accurately read an article completely obscured by heavy cardboard and that teaching the ability to see beyond a solid masonry uzzll was merely a matter of degree. He would pursue this matter no
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further.
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inquired of
Foos as to hisgeneral
method of teaching whether individual tutoring uas essential. He stated that he had taught a group with equal facility. He further stated that he had found it much easier and had had
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greater success
in teaching
with ordinary vision. 57¢.
the physically
blind rather
than those
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to the
Should his value which
claims be could accrue
undetectable access to mail, buildings -the possibilities are ment and
counterintelligence are
well-founded, to the FBI -
there is no limit complete and
the diplomatic pouch; visual access to unlimited insofar as law enforceconcerned.
&#39; As fantastic as this may appear, the actuality of sensory perception has long been recognized -though not to
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degree of
perfection claimed
by Mr. Foos.
Itis
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extra the
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and no
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result
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The records in the library of the Richmond Time spatch Richmond News-Leader, newspapers RVirginia,
were checked on August 9, 1957, by SA wh1¢h pgand the
flected an article by K. LEWIS WARREN, a 6lined June 17, 957!, which related that MAHARET F008, a sixteen year old high school $5-5&#39;:"&#39;.&#39;.&#39;? ._ ;~ ;
girl, had demonstrated with her father, WILLIAM FOOS, of Ellerson,
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irginia, methods by which WILLIAM FOOS hoped to teach the blind to read. Cotton pads had been placed over the eyes of MARGARET FOOS, secured by ablack elastic blindfold, and in that condition she had, found and read passage from amagazine furnished by a reporter and had read samples of handwriting as well as verses
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article further stated that WILLIAM F008 did not Iclaim to beTheapsychologist or to have had even elementary know.4 ~ledge of the subject; however, he claimed to_.haye_,areadeverything
at pppossibleon the §~v.1&#39;
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The article
in the
further stated
salvage warehouse
of the
that FOOS
C. &O,
was a
Railway on
foreman
leave of
absence, that he startedexperimenting with the children who
visited his his horses
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place in and later
authority on
the subject
Department of
then states
thorggghly sincere
project is
divulge his
to
other instructors
acharter
that FOOS
and
sat
tde
e p t eblind;
methods of teaching, but in the
The article
impressed the
that his
viewers
main interest
however, he
refused to
believed he
can teach
field.
further set
out that
FOOS hoped
tiR on esea
Sensor erce P
for Extra
r hc.,
to obtain
Inc and
p
listed
the backersand memsers of the organization as E HY CARAVATI,
Richmond Public
Relations Han,
WILLIAM CANTOR, an auctioneer,
and ROBERT CANTOR,alawyer. Further, ifthe charter was granted J FOOS plannedto recruit blind youngsters who would be willing
§§§;
to cooperate
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lined June
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and other members of the Parasychology
the University.
The article
in his
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fish and ride Further, that
EOOS recentlé had been to Duke Ugiggggitx where he had demonstrated for two aye e ore r.JOSEPH B. RHINE, an eminent &#39; as being
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Hanover County, irginia, to began working with friends.
in the
The library
22, 957!,
Perception! Research,
experiment.
contained another
to the
Inc., received
effect
newspaper article,
that ESP
Extra 3enscry
acharter
yesterday from
the state Qorporation Commission and will undertake training for the blind. The officers and staff of
zation were
set forth
clinical the organi-
as follows:
WILLIAM A. F003,
President and
HENRY L. CARAVATI, ROBERT A. LLOYD,
Vice-President Vice-President .
Director of
ROBERT CANTOR, Secretary
WILLIAM CANTOR, Treasurer MARGARET FOOS, Research Assistant
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SAM LOMBARDO,Vice-President &#39;
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leave Monday to and New York
further
set
conduct a series and that
a clinic
forth
that
the
staff
of demonstrations
would
be opened when the
returned,
was to
in Washington staff
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Operations
Branch,
%_and, had attended a demonstration given byFoos held on _.?;_ ;;$ ugust8, 195?,at thellarriotMotor Hotel,U. S. Highway #1, &#39;.§ -n K however, it was his understanding&#39;that on August 8, l95?, another __-92. 1--:1&#39; -> "3 -.., _ A-t
resentative
o
eArmy
Intelligence
Center
at Fort
Virginia. Attached hereto is acopy of a P. _Arlington, by George C. Blackwell, the representative . 1" Y submitted L: ; .. - Downie&#39;s office attending this demonstration. As far F-~$Downie knew, there was no representative from CIA at s&#39;_; : 0 2",_.
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Holabird,
memorandum
from
Colonel
as colonel
this demonstration,
EDD ie,not representing the Department oftgi érjmy however. dem nstration
was given by
Foos to
unknown to
individuals
A--;_; ;. Colonel Downie stated that Hill- ," the representative from the Army
Colonel
Lieutena t Colonel Leroy C. Intelligence Center, is making
an evaluation of the demonstration; however, to date he has reached no conclusion. According to Colonel Downie, when colonel Hill 3: -. r._. completes his evaluation he, Downie, will so advise the Bureau. _ v &#39; &#39; _ Colonel Downie further advised that his office has made inquiry from others who have attended different demonstrations put on by Foos . Q ., . with the following results: Inquiry was made of representatives fro -.___W ,_&#39; .. I "-" i the President &#39;s committee on Employment of the Physically Eandicappe &#39;a_~=" i
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who attended one of Foes demonstrations. It was determined that 1.5, Major General Melvin J. Haas, U. S. Marine corps retired!, Chairman ."=cs.;2>:~&#39;;os,=; ":-"~"-"!§. of this Committee, was of the opinion that the claims by Foos that .-1.".-&#39;?f._1;-_-_.j,¢ he could teach blind persons to perceive has not_.been proven""by his Hi" =_&#39; demonstration and until such time as Foos has taught persons known 1-,; .;,_&#39;92,.,: 14;; -..,&#39;._. -.-,..~ .. §j.92 ;-. to be blind to perceive objects, the President &#39;s committee will not , ._:,.;- -1-. 0
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RE:
EXTRA SENSORY
PERCEPZION
.DEMONSTRATION
BI MB.
;AUGUST 8, 1957
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According to
representatives
of the
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Blind Veterans
Association, who had attended&#39;one of Foos&#39;demonstrations, the demonstrations did not reveal any extra sensory per eiptive powers:/
A
of Foosor any of his associates. Ihat Associatiodfdoes not
>-.~~ &#39; .._. -
contemplate any
action toward
&#39; ::5":&#39; ."&#39; Inquiry by ..<_;_._,,,; 92Administration reflects f;-92 1.; --._~ _&#39;.&#39;1_ r=1.92T:&#39;.-;-_v Foos would not submit ,
Lo-,4 e
of the
_&#39; ;-
sponsoring Foos
Colonel powniefs that the to scientific
demonstration conducted
or his
ofjice at
teachings.
the Veterans
Veterans Administration, since testings and since portions
with blindfblds
furnished by
the
_h_~Vetenons.Administration~were-l00eper~cent.unsuocessjw1,.concluded of Foos were without basis. The Veterans Administration further action. Colonel Downie stated that the information from the Blind Veterans Association and from the Veterans .I.- "J. ;. -,.>--.-&#39; Administration was obtained on a very confidential basis. He, &#39; -.-1 therefore, requested that the Bureau not disseminate this information - -"" outside qf the Bureau. Attached hereto also is acopy of a wt. memorandum furnished by colonel Downie relative to pr. Henry K. .. *.&#39;-_- . Puharich, Round Table Ibundation, Glen Cove, Maine. Ihile
that the claims P&#39; .4_~;.";&#39;..2 &#39;."92 contemplated no
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not exactly
perception, Colonel Downie determining the possibilities of
in the
field
stated that the Army his techniques.__.
of extra
sensory
is interested :
in
4 CTION:
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T.:. F@:.~&#39;._::. * ;~_perception. - demonstrations His been have witnessed by two Special Agents of 92 :2 ,__r;__ 5 gthis Bureau in privacy at American Legion headquarters, Washington, D. C. :4 -2 _s.l;.&#39; g";Foos hasa 15-year-old daughter who, although blindfolded, can presumably read I .___,
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placed beforeher, She ghys cards, checkers, accurately describes individuals, and does manyother things to exhibit the power of extrasensory as taught by her father. The Richmond Office has conducted a discreet check on Foos and has found that Foos is regarded as a well-respected Foos is currently attempting toestablish a clinic for the blind in
_Richmond, Virgua.
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read newspapers. This yoimg&r also reportedly can documents read §" ""*"_ have &#39; enclosed been inabriefcase. . 43s.! Z; 1.: 5.-, ".-
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Roach to llr. Belmont PERC.E&#39;.P.TION INFORMATION CONCERNING
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read material strictly a
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rumor which
and as for as he has whatsoever indicating the claim can read
that this beyond a
brief case,
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circu ating
boy trainedby Foos tated that
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around the
Government
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a person the
declaration in that order to do this, additional trainiig is required 9%
9is any capabili
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reports concerning
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that he
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the
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by RuthMontgomery "Spying by Hind.-Reading!in which she stated the Army Intelligence Service wasconducting researchexperiments in mental telepathy. She speculatedthat the ultimate achievementwould be to
develop a method whereby U. S. spies could
of plotters I
in the Kremlin. The Director asked,
"receive" thoughts
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$0 th-i8? a ., lg , M7Lieutenant Colonel Lee Martin, Chief of Investigations, E -:.;.;,; .0,
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extra sensory perception; however, the res ultswere inZo6uElusiv
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Washington, D. G . which did research in the many phases of mental 11?-&#39;*:?~f..&#39;?.> problems raised by the Korean War, with particular emphasison brainfxje Iwashing. This research did incidentally include mental telepathy or y
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Our Laboratory experts advised -- that informed at the present time is that there is no basis in
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achievement would
be
the inner reaches or the Kremlin.
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Numerous estions were asked of Mr. Foos following the
demonstration m most s inblunt his questioning in attempts Foos wasquite
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however, thatthis couldbe doneand thathe would be willing tohave this act
performed at alater date. Mr. Foos spoke continuallyof learning the principles
Ihowever, of extrasensory perception constant through reading-of-the -Bible".--~He tobe anatheist in his beliefs. Mr. Foos hasappeared before medical
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officials atDuke University, the Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.,
various medicalassociations inNew YorkCity, andbefore variousgroips in
Richmond, Virgiia. He has never charged
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admission. He is, however,
according to his own explanation, attempting to initiate interest so that funds
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advisable, however, to have checks made
own interests.
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with CIA and theIntelligence Division of
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Byldetter toDirector 9-2&#39;7-60, attached, Edwin D.Krell, midwes
in t g 0 d o an articl e correspondent fo ell Publishing §gm_pa__1_11,, advisedheis plann concerning parapsyc 0 ogyin criminalinvestigation.He noted that muchhas appeared in newspapers on this topic inrecentmonths,butin checking into the . situation hefoimd no evidence to support the contention that mediums haveaided
policein solving crimes. Krell feelsthe public is entitledtothisinformation and
requested a statement fromtheDirector onthismatterforuseinthearticle.
-Krell mentioned GerardCroiset,1a Dutch medium,whoreportedly relatedwhathappened to JudgeJoseph Crater, whovanished in NewYork in 1930. .£ __~,_. A.
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Krell also made reference to Peter H1:-kos, also from Holland, who in J921l1¬ ,
1960,madeheadlines whileworkingontheCarrollJackson familymurder case.
Krell notedthat Hurkos&#39; work led to the arrest of
a suspect John
caught by theFBI.
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whowaslater releasedwhenthe actualkiller MelvinDavisRees,Jr.4! was
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In conducting researchin this matter, Krell advisedhe contacteda
Brink, Dutchpoliceofficialandattorney,whosentKrell ana.rticle he
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had written in which he stated: "Neither in the Netherlands, nor in any
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Iintimations of clairvoyants. Dr.Brink also quoted aletter from Scotland Yard:/& "SofarastheLondon Police areconcerned, wecompletely ignore anything put forward by clairvoyants in the course of
criminalinvestigation."
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the 1930&#39;s, andtheyhavecarriednumerous favorablestoriesrelatingto thework of
detectiveandjuvenilemagazine &#39; q-..,.&#39; .&#39; the FBI. Dell publisheswell-knownfashion,--beauty, ~._¢._-, We haveenjoyedfavorablerelationswithKrell andhe has written someexcellent articles aboutBureaucasesbaseduponinaterial furnishedto him. His articles
appearin theDell publications, PageDetective." #594-ls-4-2282,»;-l=°_ 7,, D "Inside "-~ ~-Detective" »=,.""and."Front ""&#39;
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There isno information in Bu les concerning Gerard Croiset,
reportedlyaDutch medium. Bu les re ect that inApril,
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1952, Captain &#39;
Filippus Brink,an attorney and member of thede Bilt, Holland, police force,
toured theBureau inconnection with avisit to the United States to studylaw
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enforcement methodsin this country. There is no derogatory information in
lBu les concerning Brink. Bu les re ect
CorneliusVan Der
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that Peter
Hurkos, whose true name is Peter
Hurk, wasborn 5-21-ll, in Dordrecht, Netherlands. He is
aliged tohave extrasensory perception and it has been claimedin manynews and
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magazine articles thathe has assisted police departmentsmany in countries in
solving crimes as aresult of his ability. Bu les
contain noinformation to sub-
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On 5-25-60,Dr. FrancisRegis Riesenman, psychiatrist on the sta
at St.Elizabeth&#39;s Hospital, Washington, C. D. , advised the Virginia State Police
VSP! that he planned to bring Hurkos Virginia to and Maryland to observethe sites
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where the bodies of the Jackson iamily were found. Herequested that the VSP allow Hurkos the opportimity examining of the clothing and other physical evidence inthe case. VSP felt ihqwould be subjected to public criticism whether they agreed or declined participate to and nally decided to allowHurkos to examine the material.
The Director noted: am "I amazed that VSP the would participate inanysuch circus. "
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Riesenman and Hurkos contacted the VSP on 6-7-60,and spent about a week workingnn the Jackson case, asaresult of which the Director commented:
l He We should sure beHurkos isn&#39;t in_ any case injected which in have we-- jurisdi isacomplete fraud,"_ _._i..:_. -as1" "
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knew what the murders looked like and hoped "soon" to turn over to police iniormation that would solve the case.Mr. Tolson commented:
connected with thegreat Interpol." 0-27510-8174!
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how silly can one get."
The 6--14-80, issueof the"New YorkJournal American"hadan
d"Spy ing Hind-Reading?" hi hdealt with ri
t th Ar Intefliégnlce in Seervice bgntal tele ath and Zxtgasensory ere<?§etio!g.en& atzuired: there "Is to thisg" Curthe Laborato loolged theingo matter andas ermined there is no has s in science for of extrasensory perception described in the article. -3--
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Memorandum to Ir. Tamm Re: EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION 63-4036 .
The principal lines the most
directed for
of investigation in parapsychology studying_£supernormal cognition,"
part in
is knowledge shown by a"percipient"¢ receiver! I which he has no natural means of knowing.
of matter
are that
concerning
These include such .&#39;. I " debatable phenomenon as: telepathy, supernormal knowledge derived _---a .-><__from anothers mind; clairvoyance, all manifestations of supernormal . _._. .~ -Q.-:-=. 4 knowledge, not in the mind of another person, without the intermediary 9. : =:&#39;;"1. . -"4 : __-. , of==-.= sensory information; and, precognition, supernormal knowledge of =":&#39;.==&#39;-: &#39; &#39;5 3, .&#39;/J! future events that can neither be percieved sensorily, inferred " 4. 92 rationally or brought about deliberately. Because these modes of perception arise spontaneously from life experiences of certain persons _ .._., ,3 only, the elimination of fraud, collusion and other sources of error " re.-:._.;a .
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uncontrollable.
presents difficulties
The devising
Laboratory experiments Clairvoyance in twenty-five.
Aspecial
Tests:
If subject not explainable
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face up
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in
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dealt and
ESP card
deck of
isused cross, circle, for correct guesses of
consistently averages by mere
latching Test: Complete ESP
decides which
is then
phenomena
have been made as follqws:
each of five different symbols and asquare!. The probability results are
of objective
to establish reality of these mental not met in accepted psychological research.
five cards
star, wavy cards is
above one
chance.
lines five
in five,
,
One ESP card of each symbol placed deck is shuffled. Before top card is
symbol matches placed below
symbol on
top card
guessed symbol,
and so
of deck. on through
the deck.
!
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Blind latching
are face
down during
card of
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above except
five key
cards
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Card Calling Test: Subject pack, and so on through the
guesses deck. _
symbol on
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Test: Subject makes twenty-five but unbroken ESP deck.
these tests
that is,
allegedly demonstrates capacity
knowledge concerning
the ESP
symbols in 2v
consistent averages
of subject
ashuffled
consecutive
above one
to have supernormal
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Tanm PERCEPTION
63-4036 _
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, Telepathy
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Tests:
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Telepathic Method: ESP symbol in
No cards mind. Recipient
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have them
correspond to
experiments. Also or combination
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shuffles and while receiver deck.
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several
used.
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read
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miles.
order of
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ESP deck after it
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decide beforehand he desires to appear
which face of in successive
to
by
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Z» . ;.
The scientific factors which
have led
scores using
the above
criticism of
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by random
results of
emphasizes several
false evidence
for extra
chance
methods:
! Possibility
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ESP experiments
to considerable
of unconscious made are
and other
dictated by
sensory cues.
mental habits
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chance.
! Errors
due to
suggestibility of
experimenter in
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generally COMMENT: V
agreed that
of statistical
the statistical _
methods; although
methods properly
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