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FEDERAL FREEDOM OF

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INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS

SECTION

COVER SHEET

SUBJECT: EXTRASENSORY

PERCEPTION

SUBIECT'

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a term probably technically inaccurate! and beganexperimentingwith

members of his family. and

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recent

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has appeared at Duke University where

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sufficiently uell to drive

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and various the Veterans Administration} are

to see; in six monthsto teacha person without

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eyes to see

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mind to

do.

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to

have

taught not only membersof his family but approximately 25 other individuals

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with 100%efficiency.

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including persons completely blind,

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about l6 - 17 years of age! wasblindfolded by the observers "w&#39;ith F&#39;

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to teach the blind to see.

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Foos

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error

question as

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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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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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the physically

blind rather

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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.

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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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other instructors

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methods of teaching, but in the

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impressed the

that his

viewers

main interest

however, he

refused to

believed he

can teach

field.

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for Extra

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to obtain

Inc and

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listed

the backersand memsers of the organization as E HY CARAVATI,

Richmond Public

Relations Han,

WILLIAM CANTOR, an auctioneer,

and ROBERT CANTOR,alawyer.

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and other members of the Parasychology

the University.

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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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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.

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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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031, advised t arepresentative from his office and a olonel John

Lieu

Do nie,

Special

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.

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resentative

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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",_.

i- -_ v-

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

5.3:

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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;._.

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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

Dr. Puharich&#39;s work is .tr" ~&#39;.=~." :

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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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by Foos, reportedly on Agency, the before Division ofthe Armyand theCentral Intelligence have r &#39

read newspapers.

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1957.

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read material strictly a

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Government

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a person the

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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

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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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to find out if there were any gimmicks" involved. Mr.

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evasive inhis answersand refusedto discusshis methodsof instruction. He also refusedto allow ademonstration of theyoung boyreading documents

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enclosed in abriefcase or readingthrough the walls orfa room. He claimed,

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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.

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admission. He is, however,

according to his own explanation, attempting to initiate interest so that funds

will besubscribed for aclinic for theblind in Richmond, Virginia, which he

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demonstration, requested astatement indicati.ng that his invitation was refused for

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of course,

is something

we cannot afford to overlook in

our work

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advisable, however, to have checks made

own interests.

It is believed

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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. .£ __~,_.

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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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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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detectiveandjuvenilemagazine &#39; q-..,.&#39; .&#39; the FBI. Dell publisheswell-knownfashion,--beauty, ~._¢._-, We haveenjoyedfavorablerelationswithKrell andhe has written someexcellent articles aboutBureaucasesbaseduponinaterial furnishedto him. His articles

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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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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-

stantiateany of the claims by made Hurkos concerning solution the crimes. of . .7A&#39;I ;.

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..:_.

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entitled "Telepathist Says He Can See Killer" whichrelated that Hurkos stated he

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."

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how silly can one get."

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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.

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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.

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uncontrollable.

presents difficulties

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Laboratory experiments Clairvoyance in twenty-five.

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ESP card

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decides which

is then

phenomena

have been made as follqws:

each of five different symbols and asquare!.

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of objective

to establish reality of these mental not met in accepted psychological research.

five cards

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above one

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these tests

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consistent averages

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