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21 January 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT:
Parapsychology at Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
1. The intent of this memorandum is to briefly describe
the OTS - SRI parpsychology project including a listing of
the American citizens tested.
2.
In 1962 reports of paranormal activities being
documented at SRI by Dr. H. Puthoff and Mr. R. Targ reached
the Agency. The original contacts were
OTS/
APB and
ORD/TC. A small work order type con-
tract (approximately $10,000) was initiated by
with the permission of Dr. S. Gottlieb, D/OTS. This contract
arranged for SRI to administer controlled laboratory testing
of Mr. Ingo Swann, a New York City artist, with claimed
paranormal abilities. Mr. Swann was tested and produced
significant data under controlled conditions. This data
was sufficiently impressive to begin a one year contract to
further investigate the potential of paranormal abilities.
3. During this one year contract (approximately $50, 000)
OTS/CB became the project officer. SRI con-
tinued to work with Mr. Swann and began working with Mr.
Uri Geller. Also a third subject, Mr. P. Price was tested
by SRI at the very end of this one year effort.
4. The results at this point justified an additional
one year project with SRI ($149,555). This project was
jointly funded by ORD and OTS with
as the project
officer.
ORD/LSD was the ORD liaison officer.
This project included two major parts. The OTS portion was
to test a series of operational analogues to determine the
state-of-the-art at solving operational problems. The ORD
portion was to determine the characteristics of a person with
paranormal abilities and to attempt to explain the phenomena.
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5. During the course of completing this latter contract,
six subjects, subcontracted to SRI have received extensive
medical and psychological testing as part of the attempt at
identifying characteristics possessed by people with para-
normal abilities. These medical and psychological tests are
subcontracted to the Palo Alto Medical Clinic.
6. For the record, the six subjects (listed below)
have willingly submitted to the tests (subjects know why
they are being tested, although only Mr. Price is witting
of CIA sponsorship).
Patrick H. Price
Ingo Swann
Duane S. Elgin
Phyllis Cole
Hella Hammid
Marshall C. Peace
7. At the beginning of this project two of the above
mentioned subjects, F. Price and H. Hammid were given the
test by OTS/BAB. This direct OTS testing of the
subjects was terminated when it was decided the Palo Alto
Clinic could provide all necessary data during the admini-
stration of their standard test battery.
8. There are no defined future plans in this project
area.
OTS/CB
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