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DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
DEFENCE
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SOVIET AND CZECHOSLOVAKIAN
PARAPSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH (U)
PREPARED BY U. S. ARMY
MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE AND
INFORMATION AGENCY.
OFFICE OF THE SURCECH GENERAL
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Although the US Navy subsequently denied the reports of telepathic
testing on atomic submarines, the Soviet hierarchy apparently
becded Doctor Vasilev's advice and gave support, both moral
and floancial, to his dynamte vlew that:
"The discovery of the
energy underlying telepathic communication will be equivalent
To the discovery of atomic energy . (62).
4. (U) .Since 1962, Doctor Vasilev has headed a special laboratory
for biocommunications research at the University of Leningrad.
Major aspects of the work of this laborstory are to conduct research
and to develop machines capable of monitoring, testing and studying
telepathic communication (79).
5. (U) In 1953, Doctor Vasiley claimed to have conducted successful
long-distance telepathic experiments between Leningrad and Sevastopol,
a distance of 1200 miles, with the aid of an ultra-short-wave
(UNIF) radio transmitter. As a result, Doctor Vasilev was convinced
that his experiments, and those he conducted jointly with the
Moscow-based Sekhtcrev Brain Institute, offered scientific proof
of telepathic communications. His next goal was to identify
the nature of brain energy that produces it (59).
Theorizing on the above experiments, one Soviet scientist suggested
that telepathic lapulses are radiated along the lines of bits of
information in a cybernetic system. Another scientist is known
to be working on the idea of time as energy, speculating that
telepathic transmissions may be propagated through a supposed
timc-energy system, rather than through the electromagnetic field.
6. (U) Soviet research into biocommunications phenomena does not
appear to be carth-bound and limited to inner space, but apparently
extends to outer space as well. The so-called Father of Soviet
Rocketry, K.E. Tsiolkovsky, stated thats
"In the coming era of space flights, telepathic
abilities are necessary. While the space rocket
just bring men toward knowledge of the grand
secrets in the universe, the study of psychic
phenomena can lead us toward knowledge of the
mysteries of the human mind. It is precisely
the solution of this secree which promises the
greatest achievements." (80).
There are reports that the Soviets are training their cosmonauts
in telepathy to back-up their electronic equipment while in outer
space. One of these back-up schemes is known to involve coded
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5. (0) It is a known fact that the Soviet Union takes the appearance
of luminous bodies very seriously as evidenced by the Kirlian
photography of the human body's sura (91). It appears that the
Soviets may be considering that a hand which appears out of nowhere
and can grasp, "with the fim pressure of an old friend," another
person may have first-rate military possibilities. There has
been some discussion recently about the prospects of being able to
control'the apport technique to a point of sophistication where
fudividuals could control these "luminous clouds." The Individuals
who have studied these effects (real or otherwise) have suggested
that since these bodies con travel unlimited distances and are
able to pass through solid material (walls), they might well be
used to produce instant death in military and civilian officials.
It is further conjectured . that those bodies could dicable military
equipment of communication nets.
6. (U) If one reads the cases and experiments mentioned here.
as well as references two through nine under PART II of the noo-cited
bibliography, he can make certain deductions. If any of this
bighly questionable material is true then it can be inferred that
organic matter can be transformed into "ectoplasm," that this can
be rendered invisible and Impalpable and thus converted into
something which, for all practical purposes, amounts to force.
If organic matter can be converted into such "force-matter," it
becas reasonable to assume that a physical object, if similarly
converted, could travel through space.
7. (U) Two things are certain: (1) that parapsychological
phenomena are due to the little-known faculties of the subconscious
mind; and (2) that the powers of the subconscious mind are vastly
superior to those of the normal consciousness. The fantastic
memory of the subconscious mind (sometimes referred to as
"photographic memory") is a well-established fact. So is its
extraordinary mathematical ability, which has baffled trained
mathematicians no end. It seems probable that some of these
little-understood faculties of the subconscious mind have some-
thing to do with its ability to put together again an object
which it had previously disintegrated, and to manipulate the
forces involved in this process. The only way one can learn
more about these little-understood processes is through intensive
study and experimentation. The stakes seem high enough.
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8. (U) While the process by which matter is converted into
"force-matter" (and vice versa) may not be understood, neverthe-
less, one is faced with the possibility that the human mind can
disintegrate and reintegrate organic matter - a feat which seems
Far more complex than the disintegration and reintegration of,
say, a stone, a piece of wood, paper, etc. Experiments show
that a human body which has lost about half its weight can be
reintegrated without loss of normal. functions. Since this is
possible, It does not seen sate to exclude - without further
investigation - the possibility that Inorganic matter might undergo
a similar disintegration and reintegration. After all, apport
phenomena in which physical objects have passed through solid
walls have been observed and attested to by some of the world's
most eminent scientists as well as by a host of other responsi-
ble witnesses. In vics of what the human mind has demonstrated
it can do with organic matter, and in view of the very real Soviet
threat in this sector, the science of parapsychology should be
Investigated to its fullest potential, perhaps to the benefit
of national defense.
9. (U) According to Pullman (92), Director of the Southeast
Hypnosis Research Center in Dallas, Texas, before the end of the
1970s, Soviet diplomats will be able to sit in their foreign
embassies and use ESP ( in this cose a form of the apport technique)
to steal the secrets of their enemies. (See also reference 91,
p. 216) Pullman states that a spy would be hypnotized, then
his-invisible "spirit" would be ordered to leave his body, travel
across barriers of space and time to a foreign government's
security facility, and there read top-secret documents and relay
back their information. Such "astral projection" already has
been accomplished in laboratory settings, Pullman said, adding
that the Russians are probably now trying to perfect it. Pullman
further states that the Soviets are at least 25 years ahead of
the US in psychic research. According to Pullman, the Soviets
have realized the Immense military advantage of the psychic ability
known as astral projection (out-of-the-body travel). In this
reference, details are given for some of Pullman's work in the
US with astral projection. Other scientists and mediums interested
in this work are professor I. A. Cohn of Northern Arizona University (92).
Doctor Charles Tart of the University of Southern California (91,92).
and Doctor V. Inyushin of Alma-ata (91). Sybil Leek, noted astrologer
and author, states, "there is great danger that within the next ten
years the Soviets will be able to steal our top secrets by using
out-of-the-body spies." Further reading, although much older,
can be found in a book by Muldoon and Carrington (93). Suggested
background reading on astral projection can be found in: an excellent
article by J. Fraser Nicol in Psychic (94).
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a. Know the contents of top secret US documents, the movements
of our troops and ships and the location and nature of our military
installations.
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b. Hold the thoughts of key US military and civilian leaders,
at a distance.
c.
Cause the instant death of. any US official, at a distance.
d. Disable, at a distance, US military equipment of all types
including space craft.
3.' (V) It is generally conceded that the above four areas
sound like science fiction, 'however, the literature appears .to
support (b) as being the most possible use of psi phenomena
during the time frame of this study. Again from Ostrander and
Schroeder who cite Oliver Caldwell, an expert on Soviet affairs
and past-acting commissioner for International Education in HEW,
as follows :
"I am amazed at the skepticism and sometimes hostility
which I encounter when I try to tell Americans about
some of the experimentation which is taking place in
the USSR in parapsychology and related fields. I find
this strange because there is available documentation
in translation which substantiates most of the things
I saw in the USSR. I am really disturbed, because if
the ' United States does not make a serious effort tu
move forward on this new frontier, in another ten
years it may be too late."
4. (U) In closing this section on parapsychology a quote from
astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Jr. is appropriate (131).
"Extrasensory perception is not a matter of belief.
There is a great deal of serious scientific work
being done in it, and it has been established over
the last thirty years that it is a matter of proba-
bility, and the probabilities have been established
beyond chance. I think it is an important work. I
happen to be curious about it, and thus have been pur-
suing it for many years. This happened to be an
opportunity (Apollo 14 lunar mission) to do another
little step - a piece in the scientific puzzle of
what man's all about."
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