Office of Research and Development and Office of Technical Service Paranormal Perception Research Project
What this is
That the Office of Technical Service was put forward, jointly with the Office of Research and Development, as funder and monitor of a paranormal perception research project at Stanford Research Institute.
That an Office of Technical Service project preceded this one and reported paranormal perception phenomena.
That the recommendation was approved over the signature of the Director of Central Intelligence.
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“It is recommended that a research and development investigation of paranormal perception phenomena be initiated with Stanford Research Institute (SRI). A proposal for such an investigation is attached. Since this is a tightly directed advanced research project, it is further recommended that the effort be jointly funded and monitored by the Office of Research and Development and the Office of Technical Service.”
The next sentence names a Project Officer whose name is redacted. The estimated cost is printed as $149,555 and is legible on this copy; it is illegible on the draft.
“A previous OTS project, summarized in the attached proposal, indicated the existence of paranormal perception phenomena.”
- THE PREVIOUS PROJECT IS NOT NAMED, HERE OR ANYWHERE IN THIS FILE. This sentence must not be read as identifying it.
“APPROVED: W.E. Colby, Director”
The handwritten signature above the printed name reads as W E Colby. Carl E. Duckett, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, is printed above the approval block with a redaction box over the space above his name. The date line beside the signature carries a stamp that is NOT legible at 600 dpi and no date is taken from it.
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