W.E. Colby
Signed the approval block of a Central Intelligence Agency memorandum addressed to the Director of Central Intelligence, over the printed title Director. The memorandum recommended that a research and development investigation of paranormal perception phenomena be initiated with Stanford Research Institute, jointly funded and monitored by the Office of Research and Development and the Office of Technical Service, at an estimated cost of $149,555.
In the consciousness threadSigned the approval block of the CIA memorandum recommending that paranormal perception research at SRI be funded and monitored by ORD and OTS.
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approved the recommendation that a paranormal perception research project be initiated with itOffice of Research and Development and Office of Technical Service Paranormal Perception Research Projectprinted p. 3 · PDF p. 3 checked against the page
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approved the recommendation that made it a joint funder of the SRI projectsame document as the row aboveprinted p. 3 · PDF p. 3 checked against the page
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the memorandum carrying his name as Deputy Director for Science and Technology was approved over Colby's signaturesame document as the row aboveprinted p. 3 · PDF p. 3 checked against the page
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The sheet prints initials only: W.E. Colby. No fuller form of the name appears on any page this project holds, so none is written here.
Entered undated. The documents that put this entity on the map - the two states of the Office of Research and Development / Office of Technical Service paranormal perception memorandum - PRINT NO DATE ON THEIR FACE. The serial DD/S&T 3697-73 carries the year 73 and the stamp beside the approval signature is illegible at 600 dpi, so no date is derived. This is a gap, recorded as one.
Checked against Office of Research and Development and Office of Technical Service Paranormal Perception Research Project on 2026-08-25.
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- the approval block prints APPROVED above a handwritten signature and the printed name W.E. Colby, Director
- the memorandum is addressed MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
- paragraph 1 recommends the investigation be initiated with Stanford Research Institute
- paragraph 1 recommends joint funding and monitoring by ORD and OTS
- paragraph 1 prints the estimated cost as $149,555
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the date on which he approved it
the stamp beside the word Date is not legible at 600 dpi and no date is recorded