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John N. McMahon

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Director of the Office of Technical Service, Central Intelligence Agency. Named in that title in the signature block of the draft memorandum recommending that a paranormal perception research project be initiated with Stanford Research Institute and jointly funded by the Office of Technical Service and the Office of Research and Development.

In the consciousness threadNamed as Director of the Office of Technical Service in the signature block of the draft memorandum recommending the SRI paranormal perception effort.

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John N. McMahon, Director, Office of Technical Service, and Sayre Stevens,…
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John N. McMahon Director Office of Technical Service Sayre Stevens Directo…

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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.

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Checked against Office of Research and Development and Office of Technical Service Paranormal Perception Research Project (draft) on 2026-08-25.

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  • the signature block prints John N. McMahon, Director, Office of Technical Service

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that he signed it

the block is typed and the APPROVED line on this sheet is blank; no handwritten signature appears over his name