Friday, November 6, 2009

CIA.gov (FAS.org): Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and National Security Agency (NSA) both had Ongoing Psychic Research Programs Until AT LEAST 1997

https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/docs/v40i5a09p.htm

[According to the Federation of American Scientists, this article is "from Studies In Intelligence Vol. 01 No. 1, 1997" -

http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/ciaufo.html


The CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90

CIA also maintained Intelligence Community coordination with other agencies regarding their work in parapsychology, psychic phenomena, and "remote viewing" experiments. In general, the Agency took a conservative scientific view of these unconventional scientific issues. There was no formal or official UFO project within the Agency in the 1980s, and Agency officials purposely kept files on UFOs to a minimum to avoid creating records that might mislead the public if released. (90)

(90) See John Brennan, memorandum for Richard Warshaw, Executive Assistant, DCI, "Requested Information on UFOs," 30 September 1993; Author interviews with OSWR analyst, 14 June 1994 and OSI analyst, 21 July 1994. This author found almost no documentation on Agency involvement with UFOs in the 1980s.

There is a DIA Psychic Center and the NSA studies parapsychology, that branch of psychology that deals with the investigation of such psychic phenomena as clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, and telepathy. The CIA reportedly is also a member of an Incident Response Team to investigate UFO landings, if one should occur. This team has never met. The lack of solid CIA documentation on Agency UFO-related activities in the 1980s leaves the entire issue somewhat murky for this period.

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