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Memorandum from Ed May re: Parapsychological Association (14 August 1995)

This declassified CIA document is a memorandum dated 14 August 1995 from Ed May of The Cognitive Sciences Laboratory (330 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, CA) to a redacted government recipient. May encloses a copy of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Parapsychological Association along with a corrected version of his own paper. He describes the meeting as productive and reports that a private funder plans to place $50 million into the field through an Institute in Nevada and UNLV, and notes strong funding at the Freiburg Institute in Germany. May observes that the recipient agency's interest and an in-progress review are well known in the field and met no adverse reactions. He references 'Jack' having resolved potential conflict-of-interest issues and identifying active-duty government individuals willing to speak firsthand about the 'utility factor' of the work. May requests the option to add a commentary to the final report before release, noting the review covers roughly ten years of his work. The memo is connected to U.S. government-funded parapsychology/remote-viewing research (STAR GATE-era) and its evaluation. Redaction markings (SG1I, SGFOIA3) appear on the page. The document was approved for release on 10 August 2000.

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Description

A one-page 1995 memorandum from Edwin C. May of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory in Palo Alto, transmitting the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Parapsychological Association and a corrected copy of his paper, and discussing funding, an ongoing government review of psi research, and a request to add commentary to the final report. Released through the CIA CREST reading room.

Claims

  • A private funder intends to place $50 million into the parapsychology field through an Institute in Nevada and UNLV.

    50%

  • The agency's in-progress review largely concerns Ed May's own work over the previous ten years.

    70%

  • An in-progress government review covers roughly ten years of Ed May's work in the field.

    60%

  • Good funding for the field is occurring at the Freiburg Institute in Germany.

    45%

  • Good research funding is occurring at the Freiburg Institute in Germany.

    45%

  • Individuals still on active duty with the government are willing to speak firsthand about the 'utility factor' of the work.

    45%

  • Individuals still on active duty with the government are willing to speak first-hand about the 'utility factor' of the research.

    40%

Events

  1. Dec 31, 1994

    Annual Meeting of the Parapsychological Association

    Recently held meeting described as 'a very good meeting'; proceedings enclosed with the memo.

  2. Aug 13, 1995

    Memorandum authored

    Ed May writes the memo enclosing Proceedings and a corrected paper.

  3. Aug 9, 2000

    CIA declassification/release

    Document approved for release per the header/footer stamps.

  4. Aug 13, 1995

    Memorandum authored by Ed May

    May transmits Parapsychological Association proceedings and discusses funding and the in-progress agency review.

  5. Aug 9, 2000

    CIA approval for release

    Document approved for public release through the CIA reading room.

Dates mentioned

1995-08-142000-08-10

Keywords

parapsychologyremote viewingCognitive Sciences LaboratoryEd MayParapsychological AssociationUNLVFreiburg InstituteCIASTARGATEanomalous cognitionSTAR GATEpsi researchCIA CREST

Entities

Programs

STARGATE
Extracted text (OCR)
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000200150001-0

The Cognitive Sciences Laboratory
330 Cowper Street, Suite 200, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Voice: 415.327.2007 — Fax: 415.322.7960

An Employee-Owned Company e-mail: may@hildegard.saicmp.com

Memorandum

Date:

SG1I To:
From: Ed May <4
Re: _—_ Parapsychological Association and things

14 August 1995

Hi. Please find enclosed your copy of the Proceedings of the Annual Mecting of the
Parapsychological Association. I have also included a corrected version of my paper.
(There were some screw-ups in the tables in the Proceedings that have been fixed.)

All in all, it was a very good meeting. A private funder is going to place $50 M in the field
through an Institute in Nevada and UNLV; good funding is happening in Germany at the
Freiburgh Institute as well.

It seem that your agency’s interest and the in-progress review is well known, and much to
my surprise, I found no adverse reactions. If the final analysis is positive with regard to
stating there is an anomaly worth looking at, I suppose the “field” recognizes what impact
that my have.

Jack told me that you and he have worked out the issues about potential conflict of interest,
and he tells me he has identified some individuals, who are still on active duty with the
government, who are willing to talk about the utility factor—first hand.

SGI1I HE would you consider allowing me the option of adding a commentary to your final
report before it is released? After all, this review is of mostly my work for the last 10
years, and I think that a comment from me might be useful for the final record.

SGFOIA3

Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R00020015000%6

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