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Approved For Release qave9 At ClA-RDP96-00788R001 300020001-6 §$T-CS-01~-169- 72 July 1972 TABLE IIL (Cont) TYPE I: BIOINFORMATION (JU) Those phenomena associated with the obtaining of information through means other than the normal sensory channels e.g. through extra~ sensory perception (ESP). There are several forms of ESP, including: a. Telepathy, transmission or "reading" of thoughts refers to the extrasensory reception of information about the mental processes of others. b. Proscopy or precognition - While the above forms appear to differ only in the nature of the object about which information is received, numerous observations indicate that precognitive ESP involves, under certain circumstances, trespassing the barrier of time to obtain information about future events. c. Paragnosia or clairvoyance refers to the extrasensory reception of information about objective events in the outer world. ern NN tA TYPE Ii: BIOENERGETICS (VU) Those phenomena associated with the production of objectively detectable effects through means other than the known energetic influences, Seemingly incredible effects have been reported, such as the movement of distant objects without any detectable use of physical force (telekinesis), antigravitational effects, transformations of energy, electromagnetic effects arising without adequate physical cause, and chemical reactions and biological processes occurring through mental concentration. 3. (U) Scientists in pre-revolutionary Russia were studying the area of parapsychology as did later such Soviet scientists as V.M, Bekhterev, A.G. Ivanov-Smolensky and B.B. Kazhinsky in the twenties and thirties (60,61). In 1922, a commission composed of psychologists, medical hypnotists, physiologists, and physicists worked on parapsychology problems at the Institute for Brain Research in Petrograd (Leningrad). Work flourished throughout the thirties with research being reported 22 UNCLASSIFIED