◆ SpookStack

Approved For Relea semne parte tren? 96-00788R001800210001-0 VIL INTELLIGENCE (U) (C/NF) Research into psychoenergetics is currently underway in the Soviet Union, China, and many other communist and free-world countries. The research is of a multidisciplinary nature and encompasses the social sciences, as well as the biological and physical sciences. Representative fields include, for example, psychology, neurophysiology, and theoretical physics. (S/NF) Most recent surveys indicate that there are an estimated 450 investigators/scientists who have been performing at least part-time research in approximately 200 facilities (including universities, technical societies, and research institutes) in the Soviet Union. Serious research has been ongoing for about 25 years and has been cyclic in nature according to the vagaries of ideological criticism and acceptance. The scope of this psychoenergetics effort includes both the information (i.e., ESP, remote viewing, and the like), and the energetic (i.e., psychokinesis) aspects of the phenomena. While no single primary area of Soviet investigation can be identified categorically, there is evidence of a strong interest in applying remote-sensing capabilities (ESP/remote viewing phenomena) to the problem of accessing secure data, transmitting information (long distance communication), and locating lost or hidden material or people. Other principal areas of investigation include the examination of psycho- kinetic influence on physical devices and on biological systems. These include interference with sensitive electronic devices, deformation of material samples, influence of growth rates of plants, influence of chemical reactions, and influence of psychological and physiological states of people. (S/NF) Most of the extant data place the Soviet research effort in a theoretical or phenomenological perspective; the applications-oriented research, however, is no doubt primarily responsible for having elicited the backing and support of the MOD, KGB, and certain high-level officials in the Communist Party, reportedly at the Council of Ministers level. 31 —“§FeREr— Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800210001-0