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Approved For Release 2003/04/18 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500420001-2 ste a DST-1810S-387-75 September 1975 (U) In 1970, Ostrander and Schroeder” reported that the Soviets were studying out-of-the-body phenomena in Yogis; no details of the research were given. In 1972, the US newspaper National Enquirer‘t’ reported that the Soviets had accomplished astral projection in the laboratory and cited the opinion of a US researcher that the technique would be in use for es- pionage before the end of the 1970's; once again, no details of the Soviet | work were furnished. With the exception of these two reports, no other information is available on Soviet out-of-the-body research and no reports | indicative of any interest have become available since 1972. (U) The Soviet's apparent lack of interest in out-of-the-body phenomena has led some US scientists to the conclusion that "they must be interested | in it and investigating it," however, there is insufficient information at. present to support the conclusion that such phenomena represent a specific area of classified Soviet research. 54 SG1B an Approved For Release