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oS eei Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : - CIA- RDP96- 00789R001001420001-. 3 Va CNS aah Blain Mate kha Syke yee, Are! oY ard ‘ Pe EEA DN Ey RS GT CRE BNF [my] experiences in this field with the university community at large, brought an intensity and breadth of reactions for which I was | totally unprepared, ranging from irresponsible and categorical condemnation on one extreme, to equally irrational messianic accolades on the other. Rather than precipitating further such distracting outbursts, I have largely avoided opportunities for ‘public presentation (33:22). As long as the scientific community continues to challenge the existence of psi, experiments to improve our tad understanding of it are limited. “Few Soviet style experiments are done in this country because it is difficult to obtain funding to explore the mechanism of psi when its very existence is politically controversial in the scientific community" (33:61). This mind set is best describe by one eminent physicist who read SRI’s report on years of remote viewing research, “This is something I won’t believe even if it turns out to be true." Even author Ronald McRae, after his investigation into government psi research, is plagued with the Western culture mind set, “Personally, I cannot accept the reality of remote viewing..." (33: 109). _Bearden says "“...even when Western scientists are confronted with the actual Soviet tests of these {psychotronic] weapons directly over their heads, they do not recognize the weaponry nor the nature of the effects produced" (9:2). How can this kind of atmosphere promote the search for truth? It won’t--it retards it. In 1977 a group of prominent self appointed people such as Carl Sagan and Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001001420001-3 ag