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Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8 LN734-85 AN EXPERIMENT ON USING PSYCHIC POWERS TO BREAK NEEDLES AND MAKING THEM WHOLE AGAIN By: Lin Shu-Lu (Beijing Normal College) Liu Mo-Sheng (Beijing Iron and Stéel Research Institute) There have already been several research reports on experiments on using psychi¢ powers to bend iron wire and break wooden sticks and making them whole again. ° This article reports the results of an experiment conducted on using psychic powers to break needles and making them whole again in April of 1981. Design: In order to eliminate any false appearance, and to guarantee the strict- ness of the experiment, the experiment was designed to satisfy the following | conditions: 1. The test object (including the test object and the sealed container) must have several unique characteristics. 2. The container is sealed in an irreversable manner. 3. The experiment is closely monitored by more than one person. Making the Test Objects: ll Test Objects. We selected at random a steel sewing needle of about lmm diameter. We used callipers to measure its total.length 1. Then we broke the needle into two parts (See diagram 1). We then measured the lengths L, and L,. The person conducting the experiment kept L,, and L, was used as the tést objéct. After it was psychic- ly broken, a magnifying glass was used to match up the break between L,and Lo» and the length was check to make sure it was the same needle. The Experiment: 1. Chart 1 Outlines the Experiment. Time Testee Resul feA8t ONE Investigators Present 81/4/26 Xizo-Jun Psychic breaking Lin Shu-Huang, Yan Fu-Zhen, ‘ of needle. Hui Gui, Wang Su Zhen 8/4/28 Xiao-Jun Psychic breaking Lin Shu-Huang, Hui Gui of needle. 8/4/27 Xiao-—Jun Psychic reforming Lin Shu-Huang, Yan Fu-Zhen, of broken needle. Wang Su-Zhen, Hui Gui ~27- Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8