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STAPDARD Pur sD, 34 Pe rarer Office Me Oh ondum ¢ UNITED SiATES GOVERNMENT | ee y =z) fir FROM + Ur. R. BR. Roach jr } YN a) he , ,/ TO : Mr. A. H. Betnon{ih DATE: September 17, 1957 a Co pas ENSORY percerrion (is INFORMATION CONCERNING Reference is made to a memorandum Mr. Nichols to. a Hr. Tolson dated September 6, 1957, concerning Williaz: A. Foos — who has claimed to have a special ability in the field of ertra- sensory perception. The Liaison Agent has been in contact with z the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): for the purpose of obtainingthat. agency's comments or observations concerning demonstrations which Fo Spt has given in the Washington, D. C., area. . . bee / On September 16, 1957, QED of CIA advised Agent that he had been désignated by his agency to coordinate all ormatton developed concerning Foos’ ce. i and to follow . any reported developments of significance. tated that as far as his agency is concerned Foos has not come t any new or revolu- | tionary development and his claims to certain performances in the field of exrtrasensory perception el have not been supported by fact or evidence. According to Foos has used his daughter tn demonstratt her ability to rtain amount of reading while blind- folded. cas GEE that Foos has insisted on using a particular type of blindso which ratses a question regarding the possibility that Foos ts using nothing more than a trick ™ cleverly permitting his daughter to see by 'binpoint vision." ts of the opinion that Foos ts ustng a blindfold material which permits his daughter to have [2 oth. es area of viston through a tiny aperture in the blindfold cloth. stated that tt was interesting to note that Foos has refused to permit anybody to place any kind of a shield between his daughter's eyes and the document being read. He further stated that — the daughter ts able to read to certain extent while the blindfold is on her eyes but when the same material ts placed ase, dow ent, she ts ungble to regd anything. ECLASSIETEW © ib POE be. b3,Nodzmnot ys ee on LY er According to he has conducted some researc tf field y oe, and stated that with proper training a person can have a large field of viston looking through a small hole or even along t sides of a blind= J also remarked 5 fold or disks which might be placed over the eyes. that although Feos claims to have an ability of tra ng others tn the field of extrasensory perception e himself is u le to do any of the things which his proteges can do. Be 63 alle ia re Wichols | RECORDED - 16°" an Pos, 1a SEP 24 1957 4a130n vection Ur. EF 26 we cotipiens aad 6 He Ne be Pe k wm ee oe my wc an nn nr