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S GOVERNMENT To : A. Betmongilo lV DATE: July 16, 1959 2 Tice Mr... Belmont tet oO Mr. B ty FROM : F. Aw Brantyan re sranigan Nichols sunpecr: + Exrbs SENSORY BaRCEPrT Boardman bv sae Nease Vinterrowd bition.of-extra sensory Tele. Room — percep given by ifr. William’ Poos abkAmerican Legion | at headquarters in Washington, D. C. This exhibition was “thformal Whyte and attended bf “twenty individuals, princXpally officials of, - te the Veterans Adninistration. ot b7c >. ‘fr. Foos, resident of Bichmond, Va., is u high school ~ graduate employed in a minor capacity with the C. and 0. Railuay. ~* About two years ago he became “tnterested-in-extra sensory perceptfon— —- (a term probably technically inaccurate) and began experimenting with members of his family. He claims to have achieved amazing success and in recent weeks has received a considerable ublicit in th d area. re ee é ts holding a number of exhibitions Io¢ally in an apparent attemp to create interest in his ability to teach the blind to see. He has appeared at Duke University where experiments have long been conducted on the power of extra sensory perception, and various 7 government agencies (including the Veterans Administration) are very much interested. brace Very simply, Foos claims the ability to teach the blind to see; in six montis to teach a person without eyes to see sufficiently well to drive an automobile safely. He disclaims any supernatural power and, not being a scientist or physician, has no technical or scientific explanation. He merely states that a person can do what he makes up his mind to do. He claims to have taught not only members of his Samily but approximately 25 other individuals as well, including persons completely blind, to see with 100% efficiency. _ fo tllustrate his ability, his daughter, Margaret Foos (about 16 = 17 years of age) was blindfolded by the observers with *- pads and an elastic ban&, thereafter reading, distinguishing color. and moving about the room with complefe ease. She could read no type RYT ar reas