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W ,, , Mr. Foos, resident ofıichmond, Va., isa high school ~ ,
graduate employed in a minor capacity with the C. and 0. R ailway. ~
About two years ago he became*~inteF#39;e asxtterad-in sensory perception-~ ~-
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members of his family. He claims thoave achieved amazi success
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Very Simply, Fbos claims the ability to teach the blind
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sufficiently uell tdorive an automobile safely. Bk 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 uhat he makes up his mind to do. H2 claims to have
taught not only members of his family but approximately 25 other
individuals as mull, including persons completely blind, to see
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minute handwriting submitted b,y those in attendance, accurately
trace the written material and in all unys function w hout error as wciothm plete Ian vniswitoo aen qr.u estion as to whether distan. ce uns a lf.a ctor, Foos stated e a
recent public exhibit Margaret had distinguished colored balloons
at adistance of 400 feet. Iannswer to another question as to
uizether motion would complicate the problem, Margaret played the
childhood game of jacks using a small l;~ diameter! rubber
ball, deftly retrieving irtegardless of angle of bounce.
.#39;-Zr. Fouoass questioned -as to his ability to teach
a person to read an article covered by a pad or to see through
a wall. He at that time avoided a directa:nswe~r;stating-that--~~~~~~~---
because of the defense aspects of such a possibility he uas not
at liberty to discuss it. Later, however, in private conversation, .
he claimed that he had taught one of his students to accurately
read an acrotimclpeletely obscured by heavy cardboard and
that teaching the ability to see beyond a solid masonry uzzll
was ma erely matter of dHeeg ree. would pursue this matter no
further. _
inquired of Foos atso hisg eneral
method of teaching - whether individual tutoring uas essential.
He stated that he had taught a group with equal facility. He
further stated that he had found it much easier and had had
gsruecacteesrs in teaching tphheysically blind rather than those
with ordinary vision. 57¢.
Should his claims be well-founded, tihse re no limit
to the value which could accrue to the FBI - complete and
undetectable access to mail, the diplomatic pouch; visual access to
buildings - the possibilities are unlimited insofar as law enforce-ment
and counterintelligence are concerned.
A#s3 9; fantastic as this may appear, the actuality of extra
sensory perception has long been recognized - though not to the
degree of perfection claimed by Mr. Foos. Iits difficult to
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Re Bulet July 22, 195]. . r
The records in the library of the Richmond Time spatch
and the Richmond News-Leader, newspapers R Virginia, were cohne cAku9eg,d u1 s9bt5 y7 S,w Ah 1¢h pg-flected
an article by K. LEWIS WARREN, a 6 lined June 17, ı957!,
which related that MAHARET F008, a sixteen year old high school
girl, had demonstrated wihthe r father, WILLIAM FOoOf SE,l lerson,
irginia, methods by which WILLIAM FOOS hoped to teach the blind
to read. Cotton pads had been placed over the eyes of MARGARET
FOOS, secured by a black elastic blindfold, and in that condition
she had, found and read passage from amagazine furnished by a
reporter and had rseaamdples of handwriting as well avserses
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visited his place in Hanover County, irginia, to fish and ride
his horses and later bweograkning with friends. Further, that EOOSr ehcaedn tlé bteoe Dn ukUeg iggggitx whhee hread de mon-strated
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as being thorggghly sincere an d sa t tde that his main interest
in his project is to e p t e blind; however, he refused to
divulge his methods of teaching, but believed he can teach
other instructors itnhe field.
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acharter for Extra Sensor erce P tRi on esea r h c. , Inc and p listed
the backersa nd memseorsf the organization ası EıHY CARAVATI,
Richmond Public Relations Han, WILLIAM CANTOR, an auctioneer,
and ROBERTC ANTOR a,l awyer. Further, itfhe charter was granted
FOOS plannedt o recruit blind youngsters who would bweilling
to cooperate in the experiment.
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lined June 22, ı957!, to the effect thEaStP Extra 3enscry
Perception! Research, Irnecc.e, ived acharter yesterday from
the state Qorporation Commission and wuinlldertake clinical
training for the bTlihned . officers and staff of the organi-zation
were set forth as follows:
WILLIAM AF.003, President and Director of Research
HENRY LC.ARAVATI, Vice-President .
ROBERT AL.LOYD, Vice-President .
SAM LOMBARDO, Vice-President #39;
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WILLIAM CANTOR, Treasurer
MARGARET FOOS, Research Assistant .
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Arlington, Virginia. Attached hereto is acopy of a memorandum
Y sbuyb mitted George C. Blackwell, the representative from Colonel
- Downie#39 o;fsfice attending this dAesm onstration. far as colonel
Downie knew, there was no representative fCroIAm at tdheismonstration,
however, it was his understanding#39;th oaAntugust 8, l95?, another
dem nstration was gbiyv en Foos to individuals uton known Colonel
A--;_; ;. Colonel Downie stated that Lieutena t Colonel Leroy C.
Hill-, the representative from tAhermy Intelligence Cise nter, making
an evaluation of the demonstration; however, to date he has reached
no conclusion. According to Colonel Dwohwenn ie, colonel Hill
completes his evaluation he, Dwoilwl nie, so advise the Bureau. _
Colonel Downie further advised that his office has made inquiry from
others who have attended different demonstrations put obny Foos .
with the following results: Inquiry was made of representatives fro
the President #3 c9o;smmittee on Employment of the Physically Eandicappe
who attended one of Foes demonstrations. It was determined that 1.5,
Major General Melvin J. Haas, U. S. Marine corps retired!, Chairman
of this Committee, was of the opinion that the claims by Foos that
he could tbelaincdh persons to perceive has not_.been provenby his
demonstration aunndtil such time as Foos has taught persons known
to bbelind to perceive objects, the President #3 c9wo;ismll mittee not spons reocr,omm or aesnsdoc iitaste f 12: F2 oos. . -
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. DEMONSTRATION BI MB. ITLLIAH F005
;AUGUST 81,957 #39; L,_, 1
According to representatives othf e Blind Veterans
Association, who had attended#39;on oeFf oos#39;d emonstrations, the A
demonstrations did not reveal any extra sensory per eiptive powers:/ oFfooso r an oyh fis associates. IAhasst ociatiodfdoes not
contemplate any action toward sponsoring Foos or his teachings.
Inquiry by Colonel powniefs ofjice at the Veterans
Administration reflects tthhaet Veterans Administration, since
Foos would not submit tsocientific testings and since portions
othf e demonstration conducted with blindfblds furnished by the
_h_~Vetenons.Administration~were-l00eper~cent.unsuocessjw1,.concluded
that the claims oFfoos were without basis. The Veterans Administration
contemplated no further action. CDoolwonneiel stated that the
information from tBhelind Veterans Association and ftrhoem Veterans
Administration was obtained oan very confidential basis. He, #39;
therefore, requested that the Bureau not disseminate this information
outside qthf e Bureau. Attached hereto aisls o acopy of a
memorandum furnished by colonel Downie relative tpor. Henry K.
Puharich, Round Table Ibundation, Glen Cove, Maine. Ihile
Dr. Puharich#39;s work is not exactly itnhe field oefxtra sensory
perception, CDoolwonneiel stated that the Army is interested in
determining the possibilities of his techniques.__. :
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The New York Journal American o6n-14-60 carried a column
by RuthM ontgomery Spyinbgy Hind.-Reading!in which she stated the
Army Intelligence Service was conducting research experiments in
mental telepathy. She speculated that the ultimate achievement would
btoe develop a method whereby U. S. scpoiuelsd receive thoughts
of plotters in the Kremlin. The Director asked, Is there anything
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Washington, D. G. which driedsearch in the many phases of mental
problems raised by the Korean War, with particular emphasis obnrain-
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you think man could send a monkey
int» orbit around the earth or moon?
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tar surpassing that w.choicuhld be
achieved by hit-and-miss guessing.
The Intelligence Service hopes to
develop e nseonusgithive agents, and
tpoerfect ttheecirhnique _to such an
extent that they caocutuldally puipck
thought waves emanating from the
Cold War enemy camp. - -..
The ultimate achievement would be
tdoevelop amethod whereby American
spies could arcetcueailvlye the
thoughts oSi oviet plotters meetingi n
the inner reaches or the Kremlin.
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iantastic advances in other realms oi
science that this project may not.be
as wild aits seems at first glance.
How many in the 19th Century be-lieved
that man could ˇy, not only
above, the clouds, but at a speed ex-ceeding
that ot sound? _ _»
has been delving into the possible utili-
zation oi hypnosis in spying. -This
correspondent reported several years
ago that intelligence agents were being
sent on delicate missions; then brought
back and queried in the normal man-_
ner about what they had observed. * .-
A Afterwards, they were hypnotized,
and while in trance were again ques-tioned
they had been assigned to visit. Under
this condition they were atbole sup-ply
number osil ats int he venetiabnl inds.
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about the layout oi the -room
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iorespionageh as beenh eight-ened,
sinceth e Uin-2cident. =_~
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Nikita it, as aresult of his tantrums,
America was spurred todevelop a new
and fool-prooi technique for espionage.
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paet rception Duke University. Experimental work in P-arapsychology
Lthaebroer atory reported since 1934. ,Research has covered supernormal
faculties not rbeyc ognized mdern psychological apnhdysiological
methods. Various forms supernormal cognition, telepathy, clairvoyance
and precognition hbaeveen iunsviensgt igated special ESP card*decks.
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The Director has noted, I have been told that at Duke
University some work is being done in tfhieeld of extrasensory
perception, oan memorandum resp0nding to hinisquiry about the
article bSyp ying Mind Reading, THE NEW YORK JOURNAALMERICAN,
dated June 14, 1960. .
Studies on extrasensory poeftrecne ption, referred to as ESP,
have been de at Duke Unive y, Durham, North Carolina, since 1934.
[of the Parapsychology Laboratory,
, reported considerable experimental work in tfhieeld
of psychical research. His egxivpee riments the iomfpression
H c psycrholiogticail icn l seiopshisaticma crtionnirec b sutdli heanv pes rceuceievebd l coinbtcinuoaus t# aindo3sev9nere ;.]Q/
Psychical research in parapsychology encompasses tPhe
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personality, sbuepinegrn ormal an equivalent for not recognized by
general scientific opinion. Tfuhnection of this research is to collect
and weigh all available evidence for and against such faculties, either
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Numerous estions were aosf ked Mr. Foos following the demonstration mm oss ti nb hq liuusnets tioinn iantgte mpts
to find out if there were any gimmicks involved. Mr. Foos was quite
evasive inh is answersa nd refusedto discussh is methods oi nfstruction. He
also refusedto allow ademonstration of they oung boyre ading documents
enclose idn abriefcase or readingth rough thwe alls oraf room. He claimed,
however, that his couldb e donea nd that h weould be willing tohave this act
performed a alta ter date. Mr. Foos spokceo ntinually ol efarning the principles I oefxtrasepnesrcoeryp tiocno nthstraonutg rh-eB aidbilneg.--o-~f-Hthee however, tob e ana theist ihnis beliefs. Mr. Foos hasa ppeared beforme edical
officials atD uke Universityth, e VeteranAsd ministration, WashingtoDn.C, . ,
various medicaal ssociations inN ew YorkC ity, and before variousg roips in
Richmond, VirgiiaH. e ha nsc ehvaergred admission. H iehs ,owever,
according to his own explanation, attempting to initiate interest so that funds
will bes ubscribed f aocrl inic for the b inli nd Richmond, Virgini wa,h iche
hopes h teoa d. . B#73 9;
demonstration, requested
a statement indicati.ng that his
daughter This invitation wreafsused for
obvious reasoMnsr. Foosd id noktn ow atht e timteh at weamsployed
bythe FBI. 57¢,
Foos may, of course, be attempting to commercialize on a fake
trick he and hisd aughter andth e youngb oy havep erfected. On the otherh and,
there is apossibility that Foosd oes havee xtrasensory perceptioanb ilities. This,
of course, is something we cannot afford to overlook in our work but we should
not, however, under any circumstances allow*Foosthepri#v3ile9g; e of indicating to
outsiders theF BI i sinterested in his work. He should beg iven noo pportrmity to
use the FBI in any marmer which would further his own interests. It ibselieved
advisable, however, to have cmhaedcek s with CIA and the Intelligence Division of
the Armyt o determinew hat reactiotnh ose agenciheas d afterw itnessing the c
demonstration as put on by Foos, his daughter, and the young boy traveling with them.
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Foos is using nothing more than a trick b cleverly permitting his 5 daught seberye top inpoint visisio onf. the opitnhioant
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refused o permit anybody to palnayc e kind of a sbheitewldeen his ~
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cfoo rrespondent ell Publishin §ggm_pa_ ad1vi1s1e,d, he is plann itn g 0 d o an articl e
concernin pg0a rapsyc ogy in criminal investigation H. e nthoatet d muchhas
appearei dn newspaper osthnis topic inrecent months b, uti n checkini gnto the .
situation he fnooim d evidenc teo suppor tthe cthoantt ention mediums haveaided
police in solving crimes. Krell feels tphueblic is entitled to this informatioannd
requeste ad stateme fnrot m the Directo orn this matte fror use in thearticle.
-Krell mentione Gderard Croiset, 1Dautch medium w, horeportedly
related what happene tdo Judge Joseph Crater, who vanishedi n New Yorki n1930.
Krell also made reference to Peter H1:-kos, also from Holland, whoi n J921,l1¬
1960, made headline ws hile working on the Carroll Jackson family mcausred.er
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who was later released when the actua kl iller Melvin Davis Rees, Jr. 4! was
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In conducting research in this matter, Krell advised he contacteda
DFr.. Brink, Dutch police official and attorney, who sent Krell ana.rticlehe
had written in which he stated: Neither i n the Netherlands, nor ianny other
country, is i t possible to obtain reliable information wwhoiuclhd justifythe
conclusion that the judiciary authorities and the police derive any beneıt from the
ionft imatio cnlasirvoyan Dtrs. B.rin akls qouot ae ledtte from ScotlYanadrd:/#So far as the Londo Pnolice are concerne wde c, omplete iglynor aenythi pnugt L
forward by clairvoyants in the coof urse criminalinvestigation.
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We haveliad cordial tıliltionˇ with Dell Publishing Csoinmcepany
the 1930# a3n9d; tsh,ey have carried numerou fsavorable stories relating to the woof rk
the FBI. Dell publishes well-known fashion,--beauty d,etective and juvenilemagazine
We have enjoyed favorable relations with Krell and he has written someexcellent
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There isn o informatioinn Buıles concerning GeraCrdr oiset,
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Filippus Brink,a n attorneay nd membeorf thed e Bilt, Holland, policefo rce,
toured theB ureau inc onnection with av isit to the United Statetso studyl aw
enforcement methodsin this country. There is no derogatory information in
lBuˇles concerBnriinngk . ~
Buıles reˇect tPhaetter Hurkos, whose true name is Peter
Cornelius VD aenr Hurk, wasb orn 52- 1-ll, in Dordrecht, NetherlandsH. e is
aliged toh ave extrasensorpye rception andit has been claimedin manyn ews and
magazine artictlehsa t h heas assisted polidce partmentsm ina ny countriiens
solving crimes as aresult of his ability. Buıles contain no information to sub- stantiatoefa tnhcylea ims bmya Hduecr oknocse rnsinoglu tthiocenr i mofe s.
On 5-25-60D, r. FrancisR egis Riesenmapns,y chiatrist onth e staı
at St.E lizabeth#39;s HWoassphitianlg, ton, CD.. , advised thVeir ginia StaPteo lice
VSP! thhaet plann tebodri ng Hurkos Vtoi rginia anMda rylan tdoo bservet he sites
where thbeo dies othf e Jacksoianm ily werfeo und. Here quested ththaet VSPal low
Hthuer kos opportimity eoxf amining tchleo thing anodth er physiceavl idenci enth e
case. VSPfe lt ihqw ould bseu bjecte tdpo ublic criticism whethtehre y agreeodr
declined ptoa rticipate anında lly decidetdo allowH urkos toe xamine thmea terial. The Dinreoctetodar: m I amthaazte VtdhS eP wpaorutilcdii pnaantyse u ch circus.
Riesenman a Hcnuodrn ktaocsted tVheSP on 6-7-60a, nd speanbt out
a weewk orking nt hne Jackson casaes, a result of whichth e Directocro mmented: l Wseh ousldu rbee H isunrko#s3i n9 ;atc nianysj ewec hitneic dh a wve jurisdiction. He isa complete fraud,._i. .:_. - - -- as 1
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entitled TelepathSisaty s HCea n SeKeil ler whichre lated thaHt urkos statehde
knew whthaet murderlso oked likaen d hopesdo on ttou rn ovetro police
iniormation thwato uld solvthee caseM. r. Tcoolmsomnented: This screwbaisll
connected wthiteh g I rneteartpol. -The Direct nooJr utesdt : how sillcya n ongee t.
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land fails the test of common experience. 3-4036-10!
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Memorandum to Ir. Tamm
Re: EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION
6.3-4036
The plirniensc ipal of investigation in parapsychology are
directed for the most part in studying_£supernormal cognition, that
is knowledge shown by apercipient¢ receiver! of matter concerning
which he has no natural means of knowing. These include such
debatable phenomenon as: telepathy, supernormal knowledge derived
from anothers mind; clairvoyance, all manifestations of supernormal
knowledge, not itnhe mind of another person, without the intermediary
of sensory information; apnredc, ognition, supernormal knowledge of
future events that can neither be percieved sensorily, inferred
rationally or brought about deliberately. Because tmheosdees of
perception arise spontaneously from life experiences of certain persons
only, the elimination of fraud, collusion and other sources of error
are uncontrolled and uncontrollable. The devising of objective
experimental techniques to establish reality of tmheesnetal phenomena
presents difficulties not met in accepted psychological research.
Laboratory experiments have been made as follqws:
Clairvoyance Tests: Aspecial ESP card deck of five cards
each of five different symbols i sused cross, circle, swtaarv,y lines
and asquare!. Tphroebability for correct guesses of cards is five
in twenty-five. If subject consistently averages above one in five,
results are not explainable by mere chance. ,
ı! Open latching Test: One ESP card of each symbol placed
face up in a row. Complete ESP deck is shuffled. Before top card is
dealt, subject decides which symbol matches symbol on top card of deck.
Top card is then dealt and placed below guessed symbol, and so on through
the deck.
ˇ! Blalitnchding Testz. Like above except five key cards
are face down during test. »
! Single Card Calling Test: Subject guesses soynm bol top
card of shuffled ESP pack, and so on through the deck. _
C ! Pack Calling Test: Subject makes twenty-five consecutive
calls, directed at ashuffled but uEnSbPro ken deck.
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ifnive, allegedlydemonstrates capacity of subject to have supernormal
knowledge concerning the ESP symbols in a shuffled deck.
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Concentrates on.face of successive cards wrehcileeiver attempts to
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! Distant Telepathy Test: Above tests conducted at
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scores using the above methods:
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