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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION COVER SHEET SUBJECT: EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION SUBIECT' CROSS REFERENCE S! _J N_ wM O 3 E D E n _ ___'____3*." _ .4E_ ___m _ Pb F U A E R U B_IC...Q_.._:¢ ___ I ._ fQ :__ 8Q_0 .&T C mm_ E N _ BU u S F_0._M __ ___ _Q N N w T 0 E SWW M R E SY_z____g___:hf ___L_____.______________ g__92;____ V_ $6; _;___;_______________._.___ __4___ _ 1 __ ___ ____'____:__: w_________ ____U_ ____ __ H ____________>____ _d___;_ __Q|___, ___D________ _____92_____h___ ___ r___;____ _ _ ___~___;__ _ ___ ZN ._"~92~%%vMf ___.__"_____w___,__,__r_%& WM ___~_w'__H92_m_w"_*__&%______.,__mHw£__'km _MA.I%92_g£~__§_W_§__¬__u_; ,__w_n___M___5;_'____. __ _ _ Wi___{_"_W,___;_¬__ ____"__g ___m¢§~__%_§_?4__*_@__*_§___"___ _______$_ WE ___ _%_v___ __ m__id ;___ _EI_ _____V _ __ ;'_ : __W r _~ W&IQ _H J__ __ _ 3 w __ t'~_____'_~ ,__r__"'_________ _> _.______ ____'_=,$_____h___1v__>__;__ __>_ ______rF'h__ __ __ ___ ! 92 _____§ _J__#;h v_"__h__ __ _ T - 0 9292 A 1 .1?! _.._»-_. ..-..- -=""5.»:='~ 4 '1' PL-1! . -- .. ..._...>.. .. 1 .-....,._ .......-.~1....-.'-.1a.......-.le-H-..... _-,...~.-~...-.-_.¢._~J~. 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W ,, , Mr. Foos, resident ofichmond, Va., isa high school ~" , '1-,3;-1; graduate employed in a minor capacity with the C. and 0. Railway. ~ ___ 0 ._-_-1;. About two years ago he became*~inteF'ested-in axtra sensory perception-~ ~- :'_'?.-T". 1 :.- .-7'. -av a term probably technically inaccurate! and began experimenting with _ A members of his family. He claims to have achieved amazi success E "ii? '.-..$ .1-1¢_,' -I .j.._':_- and in recent weeks has ceived a consi in th ' -:92'.-- :=-,~.:"-.4;> 4": 1.--. ,. .-, .1.-1,:--/'.-'~92~,~.-.--._= , . ., '._.._ -~ '-"'-'-"1=;_ _-l - ',_ e is holding r a o ons ly in an apparent a emp to create interest in his ability to teach the blind to see. He :5 1"}? has appeared at Duke University where experiments have long been "-l§:@.~23:~'~conducted on the power of extra sensory perception, and various '7 F 1 -.:._;:.~b>-.4 . §overnment agencies including the Veterans Administration} are ii. '---i *1 very much interested. 57¢ Very Simply, Fbos claims the ability to teach the blind 4___.._... to see; in six months to teach a person without eyes to see 92 ... _ ? sufficiently uell to drive an automobile safely. Bk disclaims any supernatural power and, not being a scientist or physician, has no If - :> ..1 ":..i-- 1 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 -E"-:5 individuals as mull, including persons completely blind, to see ' yes with 100% efficiency. <_:~ _ w~ _.,__._¢. _ - ' »_.f92 ;-,?>._~ .... v. To illustrate his ability, his daughter, Margaret Foos . ..¢- i %£*- _ about l6 - 17 years of age! was blindfolded by the observers"w'ith F'- .~ ,_.. ;c:";-2=:»"+ Y an padsand I an elastic band, .3 thereafter reading, distinguishing color-j92' _;g-"a'{~,-3-S5-d moving I about the room with comple e ease. She could read _ , 92 Mr/vI-_F.*,92§: 11-,1: >. fa, _- e-/.:-1.,-,-_»:. 4 1/...'.-'; -1: '*~' :. 4'» *.-f"92'.'i1- - _-;,__ .- . bx 1-» - ,: x5 1§zq,Q?92K>£0 RY ¬3", <i>2{é3%-f=.Q§f_ JUL 22 '/x "i /is l , *°*1l>§ is r:-Z-~ 1 -/ ._ -_._..._=.-i ];-_4f;'92';-§:- l'.'...,<..-1-J;'1; » 92-J;-g-,;_'.,-1-.1. .., ,' 92 R... 11;.if .,'- ~; -_'-,-~ 1" ~1>z':.f~1=%;' '4"-.'-":1 .-=»=r_':¢.-'-..',,; - E.-,1; 4%?!---i-F2 1 -1.. ~ x.--- 1'_. 2'-. , _~ '-.~~ >1 »_ .._ .1 I -_.' ._2 Z -.'f=-"".',y-I--." .' " I1-'_'i" -"';-_.<'-;-_92-__ -'j ,--5,'.Z's:-':?1"c">'.?$.;.f- H, 1'..'.~.'--"Lf.'§i'-.f"?:'2I-1L=92:f",'4".f?'E},f3' .- ..:~ ..-.I. -.1--L ...~./11.1-.-:.us!z2f.§$-QLECI ' . _ I--v--'921.~-=.»+?n-.- ' '-»_'92'.%K5¢i-'.l.'t. '-Y$Q.."'wk." "L-$a'.l..';;.A _ i§._._. 7__. §;;__,»_L-N~'<?.-;':="l92§.f-.'. r1 I i.'1»'.=.4".*.l}-ifQ _ "F.-1,§> :92- » ~>Z-:.=;*,.-v.='.~.-9 5:-"¥. Belmont from Bran igan . _;:;.'~:.'_;-.¢}-Re: E1>f.'Z?2ASENSQRY PEEYCEPTI ON Y E1:-_-_'.~!"éZ'Fx¬4?. .!|,_ . -55;: , minute handwriting submitted b,y those in attendance, accurately _.-;. ..-r_.- astrace the with completewritten material In andanswer vision. in all tounysa questionfunction w hout error .1:_ 5.: as to whether distance. uns a l factor,. Foos stated e a [i :..5'-1 | recent public exhibit Margaret had distinguished colored balloons .-3 at a distance of 400 feet. In answer to another question as to _. - '; uizether motion would complicate the problem, Margaret played the childhood game of jacks using a small l;~" diameter! rubber ' 1' ball, deftly retrieving it regardless of angle of bounce. _ 4' .'-Zr. Foosuas questioned -as to his ability to teach a person to read an article covered by a pad or to see through "15 a wall. He at that time avoided a directa:nswe~r;stating-that--~~~~~~~--- 1,7?1 " 2: , because of the defense aspects of such a possibility he uas not ____ _: at liberty to discuss it. Later, however, in private conversation, . 4;] he claimed that he had taught one of his students to accurately read an article completely obscured by heavy cardboard and P :2 that teaching the ability to see beyond a solid masonry uzzll was merely a matter of degree. He would pursue this matter no further. _ inquired of Foos asto hisgeneral method of teaching - whether individual tutoring uas essential. -_3=% - . vii He stated that he had taught a group with equal facility. He 92 further stated that he had found it much easier and had had J greater success in teaching the physically blind rather than those . "b!'~!'--.. 1 ' with ordinary vision. 57¢. _-=-.-0 .__._. .i : . g av;-' Should his claims be well-founded, there is no limit ..- _.__..=-I to the value which could accrue to the FBI - complete and -rt .... 4? ' undetectable access to mail, the diplomatic pouch; visual access to -I-T.»..7. buildings - the possibilities are unlimited insofar as law enforce- 1 ment and counterintelligence are concerned. ' As fantastic as this may appear, the actuality of extra sensory perception has long been recognized - though not to the .. J, I ..-'~=.-.;_._.2/..51.55. degree of perfection claimed by Mr. Foos. It is difficult to .' '".--:{>'92'..".' = ~;,=- see how the Bureau can afford to not inquire into this matter more $.?.'.'.f.=,".. I v.92'~'.. _92_..-I».-,~_.-_. '-' " -.~':Tr".?'=séiai J1;-92::--_'_- '-' _ . W 0 $-=.¢<-,=-ex "g_'FA 92 S 92%~*-->'=-*;;>3 ,;,,._92_.- Belmont from Bran igan "~ :92='£"l,92"-,-e. ECHZA SENSORY .PERL!ETTIaN If-1".=3,-Z-'> s3..7-£¢ : #5.»:Sf;5 ='92¢' fr:'_j-. .E.Y;a?,'.3§-'fully Bureau interestcan completelybe 4;? dzscreet and con rolled and no embarrassment would result 3- L.