Phenomena :
by Jacobsen, Annie,
Edition statement:First edition. Physical details: viii, 527 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm ISBN:0316349364; 9780316349369.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 300 - 399 | Book Cart | 355.34340973 Jac (Browse shelf) | Available | Gift | 104830 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-507) and index.
Part I: the early days. The supernatural -- The Puharich theory -- Skeptics, charlatans, and the U.S. Army -- Quasi science -- The Soviet threat -- Part II: the CIA years. The enigma of Uri Geller -- The man on the moon -- The physicist and the psychic -- Skeptics versus CIA -- Remote viewing -- The unconscious -- Submarines -- Part III: the Defense Department years. Paraphysics -- Psychic soldiers -- Qigong and the mystery of H. S. Tsien -- Killers and kidnappers -- Consciousness -- Psychic training -- The woman with the third eye -- The end of an era -- Hostages and drugs -- Downfall -- Part IV: the modern era. Intuition, premonition, and synthetic telepathy -- The scientists and the skeptics -- The psychic and the astronaut.
For more than forty years, the U.S. government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets; to divine other nations' secrets; and even to predict future threats to national security. The intelligence agencies and military services involved include the CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the Navy, Air Force, and Army--and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Now, for the first time, Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs, using never-before-seen declassified documents as well as exclusive interviews with, and unprecedented access to, more than fifty of the individuals involved. A riveting investigation into how far governments will go in the name of national security.--
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