Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Jacobsen, Annie,

Phenomena : the secret history of the U.S. government's investigations into extrasensory perception and psychokinesis / Annie Jacobsen. - First edition. - viii, 527 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-507) and index.

The supernatural -- The Puharich theory -- Skeptics, charlatans, and the U.S. Army -- Quasi science -- The Soviet threat -- The enigma of Uri Geller -- The man on the moon -- The physicist and the psychic -- Skeptics versus CIA -- Remote viewing -- The unconscious -- Submarines -- 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 -- Intuition, premonition, and synthetic telepathy -- The scientists and the skeptics -- The psychic and the astronaut. Part I: the early days. Part II: the CIA years. Part III: the Defense Department years. Part IV: the modern era.

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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Parapsychology--Military aspects--United States.
Military research--History.--United States
Extrasensory perception.
Psychokinesis.
History / Military / United States.
Body, mind, & spirit / Parapsychology / ESP (Clairvoyance, Precognition, Telepathy).



BF1045.M55 / J33 2017

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