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According to BBC News news story, a Ministry of Defence report shows that the UK government agency carried out tests to see if participants could demonstrate the psychic ability of 'remote viewing' in 2002. The document was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and reportedly outlines experiments to test whether participants could 'see' information hidden in envelopes.
During the study, commercial researchers were contracted at a cost of £18,000 to test them to see if psychic ability existed and could be used for defence purposes.
Some 28% of those tested managed a close guess at the contents of the envelopes, which included pictures of a knife, Mother Teresa and an "Asian individual".
The MOD joins a long list of government agencies from around the world who have reportedly investigated psychic abilities.
http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2007/02/uks_ministry_of_def.html
The MoD refused to discuss the possible applications of psychic techniques, but said that the study had concluded there was "little value" in using "remote viewing" in the defence of the nation. "The remote viewing study was conducted to assess claims made in some academic circles and to validate research carried out by other nations on psychic ability," said a spokeswoman. She added: "The study concluded that remote viewing theories had little value to the MoD and was taken no further."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6388575.stm
A former Ministry of Defence employee who received a copy of the report has claimed that the timing of the study suggests security services wanted to "remotely view" hidden weapons caches in Iraq and find Osama bin Laden.
http://news.scotsman.com/education.cfm?id=290022007
I wonder what the actual conclusion was, besides that it wasnt of use.
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