The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense ran a secret study on psychic powers and remote viewing in 2002, according to a report obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The test subjects were asked to identify objects and individuals on pictures sealed in envelopes.
From The Scotsman:
Surprisingly 28 per cent 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".
But most subjects, who were holed up in a secret location for the study, were hopelessly off the mark in their guesses. One even fell asleep while he tried to focus on the envelope's content…
Nick Pope, who ran the MoD UFO research programme and worked at the ministry for 21 years, said: "It can only be speculation, but you don't employ that kind of time and effort to find money down the back of the sofa.
"You go to this trouble for high-value assets. We must be talking about bin Laden and weapons of mass destruction."
The MoD last night refused to discuss the possible applications of such a technique, but said that the study had concluded there was "little value" in using "remote viewing" in the defence of the nation.
Previously on BB:
• The Men Who Stare At Goats Link
• Air Force report on Teleportation Physics Link
