In a partly blacked-out section of the document, the FBI recognized the seemingly endless applications that Foos’s talents offered the secret world of both international and domestic espionage.…
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The FBI continued: “Mr. Foos had Margaret seated at a card table and requested an observer to blindfold her. Two cotton pads were placed over her eyes and held in place with a dark elastic band that fastened behind the head. So blindfolded, Margaret demonstrated ability to read, distinguish colors, locate verses in the Bible, and trace handwriting.” Very impressive; however, things took a downward turn when the FBI was informed by the CIA that “Foos has insisted on using a particular type of blindfold which raises a question regarding the possibility that Foos is using a blindfold material which permits his daughter to have a considerable area of vision through a tiny aperture in the blindfold cloth.”
As a result, the FBI started looking more closely into the possibility that deception was at work. A further document stated: “Foos may be attempting to commercialise on a ‘fake trick’ he and his daughter have perfected.” It was also stressed, however: “On the other hand, there is a possibility that Foos does have extrasensory perception abilities. This, of course, is something we cannot afford to overlook in our work. But we should not, however, under any circumstances allow Foos the privilege of indicating to outsiders the FBI is interested in his work.”
Ultimately, and after further investigation, the FBI washed its hands of the Foos affair. Indeed, the last entry in the file, dating from 1960, states: “Recognizing the value of such activity to our counterespionage work, we thoroughly checked the claim and had to conclude that his alleged powers had no scientific basis.” The FBI’s ESP file was firmly closed. Now let’s take a look at the Air Force.
In 1978, the Air Force’s Foreign Technology Division (FTD) at the Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, in Dayton, Ohio, prepared a document titled “Paraphysics R&D—Warsaw Pact” for the Defense Intelligence Agency. It provided up-to-date information on the way in which the then-Soviet Union was looking at utilizing ESP and psychic phenomena in the field of warfare. In its report to the DIA, the FTD defined “paraphysics” as “the investigation of unusual (paranormal) mental functioning.”
One of the most fascinating mysteries investigated by the FTD that could conceivably have had vital and welcome intelligence-related applications was, the DIA learned, reported at the Third International Psychotronics Conference by G. P. Krokhalev, a psychiatrist from Perm, Russia.