TIME INC ARTICLE, FROM DATA BASE SEARCH. 'EXPLORING PSYCHIC WEAPONS'

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This article, titled "An E.S.P. Gap; Exploring psychic weapons," discusses the military's involvement in parapsychology, specifically the study of psychic abilities. The article mentions the case of a clairvoyant named Madame Zodiac who was paid $400 in cash to predict the movements of Soviet submarines. It also mentions a former investigative reporter named Ronald McRae who has written a book on the military's activities in parapsychology. The Pentagon denies any interest in parapsychology, but the article mentions that the Department of Defense has spent money on psychic research. The article also mentions the work of a researcher named Targ, who conducted psychic experiments and found that the Soviets had replicated some of his work. Overall, the article discusses the military's involvement in parapsychology and the potential use of psychic abilities for military purposes.

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 Copyright 1984 Time Inc. All Rights Reserved
 Time
 January 23~ ~98~?~U.S. Edition
 SECTION: NATION; Pg. 17
 LENGTH: 692 wards
 HEADLINE: An E.S.P. Gap;
 Exploring psychic weapons
 BODY:
 ... Zodiac," psychic and palm reader.  By looking at top-secret photographs
 and charts, the clairvoyant attempted to predict the movements of Soviet
 submarines off the East Coast.  Madame Zodiac's payment: $ 400 cash.
 Ronald McRae, a former investigative reporter ...
 .., published this spring.  It is one of several forthcoming works, written
 by both skeptics and believers, on the military's forays into parapsychology,
 the quasi-science that studies the interaction of mind and matter.  According to
 McRae, who is skeptical of psychic claims, the Department of Denfense has spent
 $ ...
 The Pentagon denies any interest in parapsychology.  A Denfense Department
 spokesman said last week that officials had scrutinized the budgets for fiscal
 years 1983 and 1984 "and ...
 . financed psychic research to study the "shell game" basing mode for the
 MX missile, a system that would attempt to confuse Soviet military strategists
 by shifting missiles among a number of concrete shelters.  Other esoteric
 programs uncovered by ...
 . CIA or both funded his psychic research programs, but he maintains that
 there was a "multimillion-dollar" project, part of which focused on '?remate
 viewing" experiments.
 In one test, Targ went to Grant's Tomb in New York City and tried to transmit
 an ...
 . view, which she said "makes me think of a restaurant or museum." Her
 vision, Targ argues, was remarkably accurate.  On a visit to the U.S.S.R. in
 October, Targ found that the Soviets had replicated some of the experiments he
 and his colleagues had reported in scientific journals.Says Targ: "In the
 Soviet Union, psychic research is taken seriously at the highest levels."
 Sighting submarines by clairvoyance? Sending signals with E.S.P."
 Representative ...
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 . a look.   Some people think this is the work os the devil," says he.
 "Others think it may be the holy spirit.  If the Soviets, as is evident, feel it
 is worthwhile, I am willing to spend a few bucks."
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