Phenomena the secret history of the U.S. Government's investigations into extrasensory perception and psychokinesis

For more than forty years, the United States 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 agenc...

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Main Author: Jacobsen, Annie (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:For more than forty years, the United States 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 Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs, using declassified documents as well as exclusive interviews with more than fifty of the individuals involved.
Physical Description:viii, 527 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-507) and index.
ISBN:9780316349369
0316349364
Author Notes:Annie Jacobsen is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Area 51 and Operation Paperclip and the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain . She was a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Times Magazine . A graduate of Princeton University, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.