Ingo Swann, the 'superpowered" parapsychologist best known for his "remote viewing" studies at Stanford Research Institute (SRI), considers it an "amusing fiction" that I have charged the Institute with engaging in illicit electromagnetic mind control research.
Contrary to Swann's lame attempt at disavowal, the charge was made by the Washington Post, not me. I merely passed the story on for the edification of anyone interested in what really goes on at SRI.
There is nothing "amusing" about the allegation, nor is it "fiction."
For slavish admirers of Swann ("psychic" groupies who've been drained of all rationality by indulgence in bizarre paranormal fantasies) who defend his blatant disinformation, here is the original story. Note the allegation is not Constantine's, as Swann contends in his ambiguous rebuttal. It is not "amusing," and it isn't "fiction":
The WASHINGTON POST reported on August 7, 1977:
"About the time that the second Navy contract was given to SRI, the scientific assistant to the secretary of the Navy, Dr. Sam Koslov, received a routine briefing on various research projects, including SRI's [Stanford Research Institute]. As the briefer flashed the chart onto the screen and began to speak, Koslov stormily interrupted; 'What the hell is that about?"
Among the glowing words on the projected chart, the victim describing SRI's work was labelled:
ELF AND MIND CONTROL
'ELF' stands for 'extremely low frequency' electromagnetic waves, from the very slow brain frequencies up to about 100 cycles per second. The navay is interested in ELF.... The 'Mind Control' label really upset Koslov. He ordered the SRI investigation for the Navy stopped, and cancelled another $25,000 in Navy funds slated for more remote viewing work. 'We [Koslov's emphasis] do not fund programs in this area,' the outspoken scientist states. 'If you ask me, Do you think it's a pile of crap? I do, and you can quote me.' In March of this year, Koslov again insisted that the Navy is 'simply out of this business.'"
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