National and International Media Attention
Compiled by:
Carol Cruzan Morton, UC Davis
Ross West, University of Oregon
Edwin C. May, Cognitive Sciences Laboratory
28 November 1995
Broadcast
- Good Morning America (ABC). by Michael Guillen.
- ABC News Nightline. by Michael Guillen.
- Evening News: Sacramento TV KPWB-31, 10 pm
- Evening News: Sacramento TV KXTV-10, 5 & 11 pm
- Evening News: Sacramento TV KCRA-3, 6 & 11 pm
- Evening News: Sacramento TV KOVR-13, 10 pm
Print
- UC-Davis News: 28 November 1995. 'Psychic Spying' Research
Produces Credible Evidence.
- Associated Press: U.S. Used Psychic Spies. by Richard Cole.
- Reuters: CIA study says ESP may work, but not for spying. by Jim Wolf.
29 November 1995
Broadcast
- Prime News (CNN)
- Evening News (CBS) Mark Katkov
- Larry King Live (CNN)
- Morning News: Sacramento TV KXTV-10 6 am
- Morning News: Sacramento TV KQCA-58
- ABC radio news, KGO-SF live, by Mary Ellen Geist.
Print
- Atlanta Journal & Constitution: U.S. agencies used psychics. by Richard Cole/AP.
- Associated Press: U.S. Used Psychic Spies (update, reprise). by Richard
- Cole.
- The Blade, Toledo, Ohio: 29 October 1995. Is ESP Actually a Sixth Sense?
- Chicago Tribune: CIA Aided by Psychics for 20 Years. by Richard Cole.
- Daily News: Our spooks admit employed ESPecialists. by Helen Kennedy.
- Davis Enterprise: Study: U.S. has used psychic spies in Libya, North Korea. by Richard Cole.
- Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
- Eugene Register-Guard: Professor at UO helps evaluate secret psychic spying research project. by Joe Rojas-Burke.
- New York Times Co: Information Bank Abstracts, Philadelphia Inquirer. by Richard Cole/AP.
- Oakland Tribune: Researchers: U.S. Hires psychics in Spying Operation. by Richard Cole.
- Philadelphia Inquirer. by Richard Cole.
- Richmond Times Dispatch: Official quest for `another reality.' by Bill McKelway.
- Roanoke Times & World News: CIA dials Psychic Connection. by Richard Cole/AP. Rocky Mountain News: CIA confirms U.S. has used psychics against Libya, North Korea. by Richard Cole/AP.
- Sacramento Bee: U.S. Didn't Foresee Faults in Psychic Spies Program. by Richard Cole.
- San Francisco Chronicle: Scientists at Odds Over CIA Psychic Experiments. by David Perlman.
- San Francisco Examiner: Bay Area Was Site of Psychic Spy Tests.
- Times Union (Albany, NY): `I see a tall, Libyan strongman...' by Richard Cole/AP.
- USA Today: CIA Says ESP May Work, But Not for Espionage Cases. by Richard Cole/AP.
- Washington Post: Pentagon Has Spent Millions On Tips From Trio of Psychics. by R. Jeffrey Smith.
30 November 1995
Broadcast
- All Things Considered (NPR): Evaluator questions U.S. psychic intelligence program. by Robert Siegel.
- Morning News (CNN): Researcher confirms remote viewing, even precognition. by Donna Kelley.
- Put it to the Test (ABC)
- Morning show: Sacramento TV KPWB-31
Print
- Atlantic Journal and Constitution: Details emerge on military's use of psychics in "Stargate' program. by Washington Post.
- Baltimore Sun: Pentagon employed psychic spy unit. by Gilbert Lewthwaite & Tom Bowman.
- Calgary Herald: Physics saw their own demise. by The Guardian.
- Charleston Daily Mail: Pantagon quizzed 'psychics.' by Baltimore Sun.
- Daily Mirror: 'Psychic' psies are dead loss; cia's psychics project slashed.
- Daily Telegraph: Pentagon spent pouns 13m on psychic spies, says cia. By Hugh Davies in Washington DC.
- Evening Standard: CIA's spy psychics. By Jeremy Campbell.
- Glasgow (Scotland) Herald: Spooks see no future for Pentagon psychics. By Patrick Brogan.
- Guardian: End or aura for cia mystics. by Martin Walker, Washington bureau.
- Houston Chronicle: Agnecy spent 17 years testing `psychic powers.' by Baltimore Sun.
- International Herald Tribune: Just picture it: psychic warriors at work; petnagon stands by `remote views,' cia has doubts. by R. Jeffrey Smith/Washington Post.
- Ottowa Cititzen: The end of an aura: Pentagon pyschics saw downfall of operation stargate coming. by Martin Walker, the Guardian.
- Reuters: U.S. filed psychics as part of its arsenal. by Jim Wolf.
- San Francisco Chronicle: editorial the CIA's psychic friends.
- Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail: The crystal Ball spies.
- Tampa Tribune: Nostradamus foretold Bucs in playoffs! by Steve Otto.
- Washington Post: Details emerge on military's use of psychics in 'stargate'program.
- Washington Post: 'Psychic Arms Race' Had Several Funding Channels. by R. Jeffrey Smith, Curt Suplee.
- Washington Post: The Pentagon Peepers: A Psychic View.
- Washington Post: Pentagon paid $20 millino for 'Psychic' Aid. by R. Jeffrey Smith, Curt Suplee.
1 December 1995
Broadcast
- Inside Edition (ABC)
- Evening News (FOX)
- Evening News (CNN)
- ABC radio, national, Alan Colmes Show, 3:30 pm EDT
Print
- Advocate (Baton Rouge): Someone should test U.S. intelligence IQs.
- Agence France Presse: U.S. intelligence discloses psychic spying, but does it work? by Jay Root.
- Charleston Gazette: CIA seers $20 million for psychics (editorial).
- Commercial Appeal (Memphis): Wasteful psychic spying (viewpoint).
- Houston Chronicle: Psychic program had some friend sin high places, sources claim. by R. Jeffrey Smith/Washington Post.
- Los Angeles Times: (opinion) A Psychic Power Outage.
- Phoenix Gazette: Agent Smart, where are you? (editorial).
- Richmond Times Dispatch: retired officer says he used psychic abilities in U.S. Army.
- Tampa Tribune: Intelligence and psychic wonders.
- USA Today: Spirit of Intelligence.
- UC-Davis Newspaper, Dateline: Standing by the Numbers.
- Washington Post: Psychic Program Kept Going by Positive Thinking.
- Washington Post: It's Shaped Like a Nut. Coincidence?
- Washington Post: A Handful of Senators Kept DIA Psychics at Work.
- Washington Post: On the Pentagon's astral plane; psychics leave lots up in the air (style section).
2 December 1995
Broadcast
- Science and Technology Week (CNN): CIA admits it employed psychic spies for many years. by Patrick Greenlaw.
- Evening News (CNN).
Print
- Boston Herald: Spells and magic at the CIA.
- Charleston Daily Mail: Byrd says he did not ok psychics.
- Detroit News: A license to commune (editorial).
- Newsday: Stick to spying (viewpoint).
- Seattle Times: I see Mr. Ames stuffing secrets down his pants (editorial).
- Toronto Globe & Mail: Tests Support Psychic Phenomenon. By Stephen Strauss.
- Washington Post: Many Find `Remote Viewing' a far fetch from science. by Curt Suplee.
3 December 1995
Print
- Arizona Republic (Phoenix): Kissinger's wife slain in `vision' seen by CIA psychic in `70s. by Newsday.
- Commercial Appeal (Memphis): DIA psychic program defies action to kill it...by R. Jeffrey Smith/Washington Post.
- Fresno Bee: CIA psychic's vision once threw a scare into Kissinger's security detail. by Knut Royce/Newsday.
- Fresno Bee: Is there a thread of believability there? by John Scalzi (life secion).
- Newsday: Use of Psychics Clouds CIA. by Knut Royce.
- Plain Dealer (Cleveland): Spooks Cultivate Vision Thing. by Tom Brazitis.
- South China Morning Post. Spies who rely on a crystal ball. by Simon Beck.
- The Sunday Times of India: Sorcery in the Pentagon.
- The Sunday Times, London: Day of the Pentagon.
- Virginian Pilot: Tortellini can't get a reading on this snub. by Bill Reed.
4 December 1995
Broadcast
- Outlook (BBC) heard on KQED-San Francisco
Print
- News Tribune: ESP Project: Where's the amazing randi? (editorial) (U of O psych prof).
- Sacramento Bee: Psychic's vision nearly got Kissinger Killed.
- St. Petersburg Times: About those CIA psychics (editorial).
- Washington Post: Up Close and Personal with a remote viewer: Joe McMoneagle defends the secret project. by Linton Weeks.
5 December 1995
Broadcast
Print
- Anchorage Daily News: Opinion.
- Boston Herald: Powers should turn to psychics. by Christopher Cox.
- Hartford Courant: And now, the star wars of the mind (editorial).
6 December 1995
Print
- Houston Chronicle: $20 million psychic study gained littl. by Curt Suplee/Washington Post.
- Washington Times: ESP spooks in CIA's attic. by Ken Adelman.
7 December 1995
Print
- Facts on File World News Digest: Government Used Psychics in Spying.
- Nature magazine: CIA Psychi Spies Under Scrutiny. by Sally Lehrman.
- Washington Post: Pursuing Phantoms, by Mary McGrory.
8 December 1995
Broadcast
- CFRB, Toronto, Canada, live with Paul & Carol Mott, 11 am PDT
Print
- Dallas Morning News: Psychic warned of attack. By Knut Royce, Newsday.
- San Jose Mercury: Hay, Agent 000 has Another Hunch!
- Globe and Mail, Toronto: To Skeptics, Seeing Isn't Believing. by Stephen Strauss.
- Los Angeles Times: Response to A Psychic Power Outage.
9 December 1995
Print
- Boulder Daily Camera: Spooky Disclosures About CIA Methods. by Christophe Brauchli.
- Science News: CIA Studies Fan Debate Over Psi Abilities.
10 December 1995
Print
- Houston Chronicle: Psyche Out (editorial).
- New York Daily News: Psychic spooks predict dire results if CIA cuts them off. by Dave Saltonstall.
11 December 1995
Broadcast
- KPRL radio, Paso Robles, live with Ron Fisher. 12:30 pm CDT.
Print
- Newsweek Magazine: Psychics and Spooks. by Gregory Vistica.
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: I prefer to put all my cards on the table. by Sally Kalson.
- Scotsman: Para handy.
- Time Magazine: The Vision Thing. by Douglas Waller.
12 December 1995
Print
- Atlanta Journal & Constitution: a forutne for your thoughts. by Tom Teepen (editorial).
13 December 1995
Broadcast
- KYMX, fm 96.1, Sacramento, live iwth Charlie Weiss 8:30 am.
Print
- Washington Post: A Close Look at "Remote Viewing."
14 December 1995
Broadcast
- KCBS radio, am 740, San Francisco. live with Rebecca Corral, 1:20 pm, PDT.
17 December 1995
Print
- Dallas Morning News: After 20 years and $20 million CIA to stop using psychics....by Dave Saltonstall,/New York Daily News.
18 December 1995
Print
- Buffalo News: Psychics hired by uncle sam? by Andy Rooney/Tribune Meida Services.
- Business Week: Putting the ESP back into espionage. by Peter Coy.
- Dayton Daily News: Military kills psychic project. by Tom Teepen (opinion).
- Times Union (Albany, NY): Getting fired might be in their future. by Andy Rooney.
19 December 1995
Print
- Star Tribune: $20 million for your psychic thoughts. by Tom Teepen/Cox News Service.
24 December 1995
Print
- San Francisco Examiner: Tapping our Psychic Powers. by Julian Guthrie.
- Toronto Star: ESP is a statistical fact in search of a theory. by Jay Ingram.
27 December 1995
Print
- Cinncinnati Enquirer: $20 Million for thoughts. by Tom Teepen (editorial).
31 December 1995
Broadcast
- BBC: Moscow University engineers develop device to prevent extrasensory influence.
8 January 1996
Print
- Time: Psychic spies out in the cold (letters).
11 January 1996
Broadcast
- CBC radio, Vancouver. live with Mark Forsythe, 4:40 pm PDT.
April 1996
Print
- Discover Magazine: by Jeff Kluger.
Unknowns
- Fortune Magazine
- Japanese newspaper
- Readers Digest International 3-part video series, one on ESP