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[Sergarr]

Not NSA, but still hilarious: CIA has recently put lots of declassified documents on the Internet, and according to them, some self-proclaimed psychic Uri Geller's telepathic abilities were tested by them. No, this is not a joke.

Famed for his spoon bending skills, Geller underwent a week of experiments at Stanford Research Institute in 1973.

Details of the top secret tests form part of the 800,000 declassified CIA documents put online.

Totalling around 13 million pages, the Geller tests form part of the Stargate programme which investigated psychic powers and looked into how any such abilities could be weaponised by the CIA.

Over the course of eight days, Geller was subjected to various experiments conducted by scientists including image and word tests.

During the experiment a scientist would pick a word at random from the dictionary, before drawing a picture of that word and sticking it on the door of the sealed room in which Geller was placed.

He would then be asked to draw the same image using his paranormal powers to sense the picture created by the examiner.

Despite other less successful results, the CIA concluded: "As a result of Geller's success in this experimental period, we consider that he has demonstrated his paranormal perception ability in a convincing and unambiguous manner."

Yes, CIA has "discovered" a "real" psychic back in the fucking 1970s. This is an actual thing that has happened.

Also apparently that "Stargate" program (lol at the name) was cancelled only in 1998. Just imagine the amount of funding that they've wasted on this shit!

[Aklyon]

Hey, the more they spend trying to out psychics, the less they've got to screw up elsewhere.

[TempAcc]

There's tons of little stories about how the CIA spent millions trying to get psychics and whatnot, and the confirmation just makes it extra hilarious. I wouldn't be surprised if the CIA did actualy did hire Ingo Swan and Russel Targ once.

[Arx]

I mean, if they could get a psychic, the implications would be incredible. Pity about the abysmal odds, eh?