Subject:  Ruth Montgomey And ESP. 
Aug. 4, 2011.

  This probably should be called Planet Of The Apes Part 4. but I will call 
it
now Ruth Montgomery And ESP.

- SECRET B-ACK PARANORMAL PROJECTS -

Early ESP and the U.S. G-vernment
By Nick R-dfern

Any mention of ESP and psychic-phenomena in connection with the
activities of the U.S. Go-ernment is almost certain to provoke
and guarantee commentary with respect to the ground-breaking
"Remote-Viewing" work of the C-A, U.S. A-my, and Defense
I-telligence Agency from the early 1970s onwards. And rightly
so, too. Many people, however, are glaringly unaware that the
gov-rnment's interest - and direct involvement - in such matters
actually dates back decades before the remote-viewers were even
on the scene.

In 1977, in a document titled Parapsychology in Intelligence,
Kenneth A. K-ss, an engineer with the CI-'s Office of Technical
Services, wrote: "Anecdotal reports of extrasensory perception
(ESP) capabilities have reached U.S. national s-curity agencies
at least since World War II, when H-tler was said to rely on
astrologers and seers. Suggestions for mil-tary applications of
ESP continued to be received after World War II. For example, in
1952 the Department of D-fense was lectured on the possible
usefulness of extrasensory perception in psychological w-rfare."

Moving on to 1960

Ruth Montgomery was a well-known and controversial p-ychic, and
the author of such books as  Aliens Among Us and A World Beyond
who died in 2001. On June 14, 1960 Montgomery wrote an article
entitled "S-ying By Mind-Reading" that was published in the New
York Journal A-erican newspaper.

Files declassified under the terms of the Freedom of
Information reveal that Montgomery's eye-opening article led
none other than F-I head-honcho, J. Edgar Hoover, to ask "Is
there anything to this?" in a memo that was sent to three of the
-BI's most respected figures: Clyde T-lson, who had been the
F-I's associate director; Alan B-lmont, who held the position of
Assistant Director of the Domestic I-telligence Division of the
FB-; and Cartha D-Loach, who in 1948 became the liaison point
between the -BI and the -IA.

Forty-eight-hours later Be-mont prepared a reply. It stated:
"The New York Journal Am-rican on 6-14-60 carried a column by
Ruth Montgomery Sp-ing by Mind-Reading! in which she stated the
A-my In-elligence Service was conducting research experiments in
mental t-lepathy. She speculated that the ultimate achievement
would be to develop a method whereby U.S. sp-es could 'receive'
thoughts of plotters in the Kremlin. Lieutenant Colonel Lee
M-rtin, Chief of Investigations, Assistant Chief of Staff for
Int-lligence, advised liaison agent [Deleted] that the Ar-y is
conducting no such project as described in the article."

But did this mean that no such research had ever been initiated
by other branches of the mili-ary? When faced with yet further
inquiries, Lt. Col. Mar-in seemingly back-tracked to a degree.
He admitted to the -BI that the denial to the Montgomery article
about the Ar-y's non-involvement in such matters did not mean
other agencies were not implicated. In fact, Hoover was told:

"He [Lt. Col. Mar-in] did state that the U.S. Air F-rce had a
contract in 1958 and 1959 with the Bureau of S-cial Science
Research, Washington, D.C., which did research in the many
phases of mental problems raised by the Korean War, with
particular emphasis on brainwashing. This research did
incidentally include mental te-epathy or extra sensory
perception; however, the results were inconclusive."

Hoover was further informed: "Our Laboratory experts advised
that informed scientific opinion at the present time is that
there is no basis in science for the validity of extra sensory
perception as described in this article. It is true, of course,
there are some areas and activities of the human mind which have
not been explored or completely understood by psychologists for
the purpose of explaining these little-understood functions of
the mind."

As for the aforementioned Alan Bel-ont, having reviewed
additional F-I files on "mental phenomena," he told Hoover the
following:

"In 1957, one William F-os, Richmond, Virginia, claimed that he
could teach blind persons to see through the use of extra
sensory perception. He claimed he could teach people to read a
paper which was covered or to see through a wall. Recognizing
the value of such activity to our counterespionage work, we
thoroughly checked the claim and had to conclude that his
alleged powers had no scientific basis. Other Govern-ent
agencies such as V-terans Association, Central In-elligence
Agency and Assistant Chief of Staff for Intel-igence also
checked on Fo-s and were highly skeptical of his work."

Nevertheless this did not stop the F-I from continuing to
carefully, and secr-tly, watch Ruth Montgomery. Indeed, the
Bureau noted that, according to Montgomery's insider-sources,
"top int-lligence agents" were involved in classified ESP-themed
operations in the early 1960s, and cited Montgomery's words in an
official memorandum for Hoover. It reads as follows:

"The Ar-y Int-lligence Service is beginning to delve into an
unknown reach of the mind which - should it eventually prove
successful - could make s-ying the least hazardous branch of
defe-se. The project receives expert guidance within the
department, but many of the officers have become so fascinated
by the possibility [of ESP] that they have formed groups,
outside of office hours, to try reading each other's minds."

Clearly, then, and despite what many have assumed and presumed,
official U.S. Gove-nment interest in ESP began way before remote-
viewing became fashionable within official circles. Precisely
when such research actually began, however, is an issue as murky
and as mysterious as the phenomenon itself!

Source: Mysterious Universe
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/07/early-esp-and-the-u-s-
government/#more-6453

                  - HAUNTED BY A PHOTOGRAPH DEPARTMENT -

Ghostly Presence in North Norfolk C-urch

A pub's name-change in honor of a north Norfolk village's
ghost brought haunting memories flooding back for EDP reader
Diane Be-thelot.

Mrs Berthel-t read about the re-launch of Worstead's New Inn in
the EDP and was thrilled when she saw it was to become The White
Lady; celebrating the ghost said to appear in the nearby chu-ch
every C-ristmas Eve.

One hot summer's day 36 years ago, Mrs Berth-lot believes she
unwittingly had her photo taken with the White Lady while
visiting the church, and the EDP article prompted her to get in
touch.

While one early account of the g-ost's appearance ends in the
witness's de-th, Mrs Bert-elot, of Hipperson Close, North
Walsham, says her own experience was of a h-aling and peaceful
spir-t presence.

In 1830 a man is said to have climbed into the ch-rch belfry on
Ch-istmas Eve, boasting that he would kiss the White Lady if he
saw her. When he failed to reappear, his friends followed and
found him huddled and terrified. He managed to whisper "I've
seen her, I've seen her," before dy-ng.

Mrs Ber-helot, now 79, says she had never heard of the gh-st
when she, husband Peter and their 12-year-old son David visited
the old weaving village of Worstead on Saturday August 2 1975,
during one of their regular holidays in Norfolk from their then
home in Essex, and went inside the chur-h to escape the heat.

She had suffered ill health for some time and remembers that
she was taking antibiotics for an infection and felt unwell that
day. As her husband and son wandered round the empty chu-ch
taking photos, Mrs Bert-elot sat close to the front on a wooden
bench and pr-yed for recovery, unaware that her husband had
caught her on camera too. She remembers feeling warm, relaxed
and at peace.

Months later, back in Essex, the family and their lodger
Barbara decided to have a slide show and view their summer snaps
for the first time. They were astounded when Barbara asked:
"Who's that sitting behind you Di?"

Mrs Berth-lot said: "I looked up, saw the w-ite figure and my
feet started to 'tingle'. This sensation eventually engulfing
the whole of me. It was a pleasant, comforting feeling."

The photo appears to show a woman dressed in light-coloured,
old-fashioned clothes, with a bonnet, sitting on the bench
directly behind Mrs Berthelo-.

The following summer Mrs Ber-helot says she went back to the
chu-ch and showed the slide to the late Vicar of W-rstead, Rev
P-ttit, who told them about the legend and said there was talk
that the White Lady was a he-ler who appeared when there was
sickness.

For many years Mrs Ber-helot said she experienced the same
tingling sensation whenever she looked at the photo, although
this has since stopped.

"I've been back to the ch-rch many times since but nothing ever
happened again," she said.

Mrs Berthelot has now presented a copy of her photo to Dennis
Gi-ligan, the new owner of Worstead's pub, who decided on the
name change after finding an ageing newspaper article about the
White Lady when he moved into his own home in the village.

Mr Gill-gan plans to frame and display Mrs Berth-lot's photo.
He suspects the White Lady may have started drifting across to
the pub since it was renamed as lights appear to turn themselves
on and off without human intervention - and he was recently
touched on the shoulder while alone in the cellars.

Source: EDP24
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/amazing_photo_ghostly_presence_in_no
rth_norfolk_church_1_973034

Part 1.

John Winston.  johnfw@mlode.com