CIA Document Claims Soviet Union Was Developing Cybernetic Telepathy

Three newly released CIA reports from 1963 and 1964 investigate the Soviet Union's apparent use of extrasensory perception (ESP) and attempted development of 'cybernetic telepathy.' Motherboard: The documents detail conversations an agent had with Soviet scientists and a student about the USSR's interest in developing ESP. Guided by these second hand accounts, it sounds like the Soviet Union's plans of developing telepathy went as well as America's well-documented efforts. 'At the moment, he does not have a clear detailed language program for this,' one report said. 'Rather, he has an overall goal for the future of finding out about ESP generally.' The documents come courtesy of a Freedom of Information Act via the transparency site the Government Attic. They're three reports to the CIA about conversations an agent had with a Soviet cybernetics researcher and a visiting foreign exchange student.

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