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The government was less and less interested in research
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Third Eye Spies

The governmentwas less and lessinterested in research

The government
was less and less
interested in research

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The government was less and less interested in research.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:30:04
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Conscious Universe Films

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Movie Summary

Two physicists discover psychic abilities are real only to have their experiments at Stanford co-opted by the CIA and their research silenced by the demands of secrecy. Yet, as both these 'remote viewers' and our audience learn, t...
I wanted to be free of all this secrecy. - Third Eye Spies 00:04
I wanted to be free of all this secrecy.
Which, from a scientific standpoint was not so good, - Third Eye Spies 00:08
Which, from a scientific standpoint was not so good,
TARG: When I brought that to our contracting officer, - Third Eye Spies 00:13
TARG: When I brought that to our contracting officer,
I'm paid to find out what the CIA wants you to do, and then see that you do it." - Third Eye Spies 00:09
I'm paid to find out what the CIA wants you to do, and ...
And now Ingo was in charge of the Army psychics - Third Eye Spies 00:09
And now Ingo was in charge of the Army psychics
And I got a note from my partner, Hal, questioning whether I was really - Third Eye Spies 00:08
And I got a note from my partner, Hal, questioning whether I...
NARRATOR: What the most interesting data at SRI pointed to, - Third Eye Spies 00:07
NARRATOR: What the most interesting data at SRI pointed to,
It was a secret so big he felt that if the general public could truly get it - Third Eye Spies 00:09
It was a secret so big he felt that if the general public co...
Russell was kind of the idea man, - Third Eye Spies 00:12
Russell was kind of the idea man,
We had dozens of psychics, and lots of laboratories, - Third Eye Spies 00:08
We had dozens of psychics, and lots of laboratories,
And I ended up spending all my time not doing research, - Third Eye Spies 00:11
And I ended up spending all my time not doing research,
I had to get up in the morning and say, "Well, you know, - Third Eye Spies 00:11
I had to get up in the morning and say, "Well, you know...
NARRATOR: SRI's intelligence work with psychics would go on for another decade, - Third Eye Spies 00:11
NARRATOR: SRI's intelligence work with psychics would g...
TARG: Remember Jimmy Carter's telling - Third Eye Spies 00:07
TARG: Remember Jimmy Carter's telling
In 1995 President Carter recounted that, - Third Eye Spies 00:12
In 1995 President Carter recounted that,
REPORTER: Students submitted questions on numerous topics, both serious and lighthearted, - Third Eye Spies 00:09
REPORTER: Students submitted questions on numerous topics,...
TARG: The release of that information contributed to the end - Third Eye Spies 00:07
TARG: The release of that information contributed to the end
NARRATOR: After Russell and Hal left the program, it continued under Ed May, - Third Eye Spies 00:07
NARRATOR: After Russell and Hal left the program, it continu...
So I would ask the intelligence community to watch what we do - Third Eye Spies 00:05
So I would ask the intelligence community to watch what we d...
It's a pretty low priority for the intelligence community, and it's better done on the outside. - Third Eye Spies 00:06
It's a pretty low priority for the intelligence communi...