I've reviewed Dr.May's response after the CIA's decision for which the project was cancelled. And as I said earlier, I simpathize with him, mainly because his effort and his co-workers' was huge, apparently well conducted, and he was really convinced that the results were valuable. I would feel really sad if a 24-year effort (10 years under my direction) was thrown by the boards by the decision of an arbitrary authority. And would defend my points too. However, he probably failed to realize WHO was his boss. What can be expected from an organization whose objectives and methods are classified, from which you will never get an explanation on WHY they started a project and WHY they cancelled it or continued it under secret conditions ? Would you expect logical reasons ? The only thing you may expect from them is a lot of money for your project, until one day you receive a kick in the thinking part instead of a check. Not to mention some obscure methods that they can put in practice when there is a political reason valid for them. If Dr. May had discovered something applicable in defense, it could have been used for attack as well, and he would feel worse than what Einstein felt after Hiroshima.

It was HIS decision to work for that boss, and he must accept their final decision. Or look for another sponsor, if he is sufficiently convinced of his results and does not fear the consequences. I repeat, my sympathy is with him as a scientist.

I'm inclined to think that the problem was simpler. The CIA feared, but neither feared the unknown, nor the religious pressures, nor the community of sceptics opinions. They feared the RIDICULOUS, and the subsequent kick in THEIR parts if they continued sponsorship for something which after a 24-year period (enough is enough)had not given clear and usable results, even did never prove the existence of a minimal, embrionary external psi-MENACE from the Soviets or the Arabs or the narcos.

And please see that neither Dr.May nor his colleages mention any TECHNIQUE, not even the minimal usable technique, not to mention that they never could ascertain the nature of the phenomena, they only state that their results were statistically significant, and the CIA evaluation was biased:

"It is impossible for me to prove whether or not the CIA determined the outcome of the investigation before it began. What is obvious, however, is that the evaluation domain of the research and particularly the operations were restricted to preclude positive findings. "

Some comments on Amos' words later. (Oh, you make my little brain develop muscles. I think with the same part used to sit down, but my brain hurts because of the translation effort!)

Un abrazo - Andrés