CIA Memo: Unsolicited Remote Viewing Information on the Oklahoma City Bombing
This declassified CIA draft memorandum, dated 21 April 1995 (two days after the Oklahoma City Bombing), records that Ed May of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) telephoned the author and volunteered unsolicited information said to derive from a 'remote viewer' named 'Joe' concerning the bombing. The author states that CIA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) had no mechanism for tasking or disseminating such information and that there was no one at CIA to whom it could be given. The author subsequently supplied May with a point of contact in law enforcement, recommended he call the FBI immediately, and also recommended forwarding the information to a colleague addressed as 'Al,' who had a means of evaluating and disseminating it. The referenced information was included in the accompanying FAX. The memo carries classification markings (portions SECRET) and redacted identifiers (SG1I/SG1J). It is associated with the CIA's psychic/remote-viewing research effort commonly known as Star Gate. The document was approved for release on 2000/08/08.
Description
A one-page draft CIA internal memorandum dated 21 April 1995 documenting an unsolicited offer from Ed May of SAIC to provide remote-viewing information about the Oklahoma City Bombing, obtained from a remote viewer named 'Joe.' The author declines to task or disseminate the material through CIA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) and instead directs May to the FBI and to another recipient.
Claims
The remote-viewing information was included in the accompanying fax.
85%Ed May of SAIC volunteered unsolicited information from a 'remote viewer' named 'Joe' relating to the Oklahoma City Bombing.
85%Ed May of SAIC volunteered unsolicited information obtained from a remote viewer named 'Joe' relating to the Oklahoma City Bombing.
85%CIA's Office of Research and Development had no means for tasking or disseminating this type of information.
85%The author referred Ed May to the FBI and provided a law-enforcement point of contact.
85%CIA's Office of Research and Development had no means at CIA for tasking or disseminating this type of remote-viewing information.
80%The author provided Ed May an FBI point of contact and recommended he contact the FBI immediately.
80%
Events
Apr 18, 1995
Oklahoma City Bombing
The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, the subject of the remote-viewing information referenced in the memo.
Apr 19, 1995
Ed May's phone call offering unsolicited information
Ed May of SAIC called the memo's author the morning before the memo was written, volunteering remote-viewing information on the Oklahoma City Bombing.
Apr 20, 1995
Memorandum drafted
Draft memo documenting the offer and the author's referral to the FBI.
Aug 7, 2000
Approved for release by CIA
Document declassified and approved for public release.
Apr 19, 1995
Ed May's phone call offering remote-viewing information
Ed May of SAIC called the memo's author the morning before the memo was written to volunteer unsolicited remote-viewing information about the bombing.
Apr 20, 1995
Drafting of the memorandum
The draft memo documenting the call and the author's referral to the FBI was written.
Aug 7, 2000
Approved for release
The document was cleared for public release by CIA.
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Extracted text (OCR)
APR 21°95 @7:12AM JLN P.2 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002500140005-5 DRAFT eee SG1J 21 April 1995 SUBTECT: Unsolicited Information Ed May of SAIC called yesterday morning and volunteered to send me unsolicited information he had obtained from a “remote viewer” named “Joe" relating to the Oklahoma City Bombing. I said that we did not have a means at ORD for tasking or disseminating this type of information. at CIA and therefore there was mo one I could give it to. He asked me for a point of contact in law enforcement who might want the information, I said I did not know a point of contact for anyone at the FBI, but provided him with one later in the day after speaking with I recommended that he call the FBI immediately. I also recommended that he send it to you as well, Al, since you have a means for evaluating and disseminating such information. The information is included in this FAX. SG1I SG1J a CL BY 2075624 : oS “ . DECL + OADR U) 2 CRN : WOT HOLX DRV FRM Multiple aa All Portions SECRET DRAFT ann 7 ; Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002500140005-5
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