War and Psychics

It has been revealed that in 2002, the Ministry of Defence funded secret tests to see if a group of people could psychically see into remote hidden objects.

At first, the researchers tried to recruit established psychics for the experiments but when all refused they had to use volunteers.

The subjects were asked to identify contents hidden in brown sealed envelopes. 28% of the volunteers made some close guesses. But for the most part, the volunteers did not even come close. One reportedly fell asleep during the testing.

The Ministry of Defence did not disclose their reasons for spending approximately £18,000 on these tests.

Because of the timing and the nature of the experiments, there has been speculation that the defence experts were looking at the possibility of using remote viewing in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden or the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Their study concluded that remote viewing could not be put to great use for the purposes of the nation's defence.