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About the same time that the second Navy contract was given to SRI, the scientific assistant to the secretary of the Navy, Dr. Sam Koslov, received a routine briefing on the various research projects, including SRI's. As the briefer flashed his charts onto the screen and began to speak, Koslov stormily interrupted: "What the hell is that about?"

Among the glowing words on the projected chart, the section describing SRI's work was labeled: "ELF AND MIND CONTROL."

ELF stands for "extremely low frequency" electromagnetic waves, from the very slow brain frequencies up to about 100 cycles per second. The Navy is interested in ELF because its Project Seafarer (formerly Project Sanguine) is a proposed communications system using a network of ELF antennas to broadcast to submarines underwater. Psychic researchers are interested in ELF because many theorists believe that radiation at the low, ELF frequencies is responsible for psychic communications.

But the "Mind Control" label really upset Koslov. He ordered the SRI investigations for the Navy stopped and cancelled another $35,000 in Navy funds slated for remote viewing work. "We [Koslov's emphasis] do not fund programs in this area," the outspoken scientist states. "If you ask me, `Do you think it's a pile of crap?' I do, and you can quote me." In March of this year, Koslov again insisted that the Navy is "simply out of this business. I don't believe it's the function of the military to support parapsychology research."

Contrary to Koslov's assertions, the Navy is still supporting psychic research. An interdisciplinary team at the Navy's Electronics Laboratory Center in San Diego has been continuing some of the research begun at SRI. Led by an expert in bionics, the $100,000, two-year project may be cut because of tight research money.

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