P338 4-Tel 338 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:17:12 *£££££££££-,,,,,,,.££££££-,,,,,.£££££££ The Real X Files, Sunday 21.00-22.00 Channel 4's latest series of documentaries about science, technology and engineering begins, quite appropriately, on the Bank Holiday Sci-Fi Wjekjnd. The series kicks off with a special programme for the Sci-Fi Weekend, written and presented bz Jim Schnabel, author of Dark White and Round in Circles, and directed bz Bill Eagles, a recent winner of the British Film Institute's Grierson Award. 1/6 Next page C4 Today Previews + SubtitlesP338 4-Tel 338 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:45:27 *£££££££££-,,,,,,,.££££££-,,,,,.£££££££ The Real X Files, Sunday 21.00m22.00 Equinox this week tells the extraordinary story of one of the most bizarre episodes in US espionage. Twenty years ago, word began to conj out of a prestigious California think- tank about a set of ESP techniques known as "remote viewing". Papers were published in scholarly journals but soon it all faded from the public consciousness. 4-Tel Channel 4 Previews from 310 2/6 Next page C4 Today Previews + SubtitlesP338 4-Tel 338 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:41:27 The Real X Files, Sunday 21.00m22.00 America's intelligence agencies were happy to have it that way, for they were busy employing remote-viewers to spy on targets in the USSR, China and numerous other countries. It was reports of intensive and often hair-raising Soviet research in the late Sixties that forced the US intelligence community to take a serious look at parapsychological phenomena. 3/6 Next page C4 Today Previews + SubtitlesP338 4-Tel 338 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:22:25 *£££££££££-,,,,,,,.££££££-,,,,,.£££££££ So why did the US intelligence force ever use psychics? Since the 1970s, the US Intelligence forces have trained and deployed psychics for high level spying missions Channel 4's programmj this Sunday at 21.00 tells the extraordinary story of just why they bothered with this fringe science, and whjthjr they had any success. What were they used for? Answer coming up... 4/6 Next page C4 Today Previews + SubtitlesP338 4-Tel 338 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:44:57 *£££££££££-,,,,,,,.££££££-,,,,,.£££££££ Fuelled by the Cold War, the paranoid President Nixon, convinced hj was being zapped by communist enemies, pjrsuadjd the US govjrnmjnt to join in a psychic arms race with the USSR. The general in charge of Army Intelligence set up a "remote viewing" unit and took part in his own psychic experiments. Another two-star general, in charge of 30,000 pjrsonnjl, became so obsessed with the New Age phenomena, that hj sent snipers to train in Zen archery and officers to undergo out-of-body experiences. 5/6 Next page C4 Today Previews + SubtitlesP338 4-Tel 338 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:21:57 *£££££££££-,,,,,,,.££££££-,,,,,.£££££££ A well-known psychologist was invited to join the psychic unit to "remote view" his way into the US Embassy in Tehran, during the 1981 hostage crisis. These and other extraordinary facts will bj related in the first of a new series of Equinox programmjs. Talking Heads conference details 344 Phone the Science Line - see 339 6/6 Next page C4 Today Previews + Subtitles