Jim Salyer
Jim Salyer was a deputy to Dale Graff at the DIA.
Jim Salyer was a deputy to Dale Graff at the DIA. He raised significant concerns about the operational structure and effectiveness of the Remote Viewing unit at Fort Meade, particularly regarding the lack of scientific understanding and experience within the Army group1.
In his "Secret Working Papers," Salyer outlined "existing problems" at Fort Meade, stating that "Whereas the SRI group is managed by scientists with extensive experience in understanding and researching Psi phenomena, the Army group has no one associated with it who has any understanding of psi phenomena or experience in researching or utilizing remote viewing." He criticized the unit as being composed of "amateurs, led by another amateur, and being trained by yet another amateur," which he believed explained the lack of astounding results1.
Salyer's damning assessment led to a critical review of the program and eventually resulted in the DIA gaining control of the Fort Meade personnel. He also believed that his concerns about the lack of scientific rigor allowed problems such as Ed Dames's anomaly targeting to exist1.
Sources
- Jacobsen, Annie. Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis. Little, Brown and Company, 2017. ↩
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