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aliases:
- William Perry
born: 1927-10-11
category: Key Figures
location: Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
summary: William Perry served as the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
tags:
- Person
- Stargate
- Military
- RemoteViewer
---

William Perry served as the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. He was involved in the debate surrounding the [U.S. Army](/organizations/us-army/)'s involvement in [Remote Viewing](/concepts/remote-viewing/) and [psychic research](/concepts/parapsychology/)[^1].

Perry stated in a memo that it was "not appropriate for Army to fund technology programs aimed at scientific development of parapsychology."[^1].

[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.