---
category: Psi Research Program
created: 2025-07-23
date: 1977
description: Paraphysics R&D - Warsaw Pact was a 1977 Defense Intelligence Agency
  report authored by Dale Graff, assessing Soviet and Warsaw Pact research into psi
  phenomena.
location: Defense Intelligence Agency
summary: '''Paraphysics R&D - Warsaw Pact'' was a 1977 DIA report by Dale Graff assessing
  Soviet and Warsaw Pact research into psi phenomena including electromagnetic fields,
  quantum physics, and holography, which provided competitive justification for continued
  American government parapsychology investment.'
tags:
- report
- intelligence
- SovietUnion
- psi
title: Paraphysics R&D - Warsaw Pact
updated: 2025-07-23
---

"[Paraphysics R&D - Warsaw Pact](/programs/paraphysics-rd-warsaw-pact/)" was a 1977 [DIA](/organizations/defense-intelligence-agency/) report authored by [Dale Graff](/people/dale-graff/). The report assessed [Soviet](/places/soviet-union/) and Warsaw Pact research into [psi](/concepts/psi/) phenomena, including electromagnetic fields, quantum physics, holography, and gravitation. Graff coined the term "paraphysics" to describe this field, aiming to pivot the nomenclature away from psychology towards physics to gain more traction within the [DoD](/organizations/department-of-defense/).[^1]

The report highlighted Soviet research in biophysics and psychic healing, Kirlian photographs, auras, and map dowsing, with particular attention to [Psychokinesis](/concepts/psychokinesis/). It summarized the activities of individuals whose abilities were of concern to the U.S. intelligence and military communities, citing the "[Geller Effect](/concepts/geller-effect/)" and the frog experiments of [Ninel Kulagina](/people/ninel-kulagina/).[^1]

This report, along with the earlier "[Controlled Offensive Behavior - USSR](/programs/controlled-offensive-behavior-ussr/)" report, contributed to the U.S. intelligence community's increased interest in and funding of its own psi research, including the [Stargate Project](/programs/stargate-project/).[^1]

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