Soviet ESP Experiments
Nation Involved: Soviet Union
Time Period: 1980s
Extrasensory Perception or ESP is the ability to get information that is not recognized by the normal physical senses. Often, it is referred to as the “sixth sense” due to this. As one is able to sense something through the mind, but not through their other senses. Thus making it come off as fake most of the time. Yet Russia wanted to develop some sort of way to utilize it. The CIA declassified a memo from 1991 in early 2021 about two Russian scientists discussing their ESP experiments. One of the scientists even claimed to have “perfected” his methods.
These technically Soviet scientists were conducting experiments in the 1980s using several subjects. The scientist claiming to have perfected things claimed that mirrors focused psychic energy. As he put them on opposite sides of the subjects. The scientist asked subjects to concentrate on transmitting psychic energy to a patient as well as empathetically experience their discomfort. The belief was that they could transmit bioenergy to help control or cure numerous diseases from simple colds to heart disease. This all turned out to be BS for the Soviet scientists, obviously.