Chapter 53 THE SECOND VISIT TO SRI 7-25 AUGUST 1972 I flew to California on 7 August 1972, and was to be there for three weeks. Puthoff met the flight in San Francisco -- and immediately handed me an envelope containing my reimbursement for the first trip, and a copy of our work schedule -- just to show me, as he said, that he was "on the ball." We were to have a one-week informal period, and then a two-week formal set up. The latter two-week segment would be attended by "two East Coast Scientists who would observe some of the experiments." So I said: "CIA, right?" His eyes widened. "East Coast Scientists!" he responded. I don’t remember or have any record of what happened during the first week, except that my calendar shows several appointments with Mr. Jim Bolen of San Francisco who had recently founded PSYCHIC magazine. I flew to Los Angeles on the first weekend to be with Dr. Shafica Karagula and her associate. I don’t remember what we discussed, but almost certainly the continuing topic would have been "Conspiracies" of all kinds. Regarding the second two weeks, Puthoff had prepared a schedule of activities, probably not so much for my benefit but for that of the two "East Coast scientists" who duly