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T ··artnt 7 c ( .~· ....... ,,.... ... -: ...... ., .......... r~-·:":r~- -·~~ ~_::~, ; .~ . .-. , : . - ·.: .- · ~ ~ · . .. : ; . ·.: .. .. ~ . • • ~;~ ~ : ~~~- ···.:-.~1~ · Y Be G7JJ2Ir IPla71~~s Jv1IaJ re~·eera;t6'.ve l!~ ... ,.'::~·: .•• :::.~~ ... ~~~ ;--r· Cy Ron ShaCCc1· His work with plants, lh:tt very inst:mt tile record· w ..h ln::ton ros~ &taU Wrllor which 1-ms been dismissed as in~ pen bounced or! the top Cleve B:1ckster, 48, is :1 lia implausible b:y many :~rea of the chart.' • scientists, hc~an in l!J66, he detector specialir.t who :~fler recalled, when in a moment yt'nrs oi tests and ohscrva of dh'N'i;ion. he decided to tion, has concluded that hook polygraph dcct•·odcs pla!lls percqive more than we might suspect. ~)~:~~~~~e or ~~~-~:ti~~ t 1... ·. .•..~ ---·~--···;.~~-~.···-··:··.-~J.·_·.:_ ·:~·~:~ leaves an oCfice perceptive :tbilit)•," ..· .·.f_··,·,·,· . · For ln:;tance, TinckStl·l; p ~ t ; e e a n o ys l p , i o le n p s l , a a n n a d t n s d s e n r n e rc a s e c t : t m b h · y a e ~ a · s e · e n m _ d o f · t w t o io e " u n r S r e s u r s l o p i i m n f ri e s i a s l i : n t h r g o u l t y n m o , : t m y th p , t " h e i c e h a ' l e c h r c s e a a o a r i c n t d s - · s e th a m i I e d n i t c t h e h : s d n e u ' t b , : f s i o o e r u s q t n w 1 u d · e o e n i n ; t . t t ! h h i t a t n e t t l s o i t p n s ' l e , ' a n n o r u s q t n w 1 u d · e o e n i n ; t . t t ! h h i t a t n e t t l s o i t p n s ' l e , ' a n n o h o t n s n e . · · . . . . .. ,. . _· j • " L. 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S:lid: ~-- ·.·.·-, .·. -:': . : . · . o :;l l w i.c ei r \ , h 'i a Ja n c d k , st h e e t· s s a ay y s s . : O 11 n o t v h e e d . its " 1 1 · . e t a ! c l t o i u on sh s The document is a scanned newspaper clipping titled "Your Plants May Be Perceptive." It features a black and white photograph of a man, identified by a caption as CLEVE BACKSTER, with the quote "loved plant prospers." The clipping also includes a portrait-style photo of the man, along with text detailing his experiments with plants and polygraph equipment. There is a handwritten number "209" in the bottom right corner, along with other smudged markings that are illegible. Ja n c d k , st h e e t· s s a ay y s s . : O 11 n o t v h e e d . its " 1 1 · . e t a ! c l t o i u on sh s t an a d bo d u e t ci t d e e s d ti t n o ~ " :· p . l · a A n f t t e w r o th u e id b o s t lo a w ni l s y t l r e e r c t, o t v h e e r . Al1 . o ... t ... t ~ ' : ~ c~o·. ..~ ~ • t . : .._ . ,... sho . wcci tllat'. : pl:mt will prosper. burn it with a match. At and :1!lcr 30 minutes would Sec ~?LA~'i'S, CG, Col. :: .. ; Backster is the director o£ a New York polygraph school for law enfercemellt officials and has been work· in,.., with lie detectors !or 24 --------------------· ye~rs. During the last six ---··-· ... · ye:1rs. he h:ts also been mak· ing 'polygraph · studies of plants. I I PLA:\'TS, From Cl gest they take along a pic· yesterday did not equiYc.ca~e • ture of a plant and think when asked :lbo~t Backster's a plant 'could "identify," about it." This· insures its findings. · Article taken from with an exaggerated reac· health, he snys. "i\Jy dear sir, does this re Washington Post, tion on the :;raph, ·one man Bac:;ster,. who s:lld he has search seem reasonabl~ to 18 April 1972, in a group of six who min· -received little criticism from you?" asked an illcreduic': o ls : Section A and C. utes b~:fore had destroyed s a a n i y d o n t e h a a t bo p u l: t , n h t :s p e t r h c e e o p r t i i e o s n , t D h r e . R b o o b ta e n r y t Kr d a e ~ p s n s r , t m h c e n a t d at. another plllnt in the room. could som~day be used s n , t D h r e . R b o o b ta e n r y t Kr d a e ~ p s n s r , t m h c e n a t d at. another plllnt in the room. could som~day be used to the Uni\·ersitr of ::\!:.ryland. "I al::o fot!nd that when thwart airplane hijackers by Dl·. Jo::;cph Gra!::1m, an~::· ever I talked about my of· keeping a pl?.nt at the gate ricultur~l administrator at , ii,:-e plant, no matter what to sense bad intentions. Mili the U;S. Dcpartr~1cnt of A=· part or the country I w:1s in, tary personnel, he said, Jun·e riculture, said that the d~ the plant would show a cor· suggested u.at a plant mi~ht partmcnt conducts r('seurch c re h s a p r o ts r , , d : i t n t g e x r a e c ~ t c l t y i o t n h e o n s a t m h e e o be ff tD s . o k l c d n ie o rs n o p r a tr i o m ls p e t n o d i t n ip g l o e n m ly s , o a n n d h i h ~h e p d~ rl d o r n i o ty t t p h r i o n b k moment I w~.s talldng aboUt . ambushes. that JJackster's findin;:s it," Backstcr said. Backster s:tid he receives would inll into t:1at cate· Backster said th:1t these funds .Cor his research from gory. and other of the "thou sm:tll grants and fron'}. the "We can't sa:;· ar.yt!1ing is sands" of observations he profits of his school. impossible," he s:~id, "but has made "leads rne to be "Prh·ate or;;anlzations, (what Backster suggests) lie\·e that plants have a and the government, too, seems hic;hly improbable." sense of perception th:tt don't want to sponsor re goes beyond ottr basic five search they thin!~ might senseS'." · wind up emb~rrassin; to He said he h:ts found that them," he said. a pl:<nt has an "atlunement" Are:1 scic:1tists cont:tcted with its owner and re::cts to ~·cstcrdny ciid not equivocate praise. when asked about Backster's 'When people go on v:tca findings. tions," he said, "I o!ten sug- senseS'." · wind up emb~rrassin; to He said he h:ts found that them," he said. a pl:<nt has an "atlunement" Are:1 scic:1tists cont:tcted with its owner and re::cts to ~·cstcrdny ciid not equivocate praise. when asked about Backster's 'When people go on v:tca findings. tions," he said, "I o!ten sug- Area scientists contacted