Anomalous-Cognition Claim Verification Ledger

PROBLEM: The 1995 AIR evaluation ended in a split verdict that has never been resolved in one place. Statistician Jessica Utts concluded psychic functioning was "well established" by the standards applied to other areas of science; psychologist Raymond Hyman dissented, arguing the findings had not been independently replicated and methodological flaws remained. The overall recommendation was to discontinue operational use. Since then, both halves of the verdict get quoted alone — Utts quoted as proof, Hyman quoted as debunking — and new claims (including recent video claims that a group remotely viewed the biblical Rapture) circulate with no ledger recording what was actually tested, what survived replication, and what did not.

SOLUTION: An anomalous-cognition claim verification ledger: every public claim about anomalous cognition logged with its source, its test protocol, its replication status, and its grade — DOCUMENTED, REPORTED, or UNVERIFIED — so a claim is never quoted without its verdict attached.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — AIR evaluation, Sept 29, 1995: Utts ("psychic functioning has been well established") vs. Hyman (premature; not independently replicated); overall recommendation to discontinue operational use. Sources: AIR report (1995); National Security Archive.