A review of recently declassified government experiments conducted to assess the potential for "psychic spying" shows that current parapsychology research has produced the most credible evidence to date that humans have paranormal abilities, according to two academic experts. The U.S. government research program has produced statistically significant results -- consistent with similar "psi" research -- the experts agree, but they disagree about how to interpret those results. "At this stage, using the standards applied to any other area of science, the case for psychic functioning has been scientifically proven," says Jessica Utts, a UC Davis statistics professor who specializes in evaluating parapsychology research. Ray Hyman, a psychology professor at the University of Oregon in Eugene and a noted debunker of psychic phenomena, disagrees. "The case for psychic functioning seems better than it ever has been," he says. "Inexplicable statistical departures from chance, however, are a far cry from compelling evidence." The 20-year, $20 million basic-research program was funded by various U.S. intelligence agencies. The full texts of Utts' and Hyman's evaluations of the program are on the World Wide Web at http://www-stat.ucdavis.edu/users/utts/ and http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~uocomm/newsrel/Hyman.html.