Approved For Release 2000/08)B COVERDP96-00788R001800120001-0 RV SITE CONTACT SITE IS ACQUIRED IN STAGES OF INCREASING CONTACT STAGES l. Major gestalt (mountain, city, land/water interface) 2. Sensory contact (cold/dry) 3. Dimension, motion, mobility (large mountain, panoramic view) 4. Qualitative and quantitative aspects (technological cultural, two buildings) 5. Specific analytical aspects--by interrogating signal line (radar tracking function, ABM defense) 6. Three-dimensional contact (modeling, layouts, further analytical contact) 5 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800120001-0
138945 END OF YEAR REPORT PROGRAM: CRV Enhancement 1. Sponsor's Expectation Improve accuracy of remote viewing. Transfer technology to client community. i i i i I Approved For Release 2000/08 i i i i SOW Reference] __——*Experiments Research on Stages IV-VI was performed, with RVer #002 acting as viewer. Continued training of 3 SRI- selected viewers (two through SII, one through SIII) was carried out, to provide addi- tional data to evaluate the training procedure. Two client personnel pro- gressed through training, one through mid-SI, one through SIII. i i i i I i 108 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800120001-0 Results New techniques (e.g., 3-dimensional modeling) were developed which led to increasingly high-quality results. An overall analysis of blind-testing (Class B) results indicates a sus- tained hit rate of 66% in providing results in the 2 (good) and 3 (excellent) categories. Progress of trainees, both SRI- and client-selected, continues to provide evidence that CRV tech- nology can be transferred to selected individuals by means of a structured procedure. 1348935 Approved) For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800120001-0
13a94S$ | t L b i LI i i i i i | i 1 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800120001-0 2. In addition the following discoveries were made: (a) Newer trainees without previous experience appear to progress more rapidly through the new procedures, as compared with earlier viewers involved in "relearning." (b) The use of modeling materials (e.g., clay, pasteups) appears to contribute to RV product quality. 3. Based upon the sponsor's stated needs and our discoveries during the fiscal year a program for FY'84 was developed. FY'83 Program FY'84 Follow-On Research, SIV-SVI Progress in increasing Complete SV R&D to stabilize procedure for utility of RV data technology transfer; gather more data on acquisition. SVI modeling techniques to optimize utility. Training/technology transfer| Trainees’ progress/technology Continue technology transfer, training evalu- transfer tracked. ation, through higher-stage processes. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800120001-0 1da3S
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SG1J Approved For Release 2000/0808 CQA-ADP96-00788R001800120001-0 Attachment #1 Verbal Description of the Project To meet program objectives, one of SRI's tasks is to investigate U.S. capabilities in applied RV, both to determine the potential for application in U.S. efforts, and to provide data that is useful in assessing the threat potential of corresponding Soviet applications. In response to this re- quirement, SRI has pursued application tasks that were of interest to the intelligence community, and have responded to quick-reaction requirements set by representatives monitoring the progress of the work. The format for carrying out these tasks is as follows. A request for information concerning a target site is transmitted by the client to the DIA representative I the Joint Service Program COTR in residence at SRI. He then provides targeting information (e.g., coordinates) to an SRI RV session monitor at the start of a session. This monitor then works with a remote viewer to obtain data. In this format, SRI personnel are kept blind to the source of the request, and to the type of site or event of interest. In some cases, the COTR is present during the RV session, or he may even conduct the session himself. In an effort to determine whether a remote viewer is "on line" before attempting an operational task, a presession calibration trial is carried out on a site for which feedback materials (e.g., National Geographic magazines, travel brochures) are available to the session monitor. If the results indicate a useful level of RV functioning, the operational task is engaged; if not, the task is aborted. In like fashion, a postsession calibration trial is carried out to provide a check on whether the viewer remained "on line! during the operational task. Evaluation protocols were developed for use by analysts to provide numerical estimates of various aspects of the RV product generated in operational RV tasks. The returned protocols constitute the basis for contractor evaluation, feedback to the remote viewer, and as an input for the computerized data-base management (DBM). The evaluation protocols submitted to the analysts for their completion are provided in Appendix D of the below footnoted document. The contractor has completed development of a computerized data-base management system to handle this material. This system, programmed on a stand-alone LSI 11/23 system, provides a library/catalog function of data- base readout by date, site, viewer, and so forth, along with the capability of yielding trend analysis functions. “aH. E. Puthoff, "RV Reliability, Enhancement, and Evaluation (U),"" Final Report, SRI Project 3279-1, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (February 1982), SECRET/NOFORN/GF. 17 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800120001-0