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illustrations
alone,
the
experiments
provide
circumstantial
evi-
dence
for
an
information
channel
of
useful
bit
rate.
This
includes
experiments
in which visiting government
scientists
participated
as
sub-
jects
(Xerox machine
and video terminal)
to observe
the protocol.
In
general,
it appears
that use
of multiple-subject responses
to
a single
target provides better signal-to-noise
ratio than target
identification
by
a
single
individual.
This conclusion
is borne out by the judging
described below.
Given
that
in general
the drawings constitute
the most accurate
portion of
a subject's description,
in the
first judging procedure
a
judge was asked
simply to blind match only
the drawings
(i.e., without
tape transcripts)
to
the
targets.
Multiple
subject responses to
a given
target were stapled
together,
and
thus
seven subject-drawing response
packets were
to be matched
to
the
seven different targets
for which
drawings were made.
The judge did not have access
to our photographs
of
the
target
locations,
used
for
illustration purposes
only,
but rather
proceeded
to
each
of
the
target
locations by
list.
While
standing at
each
target
location,
the
judge was required
to rank order
the
seven
subject-drawing response packets
(presented
in random order)
on
a
scale
to
(best
to worst match).
For
seven targets,
the
sum of ranks could
range
from
to
49.
The
sum in this case,
which
included
1 direct hit
and
4 second ranks out of
the
(see Table
7)
was
18,
a result signifi-
cant at
p =
0 .036
.
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TABLE
Distribution
of Rankings Assigned
to
Associated with Each Target
Subject Drawings
Location
Sub j ect
Target
Rank of
Associated
Drawings
S3,
S4
Drill press
S2,
S3,
V3
Xerox machine
S4,
V2
Video terminal
S3
Chart recorder
S4
Random number generator
S4
Machine
shop
S3,
S4
Typewriter
Total
sum of ranks
(p=0. 036)
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In
the
second more detailed effort
at evaluation,
a visiting
scien-
tist
selected
at random one
of
the
12 data packages
(a drill
press
experiment),
sight unseen and
submitted
it
for independent analysis
to
an engineer with
a
request
for an estimate
as
to what was being described.
The analyst,
blind
as
to
the
target and given only the
subject
r s
taped
narrative
and drawing
(Figure
13),
was
able,
from the
subject's descrip-
tion alone,
to correctly classify
the
target
as
a "man-sized vertical
boring machine,"
G.
Summary of Remote Viewing Results
.
Discussion
The descriptions
supplied by
the
subjects
in the experiments
involving remote viewing of natural
targets
or
laboratory apparatus,
although containing
inaccuracies,
were
sufficiently accurate
to permit
the judges
to differentiate among various
targets
to
the degree
indicated.
A summary tabulation
of
the
statistical
evaluations
of
these
fifty-one
experiments with nine
subjects
is presented
in Table
8.
The overall
result,
evaluated conservatively on
the basis
of
a judging procedure
that
ignores
transcript quality beyond
that necessary
to
rank order
the data
packets
(vastly underestimating
the
statistical
significance
of
individual
descriptions),
clearly indicates
the presence
of an information channel
of useful bit
rate.
Furthermore,
it appears
that
the principal difference
between experienced
subjects
and inexperienced volunteers is not that the latter
never
exhibit
the
faculty,
but
rather
that their results
are
simply
less
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TARGET: DRILL PRESS
(TECHNOLOGY SERIES)
SA-3183-7
FIGURE
SUBJECT
(S4) DRAWING OF DRILL PRESS SHOWING BELT
DRIVE, STOOL AND
"VERTICAL GRAPH THAT GOES UP AND DOWN"
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