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DATA-BIT DISTRIBUTION,
S-IV TRAINING SERIES,
TRAINEE #059
Session/
Trial
S-I
thru S-IV
Basic
Elements
( Ideograms
,
Sketches,
etc.)
Post-Stage
IV Onset Channels
Sensations and
Dimensional
References
Feeling
Tones
Physical/
Functional
Details
Analytical
Overlay
Lines
Total
Number of
S-I
thru S-III
S-IV
Data
Bits
i/i
129
2/2
)
3/2
>
161
4/3
5/4
Abort
(error
In coordinate
reading)
-
Abort
(trainee medical
problem)
-
Abort
(error
in coordinate
reading)
-
9/5
103
10/6
11/7
129
12/8
249
13/9
138
14/10
112
15/11
16/12
113
17/13
101
Abort
(error
in coordinate
reading)
-
19/14
138
20/15
101
21/16
l
22/17
23/18
111
24/19
142
25/20
l
26/21
27/22
28/23
i
29/24
30/25
31/26
104
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B.
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Trainee #059 Response
to
Stage
IV Training
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t Trainee #059 began
S-IV
training during
the
second
week of December
1983,
and completed
the requirements
for
S-IV on
22 March
1984.
Thirty-one
(31)
S-IV
training sessions were conducted with
this
trainee.
With
four
sessions aborted
for various
reasons,
and with
one
site
requiring
two
sessions
to complete,
the
sessions provided
a
total
of
twenty-six
(26)
completed
trials.
The
session particulars,
including date/time,
site,
and coordinates,
are
listed
in
the Appendix.
The
types
of
sites
that must
be
identified
include
churches,
hospitals,
dams,
ruins,
power plants,
art galleries,
libraries,
\
^
i,
schools,
airports,
caverns,
observatories,
( and accelerators.
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A record
of
the
total
number
of
data bits generated
for each
site
(number
of
ideograms,
sketches,
sensations,
dimensional
references,
feeling
tones,
physical
or
functional
details,
and analytical
overlays)
is
given,
trial
by
trial,
in Figure
6.
A given session had
as
many
as
249 separate elements
(Trial
8),
or
as
few as
(Trial
17).
In
general,
the
end point of
a session was
recognition of
the
site's primary
function.
Although
site complexity was
increased
as
the
series progresse
the number of data bits actually required
(before
site recognition)
decreased on
the average
Cp
< 0.025)
as proficiency with
the
S-IV
tech-
niques was acquired--an expected
outcome.
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The data-bit distribution among
the various categories
tracked
in S-IV training
is
shown,
trial
by
trial,
in Table
2.
The
first column
tallies
the number
of
ideograms,
sketches,
and
the
like,
generated
in
the
initial
S-I
through
S-III
process,
the
second column
tallies
additioi
elements
of
this
type generated after
the
S-IV process
has
begun.
The
remaining eight columns
tally
the
number
of data bits generated
for each
of
the
S-IV channels
of
interest.
(More
specific
channel
labels have
be
passed
to
the client under
separate
cover;
the specificity
is protected
to
prevent premature disclosure
to prospective
trainees.)
It
is
con-
sidered
that
the data bits accumulated
in Channels
5 and
6 constitute
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STAGE
IV TECHNOLOGY
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A.
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Overview
Whereas
Stages
I
through
III
are directed
toward
recognition
of
the overall
gestalt and physical configuration of
a
target
site,
Stage
IV
is designed
to provide
information
as
to
function,
i.e.,
as
to
(he purpose
of
the activities being carried out
at
the
site.
Thus,
Stage
IV
viewing
transcends
simple physical descriptions
of
w^iat
is visible
to
the
eye,
to
take
into account human
intention.
Because,'
^
point of view
,
\
I
Stage
IV
is
considered
to
be
the
threshold
for crossover
into
utility.
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In Stages
I
through
III,
information
is
collected
in
the
form
o
ideograms,
and
their motion and
feeling
(S-l),
sensations
at
the
site
( S - 1 1 )
and
sketches
that
result
from expanded contact with
the
site
(S— III)
These various "carrier"
signals
are
individual
in nature,
and
special
techniques have been developed
to handle each
in
turn,
more
or
le:
in
a
serial
fashion.
Once
stabilized,
Stage
III
forms
the platform upon
which Can
be built
the more
refined
techniques
of Stage
IV.
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In
Stage
IV,
the viewer
is
trained
to accumulate
data
bits
in
no
lesk
than eight
separate
categories,
in parallel,
in addition
to pro-
cessing additional
ideograms
and
sketches.
These
range
from broad
categories
of
sensations
and dimensional
references,
through
specific
qualities
( phys ical / technological
detail,
cultural
ambience,
and
functional
significance),
and
includes
tracking
of
the analytical overlay
line.
To
keep
these separate
signal
lines
on track requires exceptional
control
of
sesssion structure-an ability
trained
for
in
the
lengthy
SI
through Sill
training period.
With
these elements
under control,
the
Stage
IV data-bit-
acquisition procedures
can
then
be used
to build
up
an
interpretation as
to
the
site's activities
and
functions.
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5.
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Stage
IV
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—
Because
of
the apparent
increased
contact with
the
site
that occurs
on Stage
III
(a "widening of
the aperture"
as
it were
data of an analytical nature begin
to
emerge.
This
follow-on process
con-
stitutes
Stage
IV
in our nomenclature.
Contained
in Stage
IV data are
elements
that go beyond
the strictly observational,
such
as ambience
i:
"
cultural
factors
and
function or purpose
{
Stage
IV viewing
is
therefore considered
to
be
the crossover
point
into
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the
site
(e.g., wavy/fluid
for water).
Note
that
this response
tially kinesthetic,
ra ther
than visual.
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Stage
II
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I„ Stage
II,
the viewer
Is
trained
to become
sensitive
to
physical
sensations
associated with
the site,
i.e.,
sensations he might
experience
if be were physically
located
at
the site
(heat,
cold,
j
like)
Again,
this
response
sounds,
smells,
tactile sensations,
and
the
ltke).
is essentially nonvisual
in nature
(although color
sensatrons may
a
legitimate Stage
II response).
Of course,
in both
trarning
stages,
visual
images may emerge
spontaneously.
In
that case
they
are not
suppressed,
but simply noted and
labeled
as AOLs.
(„)
Provided Stages
I and
II have been brought under control
t
•
•
.! ..„h
The
nhrase
"under
control
the
viewer,
Stage
III
training
ts
tnrtiated.
The
phr
.
a
t-
through
a performance
cur
means
that
the viewer has been observed
to pass
thro g
P
,
(n Flcure
which
typically applies
to
skills
learn
£
of
the
type
shown
in Figure
wnicn
yv
.
.
.
Certain objective performance measures,
such
as number
o
session
e
or
number
of
coordinate
iterations
required
to reach closure on
site
description,
are
tracked
to determine progress along
the performance
4.
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Stage
III
{
—
Whereas
in Stage
l‘ and
II viewing,
data
appea:
to
emerge
(typically)
as' fragmented data bits,
in
Stage
III
we observe
emergence
of
a broader
concept of
the
site.
With Stage
I
and
data
forming
a foundation,
contact with
the site appears
suffictently
s reng
that
the viewer begins
to have an overall appreciation of
the site as
a
whole (which we
label
'.aesthetic
impact").
Dimensional aspects
sue
as
size
,
distance,
and motion begin
to come
into
play,
resulting
in configu
rational outlines
and
sketches.
For
training practice,
sites are
c osen
especially
to require
the Stage
III aptitudes
of dimensional perception,
e.g.,
sketching of
an outline-tracking nature.
Examples generated by
viewer .059,
the viewer of
this
study,
include
the Gateway Arch
in St
I
,„o lima
island,
and
the Stanford radiotelescope,
shown
in Figures
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STAGES
IN REMOTE VIEWING
Stage
Example
I
Major gestalt
Land surrounded
by water,
an
island
II
Sensory contact
Cold sensation,
wind-swept
feeling
III
Dimension, motion, mobility
Rising
up,
panoramic
view,
island
outline
IV
General qualitative analytical
Scientific research,
live organisms
aspects
V
Specific analytical
aspects
(by
interrogating signal
line)
VI
Three-dimensional
contact,
Layouts,
details,
further analytica
mode 1 ing
contac t
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B.
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Training
by Stages--An Overview
1.
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Rationale
^
The particular effort covered
in
this
report
concerns
training of
al
viewer
to compLetion on Stage
IV
(S-IV).
To place
the
S-IV training effort
in perspective,
we summarize briefly
how
it develops out of
the earlier
stages.
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The key
to
the earlier
stages
is
the recognition
that
the
major problem with naive attempts
to remote view
is
that
the attempt
to
visualize
a remote
site
tends
to
stimulate memory and
imagination--usual
in visual-image
forms.
As
the viewer becomes aware of
the
first
few dat
bits,
there
appears
to be
a
largely spontaneous
and undisciplined
ratior
effort
to extrapolate
and
"fill
in
the blanks."
This
is
presumably driv
by
a need
to resolve
the ambiguity associated with
the
fragmentary natui
of
the emerging perception.
The result
is
a premature
internal
analysis
and
interpretation
on
the part of
the remote
viewer.
(For example,
an
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A.
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General
<
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At
the beginning
of FY
1981
,
SRI
International made
a decision
to develop
and codify
a promising
RV enhancement procedure
thai
had emerged
from earlier work— a multistage coordinate remote-viewing
training procedure developed
in conjunction with
an
SRI consultant.
The
procedure
focuses
on developing
the
reliability of
remote viewing
by con-
trolling
those
factors
that
tend
to
introduce noise
into
the
RV product.
A broad overview of
the procedure, which
has
been derived empirically on
the
basis
of
a decade of
investigation
into
the
RV process,
is presented
in Chapter
III.
The basic components
of
this procedure consist of
•
Repeated
target-address
(coordinate)
presentation,
with quick-reaction
response by
the
remote viewer
(to minimize
imaginative overlays).
•
The
use
of
a specially-designed,
acoustic-tiled
,
featureless,
homogeneously-colored viewing
chamber
(to minimize environmental
overlays).
•
The adoption of
a strictly-prescribed,
limited
interviewer patter
(to minimize
interviewer overlay).
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At
this
stage
of
the development
(Stage
V
is
still
in
R&D;
addi-
tional;
stages
are projected),
the
RV
training procedure
is
structured
to
proceed
through
a series
of
stages
of
proficiency,
hypothesized
to cor-
respond
to stages
of
increased
contact with
the
target
site.
The
stages
are outlined
in Table
1.
In
a given remote viewing
session,
an experienced
-k
remote viewer
tends
to recapitulate
the
stages
in order.
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Use of
Stage
V
in
the
sequence
is optional,
depending on
the
level
of analytical
detail
required.
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OBJECTIVE
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^
,
SRI
International
is
tasked with developing
remote
viewing
(RV)
enhancement
techniques \
,•
Of par-
ticular
interest
is
the development
of procedures
that have potential
^application^
and
that
can be
transmitted
to others
in
a structured
fashion
(i.e.,
"training"
procedures).
i
\
Under particular
study
in
this
effort
is whether
a
Coordinate Remote Viewing
(CRV)
technology,
a
technique
that utilizes
coordinates
to
facilitate acquisition of
a remote-viewing
target,
can be
successfully
transferred
I
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RV
is
the acquisition and description,
by mental means,
of
infor-
mation blocked
from ordinary perception by distance
or
shielding.
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Covering
the Period
February
1983
to 30 April
1984
July
1984
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SPECIAL ORIENTATION TECHNIQUES:
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BINARY-TO-OCTAL CONVERSION
Binary Triad
Octal
Equivalent
000
001
010
Oil
100
101
110
111
UNCLASSIFIED
2.
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Response Definition
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The descriptor
list shown
in Table
1 and the coding techniques described using
Table 2 are prepared in exactly the same way to define each RV response.
For a particular
training program, however, a set of a priori guidelines must be defined in order to aid an
analyst in interpreting the various aspects of the training procedure with regard to the
descriptor
list.
For example,
it might be correct within a given training context to advise the
analyst to consider
all isolated lines as a land/water interface, and set descriptor
Bit Number
13 by definition.
How this
is done
is completely dependent upon the particular training
procedure
in question.
For an example see Alternate Training. 8
3.
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Analysis
(
^ The SRI evaluation procedure involves two different types of analysis:
•
Target-pool-dependent analysis
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•
Target-pool-independent analysis
(training).
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The
first of these involves descriptor weighting that gives more or less credit in
the
final score in accordance with an a priori defined algorithm.
It
is within this analysis that
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