_ Approved For Rejease 2001/63/87 CIASRDP96-0@281R000200240001-0, ~ SUMMARY The remote-viewing experiment of URDF-3 by Pat Price proved to be unsuc- cessful. This conclusion was reached only after a careful review of the tape recordings, tape transcripts, and sketches that were generated during the four- day experiment. During the first day's session, Price: 1) accurately described the location and type of target (that information had been given to him by the experimenters) but failed on the layout and types of buildings, . 2) sawa gantry crane for heavy lifting, 3) tended to spend too much time on specifics only to say, "I'll come back to that," but seldom did, and 4) successfully evaded drawing a perimeter of the area even though he was asked to do this twice. Therefore, nothing positive to validate remote viewing resulted from the first day's session. | Price was contacted by phone that evening by one of the experimenters and was told to concentrate on the crane and its relationship to the dominant three-story building (Building 1) that he had seen during that day's session. He was also told that they wanted a drawing of the perimeter fence. On the second day, Price supplied the most positive evidence yet for the remote-viewing experiment with his sketch of the rail-mounted gantry crane. It seems inconceivable to imagine how he could have drawa such a likeness to the actual crane at URDF-3 unless: 1) he actually saw it through remote viewing, or 2) he was informed of what to draw by someone knowledgeable of URDF-3. Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00794R000200240001-0 : onespenezar Noe
Approved For Release 200 1/Gat0RasaaeR DP96-00791R000200240001-0 - The second possibility is mentioned only because the experiment was not controlled to discount the possibility that Price could talk to other people. , Price commented that he was seeing a lot of things this second day that he hadn't seen the previous day. In fact, he wtentioned seeing several lTandmark- type objects that simply did not exist at URDF-3. One explanation of this dis- crepancy could be that if he mentioned enough specific objects, he would surely hit on one object that is actually present. This could explain the inconsistency between: 1) his most positive evidence of the experiment - a sketch of a rail-mounted gantry crane, and 2) the large number of objects he sees that, in reality, are simply not present at URDF-3, This discrepancy between what Price sees and what is really there certainly would make it difficult for the eventuai user of his remote- -viewing data since he would not know how to differentiate the fact from the fiction. At this stage of the experiment, the data is inconclusive to validate Price's capability of remote viewing. Price was shown a sketch of a perspective of the Operations Area at URDF-3 on the third day and was told that this was a sketch of the actual target. Price said he recognized the area but claimed that only one of the four headframes was present now. That was wrong, but his most damaging state- ments had to do with his interpretation of Building 1 (the underground buiid- ing) at URDF-3. With the sketch as a reference, he "saw" the four main surface protrusions of Building 1 as four separate above-ground buildings sitting atop a concrete apron. He was asked specifically whether these four buildings he saw might really be the surface elements of an underground building. He failed “ either to pick up the lead or to remotely view correctly because he said, "No, that's a concrete apron, and there's nothing subterranean right in that particular area," This statement was his most negative evidence yet and tends to discredit his ability to remotely view URDF-3. ° 5. Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00794R000200240001-0 , > oe . e bh
.. Approved For Release 200 77ROSIOPFSHA-RDP96-00Z91R000200240001 -0 - 3 Price's comments on the fourth day were very specific regarding his concept of the overall operation at URDF-3, however no new evidence (that could ' be checked) was disclosed toward establishing validity for his remote-viewing capability. After careful analysis of all the data presented, I have concluded that Price's remote-viewing experiment of URDF-3 was unsuccessful. Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00794R000260240001-0 , 2 ee *
Approved For Release 2001/0370? “ C1AERDP96-08791R000200240001-0 4 “ INTRODUCTION I was asked to analyze and then judge the validity of the remote-viewing experiment performed on URDF-3 by Pat Price. The data to be analyzed included two cassette tapes covering the first two days, 79 pages of transcribed tapes regarding the third and fourth days, and 30 sketches; I also reviewed the July 5, 1974 of URDF-3. I am quite familiar with the chronology and layout of URDF-3, as well as the surrounding terrain and technical areas within 40 miles. I tried to keep an open mind while performing this analysis, but if I had any bias at all, it was that I wanted to believe remote viewing could help us establish the true’ purpose of URDF-3. “ Throughout this analysis, I paid particular attention to all information about URDF-3 that was supplied to Pat Price. This was necessary in order to evaluate his originality in remote viewing. This study was done in four seg- ments corresponding to the four days of the experiment. Judgment of the prog- ress and validity of the experiment was evaluated at the end of each day. FIRST DAY : The experiment started at 1] a.m. on July 9, 1974 at Stanford Research Institute (SRI). The experimenters (Russ Targ and Hal Puthoff) told Pat Price that the target was a geographical target selected from the Times of London World Atlas. The coordinates of the target were given as 50°9'°59"N and 78°22'22"E; Price wrote these coordinates down. It was emphasized that this was a "real target" as opposed to a sample target. Using several maps, the experimenters showed Price the target location at 60 miles WSW of Semipalatinsk. The target was described as a scientific military research and test area. To help orient Price, he was told that the target was 25 to 30.miles SW of "this river," pre- sumably labeled correctly on the maps as the Irtysh River. Price was told to start with a view of the general area as'seen from 50,000 ft. and get the Jayout of any complexes or buildings, or whatever. Approved For Release 2001/03/07 i: CIA-RDP96-00794R000200240001-0.- - ‘ : £ oe * woe : , / " | ba on a”
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_ Approved For Release 2004763107 ; CIA-RDP96-00Z91R000200240001-0 When the coordinates were given, Price said he was getting a picture that they (the Soviets) have done a lot of rocket launching and recovery out of that area. As he starts viewing, he says it's dark over there at the present time, quite a cloud cover, and a full moon. He immediately sees the river and heads SW from the river to the institute (as he calls it). He says the area he's look- ing at has jow one-story buildings that are partially dug into the ground giving the effect (as seen at ground level) of very short, squatty buildings, whereas they are actually fairly roomy on the inside. This description could very well describe a first look at the Operations Area at URDF-3. He then finds that he is looking at "a guy ina very peculiar type of ; helmet." He tends to get bogged down in the specifics of the purpose of this helmet and shifts his attention to look at the cosmonauts (that were currently in orbit) to compare helmets. He says they (the Soviets) are running some tests on some equipment that currently has to do with their space program. Then he backs off from this specific subject and says, "I'll look around and come back to that" - but he never does. ‘Price was then asked to describe the general terrain and perhaps the building layout. He drew a sketch (Fig. 1) in which he correctly identifies the complex as being about 30 miles south of the Irtysh River (this information had been given to him earlier). However, he incorrectly says the road from the river passes through a gorge. The layout of the buildings and area they cover as shown in his sketch are incorrect for URDF-3. Although there are some an- tennas at URDF-3, none are as tall as the 500-ft. antenna he described. “He pondered over the dimensions of the outdoor pool he saw because "that's in meters - they have it." He then translates it to feet (60' x 150'). He said they use the pool for underwater testing and orientation studies but in reality there is no outdoor pool at URDF-3. ” In Fig. 2, he drew a military complex three-eighths of a mile NE of the scientific complex shown in Fig. 1. Actually there is a military complex at URDF-3, located about 2 1/2 miles NW of the Operations Area, but this data was Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00794R000200240001-0. + 0 SORPRRRE te wae hate.
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a Approved For Rejease 208468787? HS1A-RDP96-0QZ91R000200240001 2? _ given to him earlier when the target was described as a scientific military research and test area. He said the military complex looked like it had been there for two to three years, when in fact it's been there for over a decade. Also in Fig. 2, he described a radar/communications building north of the scientific complex. The description of the building and its location relative to the military complex fits the description of the probable laboratory-admini- stration building located about 2 1/2 miles northwest of the Operations Area at URDF-3. When he is specific about what he sees inside the building, one of the experimenters asks whether one of the specifics he mentioned might well be some- thing else. He takes another look and changes his mind saying, "You may be right," giving the impression that he could be led to see what the experimenter suggests. The experimenter quickly informed Price that “we really don't know what this thing is," and Price replies with, "I'll come back to that," but again never does. Price saw an array of telephone poles about 400 yards SE of the scientific complex (see Fig. 2), but there is no such array of poles at or near URDF-3. _ He was then asked to go up to 50,000 ft. to look again and describe the layout. Centering himself over the scientific complex, he scanned in a clock- wise direction; the view he saw is sketched in Fig. 3. Nothing in this figure is correct except that the area is arid and has low hills to the south. Speci- fically, he is incorrect in his locations of a small village, an airstrip, a cluster of pine trees, and a city 60 miles to the SW. There is, however, an airfield at the Main Support Complex 30 miles north of URDF-3. Price was asked if he saw a railroad anywhere. The closest railroad to the target that he could see was about 60 miles north running roughly NW and SE and he didn't see any spur tracks in a direction toward the target. In reality, there is a railway in the Main Support Complex (about 30 miles north of URDF-3) with a railway spur under construction down to URDF-3. There is also grading for a railway ‘spur-near.-the military complex at URDF-3. * Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000200240001-0 ” * : « .
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Approved For Relgase 2001/68/07" Clk RDP96-0QZ91 R000200240001-036 ~ Price became specific in looking at a scope trace at the airstrip and claimed it made him nauseated. At this time the experimenters and Price decided to have lunch so Price said he would come back to this later, but as he randomly elevated himself, he noted the area was under high security and had a cyclone fence. He could read the troop markings and buttons on a Colonel and then said he could come back to the security and military designations. In reality, the Operations Area of URDF-3 has 4 security fences, not just one cyclone fence. They stopped for lunch at about 12:14 p.m. After lunch, at 2:22 p.m., Price picks up with the scope trace at the airstrip. He concludes that the trace indicates the pulse of someone who is nauseated - that's why it caused nausea in him. ’ He was asked to indicate again where the telephone poles were and to map out the perimeter of the area. He drew in the telephone-pole grid with a circle of trees around the grid (see Fig. 2). There is no telephone-pole grid like this at or near URDF-3. Upon spotting several low-boy trucks and a gantry crane (for very heavy lifting) in the vehicle area (Fig. 1), Price was ‘asked if he could tell where they took the heavy things from the low-boy trucks. This question led him to a look at the area near Building 1 in Fig. 1. He saw a sign in front’ of the building that said something to do with Zone 4. He said he would get. back to that but never did. When describing Building 1, he said it had three stories above-ground plus a basement with meteorological equipment on the flat roof and then looked inside the building at the top floor. He started to get too specific as to what he saw inside the building and was reminded that the type of thing the experi- menters could best check him on was the outside appearance of the buildings. They asked him the dimensions of Building 1 and he had a very difficult time establishing them when he finally settled on 80' x 160'. He then described ‘the other buildings in the scientific complex. He said Building 1 was the dominant building due to its height and-central location; everything seemed to, pivot off of it. There is no building at URDF-3 that matches the above descrip- tion of pAid/dve4 For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000200240001-0 + So Nik epee ae hE mp sar ee ee tine MANA tht