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that,
in
the context of our project,
wo Wore responsible only for the
examinations
,
themselves,
and that any medical conditions which might
be uncovered could be pursued
by the subject only at his ovm expense.
Ferhaps
the best news was what Dr Puthoff
reported of the PAMC interest
in
this
work.
They appear to be eager
to do
a thorough
job,
are rather excited about
the prospects
of working
in this
field,
have
a
feel
for
the kinds of evidence which might be
important to us and are determined to handle
it
all on a clean,
scientific. basis--i
. e
.
,
insofar as practicable the interpretations
will be done blind, and each department
(wider the chairmanship and coordination of
Dr Armbruster) will not only provide
the raw data but will also prepare
a definitive
report
on each subject— calling special attention
to any significant variations from
the normal population,
as well as watching for any variations
or correlations within
our group of subjects.
The only thing of apparent consequence that PAMC can't handle
is visual testing in IR and UV and,
frankly,
I do not recall whether we made any other
provision for that.
SRI was asked to prepare
a medical matrix similar to the attached
psychological one and use
it in reporting future progress
to us.
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- MU-Paranormal-Experiment Testing . After obtaining normal baseline
data on each subject,
SRI will perform mid-paranormal-experimenting testing on each
of them during the course
of the post-selection protocols
(see para
4,
below,
for
discussion of those
tasks);
this
testing will consist
of: EEG readings
(both right and
left hemisphere,
focusing on Alpha,
Beta and Theta waves);
GSR;
and Plethysmograph.
As indicated above,
there
is also
a possibility that SRI will obtain its own gradio-
meter or magnetometer--in which
case,
presumably,
it will also be used to monitor
the subjects during performance of their psychic
tasks.
Again, we asked SRI
to prepare
a matrix for use in reporting
the
status
of such testing with each subject.
4.
Post-Selection Paranormal Testing
.
Without wanting
to encroach upon OTS'
'applied'
research domain,
there was nevertheless
some discussion of
the kinds
of tasks
which the nine subjects will be expected to do after selection
(and during which they
would be examined
as
stated
in para 3.C.,
above).
Recognizing
that OTS might redefine
these
tasks
or specify entirely different ones,
it was generally agreed
that
they would
likely fall into four broad areas.
a.
Remote Vievn n r; of Sce.nes/Rvents
.
Similar
to the OOB experiments being
run for screening purposes:*
to
the extent
that security considerations permit
the later
tests would hopefully be more operationally oriented--!
. e
.
,
focus
on specific hard-tang
sites.
For subjects who are
not
cleared,
the
tasks might
take
the
form,
for
instance,
of
' locating'
subjects who are
trying
to evade detection— and wo discussed several
possible scenarios which might
inject
the proper uood/r.otivati on/urgency
for such
purposes.
b.
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application— e.g.
,
location of sckc
r.idica device
wi.i.h
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'on' -
1 off
relay amt changing
the
state.
SRI also mentioned
that
it was
rlannin,
to cons ti'uct
taskss involving biological (single-cell nitella?)
and bacteriological
systems /culture s
v:hose
slate-changes
as
a consequence of PK perturbation could
fca
precisely measured.
c.
Clairvoyance -ESP .
Here
the
focus might be on safes/locks/ attache cases-
Vith,
for instance,
the subject required to perceive
the contents
or determine
the
unlocking combination.
d.
Remote Ass essments
.
In which the
subject would be required to ascertain
the
emotional and/or physical state,
feelings
or attitudes,
of
a subject remotely—
either with or without
stimulus objects
(photographs,
etc).
5.
Reporting .
It was pointed out that,
though
v/e are approaching the
end of the
fifth month of effort, we've
seen only two
'monthly'
reports.
SRI stated that the
third was
in preparation.
We told them that we'd like
to
see
in the next report
(i.e.,
the fourth one,
by the end of July)
at least the following the
data:
a.
Status on the
screening of
(hopefully)
all nine subjects and
the
pre-selection test
data on each;
b.
definitive statements on the pre-selection protocols and the
psychic level criteria employed;
c.
definitive statements
on the criteria employed
for placing
subjects
in the
super-star, mid-star
and control categories;
d. matrices
on
the
status
of
(l)
psychological-behavioral,
(2) medical-
sensory and
(3) mid-experiment testing;
and
e.
somewhat more precise statements on the nature
of the psychic
tasks
to be
used
in the post-selection testing phase.
6.
Other Matters
.
Putboff and Targ will be going
to New York for
a conference
about mid-August
and
it was agreed that they would stop
for meetings with us
on the
way".
Their
'internal'
Blue Ribbon panel has not really been used on our project;
as
they explained
it,
the panel
is invoked only in
the
event
of major policy decisions cr
when
there
is
some
significant problem or crisis.
They are,
however ,
in the
process
of
identifying and recruiting
an
'external'
panel of cross-discipline experts and
they
would be used
to pass
on research design and procedures used
in our project.
It was
agreed,
once and
for
al.l,
that URI would not be
included
in our project —Qltkougii,
if
they do
test him on
their own
(o.g.,
with
O'J'B'
S/W cards),
they'.ll provide
us with tno
data
separately.
We
looked
at
IT's
transcripts
on his
experiment with
it
looked pretty useless
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