TE Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 (c) Neuropsychological Evaluation In addition to the measurement of the physiological conponents of the neurological system covered in the medical evaluation, a neuro- psychological profile is peing obtained by the administration of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychology Test Battery, which includes the Category Recognition Testy Tactual Performance Test,, Halstead-Wepman Aphasia Sereening Test, and other appropriate measures. This phase of the program is being handied by Dr. Donald Lim of the Palo Alto Veteran's Administration Hospital, who has personally consulted with Dr. Reitan on testing procedures and interpretation. The neuropsy hological evaluation program is scheduled for the first half of September. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0
Ne a a Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : clA-RDP96-00787R000100020004.0 3. Identification of Neurophysiological Correlates Which Relate to Paranormal Activities . High on the list of priorities for the program is the identification of neurophysiological correlates accompanying paranormal activity. The purpose of this part of the study is twofold: (a) to obtain information about the neurophysiological state associated with paranormal activity in general, and (b) to obtain indicators which differentiate between correct and incorrect responses to a paranormally applied stimulus, so that an. independently-determined bias factor can be applied during the generation of data by the subject. Two facilities are in use for the purposes described above. One ig a standard EEG facility under the direction of Dr. Jerry Lukas, head of SRI's Sleep Studies program. This facility consists of two gound~isolated rooms with appropriate signal lead connections, an eight~channel polygraph for visual recording, and a magnetic tape/ computer processing/ printer readout which provides on-line processing: of the polygraph data. In our configuration we obtain a hardcopy printout of 5-second averages of eight channels of polygraph information sitteon minutes sollowiig a fifteen minute run. At present we monitor pbroadha. alpha (7-14 Hz) and peta (14-34 Hz) brainwave components from the left and right occipital regions, galvanic skin response, and two channels of plethysmograph data (blood volume and pulse height). Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 oa on en “ ee en
ae TS Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 The second facility is a smaller semi~portable four-channel polygraph with a GSR channel, reflected~light plethysmograph indicating blood volume/ pulse height, one channel of unfiltered EEG activity, and a fourth EEG channel with zero~crossing digital filtering. The latter permits percent~time measurements in any band, with upper and lower pand edge settings in 1 Hz increments. Considerable data has been obtained with poth facilities. The bulk ~ of the data awaits further analysis which will occur at completion of (). een eee m various series: underway. However, several results have been obtained which we describe below. vad (a) Bilateral EEG Measurements —7 Remote Strobe Experiment As discussed in Report #2, a variety of evidence from clinical and neurosurgical sources indicates that the two hemispheres of the human ane prain are specialized for different cognitive functions. The left fn aa — hemisphere is predominantly involved in(Werbal and other analytic functioning, the. right in spatial and othor( holistic, processing. ee In consultation with Dr. Robert Ornstein of the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, an hypothesis was formed based on certain —— en observed characteristics that paranormal functioning might involve right hemispheric specialization. To test this hypothesis, the EEG remote strobeflash experiment, discussed in the original proposal and in a the paper attached to Report #1, was repeated with Subject 4 three times | ee in the sleep lab under the direction of Dr. Lukas with monitoring of ee right and left occipital regions. Each experiment consisted of twenty z Le 15-second trials, with ten no-flash trials, and ten 16-Hz trials randomly intermixed. Reduction of alpha activity (arousal response) correlated Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 __
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R 0 Appr remote stimuli was_observed as in -0078700010092 H004 g but essentially aoa’ = only it in the right hemisphere (average alpha reduction 16 Percent in right a ft hemisphere, 2 percent in left, during the 16-Hzi trials as compared veh it gel e a, the no-flash, trials). The trial-to-trial variation is larger than in 6 q- -18 u \e previous work, however, due to-use of a wider-band filter for the alpha: band, and therefore the system is being modified before further work. 7 Ss Prod sO ‘ae RESON (b) Physiological Correlates of Remote ening In this series of experiments a subject takes part ina renote viewing protocol as described in Section A. i. (c) (emote Viewing. with — Feedback).. In this case, however, the subject is connected to the “physiological recording instruments of the smaller semi-portable “four-channel polygraph deseribed above. Baseline and experimental measures of the following observables are made: 1) Galvanic skin response (GSR) is recorded using finger electrodes taped in place on second and fourth finger; 2) Blood volume/pulse height is recorded using a | reflected-light plethysmograph; 3) Unfiltered EEG is recorded from the right occipital region; 4) Percent-time in alpha (8-12 Hz) is recorded on the fourth channel. The alpha filter is a sharp cut-off digital type with essentially zero-pass outside the prescribed bandpass limits. During the course of an experiment the subject is asked to describe his perceptions as to the nature of the remote target. His comments are tape recorded and noted on the polygraph, along with the time. A to_be uniquely correct and accurate, and_the corresponding sections of Re uniques? cose one ee eee polygraph recording. — _ Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0
fassybty Petause Mend YON & Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-0078742900 ee fetbare [to A~%n,, In our investigations to date we have not found a strong correlation —_—— ound a strong correla = ———t between the observed physiological states and the subjects' descriptions. Of the correlates being monitored, the one which seems the most promising is the unfiltered EEG. . In our preliminary analysis of the data it appears tt . that there is often an overall reduction in EEG power in the twenty ~second poy — period just before a subject renders a correct description. Subsequent ---.r™ me ————— cat acecene, eOTI  * Renan em to this observation, we have learned that Janet Mitchell at the American Society for Psychical Research, made similar observations in her work with Subject 3 (Swann), also in remote viewing experiments. A sample chart record is shown in Figure 11. (Time runs from right to left.) The traces, top to bottom, are the unfiltered EEG, blood volume/ptulse height, GSR, and filtered (alpha) EEG, protocol, verbal description, and photograph of the location accompanying this chart are given in Section A. le. (e@). Seven experiments of this type have been completed as a pilot study. conpiction oe the analysis | / Upon completion of the analysis of this data, any findings will be tested under rigorous no~feedback conditions. A A. Identification of the Nature of Paranormal Phenomena and Hnergy (10%) This portion of the program, is devoted to efforts to understand the nature and scope of paranormal phenomena, including investigation of the physical and psychological laws underlying the phenomena, determination of the manner and degree to which known processes are mediated by little understood or undiscovered mechanisms or energies, definition of the prreise nature of the channels involved, etc. At this point in the effort three "osychokinetic" tasks have been Ss point in tae oe sychokinetic vase Approvéa FeadReRee!2586/08i18 {cis REpds-Ge787 RodoTOO0z0 orted belor
nner . Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 TABLE 5 CPYRGHT Table of Random Digits* 11 16 43 63.18 75 06 13 76 74 40 60 31 6152 83 23 53 73 21 215917 91 76 83 15 86 78 40 94 15 35 85 69 95 86 09 16 10 43 84 44 82 66 55 83 76 49 73 50 58 3472 55 95 31 79 57 96 79 22 62 36 «33 26 66 65 83 3941 21 6013 11 44 28 93 20 73:94 40 4773 12 03 25 14 14. 57 99 47 67 48 «534 62 74 85 AL 49 $6 31 2872 14 06 39 31 04 61 83 45 91 99 15 46 98 22 85 64 20 84 82 37. 41 70 17 «31:17 91 40 27 72 27. 79 Si 62 10 07 $1 48 67 28.75 38 60 52 93 41 58 29 98 38 80 20 12 51 07 94 99 75 62 63 60 64 51 61 79 71 40 68 49 99 48 33 88 07 64 13 71 32.55 5217 13 O01 57 29 07 75 97 86 42 98 08 07 46 20 55 65 28597198 12 13 85 30 10 34 55 63 98 61 988 26 77 60 68 17 26 45.73 27 38 224293 01 65 9905 7048 25 0677 75 71 95 63 99 97 54 31 19 99 25 58 16 38 11 50 69 25 41 68 78 75 61 55 57 6404 86 21011808 52 45 88 88 80 78 35 26 79 13 78 13.79 87 68 04 689871 30 33 00 78 5607 92 00 84 48 97 62 4909 9215 849872 8759 38 71 23.15.12 08 58 86 14 90 24 21 66 34 44 21 28 30 70 44 58 72 20 36°78 19 18 66 96 02 16 97 59 54 28 33 22 655903 26 18 86 9497 5135 1477 99 59 13 83 95 42 7116 857609 12 89 35 40 48 07 25 58 61 49 29 47 85 96 52 50 41 43 19 66 33 18 68 13 46 85 09 53 72 82 96 15 59 5009 27 42 97 29:18 79 89 32 94 48 68 39 25 42 IL 29 62 16 65 83 62 96 61 24 68 48 44.91 5102 44 12 61 94 38 42 63:97 52.91 «71 02 017265 94 20504259 68 98 35 05 61 _14 54 43 71 34 5471 40 2401 38 64 809278 81 31 37 74 00 83 40 38 88 27 09 83 41 13 33 04 29 24 60 28 «75 66 62 69 54 67 64 205204 3069744806 17 02 64 97 37. 85 87 51 21 39 6404199011 6104027309 48 07 07 68 48 «402 53 19 77 37 17 04 89 45 23 97 44 45 9904 «30 15 99 54 50 8377 84 61 15 93 03 98 94.16 52 79 51 06 31 12 14 89 22 31 31 36 16 06 50 82 24 43.4392 9660717220 73 83 87 70 67 24 86 39 75 76 96 99 05 52 44 70 69 32 52 55 73 5474 37:59 «95 63 23:95 55 09 11 97 48.03 «97 30 38 87 O1 07 27.79 32 17. 79 42 12 17 69 $7 66 641204 47 58 97 83 64 65 12 84 83 34 07 49 32 80 98 46 49 26.15 94 2672 95 8272 38 71 66 13 80 60 21 20 50 99 08 43 31.91 72 08 32 02 08 39 31 92 17 6458 73 72 00 86 57 10 01 17 5004 8605 4411 90 57 23 8274 64 61 48 75 23 29 92 42 06 54 31 16 53 00 55 47 24 21941090 08 53 16 15 78 35 54 25 5865 07 30 44 70 10 31 30 94 93 87 02 33 00 24 76 86 $9 526247 1855 229491 20 75 09 70 24 72 61 96 66 28 72 1153.49 85 58.03 69 91 37 28 53784395 26 65 43 78 52 * This table appears through the courtesy of The RAND Corporation and the McGraw-Hill Bovk Company, Inc. and is reprinted by permission from The Compleat Strategyst, by J. D. Williams, pp. 219-221 (441. 1 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0
*- Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 CPYRGHT 88 96 02 38 89 36) «697: «92 «94 12 86 43 19 44 85 79 28 90 65 5013 40 56 83 32 40 48 69 11 22 28 10 92 02 62 99 41 48 39 29 17 06 17 82 52 33 77 80 61 24 46 93 04 06 64 24 99 04 10 99 29 23 51 06 87 74 «76 86 93 93 84 97 80 75 04 63 48 45 46 52 69 02 98 25 79 50 76 59 19 30 26 18 1678 46 31 46094 47 97 65 39 17 00 66 29 43 74 10 89 36 43° 52 29 17 58 95 96 69 09 47 26 35 68 47 26 07 03 68 40 36 52 83 15 53 81 18 23 57 07 57 54 58 93 92 83 86 76 56 74 65 24 63 64 24 76 38 «8654 72 35 65 53 07 63 82 35 38 38 51 92 95 00 84 82 88 12 25 54 83 40 75 15 18 85 65 90 43. 65 79 90 19 81 36 30 51 73 48 47 76 74 68 90 87 91 73 85 48 21 37 17 08 96 77 54157675 26 9078 81 71 18 92 83 77 53 92551113 26 68 05 26 54 88 46 00 63 52 11 81 31 06 32 51 42 58 76 81 88 14 79 97 00 33 73 45 97 93 59 97 17 65 54 67 64 20 50 51 05 33 16 68 70 94 «53 29 58 71 38 26 49 47 08 06 11 12 02 22 54 23 01 19 41 29 19 66 51 87 41 15 70 57 38 35 75 76 84 95 24 54 36 32 85 47 81 12 7074 93 86 66 87 03 66 46 07 56 48 72 84 57 54 98 20 56 72 77 20 50 34 73 35 21 47 19 98 79 22 22 «27 93 67 80 09 61 70 44 08 53 98 60 62 9451 31 99 46 90 37 35 49 30 25 00 90 26 98 92 66 02 98 59 53 15 18 25 01 66 34 18 15 8252 83 89 96 51 02 95 83 09 54 06 87 05 59 4670 45 45 58 72 96 98 57 94 24 81 68 60 99 77 96 69 O1 07 10 85 74 30 57 75 09 59 23.15 190274 90 20 96 85 14 29 33 91 94 21 32 57 61 4278 04 98 26 84 27 87 51 54 80 01 63 2473 2096 19 74 02 46 97 37 73 21 12 02 34 13 40 29 36 «©6550 19 77 98 86 49 76 87 09 66 89 91057395 46 95 46 75 28 96 88 19 36 39 81 47 86 77 50 82 54 96 26 31 12 34 98 99 21 78 90 67 54 8@ 61 79 88 16 80 01 88 47 42 31 79 81 66 16 30 «657 66 62 90 46 51 80 14 87 87 12 27 34 8176 29 80 56 49 66 87 26 22 30 29 41 38 21 67 68 06 71 13 49 19 59 97 62 47 60 93 58 15 50 52 08 2153 13 93 44 68 58 31 58 83 66 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0
“Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 CPYRGHT 51 39 28 59 54 23 57 89 02 33 76 IL 63 31 27 63 06 33 14 28 43 52 71 68 71 45 86 28 48 59 66 50 35 00 21 99 02 52 97 30 35 97 92 08 39 46 16 87 76 29 88 36 24 12 38 52 06 41 72 94 27 07 52 28 22 56 28 62 28 41 15 22 35 06 40 85 55 03 50 00 69 66 12 52 21 55 00 a7 70 07 53 66 77 09 83 62 87 75 19 33 47 92 18 15 21 76 54 38 54 35 39 48 82 68 24 99 51 20 84 26 38 62 82 52 49 97 36 4d 87 70 72 76 52 66 96 38 21 43 89 85 05 79 07 55 29 34 44 21 75 85 93 58 08 61 19 78 37 35 30 20 64 69 06 14 10 84 90 36 19 42 12 37 o1 03 al 14 30 52 56 52 16 27 34 08 27 01 35 23 97 71 18 90 50 36 88 63 22 02 30 04 24 80 80 4? 55 65 09 56 04 31 88 61 74 64 89 47 18 71 64 09 44 25 52 45 45 88 37 31 20 37 74 90 72 75 43 34 19 08 99 89 41 11 42 47 00 96 90 40 19 03 94 20 44 45 42 81 90 62 02 44 12 ol 64 25 87 53 58 27 38 37 12 90 72 25 49 1 71 43 74 18 91 75 45 61 15 38 86 28 41 37 16 65 92 59 94 60 96 74 62 68 99 01 26 67 73 70 88 42 40 68 45 73 76 69 91 20 88 77 43 61 92 22 60 70 77 14 49 08 72 69 13 87 73 64 91 54 28 40 47 62 Q3 26 01 11 31 97 31 32 07 26 02 32 26 95 24 36 96 22 53 22 49 65 20 09 95 76 34 07 04 96 65 06 88 21 55 54 87 70 61 04 46 76 76 73 15 18 11 06 62 80 30 33 27 27 il 19 40 89 56 43 62 24 43 55 05 82 75 20 77 98 64 95 48 13 99 16 43 iL 78 05 42 25 63 54 14 58 87 27 55 15 95 40 53 64 50 89 62 50 82 03 62 30 27 30 23 30 49 OL 96 49 04 29 83 18 83 96 39 05 59 48 16 87 96 26 59 41 26 87 69 95 96 21 70 49 35 24 07 46 69 91 34 51 58 40 44 94 28 47 60 54 27 03 55 98 81 ol 59 06 95 06 72 83 47 84 76 Ol 09 08 32 28 59 58 08 75 72 84 41 67 546 50 43 73 34 40 43 84 77 22 76 10 39 98 44 18 15 29 32 53 77 75 88 42 60 11 38 15 36 92 70 28 36 69 94 33 4 24 79 19 63 35 75 87 66 00 80 63 88 56 88 08 88 04 73 56 11 23 66 76 54 01 92 92 89 98 29 42 18 40 90 92 67 78 01 21 24 88 41 13 80 69 90 97 48 47 27 81 94 23 00 19 20 44 18 20 36 99 52 8&4 17 65 67 38 75 12 13 31 24 30 85 48 48 42 o1 13 00 99 89 35 29 18 32 63 63 31 40 42 80 22 02 93 58 12 38 71 13 25 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 (p) Experiments with Develco -Superconducting Differential Magne t- ometer (Gradiometer) One of the first psychoenergetically-produced physical effects observed by SRI personnel in early research (1972) was the apparent perturbation of a Josephson effect magnetometer. The conditions of that pilot study, involving a few hours use of an instrument committed to other research, prevented a proper investigation. The number of data samples was too few to permit meaningful statistical analysis, and the lack of readily available multiple recording equipments prevented in- vestigation of possible "necorder only" effects. Therefore, at the suggestion of the client, a series of experiments were carried out using a client-supplied Develco Medel 8805 superconducting second-derivative gradiometer manufactured by Develco, Inc., Mountain View, California. The assembled device is shown in Figure 12, Basically, the gradiometer is a four-coil Josephson effect magnetometer device consisting of a pair of coil pairs wound so as to . provide a series connection of two opposing first-derivative gradiometers, yielding a second-derivative gradiometer (i.e., a device sensitive only to second and higher order derivative fields). As a result, the device is | relatively insensitive to uniform fields and to uniform gradients. This arrangement allows for sensitive measurement of fields from nearby sources while discriminating against relatively uniform magnetic fields produced by remote sources. The device is ordinarily Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0
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Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 control, the experimenter announces the start of the experiment. The universal randomization protocol (discussed in previous section) is then used to generate ten activity/no activity periods of equal length (e.g.-, twenty-five seconds) pre~determined by the experimenter. ? gy. A sample run (Run 1, Subject 1) is shown in Figure 13. The —— ah ral . a ne! a . randomly~generated ON (activity) periods are Nos. 2, 8, and 9. As observed, signals appear in each of these three periods. The signal al “ . ; : o ” . : appearing in period 9 was strong enough to cause loss of continuous . a tracking. This latter type of signal can be the result of an exceptionally / strong flux change, or an RF burst whether subject-generated or ertatnctuah, Yul | An artifact due to the passage of a truck in the parking lot adjacent to un / : é and are handled on the basis’ of statistical correlation as discussed below. the laboratory (under continuous surveillance by the experimenter) is noted in period 6. Each of the signals on scale corresponds to an input 9 2 2 2 ; , ~ 1.6 x 107 Gauss/em (second derivative P) B/e@ ), equivalent to ~ 3.5 x 107 Gauss referred to one pickup coil. The interpretation of such observations must be subjected to careful analysis. For example, the emphasis on ‘Noorresponds to" is based on the ‘following: although the probe is designed to register magnetic fields, and the simplest hypothesis is that an observed signal is such, in a task as potentially complex as "“ysychokinesis”, one must be cautious about assigning a given observed effect to a specific cause. Therefore, without multiple measurement employing equally sensitive apparatus, which time and lack of instrument availability did not permit, one can only conclude that generation of a magnetic field is the most probable cause. With —— Approved F ot ReRasesidibe/id'® CARR Bt was opserved simultaneously on three recording devices, and thus a “racorder only" effect can be considered
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pee HP a Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 low probability, although an electronics interference effect ahead of ail display cannot be ruled out. We therefore treat the magnetic cause as tentative, although most probable, and concentrate our attention on whether a correlation exists between system disturbances and subject efforts. Subject 1 logged the most time in controlled runs, thirteen ten-trial runs. Each of the ten trials in the run lasted fifty seconds each,* the activity/no activity command for each trial being generated by the ne universal randomization protocol technique. In the 13 x 10 = 130 trials, consisting of a random distribution of 64 activity and 66 no-activity periods, 63 évents of signal-to-noise ratio > L were observed. Of these 63 events, 42 were distributed among the activity periods, 21 among the eee no-activity periods, a correlation significant at the p = 0.004 level. Subjects 2 and 6 also interacted with the device. Although subject | peg efforts and observed perturbations sometimes coincided, activity was generally low and did not appear to be a signature of correlated activity Ao under control. (A controlled ten~trial run with Subject 2 and two such runs with Subject 6 yielded non-significant results. eo Given the limited availability of the instrument and somewhat iv ann . , Fhe (As noisy environment, from our best effort we nonetheless conclude that ' An’ ' , in \h for Subject 1 the observed number of precisely timed events in pilot _ | ie 4 work coupled with the statistically significant (© 0.004) correlation ul between subject effort and signal output in controlled runs indicate a need * With the exception of the first run where 25-second trials were used. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 highly probable cause-effect relationship. Thus it appears that a gifted stibject can interact with a second derivative magnetic gradiometer of { -9 2 sensitivity ~ 10 Gauss/em from a distance of four meters. Further work would be required to determine absolutely the precise nature of the interaction, although given the equipment design the generation of a magnetic field is the most probable mechanism. (c) Experiments with Laser-Monitored Torsion Pendulum In this series of experiments we examine the possibility that a subject - may be able to exert 4 physical influence on a remotely located physical system. The target is a torsion pendulum suspended by a metal fiber inside a sealed glass bell jar. The pendulum consists of three 100 gram balls arranged symetrically at 120° angles on a 2 cm radius. The entire apparatus is shock mounted, and protected from air currents by the enclosing bell jar. The angular position of the pendulum is measured by means of an optical readout system. The system consists of a laser beam from a lo. t . power argon laser reflected from a small mirror on the pendulum onto a position sensing silicon detector 1.5 meters from the pendulum. The detector yields an output voltage proportional to spot position. The ; ; ttt . output from the detector is monitored by a chart recorder which provides a continuous! sine wave record of pendulum position. + Spectra Physics Model 262 ++ United Detector Technology Model sc/10 +++ Brush Model Mark 200 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0
a TT TT Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 The system exhibits a sensitivity of approximately 10 microradians. Under typlieal experimental conditions random accoustical fluctuations drive the pendulum in its torsional normal mode of 10 second period to a level ~ 100 microradians angular deviation. During control runs the pendulum executes harmonic motion with a maximum variation in: amplitude of + 10 percent over an hour period. Sudden vibrational perturbations in the environment produce oscillation of the pendulum in the vertical plane at a frequency of 1 Hz, as contrasted with the torsional mode in the horizontal plane at 0.1 Hz. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0