Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300090001-9 oe The protocol for each of the two tests was as follows. Target pools of six San Francisco Bay Area target locations each were assembled in advance of the tests, During a test a pair of experimenters comprising a target demarcation team went at a prearranged time to a randomly- * determined site and remained there for 15 minutes. During this period a subject on board the submersible, monitored by an experimenter blind to the target pool, registered his impressions as to where the target demarcation team was, 500 miles away, as per standard remote viewing protocol. When shown the target list (for the first time) after the 2 remote viewing trial was completed, the subject was asked to make a choice as to which target of the set of six was viewed. Two trials of this type were carried out, one each with two subjects, (Four were planned in accordance with a prearranged time schedule, but a two were aborted because the submarine did not follow its diving schedule.) For the first trial the submersible was at a depth of 170 m in water 340 m deep, Figure 3 shows the subject's response to the target demar- cated by the outbound team, a large oak tree. The subject correctly described a large tree, framed against a drop-off, and had no difficulty choosing the correct target from the list of six potential targets. For the second trial the submersible rested on the bottom in 78 m of water. The outbound team again went at a prearranged time to one of six possible locations (chosen from a new list by a random procedure), a shopping mall shown in Figure 4. Figure 5 shows the subject's response to the target. The subject correctly indicated the flat stone flooring, small pool, reddish stone walk, and people walking around in an enclosed Space, When shown the target list, the subject chose the correct target location, Therefore, in the two trials that were carried out from the submersible, the subject in each case selected the correct one out of six targets, events whose combined probability of occurring by chance is p = 1/36 = 0,028, To determine the significance of the success of the remote viewing experiment with regard to the ELF hypothesis, we examine the shielding effect of 170 m of seawater (for the first trial), The appropriate calculations have been carried out by the authors; we quote the salient features here, Three modes of propagation have to be considered. They are the TE, TM, and quasi-TEM modes of propagation. (The latter is generally assumed in Project Sanguine/Seafarer calculations, where one considers coupling into the spherical resonant cavity comprised of the earth's surface as the inner radius, and the ionosphere as the outer radius .*° ) ° * 14 Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300090001-9 eee ae
ST FIGURE 3 a 4 4 4 4 « Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300090001-9 SUBMERSIBLE EXPERIMENT NUMBER 1: 170 m DEEP IN 340 m OF WATER. 16 July 1977. Target was a giant oak on a hilltop in Portola Valley, California. Subject’s first words were: “A very tall looming object. A very, very, hugh tall tree and a lot of space behind them. There almost feels -like there is a drop-off or a palisade or a cliff behind them.” Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300090001-9
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Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300090001-9 Table 3 shows the minimum attenuation results for the three cases, assuming a depth of 170 m and a lower frequency limit of 10 Hz (alpha brainwave frequency). (The attenuation is higher at higher frequencies.) We see that in all cases there is greater than a 20 dB (factor of 100) attenuation of a 10-Hz ELF signal, The results are therefore suggestive that the postulated ELF electromagnetic radiation mechanism is not viable as a mechanism for remote viewing. A definitive test, of course, requires a lengthy series of experiments carried out at, say, 1000 m, where 10-Hz attenuation reaches more than 100 dB, Finally, we note that although the subjects indicated that they had experienced some degree of stress due to cramped conditions and sea- sickness, these environmental factors did not appear to affect the quality of performance negatively. VI REMOTE VIEWING OF TRANSCONTINENTAL TARGET SITES After establishing the data base of more than 50 remote-viewing e experiments with local targets (sites within a few kilometers), we under- took a series of five trials designed to provide an indication as to whether an increase in subject-target separation to transcontinental distances would degrade the quality or accuracy of perception, A major motivation for this effort was the desire to accumulate further data a aimed at determining whether remote viewing might be mediated by extremely low-frequency (ELF) electromagnetic waves. Under simple forms of this hypothesis, one would expect a degradation in accuracy as the subject- target distance is increased from a few kilometers to several thousand kilometers, As a secondary goal, we were interested in the real-time data rate, another important factor in assessing the ELF hypothesis, Therefore, the subjects were encouraged to describe real-time activity during the viewing period, The methodology with regard to experimental design again was designed to eliminate possible cueing paths, The protocol was as follows. Arrange- ments were made in advance of each trial (via telephone or computer tele- conferencing) as to the trial start time. The targets were then determined (following disconnect) either by random-number generator entry into a previously prepared target list unknown to subject and experimenters with the subject, or in one case, on the basis of site selection by an inde- pendent, skeptical challenger. The duration of each trial was fifteen minutes. » 18 Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300090001-9 CN ee eee