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Preface
I
Background
II
Program Scope
III
Program Objectives
IV
Resources Required
V
Program Management
VI
Research
and Applications
VII
Support Centers
VIII Timing
and Funding Levels
IX
Investigations
APPENDIX
I
Terminology
II
Details
of Some Candidate Research Tasks
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Preface
(S)
This
report
presents
an
integrated
and
systematic
approach
for
investigating
psychoenergetics
phenomena
within
the
DoD.
Psychoenergetics
includes
classes
of
human
capabilities
generally
referred
to
as
parapsychological,
or
PSI,
phenomena.
There
are
two
main
categories,
informational
and energetic,
that can be further defined
as^:
1.
Remote viewing
(RV)/Extrasensory Perception
(ESP) — ability to
describe remote geographical
areas or to describe concealed data via
undefined transmission mechanisms.
2.
Psychokinesis
(PK) — mental
ability to influence physical
or bio-
logical
systems without
use of known physical mechanisms.
(S/NF)
Investigations
in
this
program
build
from
the
most
promising
work
identified
in
previous
psychoenergetics
efforts
(e.g.,
the
GRILL
FLAME
project).
Phenomena
with
sufficent
evidence
for
supporting
their
reality
(e.g.,
remote
viewing)
receive
application
emphasis
from
program
on-set.
Phenomena
that
are
uncertain
or
have
not
been
sufficiently
researched
receive
validation
emphasis
until
the
particular
effects
can
be
statistically
demonstrated
(e.g.,
PK
influence
on
sensors).
Even
if
valid,
some
of
those
effects
may
not
be
strong
enough
or
sufficiently
repeatable
for
applications;
however,
they
may
be
significant
for
phenomena
understanding
in
general
and
could
assist
in other
PSI
applications.
1 Other
aspects,
and
more
detailed
descriptions
of
various
terms
common
to
this research
area
are
listed
in Appendix
I.
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(S/NF)
Emphasis
is
placed
on
developing
and
adhering
to
strict
scientific
evaluation
methods
and
experimental
protocols
throughout
this
program,
and
various reviews will
occur frequently.
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I.
(U)
BACKGROUND
1.
(U)
US
Investigations :
(S/NF)
Investigations
of
some
aspects
of
PSI
phenomena
have
been
sponsored
by
various
U.S.
Government
agencies
since
1971,
when
CIA
initiated
work
on
remote
viewing
(RV)
with
SRI
International.
Since
then,
seven
DoD
elements,
most
of
them
from
the
Intelligence
Community,
have
been
involved
at
various
times.
(S/NF)
Starting
in
1981,
a
three-year
integrated
intelligence effort
began
(the
GRILL
FLAME
Project),
with
funds
mainly
from
DIA
and
Army
INSCOM,
and
with
DIA
providing
central
management.
Main
thrust
of
this
project
was
to
evaluate
the
threat
that
foreign
psychoenergetics
achievements
might
pose
to
U.S.
national
security,
and
to
explore
the
potential
of
psychoenergetics
for
use
in U.S.
intelligence collection or
in U.S. military operations.
Key findings of this joint project were:
(a)
(S/NF) Remote
viewing
(RV)
is
a
real
phenomenon
and
is
reproducible.
Remote
viewing
data
do
not
appear
to
be
degraded
by
long
distances
or
by
shielding.
Significant
foreign
psychoenergetics
research
activity exists
in the Soviet
Union
and
in
China,
which
is
well
funded
and
has
high-level
government
backing.
Consequently,
a
potential
threat
to
U.S.
national
security exists from foreign
use
of
remote viewing,
and possibly from
other aspects
of psychoenergetics phenomena.
(b)
(S/NF) Methodologies
for
training
personnel
in
the
use
of
remote
viewing,
and
in
improving remote viewing performance,
can be developed.
(c)
(S/NF)
Remote
viewing
has
potential
as
an
intelligence
data
collection
tool,
although
at
this
stage
of
development
descriptive
content
(e.g.,
configurations)
is
more
reliable
than
analytical
content
(e.g.,
function,
purpose).
Consequently,
remote
viewing
could
become
a
highly
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valuable
adjunct
to existent
intelligence
collection methods
for
some
types
of
applications,
and
would
be
especially
significant
for
cases
where
no
other
intelligence
collection
method
is
possible.
However,
remote
viewing
must
be
developed
further
to expand
on
application
options
and
to
improve reliability,
especially
for
complex
intelligence
or
operational
problems.
Remote
viewing
training
techniques
in
later
stages
of
development
show promise
for
enhancing
reliability and performance for tasks requiring analytical
data.
(S/NF) Key
findings
from
the
GRILL
FLAME
Project
have
been
factored
into
the
considerations
of
this
report.
Significant
psychoenergetics
research
in
open
laboratories,
institutes,
or
academic
facilities
in
the
U.S.
and
worldwide,
was
also
reviewed.
If
this
research
showed
positive
results
and
potential
for
improving
phenomena
utility
or
for
phenomena
understanding,
similar research was also considered for this program.
(C)
Research
in
biophysical y neurophysiological,
psychological,
and
other
areas
will
also
be
examined
in
this
program
if
there
is
some
potential
for
SG1B
helping
in
phenomena
understanding
or
for
assisting
in
identifying
new
psychoenergetics research approaches.
SG1B
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II Program Scope
(S/NF)
This
is
a multi-year
(5
year)
research
and
development program
that
investigates
operational
usefulness
of various
aspects
of
psychoenergetics
for
the DoD.
(S/NF)
Thus,
direct
application
investigations
and
application-oriented
research
that
assists
in
improving
utility
are
pursued.
Potential
intelligence
applications
are
emphasized,
although
other military applications
may be possible and are also considered.
(C)
Research
that examines possible theoretical
issues
and
that may
lead
to
phenomena understanding
is
also performed.
Although
some
of
this
work may
be
basic
research
with
uncertain
application
potential,
the
identification
of
explanatory
mechanisms
for
the
phenomena
may
assist
in
determining
phenomena
characteristics
and could help
in the applications
arena.
(S/NF)
Evaluation
of
the
threat
potential
of
psychoenergetics
phenomena
from Communist countries
is
also central
to
this
program.
Part of this effort
would
include
duplication
where
appropriate,
of
the
most
significant
of
the
known foreign work
to evaluate their potential
achievements.
(S/NF)
Both
information
(RV,
ESP)
and
energetic
(PK)
aspects
of
psychoenergetics
phenomena
are
investigated,
although
emphasis
will
be
on
RV
for the
initial
phases,
especially for applications work.
(U)
The
applications
and phenomena understanding
research
span many fields,
making this program highly diverse
and
interdisciplinary.
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III
Program Objectives
(S/NF) There are several
program objectives:
1.
To
improve
utility
of
the
most
promising
remote
viewing
(RV)
applications
identified
during
the
GRILL
FLAME
project,
and
to
incorporate
them
into real
time operational
usage within
DoD.
2.
To
identify
and
evaluate
feasibility
of
other
RV
applications,
including complex
intelligence
and operational
tasks.
3.
To examine
a wide variety
of possible energetic
(PK)
effects
so
that
validity
of
the
phenomena
can
be
evaluated
and
to
identify
their
potential
for military applications.
4.
To
evaluate
(via
replication),
where
appropriate,
known
or
suspected
foreign
psychoenergetics
research
to
determine
credibility
of
the
work
and
its
possible
threat
significance
to
US
national
security
or
to
)
military systems.
5.
To
examine
those
aspects
of
psychoenergetics
that
show promise
for
developing
countermeasures
against
possible
use
of
psychoenergetics
by
foreign countries.
6.
To
pursue
in-depth
research
that
can
assist
in
improving
utility,
and
research
that
might
help
in
phenomena
understanding
from
both
a
theoretical
modeling
or
a transmission mechanism viewpoint.
It
is
likely that
PK
effects
offer
the
best
chance
for
phenomena
understanding,
since
a
wide
variety
of
scientific
instrumentation
and
sensors
can
be
applied
to
this
problem.
(S/NF) Activities that help achieve these objectives
include:
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1.
Further
development
of
RV
training
methodologies
for
a
variety
of
applications,
to
include those
suitable
for enhancing
analytical
content
of
the
data.
Methodologies
for
selection
and
identification
of
people
who
have
psychoenergetics
talent
and
for
skill
development,
in
both
RV
and
PK
phenomena,
will
also be developed.
2.
Development
of
suitable
experimental
and operational
data bases
to
permit
adequate
statistical
evaluations
so
that
phenomena
repeatability,
and application reliability,
can be quantified.
3.
Further
development
of
the
most
promising
evaluation
methodologies
identified
during
the
GRILL
FLAME
project,
and
expanded
to
include PK phenomena.
4.
Thorough
identification
of
all
aspects
of
investigation
protocols
and
safeguards
required
for
the
wide
variety
of
research
and
application projects that
are pursued.
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5.
Evaluation
of
a
wide
variety
of
factors
and
techniques
that
impact
on
psychoenergetics
performance
and
utility.
Methods
for
minimizing
their
effects
if
they
decrease
reliability,
or
methods
for
utilizing
these
effects
if they improve reliability will
be
identified.
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Resources Required
(S/NF)
To
achieve
these objectives,
the program will
have
both
external
and
in-house
expertise
spanning
a
wide
range
of
diciplines.
Some
of
this
will
come
from
people
who
have
a
demonstrated
track-record
in
this
research
area;
others may have only
indirect association
(or none
at
all),
but may contribute
to
this
program
if
their
research
has
potential
for
phenomena
understanding.
Others
may
be
involved
as
consultants
so
that
the
widest
interdisciplinary
viewpoints
can
be
applied
to this
program.
This
resource mix will
insure that
the peer group review and scientific
interactions
are maximized.
(S/NF)
The
facilities
involved
range
from
academic
laboratories
to
contractor
and
government
facilities.
Some
of
this
work
will
be
unclassified
and
can
be
released
to
the
public
according
to
guidelines
developed
in
the
program.
Classified
aspects,
such
as
direct operational
investigations,
would
be subject to close-hold compartmental
security control.
*
(S/NF)
Since
this
program
builds
upon
the
observations
and
conclusions
developed
from
the
previous
intelligence-sponsored
GRILL
FLAME
project,
some
of
its
most
promising
applications
and
research
investigations
will
continue
so that program continuity can be maintained.
(S/NF)
Other
facilities,
including
academic
institutes
and
a
variety
of
contractor
and
government
research
centers,
will
be
brought
into
the
program
as
soon
as
practical
in
this
multi-year
effort.
Specific
facilities
involved
and
their
time
phasing
would
depend,
among
other
things,
on
funding
sources
available,
proposal
evaluation
and
contract
negotiation
time,
security
considerations,
various
operational
issues
and
research
problems
and
their
priorities.
(C)
Financial
resources
for
this
program
should
be
as
stable
as
possible,
especially
for
long-term
applications
and
basic
research
projects.
This
is
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Program Management
(S/NF)
To optimize program effectiveness,
there should
be:
.
Central management.
.
An executive review board.
.
A tasking review team.
1.
(U)
Central Management :
(C)
In
order
to
achieve
a
unified,
integrated
and
coordinated
effort
over
the
wide
variety
of
research
and
operational
activities
in
this
program,
central
management
must
be
implemented
and
maintained.
Central
management
will
be
accomplished
for
USDRE
by
the
Assistant
Vice
Directorate
for
S&T
Intelligence.
This
individual
will
have
full
responsibility
for
all
aspects
of the program,
including
final
review
and
approval
of
all
operational
efforts
and
all
research
tasks.
As
Central
Manager,
he
will
be
responsible
for
task
scheduling
and
time
phasing,
for
chairing
frequent
data review
and
evaluation
sessions,
for
insuring
that
the
total
effort
is
fully
integrated,
and
for
a
variety
of
other
program
management
issues.
The
Central
Manager
will
also
insure
that
contract
issues
are
clearly
defined
and
appropriately monitored,
and
will
provide
central
control
for
administrating
financial
aspects
of
the
program.
(C)
The
Central
Manager
will
also
assemble
a
special
scientific
advisory
group
to provide expert
advice
on various program technical
issues.
2.
(U)
Executive Review Board
:
(C)
This
board
would
consist
of
executive-level
representatives
from
the
principal
DoD
elements
(R/D
and
intelligence)
involved
in
this
program.
Observers
from
other
DoD
elements
may
be
included
on
a
strict
need-to-know
basis
if
they
could
be
potential
users
of
the
techniques
developed
in
this
program,
or
if
they might
otherwise
contribute
in
later
phases
of
the
effort.
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This
board
would
be
primarily
responsible
for
management
-
related
issues,
such
bs
human-use,
legal,
release-of-information,
and
program
security
guidelines.
Other
responsibilities
would
involve
resolving
priority
conflicts,
and
assisting
in
resource
procurement.
This
board
would
also
provide
executive
review
of
project
activities
and
findings
on
a
periodic
basis
to
assist
in
overall
evaluation.
Close
coordination
between
this
board
and the central manager would be maintained.
3.
(U) Task Review Team :
(C) The
task
Review
Team
will
be
the
working
arm
of
the
Central
Manager.
Team members
will
be
composed
of
representatives
from
all
the
principal
R/D
and
intelligence
elements
involved
in
this
project.
They
will
identify
details
of
specific
tasks,
recommend
task
priority
and
time
phasing,
prepare
research
requests
and
evaluate
contractor
proposals,
recommend
facilities
for
conducting the
investigations,
and will
in general
attend
to
all
the technical
aspects
of
the
program.
This
team
will
also
be responsible for
insuring
that
appropriate
data
evaluation
method,
investigation
protocols,
and
scientific
methodology
is
applied to
all
aspects
of the operational
and research efforts.
(U)
Findings
and
recommendations
from frequent
reviews would
be provided
to
the
central
manager
as
inputs
for
possible
task
revision
or priority changes,
or for other program actions.
(C) Additional
review
of project
findings
and
investigation protocols would
be
made
by
the
Central
Manager's
scientific
group.
Their
findings
and
recommendations
would
be
made
available
to
the
Task
Review
Teams,
the
Executive
Review
Board,
and
the
Central
Manager
on
an
annual
basis.
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and Applications
(S/NF)
There
will
be
several
research
and
application
efforts
at
external
and
in-house facilities that examine different aspects of psychoenergetics.
1.
(U) Application
Investigations
(S/NF)
This will
be primarily composed
of
in-house; personnel
at one or more
government
facilities
who
are
mainly
concerned
with
evaluating
how
well
psychoenergetics
can
be
applied
to
operational
problems.
Initial
effort
will
address
operational
intelligence
potential
of
remote
viewing
phenomenal;
however,
later
phases
may
address
other
aspects
of
remote
viewing;
e.g.
communications.
(S/NF)
The
application
effort
will
intergrate
training
methodologies
and
research
findings
from
the
research
efforts
into
their
operational
protocols
and methodologies
as these results become
available.
Some direct applications
work may also
be
performed
at
contractor
facilities
for
skill
development
and
training,
and for projects where joint effort
is required.
(S/NF)
The
main
focus
of
the
direct
application
efforts
is
to
assess
utility
of
the
most
promising
psychoenergetics
area
in
an
operational
environment
to
identify
possible
operational
constraints,
and
to
improve
protocols
for enhancing
operational
utility.
Results
from this work
will
pave
the
way
for
implementation
of
this
potential
capability
into
the
DoD
for
a
variety of potential
users.
2.
(U) Applications Research
(S/NF)
The
main
purpose
of
the
applications
research
is
to examine
all
the
variables
that
may
have
direct
or
indirect
impact
on
improving
utility
of
remote
viewing
phenomena,
and
to
explore
application
potential
of
energetics
(PK)
phenomena.
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This
would
include,
for
example,
determining
if
certain
physiological
parameters,
psychological
traits,
or
states
of
consciousness
could
correlate
with
successful
psychoenergetics
functioning.
Such
possible
correlations
would
be
useful
for
predicting
data
validity
and
improving
application
reliability.
Quantifying
the
effects
of
possible
physical
variables,
such
as
distance,
shielding,
target
location,
target
characteristics,
or
environmental
factors,
would
help
in
identifying
operational
constraints.
(S/NF)
Applications
research
includes
development
of
all
data
evaluation
methodologies
so
that
statistical
significance
and
confidence
levels
can
be
determined
for
each
type
of
application.
Central
to this effort would
be
the
continuing
investigations
into
psychoenergetics
skill
identification,
development,
and enhancement for
the various classes
of phenomena
and
types
of
applications
considered.
Techniques
for
improving
data
interpretation
or
for
isolating
valid
data
from
the
spurious
would
be
pursued,
as
well
as
other
applications research
issues.
(S/NF)
The
application
research
effort
would
investigate
and
attempt
to
simulate
appropriate
foreign
research
in
order
to
assess
its
significance
for
threat
assessment
work.
They would
also
investigate
potential
countermeasure
to possible foreign use of psychoenergetics phenomena.
(S/NF)
Since
this
research
examines
both
informational
(RV,
ESP)
and
energetic
aspects
( PK )
of
psychoenergetics,
a
broad
range
of
research
tasks
would
be
levied
on various university laboratories,
contractor facilities,
and
government
research
facilities
where
appropriate
scientific
instruments,
shielded rooms,
or other resources
are
located.
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(U)
Basic Research :
(C/NF)
This
research
would
require
assistance
from
basic
research
laboratories
at
universities
and
contractor
facilities.
Main
focus
would
be
on
investigations
that define theoretical
models
and fundamental
physical
(and
mental)
mechanisms
that
help
explain
the
various
types
of
psychoenergetics
effects.
Physical
and
psychological
scientists
and
those
from
other
disciplines
(such
as
medical,
biology,
neuro-physiology)
would
be
involved
in
this
exploratory work.
Some
of
this
effort
would
complement
investigation
of
the empirically based applied research.
(S/NF)
This
basic research could
include,
for example,
long
distance remote
viewing
experiments
to
deep
submarines
or
orbital
platforms
for
evaluating
possible
electromagnetic
transmission
models.
A
variety
of
experiments
would
be
developed
for
electromagnetic,
quantum
mechanical,
or
other
physical
theories
that
have
been
advanced
as
possible
explanatory
models
for
the
phenomena.
Issues
involving
brain/mind,
consciousness/subconsciousness
or
cognitive
research
would
be
examained
for
clues
that
might
suggest
how
PSI
information may
be
received,
processed,
and presented
to consciousness,
or
how
energetic
PSI
phenomena
(PK)
are
mediated.
PK
effects,
for
example,
may
involve
a
complex
interaction
between
mental
and
physical
states.
Some
form
of
electromagnetic
frequency
may
be
generated
by
the
central
nervous
system
that
interacts
with
surrounding
material
for
some
types
of
PK
phenomenon.
Issues
such
as
these,
and many others,
would
be explored
by the basic research
effort.
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VIII Timing
and Funding Levels
(S/NF)
The
overall
time
period
for
this
program will
be
about
five years.
The
initial
year would
be mainly for
data base
collection
and
review
so
that
detailed
tasks
can
be
prepared
for
the
various
application
and
research
objectives,
and
for
preparing
proposal
requests.
Other
project
activities
during
this
first
year
would
Include
Identification,
contact
and
eventual
selection
of
the
appropriate
support
centers,
and
the
preparation
and
administration
of
the
Initial
external
contracts.
Tasks
and
potential
contractors
would
be
time
phased
according
to
the
nature
of
the
topic
investigated,
on how
this work
relates
to other program research
priorities,
on the availability of
appropriate support personnel,
and possibly
on
security
issued
such
as clearance processing time.
(S/NF)
In
addition
to
detailed
program
planning,
some
research
and
applications
work
would
occur
during
this
first
year.
The
most
promising
research
and
applications
in remote viewing
identified during the former GRILL
FLAME
project
would
be
continued.
Otherwise,
technical
expertise
psychoenergetics
skills
developed
during
the
GRILL
FLAME
program would
not
be
available for the new integrated DoD psychoenergetics program.
(S/NF)
The
final
year
would
concentrate
on
evaluating
in
detail
the
operational
utility
and
reliability
of
the
most
significant
psychoenergetics
applications,
on
detailed
assessment
of
foreign
threat
potential
from
psychoenergetics,
and on developing possible countermeasures.
(S/NF)
The
bulk
of
the
applied
and
basic
research
would
occur
during
the
third
and
fourth
year.
A
greater
portion
of
the financial
resources required
during
this
period
would
be
for
investigating
energetics
(PK)
phenomena.
PK
research
requires
a
variety
of
scientific
equipment
for
detecting
a
broad
range
of possible
signals
and for data reduction
and
analysis.
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Estimated costs,
in
($)
millions,
are shown
in table
I.
TABLE
I
ESTIMATED PROGRAM COSTS
FY-84
FY-85
FY-86
FY-87
FY-88
FY 84-88
Applied
Investigations
0.2M
0.3M
0.4M
0.6M
1.2M
2.7M
Applied
Research
0.7M
1.0M
1.6M
1.8M
0.8M
5.9M
Basic
Research
0.1M
0.4M
0.5M
0.6M
0.4M
2.0M
Data Base Collec-
tion
and data base
Management
0.2M
0.2M
0.1M
0.2M
0.2M
0.9M
i
TOTALS
1.2M
1.9M
2.6M
3.2M
2.6M
11. 5M
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Investigations
(S/NF)
Application
investigations
and
application
research
will
be
developed
In
accordance
with
basic
objectives
as
defined
In
Section
HI.
These
will
be based
on
final
results
of the GRILL FLAME
project,
on extensive
review
of
worldwide
research
1# psychoenergetics
and
related
areas,
from
in-
depth
consultation with experts
In various
research fields,
and from dialogue
with potential
DoD users,
a.
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(S/NF)
A wide
range
of
potential
applications
and
their
priorities
will
be
compiled
prior
to
program
start
to
assist
in
final
program
planning,
and
for
determining
specific
research
requirements.
Table
II
shows
some
candidate
remote
viewing
applications.
Their
relative
degree
of
effort
will
depend
on
the
size
of
the
experimental
data
base
required.
Some
of
these
may
only
require
brief
examination
(for
preliminary
feasibility
estimates),
others
would
require
an
extensive
replication
date
base
in
order
to
quantify
application reliability and to establish user confidence
levels.
(S/NF)
Each
application
considered
will
be
evaluated
according
to
the
type
of
RV
data
required.
If
configurational
data
(i.e.,
sketches
showing
spatial
relationships,
shapes,
sizes)
or
other
sensory
type
data
is
of
main
importance,
it
is
identified
as
"C"
type
data
in Table
II.
If
the
main
input
desired from RV
data
is
analytical
in
natue
(e.g.,
function,
purpose,
numbers,
names)
it
is
identified
as
"A”
type.
Some
applications
may
require
a
mix
of
both.
It
may
also
be
(though
as
yet
unproven)
that
highly
accurate
configuration
data may
preclude
the
need
for
the
more
difficult
analytic
data
in
some
cases.
Appropriate
analysis
could
be made
or
inferred from details
of
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the
sketch.
The
nature
of
RV
data
observed
thus
far
indicates
that
configurational
or
other
sensory
data
is
more
reliable
than
analytical
content.
Consequently,
Investigations
that
helps
develop
and
improve
analytical
content will
receive emphasis
in this program.
(S/NF)
Table
III
lists
a
few
of
the
general
types
of
energetics
(PK)
phenomenon
identified
in
the research
literature.
Host
of
the
available
USSR
psychoenergetics
research
is
on
PK
effects,
and
some
of
the
recent
Chinese
work
is on highly unique PK investigations.
(S/NF)
Some
of
the reported PK effects
will
be
examined
in
this program,
with
emphasis
on
replication
and
validation,
and
on
assessment
of
threat
implications
if
applied
by
foreign
countries.
Research
would
emphasize
operational
variables,
such
as
distance
and
shielding.
People
with
suitable
PK
skills
would
be
identified,
and
possibly trained,
for
achieving
repeatable
effects.
Similar
research
will
also
be
applicable
^
for
countermeasure
evaluation
or
for
potential
US
applications.
Not
all
the
psychophysical
effects would be
investigated,
and
some would
only
be
examined
indirectly,
in
accordance with DoD human use regulations.
(S/NF)
PK
effects
have
considerable
implications
for
theoretical
issues
and
PSI
phenomena
understanding.
Findings
from
PK
research
may
also
contribute
to
understanding
RV
phenomenon,
since
there
may
be
a
fundamental
relationship between these two basic
PSI
catagories.
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Research :
(SNF)
A
variety
of
research
tasks
will
be
pursued
in-depth.
These
will
focus
on
a development
of psychoenergetic
skills,
identifying variables
in
the
PSI
process,
improving
RV
data
utility,
determining
RV
data
characteristics
and operational
constraints,
and on evaluation
of PK phenomena.
For
PK,
this
includes
both
phenomena
validation
and
quantification
of
operational
limitations.
Basic resarch
issues that could
help explain RV
and PK phenomena
and would consequently
improve utility are
Identified.
These research efforts
will
be
fully
integrated
and
time-phased.
Details
of
a
few
of
the
specific
investigations
are
included
in Appendix
II.
(S/NF)
Basic
investigation
areas
and
some
specific
research
issues
are
summarized
below:
1.
(SNF)
PSI
skills:
- Identify people whohave RV and/or PK skill
'4
potential
:
.
personality trait/inventory
.
pattern recognition ability
.
visualization ability
.
time estimating patterns
.
artistic
sense
.
spontaneous eperiences
.
openess to new ideas
.
other
-
Improve RV training methods;
high accuracy for configurational
data
develop usable
levels for
analytical
data
- Develop training methods
for
PK.
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- Feedback
(verbal,
biofeedback).
- Psychological factors
(attitudes,
inhibiting
factors).
- Various
levels or states of consciousness.
-
Individual
background/previous training.
- Mood,
attitude (prior to or during session).
- Degree of expectancy,
goal
orientation,
visualization.
- Sense of confidence.
- Type of target or target pool
and physical
charac-
teristics
(configurational,
alphanumeric,
2D/3D,
location,
dynamics).
- Type of task
(laboratory,
simulated operational,
real
operational).
- Methods of target specification
(abstract,
coordinate,
beacon person).
- Experimental
or operational
setting.
- Experimenters,
or others,
involved.
- Environmental
factors
(geomagnetic,
electro-
magnetic,
other).
- Timing
or time phasing
of task:
.
extended RV
.
precognition,
postcognition
- Sensory modes
(visual,
audio,
kinaesthetic
,
intutive.
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(SNF)
RV Data Utility Improvement :
- Statistics/methods for
specific tasks or
individuals.
- Statistics that help correlate data useful-
ness
to type of task,
target.
- Methods that help isolate valid data from
spurious or noise.
.
audio,
semantic,
voice
inflection
analysis.
.
physiological
correlations,
.
correlation to session time period
.
redundant techniques
(repeating same task,
error correction techniques).
.
targeting strategies
(associat,ional
,
limited choice,
computer
assisted.)
.
confidence call
training.
.
methods to calibrate,
estimate RV effec-
tiveness during sessions.
-
Influence of environmental
factors:
.
existing
noise
(geomagnetic,
etc)
.
external -applied signals
(low frequency
EM, magnetic fields,
acoustic,
visual)
.
white noise
(ganzfeld)).
.
Noise-free;
shielded rooms
or places.
- Matching
of
individuals
to preferred task/target
- Other data optimization techniques
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(SNF)
RV Data characteristics :
- Resolution capability:
.
size,
spatial,
temporal
.
other sensory data
(audio,
motion,
enotion,
etc).
- Influene of target distance,
dynamics,
etc.
- Target location accuracy.
- configurational
resolution/analytical
content
relationships.
- Target characteristics that influence
detectability,
resolution,
location.
- Other issues where they overlap
into basic
research
areas.
5.
(SNF)
PK Evaluation :
- Signal
sources:
.
from individual;
at or within target
.
background noise
levels,
or charges to
levels
.
other environmental
conditions,
or charges
to
them.
- Ways
in which various targets
(material,
biolog-
ical)
are affected:
.
mechanical
(dynamic,
internal
stress/strain)
.
electrical
or electromagnetic.
.
magnetic.
.
thermodynamic.
.
chemical,
photographic emulsion,
other.
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- Magnitude
and durability of effects:
.
low-level
or macro
.
transient,
permanent
-
Influence of shielding:
.
different materials
.
distance
.
influence of one or more than one
individual
,
h
.
psychological,
physiological
correlates:
to
signals,
effects,
for success.
.
Implications for countermeasure or system
vulnerability
6.
(U)
Basic Research :
(a)
- Physical
transmission mechanisms
(RV,
PK):
.
data rate,
resolution,
limitations
.
energy transfer rate
.
environmental
influences
.
distance,
location effects
.
methods
to detect signals,
enhance transmission
.
mechanisms that
locate,
find target.
.
mechanisms that
identify what target features
are accessed or
influenced.
.
mechanisms that help resolve role of abstract
targeting,
beacon person,
or other target
identifiers.
.
basic differences
of remote viewing.
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extrasensory perception,
clairvoyance.
.
mechanisms that explain precognition or postcognition
.
.
possible relationship or
interdependence of RV
and
PK phenomena.
. methods to help evaluate when and
if desired
remote target
is
accessed:
..
role of beacon person,
or other people who have either
correct or incorrect information
..
Possible influence of nearby printed material
or target
pool.
.
identity of basic parameters underlying the phenomena:
—forms/shapes,
other.
—form/content trade-offs.
—applicability/inapplicability of various
EM, QM or other
theoretical models.
—other considerations/analogies
(holographic,
gravitational,
pattern recognition;
fourier components,
resonances).
( b ) .- Psychophysical
Processes
:
.
Mental
processes
in
PSI
signal
detection and presentation to
consciousness
.
.
Role of emotive
intensity.
.
Role
of visualization,
pattern recognition ability
.
Brain hemisphere/brain region active
in
PSI
processes:
- Physiological
variables
-
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- Position Emission Tomography
(PET)
scanning.
- Magnetic field mapping
.
Other possible physiological
correlates of the central
nervous system
(CNS)
. Analogies to subliminal
perception and basic sensory
processes
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Table
IV
correlates
the
basic
investigation
areas
with
some candidate
research
facilities
that
could
provide
support
at
various
stages
throughout
the
program.
In
some
cases,
alternative
facilities
may
be
identified
depending on facility availability or other
reasons.
Most,
if not
all,
of
the
support
facilities
for
this
program
will
be
identified
during
the
first year
of this program.
(U)
Some
of
the
facilities
shown
on
Table
IV
may
perform
joint
investigations for evaluating
effects
of distance
or
shielding,
or
to optimize
work
in
psychophysical
parameters
where
sophisticated
instrumentation
is
required.
A
few
leading
researchers
may
also
support
this
program
as
consultants
or
review
team
members,
and
would
not
involve
their
facility
in
sponsored research.
(U)
This
table
does
not
show program management
or review activities,
or
in-depth
direct
applications
investigations
(US
applications,
threat
or
countermesure
assessment).
These
activities,
and
others,
will
be developed
in
detail
prior
to program start.
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I
'TERMINOLOGY
(U)
Psychoenergetic
phenomena
are
defined
here
to
be
a
el ass.of
direct
interactions
between
human
consciousness
and
the
Ph^
s^^
en
d
v
aSTrecorded'
although
as
yet
unexplained
as
to
mechanism,
can
be
observed
and
recorded.
They include:
1.
(U)
The
acquisition
of
information
not
presented
to
any
obvious
sense
These
are
perceptual
processs
that
act
as
information
inp
individual.
They
a
?
re
referred
to
collectively
as
remote
viewing
or
remote
sensing.
(!)
Examples
include:
(a)
The
(mental)
viewing
of
the
contents
of
a
safe,
or
a
distant
military site
(b)
"Pickup"
of the thoughts of another.
(c)
Direct
foreknowledge
of
a
future
event,
such
as
the
firing
of
a
missile.
C2)
2.
(U)
The
production
of
physical
effects
not
mediated
by
any
obvious mechanism.
These
are perturbation processes
that
act
as
action output
from
an
individual.
They
are
referred
to
collecively
as
psychokinesis
or
as
remote perturbation.
Examples
include:
(a)
The physical movement of
an object by mental
effort.
(b)
Perturbation
of
an electronic
or mechanical
component,
such
as
a
microchip or
a gyro,
by mental
effort.
(c)
Perturbation
of
a basic physical
process,
such
as the decay rate
of radioactive material,
by mental
effort.
(U)
A detailed breakdown
of the various psychoenergetic processes
is
shown
on the chart,
next page.
(1)
clairvoyance,
telepathy,
extrasensory perception,
or precognition
in the
older terminology.
(2)
Referred to
as precogniton
in some research.
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APPENDIX
II
DETAILS OF SOME CANDIDATE RESEARCH TASKS
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Project
Title:
Psychological
Prof i le/Screen ing
tor
RV
Major Objectives
Development of psychological
screening
instrument
for selection
of
candidates
for
RV training
Specific Objectives
(1)
Personality profile data will
be collected
from calibrated
remote viewers,
using
an extended Uechsier
test.
These data
will
come from two sources?
data
in
hand already obtained
from previous SRI
viewers,
and data obtained
by administration
of the extended Uechsier
to additional
remote viewers that can
be made available
from the SRI
and
client
pools.
(2)
The data obtained
in
(1)
will
be analyzed
in accordance with
the
P.A.S.
(Personality Assessment System)
concept
(see
i
Introduction
to the P.A.S. ,"
by
J.
Uinne and
J.
Monograph Supplement
No.
38,
Clinical Psychology Publishing
Co.,
Brndon,
VT>.
(3)
From the above analysis,
extract indications as to the
appropriate personality
profile(s)
of
interest.
(4)
In
parallel xith
the above effort,
self-report data
(from
such
tests
as
the Myers-Brlggs and
1& PF Ouestionhaxre)
collected
from the same sources would
be examined
for the
P urP°**
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designing
a pre-screening questionnaire.
Analysis
da
S”ld be
9 c»rfied out using the B.P.S.
(Behavior Prediction
System)
concept
to generate
a scoring
key capable of extracting
from self-report pre-screening
data those individuais with
profile(s)
indicated
in
(3)
as being
the profile(s)
of
interest.
<5)
To
test whether the pre-screening
test
is effective
selecting
individuals with
the step
(3)
profiles,
a
-*ec
group
of individuals will
be given
both
the pre-screening
and
extended
Uechsier,
and
the correlations
examined.
(6)
Assuming success
in
the above attempts
to delineate
ijdividtJais
with
the appropriate profiles
of
interest,
a series
of
viewing
trials would
be carried
out
to verify whether
appropriately-prof iled
individuals
do exhibit
a talent
for
remote viewing
Implementation
of Proposed Objectives
(1) Project status:
New project,
followup
of previous profiling
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Related projects:
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consultants.
$92K
(estimated)
(4)
Timing:
12 months
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.
Deliverables
(1)
Report
on profiling
system measurements
<2>
Screening
instrument,
if successful
(3)
Report
on
remote viewing
and
its correlation with profiling
measures
f.
Consequences of Nonaction
Reduced efficiency
in choosing
individuals
for
RV training
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a.
Project
Title:
Mass Screening
,.
Major Objectives
To determine statistical distribution
of psychoenergetic performance
levels
in
the population
at
large,
by means of automated
"call-in
formats,
such
as computer-monitored
"number-guessing"
games.
c.
Specific Objectives
(1)
Collection
of psychoenergetic-performance- level
data across
a
broad distribution
of population,
to determine
limits
a*
to
performance
levels
in
the population at large
(2)
Generation
of
a
large data base
to provide
large-sample
statistical
information
on
such questions as distance effects,
performance/att i tude correlation,
etc.
d.
Implementation
of Proposed Objectives
(1)
Project status:
New project
<2) Related projects:
Psychological
Profile/Screening
for
RV,
Threat Analysis
(3)
Fund ing/manpower requirements:
1-5 manyear effort.
$150K
(estimated
)
(A)
Timing:
24 months
e«
Deliverables
Reports,
with
analysis,
of RV data obtained,
and
their correlations
with variables under investigation
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of
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Project
Title:
Discrete Search
Technique
.
Major Objectives
To develop
discrete search
techniques to track/locate target
objects?
individuals,
facilities,
submarines,
missiles,
etc.,
on scale*
covering room-sized
to global
dimensions.
.
Specific Objectives
Investigate discrete search
techniques,
in which
a target area of
interest
is divided
up
into
a series
of
‘'zones''
or "grid squares,
one op
which
is assumed
to contain
the target of interest.
A statistical
procedure
(e.g.,
error-correc ting
coding,
sequential
sampling)
is
to be
used
to statistically average
a series of "guesses" to determine
in
which of the
zones or grid squares the target of interest
is contained.
Several
forms of the discrete search technique,
including
the use of
real-time computer and 'programmable calculator statistical averaging
procedures,
are to be examined
to determine the efficacy of the discrete
search approach as applied
to problems of the
type of interest
in DoD
applications.
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.
Implementation
of Proposed
, Ob jectives
<1>
Project status:
Followup
on earlier partially-successful pilot
studies
(2)
Related projects:
RV training
<3)
Funding/manpouer requirements:
2 manyear effort,
in-house.
$240K
(estimated)
(A)
Timing:
24 months
.
Deliverables
Report of studies,
and,
if successful,
packaged
technique
for
statistically-enhanced discrete search technique of specified
false alarm
rate
*
.
Consequences of Nonaction
Reduced capability
in
location/tracking capability as compared
with
that predicted
to be theoretically .feasible with
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of
statistical
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Title:
Physiological Correlates
WMajor Objectives
The objective of this
task
is to determine whether,
and
to uhat
extent,
physiological response can
be used
as
an
indicator of
.
psychoenergetic performance.
Possible correlates of interest include
G
(galvanic
skin
response),
EEG,
EMG,
blood flow
(plethysmograph xc
response),
and
voice response
(audio analysis).
Specific Objectives
(1)
Complete literature survey and carry
physiological -correlates research
to
psychoenergetics area
out expert
date as
it
interview on
applies
to
the
< 2 )
(3)
Investigate experimentally
a select
promise,
examining correlates
to RV
hand
sample of techniques showing
processes already well
in
Determine whether
techniques can
be
the application
of standard biofeedback
used
to enhance psychoenergetic performance
»
.
Implementation
of Proposed Objectives
(1)
Project status:
Followup
on earlier pilot studies showing
promise
(2)
Related projects:
Training
(3)
Funding/manpower requirements:
3 manyear effort,
in-house and
consultants.
S350K
(estimated)
(4)
Timing:
36 months
'.
Deliverables
(1)
Reports on
literature
survey,
interviews,
and
data collection
(2)
Implementation
hardware,
if .successful
^Consequences of Nonaction
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Potentially reduced performance
levels
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