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INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
iVi^
The purpose
of
this program is
to provide
a data
bas<A
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area
0 f
remote viewing
(RV)
.
RV
is
the acquisition
and description,
by mental
means,
of information blocked from ordinary
perception by distance
or shielding,
and generally believed
to
be secure
against
such access.
This
includes
the ability of subjects
to view remote
geographical
locations,
even
at intercontinental distances,
given only
geographical
coordinates
or
a known person on whom to target.
Investigations
into
the
RV phenomenon at
SRI
International over
the
past eight
years
have ranged from basic research with regard
to proof or
the
lack thereof
as
to
the existence
of
the phenomenon,
toi
applications where existence
of
the phenomenon
is
taken as
a
given.
The
present
study,
with
its
emphasis
on application potential,
leans
toward
the
latter— extensive proof
of
the phenomenon
is
not
pursued here.
A
measure
of
proof
is
provided, however,
by
the quality of results
obtained
in'
J^tests
carried out under double-blind conditions.
In this report we present
the results
of
a several-month reliability
stpdy.
The purpose of
this
study was
to delineate those factors which
appear
to affect
the reliability of the RV phenomenon,
to develop
a
methodology to minimize
the deleterious effects
of such factors,
to
test
that methodology
in
a training procedure involving several
RVers
, and
to
evaluate
the effects
of such training on the basis
of success in^
applications
The
factors affecting reliability,
and the training methodology
designed
to improve reliability are presented
in Section
III.
In Section
III we also discuss
the apparent impact on the training program on*
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PROGRESS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD
The primary objective of
this
program
is
to provide
a
basis
for
evaluating
the RV capability.
Of
particular interest with regard to application
is
the use
of
an
abstract
targeting procedure known as
coordinate remote viewing
(CRV),
a procedure we have had under investigation at
SRI since
1972.
In this
procedure
the
target
site coordinates
(latitude and
longitude
in e.g.
,
degrees
,
minutes,
and seconds)
are relayed with
no further information
to the individual who
is
to view
the
site.
The
remote viewer
is asked
simply to proceed
on the
basis
of
the
coordinates
alone.
Admittedly,
such an abstract
targeting procedure
seems without
basis,
at
least
with regard
to the present
scientific paradigm.
As
a result we
can make
no
claim for
the technique other than the purely pragmatic one
that
it
appears
to work.
It
can only
be pointed out
that
in psychoenergeti
research
in general,
the possibility of success
in such
a protocol
is
in
accord with an observed
"goa 1—oriented" nature
of
the
laws
that appear to
*
govern psychoenergetic functioning.
In this
section we discuss
the
findings
of an investigation into CRV
reliability,
the factors
that affect
it,
the development
of procedures
to
improve
it,
and
the results
of application challenges
to test
it.
An investigation into the general problem of target acquisition has been
carried out an reported.
See
R.
Targ
,
H.
E.
Puthoff,
B.
S.
Humphrey,
and
C.
T.
Tart,
"Investigations
of
Target Acquisition," Research in
Parapsychology 1979,
Scarecrow Press,
Inc.,
Mctuchen,
NJ
,
1980.
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applications.
The results
of
the study to date indicate
that substantial
progress
has
been made.
Finally,
in Section
IV we outline
the potential
for
a
broad-based integration
of
RV phenomenal
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Advances
in Development
of CRV Potentials
1 .
Background
Since
the introduction
of
coordinate remote viewing
(CRV)
several
years
ago,
it
has been apparent
that
CRV
is often capable
of
yielding
highly accurate and useful
data.
There are,
however, several instances of failures,
in which
the
CRV description did
not
correspond to ground truth reality.
Since one of
%
the program tasks^is
to
' continue
the
investigations
of methods
to
improve
the phenomena,"
a
special
study program was
set up to attempt
to determine
the
factors
that
affect
CRV reliability,
and,
to the degree
possible,
to
develop procedures
to minimize
the deleterious
effects
of
such factors.
It was recognized at
the outset
that
there were
two
facets
of
the reliability problem that were of interest
and would therefore have
to
be addressed:
(1)
Vertical
Potential
.
Given that
an individual exhibits
a demonstrable CRV ability,
is
it possible
to develop
that ability beyond
a neophyte status,
that
is,
increase
the signal-to-noise ratio?
(2)
Horizontal
Potential
.
Does
the CRV process
possess
a structure sufficiently definable to imply a
meaningful construct
for transfer/trainability
across
a
broad base of individuals,
potentially
providing
increased reliability on the
basis
of
cross
correlation of multiple CRV responses?
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Results
of
the study program to date,
described below,
indicate progress
in
bo;th areas
.
2.
Si gnal/Noise Characteristics
The anatomy
of
the CRV phenomenon
has
been under intense scrutiny
at
SRI
in an effort
spearheaded by remote viewer #002.
These explorations
have
centered about
two areas
:
(1)
Observing and understanding
the
characteristics
of
the
noise.
(2)
Observing and
categorizing
the characteristics
of
the signals.
With regard to the noise aspect
of
the CRV channel,
the process
of
mapping
out
its
characteristics
has
consumed
a
large part
of
a two-year
effort
to isolate
the factors
involved.
Four major categories of noise
have been delineated
in this process.
They are.
( 1 )
Analytical Overlay
,
As
the remote viewer becomes
aware
of
the
first
few data
bits
,
there appears
to
be
a
largely sponteneous and undisciplined rational
effort
to extrapolate and
"fill
in
the
blanks.
This
is presumably driven by
a need to resolve
the
ambiguity associated with the
fragmentary nature
of
the emerging perception.
The result
is premature
internal analysis and interpretation on the part
of the remote
viewer.
Example:
An impression of
an island
is immediately interpreted as Hawaii.
To
circumvent
this
,
a procedure for disciplined
rejection of premature interpretations and conclusions
is
called
for.
(2)
As sociational Overlay .
In addition to provoking
premature interpretation,
the incoming data bits
appear to stimulate pre-existing
mental formations
that are associationally related to the target
material.
Example:
An impression of
a round object
triggers
an image
of
a favorite childhood
ball.
The
triggering
of such associational overlays
leads to
imaginative
images
that divert
or embellish the picture
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