‘ Approved For Release 2003/04/18 : CIA-RDP96-00791 R000100440001-9 fountains, gardens, plazas, etc. .... On the other hand, once having chosen a fountain-type target, there should be several fountain targets; for a bridge target, several bridge targets, etc., so you avoid the subject strategy of I had a tower yesterday, so it can't be a tower today." (SRI Protocol, Appendix B, p. 1) As far as the variety of target is concerned, A the actual targets that were used meet the above criterion with one exception. The use of the "Shielded Room" does not meet the outdoor criterion although Puthoff and Targ refer to the use of this target as one of being "nowhere" (Puthoff private communication to Karnes and Susman) "Our best effort. at sending an experimenter nowhere consisted of our locking him inside a shielded room instead of sending him to an expected outdoor site." If the target is considered to be "nowhere", it certainly does not meet any CA of the criteria. The question also arises as to whether or not these criteria were ever given to the director since: "The set of targets was chosen from a target- rich environment by asking the selector to use his judgment ...." Obviously, there must have been some kind of direction given if they were to have the kinds of targets they felt they were going to need. These directions are unspecified and the protocol in which the target pool selection is specified was apparently written after March 1976: “With regard to replication of our standard remote viewing protocols, the basic out Line is as given in our tutorial paper, 'A Perceptual Channel for Information Transfer over Kilometer Distances: Historical Perspective and Recent Research,' ... March 1976." There are no specific criteria given in this publication except for the number in the pool, driving time from SRI, and a mention of VAN "natural" targets in the "Summary" section. Approved For Release 2003 RDP96-00791R000100440001-9
Approved For Release 2003/04 #£¥-P96-00791R000100440001-9 (d) Distance of targets: As has been discussed above, "the target team could be going anywhere from the Golden Gate Bridge to the San Jose airport, an area covering several hundred square miles ..." (Mind Reach, p. 7); although this is qualified far more in technical and recent publicationss "the target pool consists of more than 100 target locations chosen from a target-rich environment." (Puthoff and Targ, 1977b, p. 21) An examination of the distances of the targets reveals that only two targets are listed at any large distance. BART Station at 10.0 miles and the "Bridge Toll Plaza at 8.76 miles. A quick calculation reveals that if the furthest ” Q target is used, the total area covered is 314 square miles. Excluding these two targets, the remainder all fall within a 100.4 square-mile area. Listed by subject, the average target distance was: ' Price: -3.89 mi Elgin: 3.57 mt Swann: 1.81 mt Hammid: 1.48 mi Pease: 2.89 mi Cole: 2.11 mi 3.42 mi V,,.V ye ‘9? With the exception of the marina, Redwood City, all targets that were used lay in a semi-circle south of SRI. Although there its little information given, it is interesting to note that both Price and Elgin used some form of a geographical. system during their remote viewing. Price, in the unedited transcript of the Allied Arts and Crafts Plaza, begins his transcript (Mind-Reach, pp. 63-68) by scanning quadrants: "Why.don't I start scanning by quadrant using this as the center 76 ; Approved For Release 2003/04/18 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100440001-9
Approved For Release 200 OMAR -RDP96-00791R000100440001-9 point. Twelve to three, six to nine ...."": It also appears that Price and Targ are using some sort of reference: "this is an arbor area ... the center part doesn't seem to have it-this part in here ....'' (Mind-Reach, p. 77). It appears that Price is making a drawing. Perhaps he is also making a map when he states: "Yeah, I got them out about this far-it's not far away-I'd say in this direction over here ... and it seems to be on a line just about in that direction but just a hair more~-rather than a direct line from here ... they seem to be just slightly more to the left of that line ...." (Mind-Reach, p. 65) It is also interesting to note that although Price is scanning the quadrants and he begins logically he next goes to the opposite quadrant: "Twelve to three, six to nine ~.-."' He does this twice before he includes nine to twelve, despite the fact that he states: ."... but I'll go on in the rest and look ...." He never does mention scanning three to six. uw Elgin also uses a system: "Duane held a bearing compass at arm's length, and began the experiment by indicating the direction of the target demarcation team to within 5 degrees. (In all four experiments with Elgin, he was always correct within ten degrees of the correction direction.)" (Mind-Reach, p. 82) Tf Elgin is able to do this, who is the subject referred to in the following: "In two remote viewing experiments, the second of which was clearly correct from a descriptive standpoint, an effort was made to determine whether in driving the subject around the area it would be possible to determine the location of the target team by triangulation with a bearing compass?" (SRI Progress Report, August 1974) Although "the triangulation lines. were essentially uncorrelated with each other and with the target location, and therefore provided a null result," (SRI Progress Report, August 1974), Ss ad Approved For Release 2003/04/18 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100440001-9 Bin Od
| Approved For Release 2003104)" SER RTOS 00791 R000100440001-9 were these two experiments included as demonstration-of-ability experiments? Table 6 shows individual targets listed by distance from SRI. The precognitive targets are listed separately since these targets were not used previously although: "the experimental protocol for precognitive remote viewing ... was identical ...." (Mind-Reach, p- 111) In examining Table 6, it can be seen that several targets fall the same distance from SRI as others, and it is to those that the discussion will.be directed first. | Targets at 2.11 mi.: Palo Alto.. The targets listed at this distance are "Swimming Pool Complex", "Merry-go-round", and "Tennis Courts". As has been noted earlier, what must be the "Swimming Pool Complex" is first listed as "Rinconada Park." (Targ and Puthoff, 1975, Table 1, p. 54; Targ and _— 5 Puthoff, 1974, p. 606; SRI Progress Report, 3/12/74, Table 2, p. 17) It is not until 1976 that this target is called "Swimming Pool Complex" and is then accompanied by Price's drawing and a city map. (Puthoff and Targ, 1976b, p- 336) Price's sketch and the map show a variety of activities, physically’ close to one another: tennis courts, swimming pool, picnic area, and a playground, For reference, Informap, Palo Alto, prepared and distributed by the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, 1979, and a street map of the cities of San Mateo County, published by the Redwood City, San Mateo County Chamber of Commerce, 1976, were obtained. A description of Rinconada Park can be found on the first listed map, which shows that a junior museum is also located in the same park. An elementary school also appears to be located in that same vicinity. Since most elementary schools have playgrounds, it is safe to assume that this one does also or uses the nearby park facilities. Price's description: "...:subject ... described a park-like area containing 4, 78 Approved For Release 2003/04/18 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100440001-9
62 | | | i i i a i Approved For Release 2003/04/18 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100440001-9 cCRET CUAL ‘TABLE 6. DISTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL BAY-AREA TARGETS FROM SRI DISTANCE. SUBJECTS TARGET ~ ' . ILES | KILOMETERS Sy 85 53 5), 5. Bike shed, Menlo Park 0.06 0.1 2 Xx ‘Shielded room, SRI, Menlo Park 0.06 0.1 1 Xx Ness Auditorium, Menlo Park 0.12 0.2 1 x SRI International Courtyard, Menlo Par 0.12 0.2 1 Xx Kiosk in park, Menlo Park 0.19 0.3 3,5 xX Bridge over stream, Menlo Park 0.19 0.3 1 Railroad trestle bridge, Palo Alto 0.81 1.3. 2,6 ; x x Pumpkin patch, Menlo Park 0.81 1.3 1 x Methodist Church, Palo Alto 1.18 1.9 1 x Arts and Crafts Plaza, Menlo Park. 1.18 1.9 a x City Hall, Palo Alto | ; 1.24 20 | rf} | | x Miniature golf course, Menlo Park 1.86 3.0 1 p.¢ Swimming pool complex, Palo Alto 2.11 3.4 1 Xx Merry-go-round, Palo Alto 2.11 3.4 1,1 xX Tennis courts, Palo Alto 2.11 3.4 2 Xx Hoover Tower, Stanford 2.11 3.4 1 X Golf course bridge, Stanford 2.11 3.4 2 Xx “White Plaza, Stanford 2.36 3.8 1 xX Boathouse, Stanford © 2.48 4.0 1 Pedestrian overpass, Palo Alto 3.11 5.0 ‘2,3 x Xx Drive-in theater, Palo Alto 3.17 5.1 2 x Approved For Release 2003/04) Be GfpeprdP 96-0701 R000100440001-9