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I INTRODUCTION (U)
A.
(U)
Overview
(S/NF)
In accordance with the requirements
set forth under the program “Enhanced
Human
Performance
Investigations”
(Contract
No.
DAMD17-85-C-5130),
this
document
provides
a progress update
for work performed by SRI International during Fiscal Year (FY)
1988.
The
aim
of
the
five-year
program
(FY
1986-1990)
is
to
provide
research
and
development in the area of psychoenergetics as a means for enhancing human performance in
military applications.
B.
(U)
Definitions
(U)
Psychoenergetic phenomena are defined here as direct interactions between human
consciousness
and
the
environment
which
can
be
observed
and
recorded
although
the
mechanism
is unexplained.
These human
capabilities
fall
into two main categories:
(1)
the
acquisition of information, and
(2) the production of physical
effects.
These can be further
defined
as:
•
Remote Viewing
(RV) /Extrasensory Perception
(ESP)
- The
ability to
gain
access, by mental means alone,
to concealed data or remote
sites.
•
Remote Action (RA) /Psychokinesis (PK) - The ability to influence, by mental
means alone, physical or biological systems.
C.
(U) Program Scope
(S/NF)
This program
is designed to provide the necessary foundation to assess various
aspects of psychoenergetics with the DoD’s needs in mind.
The program
is highly diverse and
interdisciplinary;
it
spans many
fields
and
research
facilities,
personnel,
and
consultants.
Furthermore,
it
initiated
an
in-depth
investigation
into
the
neurophysiological^
aspects
of
psychoenergetic phenomena.
D.
(U) Program Objectives
(S/NF)
The program has four basic
objectives:
(1)
to document that psychoenergetic
phenomena
are real and
reproducible;
(2) to
determine
the' mechanism (s)
underlying
these
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phenomena;
(3)
to develop practical applications of the findings for the DoD; and
(4) to bring
the field of psychoenergetics into the mainstream of human performance research, by providing a
scientific foundation equivalent to that of the rest
of the performance research
field.
In the
minds of some, there is no doubt that psychoenergetic phenomena are real and reproducible.
In
the minds of many others, both scientific professionals and informed lay persons, this
is not the
case.
E.
(U) Program Resources
(U) To meet the above
objectives,
the SRI program uses both in-house and
external
expertise.
For over a decade, a core group of researchers at SRI has been studying a wide variety
of subjects in psychoenergetics—augmented by access to centers that specialize in related topics.
(U) Some
of
the work
is
subcontracted
to
institutions
and
consultants who
have
a
demonstrated
track
record
in
this
research
area.
Other
subcontractors may have had no
association with
this
field but, because
of their
specific area
of expertise, can make valuable
contributions to our program
goals.
Thus, the widest possible interdisciplinary viewpoints are
available
to
the program,
and
the mixture
of resources ensures
that peer group review and
scientific
interactions
are
maximized.
Subcontractors
and
consultants
currently
include
personnel from Psychophysical Research
Laboratories and Los Alamos
National Laboratory
(LANL),*
plus consultants having expertise in specific areas of interest to the program.
*
(U) The
project does not have
a
technical
subcontract
with LANL
for
administrative
reasons only. The sponsor has let a separate contract that is technically supervised by SRI.
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