Approved For Release 2003/04seegiepibafar 96-00791R000100440001-9 "The first visitor's responses were excellent woe! (Mind-Reach, p. 88) A series of three remote viewing. experiments were carried out, In the first experiment, Hal was sent to stand on a bridge over a stream in Burgess Park ... a second experiment ... Baylands Nature Preserve .... He also deseribed .... After we played the tape made by the subject, and he learned »». he told us ... for the third experiment .... The subject knew where we had been, and we had hits description +. his third ... the traveling orders brought us to a merry-go-round wee (Mind-Reach, pp. 7-D KW "Our second visitor gave one of the best results we have ever observed in his first experiment. He began his narrative,'There is a red A-frame - building ,,.'," (Mind-Reach, p. 88) The target for this experiment was a windmill, which was followed by an apartment swimming pool. (Mind-Reach, Table 9, p. 89) However, these visitors are later reported as being Vy and Vas even though the targets correspond. ”& It is also interesting to note that in 1977, Puthoff and Targ report: "We have carried out more than one hundred experiments of this sort, most of them successful, as determined by independent judging."" (Mind-Reach, - pp. 9-10) If so, one might assume that these total results would be published. As of this writing, we cannot account for 100 such experiments.\A Experimenters. "... we set up a research program to test the remote viewing hypothesis under rigidly controlled scientific conditions." (Puthof£ and Targ, 1976b, p. 334) "The protocol was to closet the subject with an | experimenter .... (Puthoff and Targ, 1976b, p. 335) This was borne out in other publications: "one E would remain at SRI with the subject ..." (Targ and Puthoff, 1975, p. 155) and "As in all our other work, one E remained with the S ...." (Puthoff and Targ, 1976a, p. 36) WU . 70 Approved For Release 2003 000A pide RDP96-00791 R000100440001-9
. r Approved For Release 2003/04/1 SSE es-00791 R000100440001-9 However, despite the "rigidly controlled conditions", it is reported: "This is remote viewing experiment with Pat Price, Dean Brown and Russell Targ in the shielded room in Building 30 ..." (Targ and Puthoff, 1975, p. 161), the two experimenters remaining with the subject." (Puthoff and Targ, 1976b), and "... the two experimenters remaining with Mrs. Hammid." (Puthoff and Targ, 1976a, p. 38) Target Persons. "In our standard protocol ... the target demarcation tean, consisting of usually of one to three other experimenters and myself (H.P.) picked up our travelling orders ...." (Puthoff and Targ, 1976b, p. 335) “This ‘protocol, however, is not always followed either. "This is remote viewing experiment with Russ Targ, Phyllis Cole, and Hal Puthoff. In this experiment, Hall will drive to a remote site .s'' (Mind-Reach, p. 104), and "The outbound experimenter ...." (Puthof£ and Targ, 1976b, p. 340) A It also should be noted that SRI experimenters also included subjects despite the statement: "The protocol was ... In each of the experiments, one of the six program subjects served as remote-viewing subject, and SRI experimenters served as a target demarcation team ...."  (Puthoff and Targ, 1976b, p. 335) From what limited resources are available of unedited | transcripts, pictures, and drawings, it can be determined that the following subjects also served as experimenters in the associated targets: (a) Phyllis Cole: Price: Allied Arts (Mind-Reach, p. 53) Elgin: BART Station (Targ and Puthoff, 1975, p. 158) Elgin: Shielded Room (Targ and Puthoff, 1975, p. 156) Elgin: Tennis Courts (Mind-Reach, Figure 15, p. 83) The reasoning behind this lies in the fact that the two figures in Tlgin's drawing are labelled "H & P" and it is known that Cole was used as an 71 Approved For Release a aaa RO000100440001-9 - ;
Approved For Release 2003/04/18,- 2DP96-00791R000100440001-9 experimenter in two of Elgin's other experiments. a (b) Hammid, Pease: Windmill The rational for this can be found in Pease's drawing in which he writes: "Hal and Hella sitting." (Mind-Reach, Figure 17, p- 87) In the precognition series with Hammid, it is interesting to note: "We even brought in a professional engineering consultant (David Hurt) to | independently observe and record the events. How unbiased can this "profes- sional consultant" be if he has worked closely with Russell Targ (Targ and Hurt, 1972) and is reported by the authors to be a colleague of theirs: "Following is one such example that involved one of the authors (R.T.) and our colleague David Hurt who works with us on many experimental projects." (Mind-Reach, p. 197) ta Target Poot. (a) Preparation of target pool: "(Before the experimental series began, the Director of the Information Science and Engineering Division, not other- wise associated with the experiment, established the set of locations as the target pool ...)' (Puthoff and Targ, 1976b, p. 335) [Before going further, one might stop to ask if there were any specific directions given to the director before he established this pool. Obviously some were needed if Puthoff and Targ were to have the kinds of targets they felt they were going to need. J A (b) Size of target pool: "The target pool consisted of more than 100 target locations chosen from a target-rich environment ...." (Puthoff and Targ, 1976b, p. 335) The targets apparently were spread over a wide area: " .. 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- Approved For Release 2003/04/ $e 4t448DP96-00791R000100440001-9
‘Approved For Release 2003/Oaidi OREO? 96-0791 R000100440001-9 Reach, p. 7) and another description: "He asked me to describe where a man was ... who was now somewhere 300 square miles in some direction ...." (Mind-Reach, Foreword, xxiv) This is stated somewhat differently in another publication: "> a remote site chosen at random from hundreds of nearby targets in the San Francisco Bay area ...." (Targ and Puthoff, 1975, pp. 151-152) t&A One assumes that the entire target pool has been constructed prior to the beginning of the entire series of experiments. However, in their early rendition of the Nature article, they state: "The set of targets were chosen from a target-rich environment by asking the selector to use his judgment in providing a set of nine target locations." (SRI Progress Report, 3/12/74) The number of locations increases by the time the paper is actually published: "tn the experiments, a set of twelve target locations had been chosen from a target-rich environment (More than 100 of the type used in the experimental series prior to the experimental series ‘,.. by the Director of the Information Science and Engineering Division." (Targ and Puthoff, 1974, p. 605) Although Puthoff£ and Targ believe: " ., we designed an experimental protocol that promised to be foolproof and which could not be influenced by the belief structures of either the experimenters or the judges." and they also believed that: "No loose thread could be permitted wee (Mind-Reach, p- 35) a change has been made in the number of targets in the pool used for Price as well as the establishment of a larger target pool. JS In reporting the first four experiments run with Elgin and Hammid which are reported to have followed the Price series, the list of targets included those that had apparently been used with Price either as demonstration-of- ability or as demonstration experiments. Although they qualify the list 73 . Approved For Release 2003/04/18 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100440001-9
Approved For.Release 0 R000100440001-9 with "among others", (Targ and Puthoff, 1975, p. 155) one does wonder how large the pool really was at this time. The other three targets that are used. are the BART Station, the shielded room at SRI, and the "schoolhouse" , on the miniature golf course which is reported as the target in (1) a preliminary remote viewing experiment, (2) a mock experiment, and (3) a demonstration-of-ability experiment. The question also arises as to why those particular targets come to mind? The experimenter had obviously been talking publicly about these experiments since the publication is in a proceedings of a meeting, but the demonstration targets were not discussed in the paper. & Tt should be noted that Price's early targets are labelled quite ‘differently in early publications than they are in later ones. The target "Rinconada Park" (Targ and Puthoff, 1975, Table 1, p. 54; Targ and Puthoff, 1974, p. 606; SRI Progress Report, 3/12/74, Table 2, p. 17) later is changed to "Swimming Pool complex" in a 1976 publication where, for the first time, | his drawing and the related city map appear. (Puthoff and Targ, 1976b, p- 3365 Mind-Reach, p- 54) Many of Geller's drawings are included in the early publication, so why did they choose not to use a drawing that is such a good representation of the target, especially since they viewed the _ experimental series as a "... large-scale three-year SRI study of remote viewing ...?" . (Mind-Reach, p. 34) W (c) Types of target: .«. a list of outdoor targets ... should be prepared in advance by an experimenter who will not interact with the subject or experiment after that. The targets should be chosen to be distinctive, but not necessarily distinct from edch other; that is, rather than a collection of nondescript street corners one should select bridges, towers, -RDP96-00791R000100440001-9 Approved For Release