Ol O SR interne [Approve For Release 2000/08iQ%:C}ayRPPS6-00788R001300140001-3 10 January 1930 Quarterly Progress Report Covering the Period 1 October to 31 December 1979 SRI International Project 7560 NIC TECHNIQUES (U) (Extension Contract No. DNA001-78-C-0274) Prepared by: H. E, Puthoff£, Ph.d. I. Swann Senior Research Engineer G. Langford Radio Physics Laboratory Consultants Prepared for: Defense Intelligence Agency ATIN: DT-1A ZZ  SG1J Washington, D.C. 20301 Under RDT&E Code xX3370 78469 QOS5QAXYX912-36 H2590D CLASSIFIED BY: DIA(DT-1A) REVIEW ON: 10 January 2000 SRI 0-4299 This document consists of 29 pages, Copy No. A . 333 Ravenswood Ave. « Menlo Park, California 94025 (415) 326-6200 » Cable: SRI INTL MPK «© TWX: 910-373-1 246 sproved For Release 2000OEC REP eeROO TsO 740004 -3 — NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS =
Approved For Release 2000 ECR EP 0 00788R001300140001 -3 I OBJECTIVE The objective of. this program is to investigate the phenomenon of remote viewing (RV) as an aid in assessing Soviet research and applications that would constitute a threat to the United States, The type of counter- measures and factors that inhibit RV will be investigated. The work effort will involve gathering data on specific geographic areas throughout the world and examining research pertinent to improving the reliability of the data obtained via the RV process, This research is supported and monitored by the Defense Intelligence Agency of the Department of Defense under Contract No. DNAOOQ1-78-C-0274, 1 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300140001-3
Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300140001-3 SECRET II INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY The purpose of this program is to provide a data base for assessing Soviet threat in the area of 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, to operational 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 operational tests carried out under double-blind conditions, In this report we present the results of a several-month reliability study, 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 operational 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 operational SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300140001-3
Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300140001-3 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 phenomena into intelligence applica- tions resulting ina viable RV intelligence capability. 3 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300140001-3
- . Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300140001-3 SECRET III PROGRESS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD The primary objective of this program is to provide a basis for evaluating the RV capability. This is done specifically to assess the potential threat from Soviet research and application in this area, 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 psychoenergetics research in general, the possibility of success in such a protocol is in accord with an observed "goal-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. pe ER * 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., Metuchen, NJ, 1980. ee ey SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300140001-3
Approved For Release a CEC REE eootsoo tapos A. Advances in Development of CRV Potentials EE EE ee Potentials l. Background Since the introduction of coordinate remote viewing (CRV) several SG1A years ago, it has been apparent that CRV is often capable of yielding highly accurate and useful data, SG1A 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? Seep emnnemeeeeemmmeeeneme nen * H. Puthoff and R, Targ, "Advanced Threat Technique Assessment (U)," Final Report, SRI Project 5309, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (October 1978), SECRET, t Task 2.4, DIA(DT) Statement of Work dated 28 March 1979 (SECRET, DNA-79- 04633). 5 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300140001-3