Approved For Release 2000/06 PT: RB RDPIE-00789R002200440001-9 SECTION 2. THE SERVICE YEARS (U) (S/NF) Service funding for parapsychology from 1975 to 1979 was as follows: ATE RGANIZA N B ET K 1975-1976 NAVALEX $ 74 1976-1979 FTD $300 1977-1980 MIA $281 SG1A 1978-1980 AMSAA $230 1979-1980 INSCOM $ 75 (S/NF) In addition, during these years, the DIA provided $228,000 from 1978 to 1980. In all, about $1,293,000 was spent over five years or an average of $258,600 per year. The annual funds could support only a very few researchers, so that the chances for significant progress were correspondingly limited. Note that the $1,293,000 was not for a single program over five years, but rather seven different programs each with its own goals and objectives. These programs are discussed below. A. (U) NAVALEX (S/NF) In the NAVALEX program, the ability of individuals to perceive remote faint stimuli at a noncognitive level of awareness was investigated. To do this, changes in a subject’s brainwave (EEG) production were monitored while light flashes were generated on a random schedule in a remote laboratory. A diagram of the experimental apparatus is shown in Figure 2. A statistical correlation was observed, but it was very weak and would require additional research, 7 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9
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Approved For Release 2000/08 6S: BE Ropes.00789R002200440001.8 B. (U) AIR FORCE 1. (U) FTD (S/NF) The Foreign Technology Division (FTD) USAF was tasked by DIA to follow and report on foreign research in psychoenergetics. fFTD funded research at SRI to provide the needed basis for assessing the psychoenergetic process as an advanced threat technology. FTD sought to determine the state of the art in psychoenergetics and, more important, its applications feasibility. RV could be shown to be a real and robust phenomenon but not of use to the intelligence community. (S/NF) The field holding the greatest potential for intelligence applications, however, is clearly RV. In this perceptual process, certain individuals access and describe information blocked from ordinary perception by distance or shielding (see Figure 3). To immediately begin testing its operational possibilities, a number of Soviet sites of intelligence interest were exploited using RV. The accuracy and value of the RV results were then assessed and found to contain a considerable amount of correct information. This, of course, presents the possibility that the Soviets may be remote viewing U.S. sites, In general, the questions posed to SRI by FID were: ® Is remote viewing possible? @ Is distance a factor? ® Can coordinates be used to target a viewer? e Can real time events be remotely viewed? ® Can shielding be used to block remote viewing? (S/NF) These are discussed in turn below. IS REMOTE VIEWING POSSIBLE? (U) (C) After reviewing their own and other research data, the SRI investigators conclude that RV is indeed a human perceptual ability. In support of their conclusion, they cited a number of other studies in which other labs and investigators had replicated the RV research at SRI. Based on this evidence, the FID believed that there was good reason to pursue the field but with moderate funding. Since that time there have been a 9 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9
Approved For Release 2000/80 & pF-pfPRDP96-00789R002200440001-9 (S/NF) number of labs where successful RV research has been performed. Some of these are shown in Table 1. Table 1 {U) LABORATORIES WITH REMOTE VIEWING RESEARCH Princeton University University of Chicago Mundelein College University of California, Davis Lawrence Berkeley Consciousness Research Group Institute for the Future Midwest Parapsychology Research Institute Mind Science Research Laboratory UNCLASSIFIED IS DISTANCE A FACTOR? (U) (S/NF) To determine this, SRI conducted a series of remote viewing experiments with targets several thousand miles away in such places as New york, Dayton, the Artic, and the Soviet Union. One of the local targets is shown in Figure 4, and one of the distant targets in Figure 5. After comparing a number of such experiments, it was concluded that there is no degradation in accuracy or resolution as a function of distances of up to 5000 km. CAN MAP COORDINATES BE USED TO TARGET A VIEWER? (U) (S/NF) Using a beacon person (someone at the site) had already been tried and was successful. To investigate the use of coordinates, the SRI investigators did a series of experiments where the viewer was given only the coordinates of a target. A successful trial is shown in Figure 6. From this and a number of other attempts, the researchers concluded that targeting by coordinates yields results comparable to beacon targeting. 10 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9