P DATE: REPLY TO ATTN OF: SUBJECT: TO: Approved For Release 2000/08/08 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CHA-RDP96-00789RO048G06809 EDEERNMENT memorandum 17 January 1990 $20 ,502/DT-S/90 DT-S SUBJECT: SUN STREAK — Annual Report 1989 (U) TO: CHIEF, ST 1. (S/SK/WNINTEL) During Calendar Year 1989, the mission of he SUN STREAK Prototype Operational Group remained dedicated to the exploitation of the Remote Viewing (RV) process to determine its potential and effectiveness as a Human Intelligence (HUMINT) collection tool. The broad parameters of this basic protocol end on 31 December 1989. Emphasis on the practical applications of the Remote Viewing effort against real time targets with ensuing ancillary assessments of the value of the effort will dominate the Remote Viewing scene during Calendar Year 1990. Training will continue on an intermittent, as-needed basis and as a direct adjunct to the operational effort. 2. (S/SK/WNINTEL) SUN STREAK is comprised mainly of professional intelligence officers, a group of highly self- disciplined personnel dedicated to determine operational application of remote viewing as an intelligence gathering tool. Results to date reveal the presence of satisfying results, disappointing shortfalls, and quantifiable limitations directly related to the nature of the tasks at hand. 3. (U) The following reports reflect substantially the scope of the effort for the reporting period: ‘ a. (U) At TAB A is the Annual Production Report retrieved by remote viewer. b. (U) At TAB B is a production report retrieved and expressed by remote viewing methodology. c. (U) At TAB C is the annual report retrieved and expressed by individual project. WARNING NOTICE: SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED CLASSIFIED BY: CHIEF SC DECLASSIFY BY: OADR OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 (REV. 1~80) GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 ‘Cia P$6-00789R001 800680001-8 q Bee ae ERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1982 0 = 361-526 (8017)
Approved For Release 2000/0@/| shel. DP96-00789R001800680001-8 d. (WU) AT TAB D is an example of the unit’s established ADP capability to store and retrieve data by the critical elements involved in the remote viewing process, i.e., Project Number, Session Number, Date of Session, Date of Report, Start Time, End Time, Methodology and Viewer Identifier Number. e. Protocols explaining Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) and Extended Remote Viewing (ERV) methodology are at TAB E and TAB F respectively. Efforts are ongoing to formulate a protocol for i Pow) thodolo SG1J 6. (U) POC for this action is the undersigned at AV 923- 7829/2656, Commercial SGI1A SG1J 6 ENCLOSURES TABS A - F Branch Chie Approved For Release 2000/08/08%6' fe RDFBe-00789R001800680001 8 By “2
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Sari e i Approved For Release 2000/08/08" C1A-RDP96-00789R001800680001-8 PRODUCTION REPORT BY VT VIEWER OPERATIONAL TRAINING TOTAL SESSTONS SESSIONS SESSIONS OOS An 4 45 O1d 6S 42 1Oo5 O18 45 43 gO ons && 79 145 OS 3G && 102 O49 o 18 is O79 116 et 14¢ OPE; 60 4é 106 4S i a4 785 } Approved For Release 2000/08/08.: 61A4-RDP96-00789R001800680001-8
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TNG OFS TOTAL TNG OFS TOTAL TNG OFS TOTAL | Approved For Release 2oooroefig Re: VIEWER O03 SESSIONS EVAL HIGH VALUE 81 Bi 22(27%) 34 (427%) 102 39 313%) 19 (49%) 183 130 27 (20.8%) 53(40.7%) TNG RELIABILITY 597% GES RELIABILITY 62% VIEWER O11 SESSIONS EVAL HIGH VALUE 1298 126 ACSA) 63 (49%) ee 18 1(S%) 10(56%)_ 2235 1464 (3.4%) 73 (50%) TNG RELIABILITY wen OFS RELIABILITY 61% VIEWER 018 SESSIONS EVAL HIGH VALUE Bé B84 7 (8%) SO (38%) Ga 17 2¢11%) 7417) 179 103 9(B8%) a7 (35%) TNG RELIABILITY 66% OFS RELIABILITY S2x ig Pban - . a * Approved For Release sovo/oesbe male lope. 00789R001800680001-8 LOW 25 (31%) 25 (38%) 50 (38.5%) LOW 61 (48%) _ TUSSI!) 66 (44.6%) LOW 29 (337) 8(472) 37 (35%) 1 IAPR RDP96- 00789R001800680001-8
Or La tr, “” a, ‘ei . Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : i -RDP96- 00789R001800680001 -8 VIEWER 025. SESSIONS EVAL HIGH VALUE — LOW TNG 140 140 31(22%) 91¢65%) = 118 (12.8%) OPS 18 3 0/0 1 (33%) 2 (66%) TOTAL 158 143 31(21.7%) 92(64.3%) 20(14%) [NG RELIABILITY 87% OPS RELIABILITY. 33% “(TO BE ESTABLISHED) VIEWER 032 SESSIONS EVAL HIGH VALUE LOW TNG 93 93 17(17%) 65 (69%) AA C11%) " OPS 2 2 0/0 0/0 2(100%) TOTAL 95 95 17(18%)  65(68%) 13(14%) TNG RELIABILITY 82% OPS RELIABILITY (TO BE ESTABLISHED) , VIEWER 079 SESSIONS EVAL HIGH VALUE LOW TNG 104 104 8 (8%) 63(61%) = 33 (31%) OPS 170 25 6 (24%) 8 (32%) 11(44%) TOTAL 274 129 14(11%) 9 71(55%) = 44.34%) TNG RELIABILITY 69% OPS RELIABILITY 56% Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001800680001-8 REP EY ERE
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“ iy hel oui BP96-00789R001800680001-8 vet! Lode. Approved For Release 2009/0, joa ‘ ii for COORDINATE REMOTE, VIEWING 2006) .. ‘The Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) Lraining procedure was developed by an SRI-International (SRI-I) subcontractor in the early 1980s to satisfy R&D demands on SRI-I to enhance the reliability (scientific replicability) of remote viewing (RV). The subcontractor'’s approach to improving the reliability of KV was to focus on the control of those factors that in his view Lend to introduce “noise” into the RV product (imaginative, environmental, and interviewer overlays}. The basic components of this training procedure consist of: (1) Repeated site-address (coordinate) presentation, with quick-reaction response by the remote viewer; coupled with a restrictive format for reporting perceived information (to minimize imaginative overlays). (2) The use of a specially-designed, acoustic—tiled, relatively featureless, homogeneously-colored "viewing chamber” (to minimize environmental overlays). (3) The adoption of 4 strictly-prescribed, limited , interviewer patter (to minimize interviewer overlays). “x 4 The applied CRV training procedure requires that the trainee learn a pragressive multi-stage acquisition process postulated to correspond to increased contact with the site. Initially the trainee is presented with RV sites requiring minimal detection and decoding skills ("stage one” sites). When the -trainee demonstrates an ability to control the “signal line" and reliably "“objectifies" accurate descriptions, the next “stage” of training is engeged. This procedure continues through “stage six" and- usvally takes a number of months to master. The CRV Stages are identified as follows: Stage One — islands, mountains, deserts, etc. Stage Two 3 sites of quality sensory value; sites which ° are uniquely describable through touch, taste, sound, color, or odor such as ” glaciers, “ohesnoes industrial plants, etc. Stage Three - sites possessing Significant dimensional characteristics such as buildings, bridges, airfields, etc. Appendix 2 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001800680001-8 CrOnrey |
- Approved For Release 2000/0Bi48\: bib ores. 00789R001800680001-8 Stage Four = sites requiring qualitative wental pote pis nuch as technical wsrea, military feeling, research, ele. Stage Five — sites requiring the interrogation of - qualitative menlal percepts to produce refined information such as aircraft tracking radar, biomedical research facility, tank production plant, ete. Stage Six - siles requiring direct, three--dimensional assessment of site elements to one another such as airplanes inside one of three camouflaged hangars or a military compound with a command Ibuilding, barracks, motor pool, and underground weapons storage area. As Stage Six is engaged, an assessment of relative temporal and spatial dimensional elements along with further qualitative elements evolve into the consciousness of the traince. There are three classes of CRV training. These classes deal with feedback requirements during the CRV session; control of! interviewer patter, trainee skill development, and motivation. These three classes. (A, B, and C) ‘are discussed below but differ somewhat from the definition applied and published by SRI-I for Class A, By and C CRV training. CLASS C: When a trainee begins a “stage” of training the sessions are of the Class C type. During this phase, the trainee must learn to differentiate between emerging site relevant perceptions and imaginative overlay. To assist the trainee in this learning, immediate feedback is provided during the session. The interviewer (monitor) is provided with a feedback package which may contain a map, photographs, and/or narrative description of the site. During Class C sessions the interviewer provides the trainee with immediate feedback for each element of data he provides, with the exception that negative feedback is not given. Should the trainee state an element of information that appears incorrect, the interviewer remains silent. Feedback, in order to prevent inadvertent cuing (interviewer overlay), is in the form of very specific statements made by the interviewer. These statements and their definitions sre as follows: , Correct (C) —- This indicates that the information is correct in context with the site location, but/is not sufficient to end the session. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001800680001-8 CRUE PP
ey dite Approved For Release 2000/08/68: Ci-kte96-00789R001800680001-8 Probably Correct (PC) - This statement menna {hat the interviewer, having limited information aboul the «ile, though he cannot be absolutely sure, believes that the informalion provided is corrects es . CE a ae EER wee ee Near (N) - This indicates that the {nformation provided is not an clement of the specific site, hut is correct for the immediate surrounding area. Can't Feedback (CFB) - This statement indicates that, due to limited information about the site, the interviewer cannot make a judgement as to the correctness of the data. It means neither correct nor incorrect. Site (S) - This indicates the site has been correctly identified for the specific stage being trained (manmade structure for Stage One, bridge for Stage Three, etc.). "Site" indicates that the session is completed. a me 7 CLASS B: Once a trainee begins to demonstrate his ability to reliahly distinguish imaginative overlay and report site relevant data elements, feedback is withdrawn. In Class B training sessions the interviewer knows what site he desires the trainee to describe but does notprovide the trainee with any direct feedback during the course of the session. This process develops the trainee’s ability to internalize his awareness of relevant (correct) versus extraneous (incorrect) cognitive structures (mental perceptions). During Class B sessions the interviewer “monitor) may direct the trainee to elaborate on specific elements of data provided, therehy guiding the trainee to describe specific areas of the site. The interviewer is only permitted to direct the trainee to elaborate on specific elements already reported by the trainee. The interviewer may not introduce new elements into the session (cue the trainee) in an attempt to encourage the trainee to properly describe the site. Class B sessions are especially helpful in developing refined skills in the trainee. For example, when the interviewer knows that a particular site area within a site may be of interest (i.e., a specific room in a building), he can guide the trainee’s att®ntion to that area by directing the trainee to elaborate on specific elements of data which the interviewer knows to pertain to the area of interest. With practice in Class B, the trainee soon learns to control his own perceptual faculties and develops confidence inl his ability. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001800680001-8 “APRA? Co
Approved For Relpase 2popoeibg- dee DP96- 0079R00180068000% = TASS A? wining 1s f3in9) fo what Che hed ae coamunt Ly refers lo as a “double blind" experiment. The * purposes for Class A Uraini ng and for R&D double hlind - experiments differ however. The K&D community uses “double hlind experimental protocols to test a variable, nderis. 2. - controlled conditions. Class A training §s not a tést for the trainee, but a process wherehy the trainee learns to function with the interviewer in a team effort to acquire and describe information concerning a site on interest. In ‘Class A the interviewer is provided very little or no information concerning the site and the traince is provided no feedback during the session. The trainee is motivated to work with the interviewer in producing valid information alout the site of interest. This motivational difference is critical in forcing the trainee to use his RV ability to acquire and describe site dependent information as opposed to interviewer dependent (telepathic?) information. Working as a team in a Class A session, the interviewer (monitor) and trainee combine their aptitudes (the interviewer with his directive, analytic skill and the trainee with his exploratory, perceptual ability) to report information of interest about the designated site. ws As a result of the technology transfer from the SRI-I subcontractor to this office the CRV training procedure is fully documented in booklet form. Copies of this: booklet are maintained by this office and are availahle to those with a verified need-to-know.. Of special, note is the fact that this booklet is governed by corporate laws of fropriety and as such may not be reproduced or disseminated without permission. 2 , ‘ “Z | 4 7 1 1 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001800680001-8 -ernQiey
_ Approved For Release onion lalrore 00789R 91800680001-8 The purpose of Ohject Remote Viewing (ORV) is to give the remote viewer, perceptual experience {n an area unaddressed hy other training. Basic training in remote viewing (RV) usually uses geographic locations as targets for the remote vicwer. For the purposes of basic RV training such targets serve well to develop - elementary viewer skills and establish some level of viewer self confidence as well as a degree of reliability. Basic RV training does not, however, place any emphasis on the accurate acquisition and description of fundamental structural elements or individual objects. Since such information is important in the practical exploitation of RV, training exercises in ORV are conducted. ORV exercises differ only in the context that the designated target to be described by the remote viewer is a concealed object as opposed to a geographic site. The procedures of hasic RV training programs remain the same. °h Appendix 4 _ Approved For Release 2900/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001800680001-8 — Pw CZ EER rss
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Approved For Release 2000/98R3Ka\duhtnlbnee:e67seR001800680001 -8 ay oe EXTENDED REMOTE VIEWING The Extended Remote Viewing (ERV) training procedure draws on the expertise of over two decades of research hy independent investigators and recognized academic institutions including the University of Virginia Medical Center, the Maimonides Medical Center, the Mind Science Foundation, the University of California at Davis, Texas Southern University of Houston, Mundelein _ College, Syracuse University and others. ‘The ERV approach has as its goal the subjective temporal extension of subliminally bricf psychic impressions. The trained ERV percipient is able to control, observe, and report perceptions which would otherwise he ignored or neglected fleeting images. This extension of the perceptual window is accomplished through the achievement of a discrete state of consciousness defined by identified state dependent behaviors. These behaviors are regarded as skills which the trainee must master. ’ The basic components of the ERV training procedure involve the trainee in learning the following skills: Skill.1 -|Ability.to physically relax. | | Training in progressive relaxation techniques, biofeedback, yoga, etc. . 8 Skill 2 -— Ability to reduce level of physical arousal. . Training in biofeedback techniques, self-control exercises, autogenic training. 4 ~~ Skill 3 - Ability to attenuate sensory inputs. Training in sensory isolation, concentration 1 exercises, and “centering devices" Skill 4 - Ability to increase awareness of internal feelings and images. Training in dream recall, guided visual imagery exercises, subliminal recognition ‘drills, ‘Hemispheric Synchronization etc. I ° ‘ Skill 5 -|Ability to engaye “receptive mode/right themispheric functioning.” ‘Hemispheric Synchronization training, biofeedback, mode recognition, drawing classes; etc. Skill 6 —jAbility to achieve an altered view of reality. Reading assignments, intellectual |study, meditation and contemplation exercises, etc. Ne Nat oral Appendix 1 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001800680001-8 AEA - ’
< o ’ ¢ , fa: “| APPT TS AST Hy oaide  GilRnres-on789R091800680004-4,. unconsesious) on remole viewing (WV) Cask. Training in organizational management, counsel dug, personal. reinforcencnt, molivatlion, ete. “Skill 8 - Ability Lo*communi cate RV perceptions. Training in right hemispheric verlbalizatlion techniques, sketching Lechniques, practice in nan- . analytic reporting, etc. Each one of these skills is Lrained over a period of several weeks. When the trainee demonstrates independent mastery of cach. skill, he then learns to combine the skills. His goal is to simultaneously exhibit all of the learned skills thereby achieving a specified discrete state of consciousness in which the trainee is'able to RV. The behavioral psychologist would call this state dependent repertoire of behaviors a subpersonality, Yabel it as “remote viewer" and include it along with other subpersonalities (parent, spouse, athlete, office .supervisor, ete.) in the individuals overall identity.,. From this perspective,| the trained ERVer is able to RV hy simply internally identifying with the ‘remote viewer” as easily as one becomes a parent, spouse, or athlete. This feat is accomplished hy willfully identifying with a role (a learned set of state dependent behaviors) in an appropriate (socially accepted) environment.! 7 f : ‘ Once the trainee is able to “become a remote viewer" by engaging learned skills, he/she fs challeyged to perform under controlled. conditions. This is done by presenting the trainee with progressively complex RV tasks coupled with a reinforcement strategy designed to develop self confidence and to internalize ego state stabilizing factors. Assessment of individual RV capabilities can begin during this phase of training. For just as there are parents, spouses, athletes, and teachers with different abilities, so too are there remote viewers possessing a wide range of abilities. © The general target or site categories for these progressively complex RV tasks are outlined below: Local Targets — The ERV team (interviewer and trainee) are secluded within the RV room. An outbound “beacon” individual proceeds to a selected site unknown to the ERV team. The ERV team attempt3 to describe the “beacon'’s” location. After the training session the “beacon” takes the ERV team to the site to assess the accuracy of _ the training session. I : ‘ Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001800680001-8 OPT ERLT EF
. ‘ . yey det - iz. Approved For Release 2000/08/03 kia IRbPb6-00789R001800680001-8 : G sl a- : ae deol. Sob gests i trainsicig seanton {a comdueted In ia similar manner with the exception Chit . the selected target is nut linwited to the local area and {fs usually designatoe vo by. geographic coordinate, photograph, or other identifying data. The trainee, of course, is not provided any information about the site and must by the very nature of the problem remote view it. Application Targets — At this point the trainee is introduced to RV problems which mimic actual operational potential. Training is conducted the same as with Glohal Targets hut general descriptive data provided by the trainee is insufficient to satisfy training objectives. : Specific, significant qualitative data which would be of exploitable valve must : ' be reported, , Feedback requirements during ERV training are similar to those outlined for CRV training as "Classes" of CRV training. The interviewer is able tojvary.the level of feedback depending on the trainee’s ability and needs. The’ level of feedback is always based on the development of a reliable, qualified remote viewer and an effective ERV team. At times this may require that the a interviewer know about the selected training site whereas during other training sessions the interviewer may know nothing about the site. “ t BY ~ _e ° t% 3 | | i t ! ' Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001800680001-8