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Memo
To
:
From
:
LTC Brian Buzby
SGI J
Subject
:
28 February 1985 Buzby Letter, Reply to
SGI J
Date
:
15 April 1985
Location
: G-219
Cc
:
H.
Puthoff
n response to your review of FY’84 projects, and possible variances between SRI performance and
con factual requirements,
I have looked over the final reports with regard to contract requirements,
and
I am
satisfied that
all requirements have been
satisfactorily met and
fulfilled.
The following
point-by-point summary should provide clarification of the elements in question.
ESU 83-134, reference the possibility that Phases I and II were only partially accomplished and Phase
I not conducted:
In Phase
I, personality testing was applied to proven RV personnel in SRI and
cl ent programs as required, the SRI (and other) viewers listed in Table
1, p.
14, the client viewers in
V nn «',«
35 t0 Profiles to identify P^nnel for RV aptitudes are provided in Section
, pp. 13
25.
Thus, the requirements for Phase I were met in full.
In fact, following the close of the
effort
proffltag of an additional ex-clien, RVer war arranged, and this data »iU aL be“d L an
addendum to provide the client with as complete a data base as possible.
In Phase
II, SRI was to compare self-report testing against the identified PAS profiles to determine
n TabllT ° ,T
f
f“rePOrt ” Pre"SCreening materials ' The MBTI (self-report) test results listed
n Tables 3 and 4, and the accompanying discussion,
satisfy this requirement.
The study concluded
hat th!s most promising self-report test (MBTI) was inadequate to the task.
As to the second part of
tale
Tf
"*TTf
(t° aPPly identified Profiles a8ainst a general test population to segregate
talented from untalented RVers), and the Phase III requirement to then test these against actual RV
targets,
this
activity was
carried out with
a group labeled SRI RV trainees
(Table
p
20)- the
7 n
RV
(#807> yielded ,he b6St test results ’ with less' r ««*• provided by
individuals with profiles associated with nonpredicted RV performance.
Thus, the Phase
II and III
requirements were also met.
ESU 83-145
reference that the final report did not include separate enclosures for each trainee with
requested information:
I have examined the S.O.W. in detail a number of times and have failed to
find any statement concerning separate enclosures.
If the intent of the reference to such
is that the
track records of individual trainees be differentiated one from another, this
is provided to the degree
it can be in Tables 2-4, which indicate the levels of individual-trainee efforts to achieve mastery of
.
e
,
aC
.h °f h£ Stages ’ I_IIL
Bey°nd level-of-effort required, no further differentiation can be made^ in
at
all trainees achieved the
skill plateaus expected with
little difference in reliability/accuracy.
’
L
S
to!tr
;
refT
Cethat
:
he final reP°rt dM n0t C°ntain 3 summary of literature search, nor data
on the lack of investigation of weather and lunar cycles:
It is the case that no separate summary of the
noted
t,^
WaS Pr°Vlded; rath6r ’ references t0 and discussion of relevant findings were simply
detoitrrrding
PrOPriate “
(125"item > bibliography provided for further
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With regard to the list of items suggested for investigation in the S.O.W. (which included weather and
lunar cycles) ,
it was assumed that the named items were representative but not exclusive of areas of
investigation to be pursued.
Once the research was underway,
it was
SRI’s considered
scientific
judgment that detailed investigation of solar flare activity (not included in the original list) was more
likely to provide data of note (as it did) than could be obtained from an analysis of weather and lunar
cycles.
Therefore, given the fixed-level-of-effort nature of the contract, this substitution was made,
and, given the results,
it appears to have been a most profitable choice given the overall goal of the
task.
ESU 83-144, reference no specific recommendations or proposal for a training program: The results
of the investigation showed that although search strategies of several types yielded significant positive
results,
it would be premature to lock on to a specific training technique to the exclusion of others at
this point, as several of the contenders showed remarkable potential.
Since they are so different, one
from another
(computer “mouse”
dowsing,
spatial/temporal computer
search, map dowsing with
physiological-sensation-in-fingers
approach, one-shot versus statistical averaging approaches, etc.),
there
is no
clear-cut way
to
integrate them
into an amalgamated
training regimen;
hence,
the
recommendation for further investigation of the alternative techniques before recommendations as to
a specific training program.
Reference the requirement to provide
a
list of equipment purchased in support
of the
contract:
Attached is a printout of purchases on the contract, which total $62,647.30.
In addition, a number of
purchases were made by SRI (but not charged to contract) in order to pursue contract activities at the
SRI/NY office.
These items are as follows:
•
5 Gray chairs cube-shaped
•
1 Edison fan
•
8 Chairs, cane webbed
•
1 Panasonic portable cassette tape recorder, Model RQ-2103
•
1 Pollenex Pure Air “99”
•
4 Light tracks
•
15 Light heads for track lighting
•
1 Sofa, off-white
•
1 Loveseat, off-white
•
2 Secretarial chairs, dark gray
•
2-drawer
file cabinets
•
1 Podium, gray
•
1 Table, gray
•
1 Table, natural wood
I trust this provides the clarification sought with regard to possible variances between S.O.W.s and the
final reports.
If further details are required, please
let me know.
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