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Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 (3) Mid-Testing (SRI~Administered) Ongoing testing associated with daily experimentation is carried out to provide indicators as to the effects of mood and con- ceptualization on success in experimentation. Conclusions will be drawn in the final stage of project effort. Test: Mood Adjective Checklist Source: Psychology Department, Stanford University (Hypnosis Lab) Purpose: The Mood Adjective Checklist is one of a number of pre- experiment instruments designed to provide a measure of a subject's feelings of the moment as he enters the experi- mental situation, The purpose is to determine whether measures of success in the experimental phase correlate with pre-experiment mood indicators, 35 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
nr cee A La ACT I NT CT a CTPA rr Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 MOOD ADJECTIVE CHECKLIST Each of the words in the following list describes feelings or mood. Please use the list to describe your feelincs at this moment. Mark each word accordine to these instructions: If the word definitely describes how you feel at the moment you read it, circle the double check (VV) to the rieht of the word. For examnle, 4f the word is calm and you are definitely feeling calm at the moment, circle the double check as follows: calm @) Vv ? no (This means you definitely feel calm at this moment.) L If the word only slightly applies to your feelings at the moment, circle the single check as follows: calm vv > 2 no (This means you feel slightly calm at this moment.) If the word is not clear to you or if you cannot decide whether or not it describes your feelings, circle the question mark as follows: Mi calm vv v @) no (This means you cannot < decide whether you are calm or not.) If you clearly decide that the word does not apply to your feelines at this moment, circle the no as follows: calm vv v ? (n0) (This means you are sure , vou are not calm at this moment. Work rapidly. Your first reaction is best. Work down the first column before going to the next. Please mark all the words. This should tale only a few minutes. 360 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
angry .&) concentrating drowsy affectionate apprehensive blue boastful elated active nonchaJant skeptical shocked calm bold earnest sluggish ‘ forgivine — elutched up lonely cocky liphthearted quiet 4 ¢¢4 442 48424 444842849 «232 *4«*3«*G 8 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : 37 CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 no no no no no no no no no no no no pele) nho no mo no no no no no no energetic playful suspicious startled relaxed defiant enpaged in thought pleased tired fearful reeretful epotistic overjoyed vieorous witty serene rebellious sertous varmhearted insecure self- centered still 4444494 4 3 444442890 ~42 «4 @ 3 4 8 q g no no no no no no no no no no no no no TLO no no no no no no no Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 Test: Semantic Differential Checklist Source: SRI Urban and Social Systems Division Purpose: The Semantic Differential Checklist is one of a number of pre-experiment instruments designed to provide a measure of subject conceptualization about an experiment in which he is about to participate. The purpose is to determine whether measures of success in the experiment correlate with pre- experiment conceptualization. 38 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 £ CtAaRDPIAO0193 RO001 00430001-0 The purpose of this rating sheet is to obtain your candid reactions regarding the conditions surrounding the experiment. For each numbered item you will find a concept to be judged. You are to rate each in order. This is how you are to use the scales: If you feel that the concept is ‘highly or closely related to one end of the scale, you should place your checkmark as follows; impractical _ __—_—sépracctical eee impractical Le practical If your feelings on the concept are neutral, place your checkmark in the middle space, etc. Work at fairly high speed through this rating sheet. Do not puzzle over individual items. Give your first impressions, your immediate feelings about each item, Conditions Surrounding experiment 1.. good — bad 2. unfriendly —  Oeeeeeses—te friendly ‘3. stimulating 2 dull 4. positive a —_ ___ negative 3. unhelpful Oe en helpful 6. right — Oeeeeeeeeses—t—te wrong ~ 7. uninteresting eee interesting 8. unorganized organized - 39 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 9. satisfying eee ee disappointing 10. unprepared ee prepared My involvement_in experiment 1. good — —  OeeeeeessSsS—ite bad 2. useless eee _ valuable 3. stimulating — — _. _ dull 4. positive Oe _ , negative 5.. passive eee ee active 6. capable ee Le incapable 7. soportaat Le ee unimportant 8. unsuccessful successful 9. prepared — —  OeeesSO—eeeSsS—ese unprepared 10. impractical practical 40 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 (c) Neuropsychological Evaluation In addition to the measurement of the physiological com- ponents of the neurological system covered in the medical evaluation, a neuropsychological profile is being obtained by the administration of the Halstead~Reitan Neuropsychology Test Battery, which includes the Category Recognition Test, Tactual Performance Test, Halstead-Wepman Aphasia Screening Test, and other appropriate measures. This phase of the program is being handled by Dr. Donald Lim of the Palo Alto Veteran's Administra- tion Hospital, who has personally consulted with Dr. Reitan on testing procedures and interpretation. The neuropsychological evaluation program is scheduled for the first half of September. 3. Identification of Neurophysiological Correlates Which Relate to Paranormal Activities (20%) High on the list of priorities for the program is the identifi- cation of neurophysiological correlates accompanying paranormal activity. The purpose of this part of the study is twofold: (a) to obtain informa- tion about the neurophysiological state associated with paranormal ac- tivity in general, and (b) to obtain indicators which differentiate be- tween correct and incorrect responses to a paranormally applied stimulus, so that an independently determined bias factor can be applied during the generation of data by the subject. Two facilities are in use for the purposes described above, One is a Standard EEG facility under the direction of Dr. Jerry Lukas, head of SRI's Sleep Studies program. This facility consists of two sound-isolated rooms with appropriate signal lead connections, an eight~ channel polygraph for visual recording, and a magnetic tape/computer processing/printer readout which provides on-line processing of the poly- graph data, In our configuration we obtain a hardcopy printout of 5-second 41 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 averages of eight channels of polygraph information 15 minutes following a 15 minute run. At present we monitor broad alpha (7-14 Hz) and beta (14-34 Hz) brainwave components from the left and right occipital regions, galvanic skin response, and two channels of plethysmograph data (blood volume and pulse height). The second facility is a smaller semiportable, four-channel polygraph with a GSR channel, reflected-light plethysmograph indicating blood volume/pulse height, one channel of unfiltered EEG activity, and a fourth EEG channel with zero-crossing digital filtering. The last per- mits percent-time measurements in any band, with upper and lower band edge settings in 1-Hz increments, Considerable data have been obtained with both facilities. The bulk of the data awaits further analysis which will occur at completion of various series under way, However, several results have been obtained which we describe below, (a) Bilateral EEG Measurements--Remote Strobe Experiment As discussed in Report No, 2, a variety of evidence from clinical and neurosurgical sources indicates that the two hemispheres of the human brain are specialized for different cognitive functions, The left hemisphere is predominantly involved in verbal and other analytic functioning, the right in spatial and other holistic processing. In consultation with Dr. Robert Ornstein of the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, an hypothesis was formed based on certain observed characteristics that paranormal functioning might in- volve right hemispheric specialization. To test this hypothesis, the EEG remote strobeflash experiment, discussed in the original proposal and in the paper attached to Report No, 1, was repeated with Subject 4 three 42 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 times in the sleep lab under the direction of Dr. Lukas with monitoring of right and left occipital regions. Each experiment consisted of twenty 15-second trials, with ten no-flash trials, and ten 16-Hz trials randomly intermixed, Reduction of alpha activity (arousal response) correlated with remote stimuli was observed as in previous experiments, but essen- tially only in the right hemisphere (average alpha reduction 16 percent in right hemisphere, 2 percent in left, during the 16-Hz trials as com- pared with the no-flash trials). The trial-to-trial variation is larger than in previous work, however, due to use of a wider-band filter for the alpha band, and therefore the system is being modified before further work, (b) Physiological Correlates of Remote Viewing In this series of experiments a subject takes part in a remote viewing protocol as described in Section A.1 (c) (Remote Viewing with Feedback). In this case, however, the subject is connected to the physiological recording instruments of the smaller semiportable four- channel polygraph described above. Baseline and experimental measures of the following observables are made: (1) galvanic skin response (GSR) is recorded using finger electrodes taped in place on second and fourth fingers; (2) blood volume/pulse height is recorded using a reflected- light plethysmograph; (3) unfiltered EEG is recorded from the right occipital region; (4) percent-time in alpha (8-12 Hz) is recorded on the fourth channel. The alpha filter is a sharp cutoff digital type with essentially zero-pass outside the prescribed bandpass limits. During the course of an experiment, the subject is asked to describe his perceptions as to the nature of the remote target. His comments are tape-recorded and noted on the polygraph, along with the time. A correlation is then attempted between those descriptions which 43 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 are found to be uniquely correct and accurate, and the corresponding sec- tions of polygraph recording. In our investigations to date we have not found a strong correlation between the observed physiological states and the subjects' descriptions, Of the correlates being monitored, the one which seems the most promising is the unfiltered EEG. [In our preliminary analysis of the data it appears that there is often an overall reduction in EEG power in the 20-second period just before a subject renders a correct description. Subsequent to this observation, we have learned that Ms. Janet Mitchell at the American Society for Psychical Research made similar observations in her work with Subject 3, also in remote viewing experiments. A sample chart record is shown in Figure 8, (Time runs from right to left.) The traces, top to bottom, are the unfiltered EEG, blood volume/pulse height, GSR, and filtered (alpha) EEG, Protocol, verbal description, and photograph of the location accompanying this chart are given in Section A.1 (c). Seven experiments of this type have been completed as a pilot study. Upon completion of the analysis of these data, any findings will be tested under rigorous no-feedback conditions. 4, Identification of the Nature of Paranormal Phenomena and Energy (10%) This portion of the program is devoted to efforts to understand the nature and scope of paranormal phenomena, including investigation of the physical and psychological laws underlying the phenomena, determina- tion of the manner and degree to which known processes are mediated by little understood or undiscovered mechanisms or energies, definition of the precise nature of the channels involved, etc. 44 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
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Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 At this point in the effort three "psychokinetic’ tasks have been investigated beyond the pilot stage, and are reported below, (a) Universal Randomization Protocol It was deemed desirable in our work to establish a uni- versal randomization protocol independent of the particular experiment under consideration. The only exceptions were to be automated experi- ments where target selection is determined by radioactive decay or elec- tronic randomization, The randomization procedure is designed around a ten-unit base, e.g., ten targets, ten work periods, etc. A ten-digit sequence governing an experiment is blind to both experimenter and subject, and is uncovered by means of the following procedure. A three-page RAND Table of Random Digits (Table 5) is entered to obtain the ten-digit sequence, the entrance point being determined by four throws of a die, the first 1, 2, or 3 determining page, the next 1, 2, 3, or 4 determining column block, and the final throw determining from which of the first six rows in the block the ten-digit sequence is to be taken, An opaque card with a Single-digit window is then moved across the row to uncover digits one at a time. If a multiplicity of targets exist, the digits O through 9 are employed directly. If a binary command is required (e.g., increase/ decrease or activity/no activity) the parity of the digit (even or odd) is employed, *K A technique found in.control runs to produce a distribution of die faces differing nonsignificantly from chance expectation, 46 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
~ Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 CPYRGHT Table 5 Table of Random Digits * 1L 16 43 6318 7506137674 40 60 31 61 52 83 23 53 73 61 21 215917 91 768315 8678 40 9415 35 85 69 95 86 09 16 10 43 84 44 82 6655 837649 73 50583472 55 95 31 79 57 36 79 22 62 36 33 26 66 65 83 «39 41 21 60 13 11 44 28 93 20 94 40 4773 1203 251414 57 99 47 67 48 54 62 74 85 11 31 2872 140639 3104 61 83.45 9199 15 46 98 22 85 84 82.37 4170173117 91 40 2772 27 «79 51 62 10 07 67 2875 38605293 41 58 29 9838 80 20 12 51 07 94 62 63 60 6451617971 40 68 499948 33 88 07 64 13 55 5217 1301 57 2907 75 97 8642 98 08 07 46 20 55 597198 1213853010 345563 98 61 88 2677 60 68 45.73 27 38 224293 01 6599057048 25 0677 75 71 99 9754 311999 2558 16 3811 5069 25 41 68 78 75 57 64 04 86 21011808 52 45 88 88 80 78 35 26 79 13 79 87 68 04689871 30 330078 5607 92 00 84 48 97 09 9215 849872 8759 3872 23.15.12 08 58 86 14 90 66 34 44 21 28 3070 44 58 72 20 36°78 19 18 66 96 02 16 97 59 54 28 33 22655903 2618 869497 5135 1477 99 59 13 83 95 42 7116 85 7609 12 8935 40 48 «07 25 58 61 49 29 47 85 96 52 50414319 66 3318681346 85 09 53 72 82 96 15 59 50 09 «27 42:97 29:18 «979 89 32 94 48 68 39 25 42 11 29 62 16 65 83 62 96 61 24 68 «48 44 OL 51 02 44 12 61 94 38 12 63:97 52 91 «71:02:01 72 65 94 20 50 42 59 68 98 35 05 62 14 544371 34 5471 40 24 01 38 64 809278 81 31 37 74 00 83 40 38 88 27 09 83 41 13 33 04 29 24 60 28 75 66 62 69 54 67 64 2052 04 306974 48 06 17 02 6497 37) 85 87 51 21 39 64041990 11 6104027309 48 07 07 6848 02 53 19 77 «37 17 04 89 45 23 (97 44 459904 3015 995450 8377 84 61 15 93 03 98 9416 52795106 31 12 14 89 22 31 31 36 16 06 50 82 2443 4392 9660717220 73 83 87 7067 24 86 39 75 76 96 99 05 5244 7069325255 73 5474 37 59 95 63 23 95 55 09 11 97 4803 97 30 38 87 OL 07 277932 17 «79 42 12 17 69 87 66 64.1204 47 5897 83 64 65 12 84 83 34 07 49 32 80 98 46 49 2615 94 267295 8272 38716613 80 60 21 20 50 99 08 43 319172 08 32020839 319217 6458 73 72 00 86 57 10 01 17 5004 8605 4411 90 57 23 8274 64 61 48 75 23 29 92 62 06 54 31 1653005547 24 21941090 08 53 16 15 78 35 54 25 58 65 07 30447010 31 30 94 93 87 02 33 00 24 76 86 59 5262 47 1855 229491 20750970 24 72 61 96 66 28 7211 53 49 85 58 03 69 91 37. 28 53 78 43 95 26 65 43 78 31 * This table appears through the courtesy of The RAND Corporation and the McGraw-Hill Bouk Company, inc. and is reprinted by permission from The Compleat Strategyst, by J. D. Williams, pp. 219-22] [44]. , 47 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 CPYRGHT 07 42 85 88 63 96 02 38 89 36 86 43 19 44 85 35 37 9279 22 28 90 65 50 13 40 48 69 11 22 10 98 22 28 07 10 92 02 62 99 17 06 17 82 52 90 12 73 33 41 «77 80 61 24 46 24 99 04 10 99 63 00 21 29:90 23 51 06 87 74 84 97 80 75 04 40 77 98 63 82 48 45 46 52 69 50 76 59 19 30 43 21 61 26 08 18 16 78 46 31 39 17 00 66 29 96 16 76 43.75 74 10 89 36 43 95 96 69 09 47 70 97 56 26 93 «35 68 47 26 07 52 83 15 53 81 85 81 261875 23 57 07 57 54 86 76 56 74 65 37 10 06 24 92 63 64 24 76 38 53 07 63 82 35 53 40 61 38 55 38 52 92 95 00 25 54 83 40 75 5517 281556 18 85 65 90 43 : 81 36 30 51 73 40 35 38 4807 47 76 74 68 90 48 21 37 17 08 18 89 90 96 12. 77 54 15 76 75 71:18 92 83 77 68 14125340 9255 11 13 26 88 46 00 63 52 §1 55991159 821 31 06 32 51 88 14 79 97 00 92 21.43 33 86 8673 45 97 93 59 67 64 20 50 51 15 08 95 05 57 33 16 68 70 94 38 26 49 47 08 96 46 10 06 04) «11 12 02 22 54 29 19 66 51 87 281774 4111 15 70 57 38 35 24 54 36 32 85 66 95 34.47 37. 81 12 70 74 93 66 46 07 56 48 19 71227263 8&4 57 54 98 20 50 34 73 35 2b 68 75 66 47 57) 19 98 79 22 22 09 61 70 44 08 75 02 26 5332 98 60 62 94 51 37 35 49 30 25 11 32 37 00 69 90 26 98 92 66 15 18 25 O1 66 $5 20 86 3470 1815 82 52 83 95 83 09 54 06 11 47 40 87 86 05 59 46 70 45 98 57 94 24 81 81 42 28 68 42 60 99 77 96 69 74 30 57 75 09 21 77:17:59 63 23.15 19 02 74 14 29 33 91 94 . 62 27 81 21 60 32 57 61 42 78 27 87 51 54 80 17 69 76 0114 63 24 73 20 96 97 37 73 21 12 05 68 6302 43 «34 13 40 29 36 86 49 76 87 09 52 99 24 66 50 89 91 05 73 95 28 96 88 19 36 94 51 89 39 8&4 81 47 86 77 50 31 12 34 98 99 00 18 47 21 86 78 90 67 54 86 80 01 88 47 42 87 46 26 31 65 «79 81 66 16 30 46 51 80 14 87 88 69 25 87 16 12 27 34 81 76 66 87 26 22 30 20 09 44 29 62 41 38 21 67 68 19 59 97 62 47 60 935815 04 50 52 08 21 53 $8 31 58 83 66 48 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
* Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 CPYRGHT 51 39 28 59 36 «643 89 85 05 96 «=. 28: 54 99 83 27-99 94 32 53.77 34 23941918 79 52 646274 40 87161803 257675 54 8 57 89 27 33 94 07 16 09 02 62 47 70 43 83 55 71 70 88 01 17 02 33 07 47 36 «653 27 44 44 68 62 61 11 96 98 09 30 42 92 65 76 11 52 9247 55 34 2512 99 03047839 BL 11 92 60 92 67 63 2818 8 2908 5201 01 2646050501 31 73 11 89 38 27 22.15.70 34 27 45 64 26 01 76 42 59 59 69 29 38 98 75 06 56 2111 4401 45 25 67 11 76 25 48 06 02 65 15 29 12 64 287676 21 35 88 87 73 3173631695 11 52 36 42 13 28 62 54 68 75 2357 5370 97 15 54 87 06 52 23 92 18 31 09 283855 85 97 31 58 88 3211814 9672 17 23 70 40 24 93 41 5414 9371 20 27 42 32 11 58 26 83 =67: 18 28 90 30 15 15.35 99 5818 57 38 40 07 06 87 59 47 71 74 36 92 85 22:39 14 08 90 74 37 68 26 62 27 41 84 75 16 69 67 48 35 48 44 6150901245 02 8055 2676 22 51 94 78 48 06 82 8 19 36 729073 323015 87 OL 04 19 33 O1 42 40 68 44 78 88757276 26 33956909 39 33 14 21 O1 85 2473 37 63 43 25 69 95 27 4095 08 81 01 24 24 13 55.9909 35 22 344991 24 27 53 96 32 0977 79 88 00 03 5171 30021911 20 3611 64 21 28 65 40 19 41 99 50 20 08 20300871 88 9619507059 13 26 63 13 89 00 8414 6404994377 22 40 89 49 58 19 09 55 80 35 69 26 90 69 24 897443 53 89 623508 16 22 75 69 29 66 38 86 46006 80 41 18 61 22 56 50 2475 00 25 87 90 18 12 62 28 «614 80 11 91 92 49 43 82 07 72 «60 84 66 97 32 52 8212 10 47 4275 22 65 62 03 46 84 00 21 00 48 63 52 2152 42 84 55 47 45 60 20 24626941 41 29 80 47 63 49 23 90 65 00 6170 09 43 30 91 67 35 16 63 27 31 30 97:04 3609961577 95 55 27 3456 16 57 88 81 40 54 35 36 89 «19 56 9938 14 7605 305150 69 12 56 94 42 00 97 44 81 42 04 40 86 49 34 82 23 58 43 78 46 88 23 80 13 92 87 61 12 3119 2808 07 75 304073 58 52 08 00 22 08 39 7043 «37 88 03 4172 04 20 49 44 34 «62 79 88 19 02 46 16 72:06 OL 61 94 37 69 9677 01 94 40 «629 70 04 20 93 87 76 76 07 03 74 201613 65 98 96 2843 «10 91 73 44 58 29 88 52 88 21 64 44 65 87 06 64 49 47 84 66 99 56 18 12 36 24 66 66 14 89 45 9273 8895 046077 34 65 11 20 38 12 38 96 56 30 47 4259 64 21 48 2954 22 02 00 23 36 71 52 06 38 01 5218 8194 91 55 13 7610 39 02 00 66 99 13 417275 2171 567190 6054 98 441815 29 59 60 76 52 25 49 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 (b) Experiments with Develco Superconducting Differential Magnetometer (Gradiometer) One of the first psychoenergetically produced physical effects observed by SRI personnel in early research (1972) was the apparent perturbation of a Josephson effect magnetometer. The conditions of that pilot study, involving a few hours use of an instrument committed to other research, prevented a proper investigation, The number of data samples was too few to permit meaningful statistical analysis, and the lack of readily available multiple recording equipment prevented investi- gation of possible "recorder only" effects. Therefore, at the suggestion of the client, a series of experiments were carried out using a client-supplied Develco Model 8805 superconducting second-derivative gradiometer manufactured by Develco, Inc., Mountain View, California. The assembled device is shown in Figure 9, Basically, the gradiometer is a four-coil Josephson effect magnetometer device consisting of a pair of coil pairs wound so as to provide a series connection of two opposing first-derivative gradiometers, yielding a second-derivative gradiometer (i.e., a device sensitive only to second and higher order derivative fields). As a result, the device is relatively insensitive to uniform fields and to uniform gradients. This arrangement allows for sensitive measurement of fields from nearby sources while discriminating against relatively uniform magnetic fields produced by remote sources, The device is ordinarily used to measure magnetic fields originating from processes within the human body, such as action currents in the heart which produce magnetocardiograms. The sensi- tive tip of the instrument is simply placed near the body area of interest. In our application, however, the subject is located at a distance of four meters from the gradiometer probe. As a result the 50 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
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Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 subject is located in a zone of relative insensitivity; e.g., standing up, sitting down, leaning forward, and arm and leg movements produce no signals, From this location the subject is asked, as a mental task, to affect the probe. The results of his efforts are available to him as feedback from three sources: an oscilloscope, a panel meter, and a chart recorder, the last providing a permanent record, After initial difficulty with the instrument due to RF interference effects, which required modification by the manufacturer, the gradiometer was available for use by the contractor from 10 June to 21 June, Some RF interference effects remained, due in part to environ- mental proximity to other instrumentation, but the device was usable nonetheless, Protocol for subject participation was instituted as fol- lows, The subject removes all metal objects, and the effects of body movements are checked at the start of each experimental period, The sub- ject then works with the machine in a learning mode, observing effects being produced, if any, via feedback from the instrumentation, Once satisfied that a possibility exists of producing effects on command under experimenter control, the experimenter announces the start of the experi- ment, The universal randomization protocol (discussed in previous sec- tion) is then used to generate ten activity/no activity periods of equal length (e.g., 25 seconds) predetermined by the experimenter, A sample run (Run 1, Subject 1) is shown in Figure 10, The randomly generated ON (activity) periods are Nos, 2, 8, and 9. As observed, signals appear in each of these three periods, The signal appearing in period 9 was strong enough to cause loss of continuous tracking. This latter type of signals can be the result of an excep- tionally strong flux change, or an RF burst whether subject-generated or artifactual, and are handled on the basis of statistical correlation as 52 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
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Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 discussed below. An artifact due to the passage of a truck in the parking lot adjacent to the laboratory (under continuous surveillance by the experimenter) is noted in period 6. Each of the signals on scale corresponds to an input ~1.6 * 107” Gauss/om” (second derivative a°B 3), -7 which is equivalent to ~3.5 X 10 Gauss referred to one pickup coil. The interpretation of such observations must be subjected to careful analysis. For example, the emphasis on "corresponds to” is based on the following: although the probe is designed to register mag- netic fields, and the simplest hypothesis is that an observed signal is such, in a task as potentially complex as "psychokinesis," one must be cautious about assigning a given observed effect to a specific cause, Therefore, without multiple measurement employing equally sensitive apparatus, which time and lack of instrument availability did not permit, one can only conclude that generation of a magnetic field is the most probable cause. With regard to signal display, the signal was observed Simultaneously on three recording devices, and thus a "recorder only” effect can be considered low probability, although an electronics inter- ference effect ahead of all display cannot be ruled out. We therefore treat the magnetic cause as tentative, although most probable, and con- centrate our attention on whether a correlation exists between system disturbances and subject efforts, Subject 1 logged the most time in controlled runs, 13 ten- trial runs, Each of the ten trials in the run lasted 50 seconds each,” the activity/no-activity command for each trial being generated by the universal randomization protocol technique. In the 13 X 10 = 130 trials, consisting of a random distribution of 64 activity and 66 no~activity periods, 63 events of signal-to-noise ratio > 1 were observed, Of these * With the exception of the first run where 25-second trials were used. 54 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 63 events, 42 were distributed among the activity periods, 21 among the no-activity periods, a correlation significant at the p = 0,004 level, Subjects 2 and 6 also interacted with the device. Al- though subject efforts and observed perturbations sometimes coincided, activity was generally low and did not appear to be that of a signature of correlated activity under control, A controlled ten-trial run with Subject 2 and two such runs with Subject 6 yielded nonsignificant results. Given the limited availability of the instrument and some- what noisy environment, from our best effort we nonetheless conclude that for Subject 1 the observed number of precisely timed events in pilot work coupled with the statistically significant (p = 0.004) correlation be- tween subject effort and signal output in controlled runs indicate a highly probable cause-effect relationship. Thus it appears that a gifted subject can interact with a second derivative magnetic gradiometer of sensitivity ~10” Gauss/em” from a distance of four meters. Further work would be required to determine absolutely the precise nature of the inter- action, although given the equipment design the generation of a magnetic field is the most probable mechanism, (c) Experiments with Laser-Monitored Torsion Pendulum In this series of experiments we examine the possibility that a subject may be able to exert a physical influence on a remotely located physical system, The target is a torsion pendulum suspended by a metal fiber inside a sealed glass bell jar. The pendulum consists of three 100-gram balls arranged symmetrically at 120° angles on a 2-cm radius. The entire apparatus is shock mounted, and protected from air currents by the enclosing bell jar. The angular position of the pendulum is measured by means of an optical readout system, The system consists of a laser beam from 55 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 a low power argon laser” reflected from a small mirror on the pendulum onto a position sensing silicon detector’ 1.5 meters from the pendulun, The detector yields an output voltage proportional to spot position, The output from the detector is monitored by a chart recorder’ which provides a continuous sine wave record of pendulum position, The system exhibits a sensitivity of approximately 10 microradians, Under typical experimental conditions random acoustical fluctuations drive the pendulum in its torsional normal mode of 10 second period to a level ~100 microradians angular deviation. During control runs the pendulum executes harmonic motion with a maximum variation in amplitude of +10 percent over an hour period. Sudden vibrational pertur- bations in the environment produce oscillation of the pendulum in the vertical plane at a frequency of 1 Hz, as contrasted with the torsional mode in the horizontal plane at 0,1 Hz. The subject is asked, as a mental task, to affect the pendulum motion, the results of which would be available as feedback from the chart recorder. The subject is then encouraged to work with the pendulum from a distance of 1 meter, observing effects being produced. If satisfied that there is a possibility of producing effects (typically following a week's activity, a couple of hours per day), an experiment is begun, As in other experiments, subject efforts to increase or decrease oscillation amplitude are determined by an experimenter utilizing the universal randomization protocol described in (a). Each experiment K Spectra Physics Model 262, "United Detector Technology Model SC/10, * prush Model Mark 200, 56 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 lasts one hour and consists of six 5-minute work periods alternated with six 5-minute rest periods, In later work, the subject is removed to a room 12 meters down the hall with three intervening office spaces to determine whether effects can be produced from a remote location, The subject is provided feedback at the remote location either by closed circuit video or by a second chart recorder in parallel with the recorder in the enclosed tar- get laboratory. The remote aspect was instituted both to prevent arti- factual effects from body heat, etc., and also to determine whether energy can be coupled with the remote viewing channel to a remote location. In pilot studies we observed considerable evidence indi- cating that a gifted subject located in the same room is able, by con- centration, to increase or decrease pendulum motion on command while sitting quietly one meter from the bell jar. The change-to-baseline ratio is often 5:1 or better so the effects are not small. A sample chart showing a rest period followed by a decrease period is given in Figure ll. Vibrational artifacts can be ruled out on the basis that when such inputs occur, a marked 1-Hz oscillation signal due to vertical motion is superimposed on the 0,1-Hz torsional motion, Especially in- teresting are the decreases that take the motion below that generally observed due to environmental noise driving, Such observations indicate the application of a constraint which couples energy out of the pendulum motion. Similar observations have been observed with the subject removed Both experimental evidence and theoretical work indicate that distance may not be a strong factor in paranormal phenomena, See, for example , E. H. Walker "Properties of Hidden Variables in Quantum Theory: Impli-~ cations for Paraphysics,' U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 57 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : ClIA-RDP96-00791R000100430001-0 c FIGURE 11 PENDULUM MOTION DECREASE proved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIARR DP96-00791 R000100430001 Large amplitude variation corresponds to 0.1 Hz torsional mode