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E.
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BRIEF HISTORY OF PHENOMENOLOGY
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A
briefing
on
the
history
of
parapsychological
phenomenology was presented that covered various aspects of early
investigations up to the recent activity at SRI in the 1970 's that
eventually
led
to
remote
viewing
pursuits.
Examples
of
this
phenomena were discussed in the context of older terminology and
the
cultural
context
of
the
times.
Evaluation
of
terms
and
concepts,
such
as
mesmerism,
hypnosis
and
altered
states
of
consciousness
illustrated this point.
Research in this area was
shown
to
have
grown
from
a
sub-element
of
psychology
(depth
psychology)
to separate endeavors termed psychical research
(late
1800's), parapsychology
(1930's),
and remote viewing
(1970's).
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Numerous
examples
of key
events,
along with main
supporters/researchers,
leading
subjects,
and
some
of
the
early
research findings were discussed,
several difficulties that were
associated with this phenomena and related research were reviewed.
These
included
lack
of
an
adequate
theory,
replication
difficulties,
cultural views/constraints,
and other issues.
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Some of the recent critical reviews of this
area,
such
as
the
National
Research
Council
report
of
1988,
were
discussed along with counters to that report.
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The briefing concluded by reexamining the various
terminologies and cautioned against using terms that imply how the
phenomena operates or that are emotionally charged.
A summary of
situations that promote the occurrence of this phenomena
(such as
related
states,
dreams,
hypnosis)
were
provided
along
with
a
realistic appraisal of progress in this field.
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This topic overlaps with a variety of disciplines,
and
is
difficult
to
grasp
in
isolation
from
any
one
of
them,
especially
the
cultural/psychological
aspects.
This
briefing
provided a glimpse into these complexities.
F.
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DEFERRED TOPICS S
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Due
to
the
amount
of
time
devoted
to
issues
of
greater relevance to the purpose of the off-site,
several
topics
originally
on
the
agenda
were
deferred
and
will
be
addressed
internally by DT-S at a later date.
These topics included:
1.
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PROFICIENCY EVALUATION IDEAS
2.
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FUTURE CONFERENCE POSSIBILITIES
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VI.
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KEY ISSUES NEEDING FURTHER ATTENTION/ACTION ITEMS:
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As
a
result
of
group
discussion
several
key
issues
emerged that warrant further attention.
Each key issue identified
generated one or more action items.
This section will address the
key issues and resulting action items.
A.
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THERE
IS A NEED TO SPECIFICALLY DEFINE THE MISSION
OF
DT-S.
TAKING
INTO
ACCOUNT
INTERNAL
DIA
DIRECTION ALONG WITH
CONGRESSIONAL LANGUAGE.
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It was unanimously agreed that the lack of a clear
mission statement, approved by management, was the greatest single
hindrance to the development of a sense of directionality for DT-
S.
Accordingly,
this
lack
of
directionality
has
a
significant
impact
on
the
ability
of
DT-S
to
prioritize
tasking,
develop
goals/schedules,
and
identify
necessary
resource/budget
requirements to accomplish its mission.
->
( S/NF/SG/LIMDIS )
An action item flowing from this issue
was
the
need
to
develop
such
a
mission
statement.
The
group
generated
a
generic
mission
statement
which
will
be
expanded,
taking
into
account
,,real-worldH
constraints.
The
generic
statement is as follows
(no order of priority suggested)
:
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B.
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DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE "GAME PLAN"
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It was determined that
the development/maintenance
of a strategic plan should be an action item of its own primarily
because
of
its
usefulness
in
responding
to
6DIP
tasking
and
providing
timely
inputs
for
the
PPBS
cycle.
In
addition,
a
strategic
plan
would
clearly
indicate
how
near-term
activities
would impact out-year goals, indicating a continuity of activities
for future planning/budgeting considerations.
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The action item resulting from this issue was for DT-
s to develop a draft strategic plan by 30 April
1991.
This would
allow adequate time for review/modification prior to the beginning
of the PPBS cycle in June 1991.
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