Approved For Release 2000/48€:R:IRDP96-00789R002200440001-9 1. (U) Remote Viewing Enhancement — Advanced Training (S/NF) Two of the most experienced remote viewers who have been responsible for helping to formulate advanced training directions were formally calibrated during FY 1986. Both demonstrated strong statistically significant evidence of functioning. They also brought their attention to developing an advanced training manual. One of the experienced viewers also continued to train some of the advanced students and some progress was noted. Both demonstrated strong statistically significant evidence of functioning. They also brought their attention to developing an advanced training manual. One of the experienced viewers also continued to train some of the advanced students and some progress was noted. 2. (U) Novice Training (C) Nine students were chosen on the basis of personality screening criteria to participate in a novice RV training program. Four of the nine showed promise. 3, (U) Remote Viewing Evaluation (S/NF) The primary evaluation procedure, figure of merit analysis, was brought to the point where it was well understood and stable. In addition to its capacity to provide an assessment of RV- derived data, it is also useful in assessing the ability of RV evaluators (i.e., analysts). Other technologies to evaluate RV data have been identified for preliminary research. They will be discussed in future studies. 4, (U) Screening And Selection (C) The greatest amount of research on selecting potentially good remote viewers was on examining the Personality Assessment System. During 1986 that system accurately predicted the best and worst remote viewers among ten novice trainees. 55 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9
Approved For Releas(2@¢N#deD EINAd#d.00789R002200440001-9 5. (U) Search (C) Thirty-six participants were tested on both a spatial search and a temporal search problem. Two participants contributed significant results in spatial search and six were significant in temporal search. Subjects tended to do much better on one or the other, but not on both of these search tasks. 6. (U) Photon Production Experiment (C) This experiment attempted to replicate a Chinese experiment where signals from a photomultiplier tube were noted when “exceptional” remote viewings occurred. No statistically significant correlations were observed in the SRI experiments, despite the fact that the quality of the remote viewing was excellent. 7. (U) Piezoelectric Strain Gauge Experiment (U) In these experiments the object was to determine if RA could be used to induce effects on a piezoelectric strain gauge. Only one of the five subjects was able to consistently produce above-threshold effects. He produced at least two statistically significant events at SRI which led to a follow-on effort in FY 1987. B. (U) The Second Year--FY 1987 (U) Technical reports for each of the research areas investigated are available. The categories of research interest range from basic research on fundamental mechanisms to methodologies for applications. (U) Selected tasks are summarized below. A more complete description of the work and a complete task list may be found in the Enhanced Human Performance (December 1987). 1. (U) Fuzzy Set Applications in Remote Viewing Analysis (U) In FY 1987, fuzzy set mathematics was applied to the problem of RV analysis. Two analytical methods were developed; the first was designed to analyze the verbal content of the RV response, and the second to analyze the visual and spatial arrangements of response elements. 56 CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9
Approved For Release 9 (W/@L0A:S:51 RHEBS-00789R002200440001-9 2. (U) An Expert System Approach to Remote Viewing Analysis (U) The effort here was to make RV judging techniques more transferable, if not uniform. The result was an expert system to assist the analyst. Unfortunately, the series of RVs to test the system did not show a significant RV effect. 3. (U) Gross Physiological Correlates to RV (U) A persistent problem in using RV in an operational environment is the lack of a method for assessing the quality of a particular RV session. SRI attempted to determine whether external physiological cues could be used to discriminate accurate from inaccurate sessions. Unfortunately, no RV functioning was apparent; thus, no conclusions could be drawn. 4, (U) PAS Review (U) The PAS was reviewed to gauge its continued usefulness as a screening and selection technique. SRI concluded that it is not useful. 5. (U) Video Disk Training (U) The FY 1987 effort was aimed at developing a technology for enhancing the acquisition of RV skills. The conclusions were that persons trained using video disc format developed significantly improved RV skills. 6. (U) RV Stimulus-Response Times (U) The hypotheses tested were (1) shorter response latencies produce relatively better RV responses and (2) better responses are produced when less time is spent processing them. Both were confirmed. 7. (U) Hypnosis as an RV Debriefing Tool (U) In this experiment, hypnosis was used in an attempt to enhance an RV session. The results confirmed previous findings that hypnosis can facilitate the acquisition of information not available to other sensory processes. 8. (U) Neuropsychological Assessment (U) This was an exploratory attempt to determine if there are neuropsychological correlates of psychoenergetic functioning. Analysis of the results did show that productive ideation was partially related to measures of psychoenergetic functioning. 57 UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9