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(U) FY 1986 Objective
E, Task 1—PMT Final
^We conducted
a replication of work published
in
FY
1984
in
which we experimentally examined
the possibility
that
light
is
emitted
in
the
vicinity
of correctly
identified remote viewing
target material.
In
that
earlier experiment,
a state-of-the-art,
ambient
temperature,
photon-counting system was used
to monitor
the
target material
(35-mm
slides
of
National Geographic photographs)
.
The statistical measure derived
from
the photon counting apparatus
in
that
study showed
a significant
positive correlation with
the RV results
(p <0.035).
That
is,
when
the
remote viewing was
good,
there was
an
increase
in
the
signal detected by
the photon-counting
system.
In addition,
we observed
two anomalous pulses
having
a signal-to-noise ratio
of about
20 or
40:1.
In
the present
experiment
(FY
1987)
,
we
improved all hardware aspects
of
the previous
work,
substantially reducing
the background noise
level
and
improving
shielding against
artifact.
In addition,
analysis
of
the
remote viewing
indicates
that
three
out
of
the
four viewers produced
independently
sign if icant
results
.
^Our analysis of
the PMT data shows
no evidence
of
any
anomalous high-count-rate pulses,
no evidence
of any effect
on
the PMT
output during
the RV session,
and no evidence
of any significant
correlation between RV performance
and PMT output.
We conclude
that
(1)
the effect proposed by
the Chinese
is artifactual
in nature,
and
(2)
suggest
that
the
significant correlation observed
in our
1984
study
is
either
a statistical
anomaly or
the
result
of
Intuitive Data
Sorting on
the
part
of
the
experimenters.
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Objective J, Task
1—Administrative Support
(U) There are no deliverables required
for this Task.
34.
(U)
Objective J, Task 2— Publications
(U) There are no deliverables required
for
this Task.
35.
(U)
Objective J, Task
3— Computer Hardvvare/Software Maintenance
(U)
SRI
has
negotiated
a
contract
with
Sun
Microsystems
that
offers
software
maintenance and support coverage at a greatly reduced rate to
all Sun users at SRI.
The overall
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APPENDIX
A POSTERIORI ASSESSMENTS
OF THE SCIENTIFIC OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE*
(This Appendix
is Unclassified)
I
The SOC members were requested to complete a “Reviewer's Comments” sheet (see example on next page)
for each task that they had elected to review.
This Appendix provides a verbatim, unedited transcription of
the reviewers’
(mostly handwritten) comments on a task-by-task basis.
SRI responses have been
appended to the reviewers’ comments where appropriate.
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NAME:
Brian Skyrms
Comments:
1.
Research
design
is good.
To
test the
overall feedback
hypothesis.
Results
negative.
There are no hard conclusions drawn, about the hypothesis about the
“viewability” of different kinds are targets.
Could be tested in the future, with
an experiment carefully designed to do that.
Recommendation:
Yes
November 3, 1988
NAME:
Mike Wartell
Comments:
1.
Design, protocols -
all are
satisfactory.
Results appropriate.
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Recommendation:
Yes
November
3, 1988
NAME:
Chris Zarafonetis
Comments:
1.
Well
done.
The
approach
is
described and
findings 'are
given
in
relevant
Objective/Task studies reports.
Recommendation:
Yes
November
4, 1988
NAME:
Phil Zimbardo
Comments:
1.
This
is an excellent improvement in procedure, more technically/" cosmetically”
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sound and preferred by RV subjects.
For future research, target pool should eliminate those with low
hit rates and
utilize those with highest hit rates
(for category type) and target.
3.
Page 3 - Please elaborate and detail what “certain characteristics” enhance RV
quality.
Need to develop optimal protocol materials.
Recommendation:
Yes
November
4, 1988
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SOC Reviewers’ Comments, Objective E, Tasks
1 and 2
(Feedback And Target Dependencies In Remote Viewing Experiments)
(verbatim transcription—not edited)
NAME:
Herb Ley
Comments:
1«
This report appears abridged with only the title page, one full page of text and a
short paragraph at the top of page 3. The information provided
is inadequate for
any assessment.
Recommendation:
Yes
November
1,
1988
NAME:
Robert Morris
Comments:
1.
They seem adequate
for the task.
No problems.
2,
These
findings
raise
the
question
of how
the
various
target
pools may
be
deployed in the future, e.g., do you focus on the natural targets, where success
is
best, and shift later to client-centered material, or do you keep client-centered
material in at the start, figuring that you want to know early on who will be good
with that material?
I lean towards the former.
Recommendation:
Yes
November
4, 1988
NAME:
James Press
Comments:
1.
This was just a description of the target pool used for mass screening.
There was
no
description
of
feedback,
or
of
target
dependencies.
The
effort
seems
admirable
-
but
I
guess
if would be hard
to
analyze
the
results because
of
statistically confounding factors.
Recommendation:
Yes
November
1,
1988
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