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study
was published
in
.1.976 by Harold
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and
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Institute elicited
high
quality remote viewing
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individuals who agreed
to act
as subjects
in
over
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;i. t f. y
experiments,,
These experiments
were conducted
under
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1 a b °
a* ° r V *° n d i t i o n s
a t.
SR I
w :| t h
s e v e r a
r
m n
•(• ,,
viewers whose perceptual
abilities have
been developed
vu + tics, end: J.y to describe correctly and
often
in
great
dst si
.1
yeugraptecai.
or
technical
material
such
as buildings,
roads,
a,
bo:- atony
apparatus,,
The phenomenon
investigated
was
the
abi
:
lJ "
boLh experienced
and
i nex perfenced subjects
to
rjfcrtot#
wj
,,, w
geograpn i cal
locations
up
to
several
thousand
kiCometefs
ri ist«r
»
I
hi e
a
:i. f f e r e n c e
Id e t wee n
id
:i.
I- r om
h i •s
or
her
p hiy s i c: a
.1
.1 oc at
sxpe - j eneed
and
i. n e xper
;i. enced
smo he
vi ewi ng
,
bu t
that
the
i
3 e n e
a I
1 y more
sp or a d 1, c
of
1 es
'
’ s t anc e
-from
a
f ew met e rs
up
- f om
th e scene
t o
b b per cei veti
legi-
d e
t Id ©
q ua
1 .
i ty
or
a ecu rac
") e x p & r i en e e d
v i e w e r s
r e s u 1 t s
a r e
f e
.1 . i a b
. 1. e
,,
h n
i n c r e a se
i n
l.v.h e
to 4000
km separating
the subject
doe s
not
in
any apparent
way
f
p e r c: e p t. i o n
„
Th e
a c c; u mu $ a t e d
t u n c t'.
:i. on
q
-...lata concluded
that
the phenomenon
is
not
a sensitive, runn-mr
J i s nance and
that
it
is possible
to obtain significant
amounts
*' c
u I a L e
d es c r x p t. i v e
:i. n f or m a 1: i o h
a b o u t.
r em o t e
1 o c: a t
:i. o n s
„
E v e n
' aradi,y cage electrical
shielding
does not
prevent
high
ur
tl'
doub
.1. e
»
wal 1 ed
w i th
a copper-sere
f or
pi ane-•wave.;
r ad i o-"f requency
r
and
de:crea.ses
to
3dB
at
60 HZ
1 "i e
©:•( p er
:i. ment. s wer e conducted
b
p r o t oc: 0
. 1 . 3
win i c:h
©ns ur"es
that
non
t h e
s u b J e e t
c a n
be aware
of
the
-i:>& 3 S 1 ons were
r e c 'or d e'd
on
a
mast
w
:i. t hi
g i ven
©-x per 1 me;nt
remai ned
f-t e mo t. e
v
:i. e w i n g
r esul t s are
gener-
1. i‘" •{ j'"t EG r i p’t s;
a r e augmeated
wi th
s
some
V i ewers drew
vis ual
i mages
•
ax n y
i::ogn i t i ve
or
anal yt i c
s^hse
.
:i. den
1t i
f i ed
an d
n,amed
the
tar get
„
i n f oi m at
:i. ori
th at $u b .j sets
rel ate
|D ei- 1:
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(ring
to
sh<a P G
,
form
,
col or
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s
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d B
a 1 t e n u a t i o r
As
a matter
of
-fact
could
not
i dent, i f y
:
A
f e w
t r a n s c r i pfs
c o r r e c t
,1 y
However
„
most
o f
t. h e
c o r r e c t
t u n c
,
rather
than
to
i o
o r
n a me „
t a c h
s u b
.j e c: t s
a ve r a 1 1
a p p r o ac h
th
c
at
on e
v»si"'r-'
suggests
JUs.
;
a* individual
descriptions
of
a directly viewed
target
««.,
l ”
f
'fei '
v
(j i f f eetsncesi occur
on
an
individual
basis
in
the remote
v x e w i n g
p r o c e s s
„
_f
r ®f
s
of
l::)h >'sicB
currently being
explored
as
a possible
ex p
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)
<::i
!.. i o n
to
the phenomenon
itself,,
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