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correct direction
in
this
angular assessment*)
The
subject
then generated
a
15 minute
tape-recorded description and
the drawings
shown
in Figure
6.
In discussing
the
drawings,
Elgin
indicated
that
he
was
uncer-
tain
as
to
the
action,
but had
the
impression that
the demarcation
team
was
located
at
a museum
(known
to him)
in
a particular park.
In
fact,
the target was a tennis court located
in
that park about
90 meters
from
the
indicated museum.
Once again,
we
note
the characteristic
(discussed
earlier)
of
a resemblance between
the
target
site and certain gestalt ele-
ments of
the
subject's
response,
especially
in regard
to
the
drawings,
coupled with
incomplete
or erroneous analysis of
the
significances.
None-
theless when rank ordering transcripts
through
at
the
site,
the
judge
ranked
this
transcript as
2.
This example
illustrates
a continuing obser-
vation that most of
the
correct
information related
to
us
by subjects
is
of
a nonanalytic nature pertaining
to
shape,
form,
color,
and material
rather
than
to
function or
name.
A second example
from this
group,
generated by
S3
(Swann),
indicates
the
level
of proficiency that can be attained with practice.
In
the
two
years
since we
first started working with Swann,
he has
been studying
the
problem of separating
the
external
signal
from
the
internal
noise.
In our
most recent experiments,
he dictates
two
lists
for
us
to record.
One
list
contains objects
that he "sees,"
but does not
think are
located
at
the
remote
scene.
A
second
list contains objects
that
he
thinks
are
at
the
scene.
In our evaluation,
he has made much progress
in
this most essential
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ability
to separate memory and imagination from paranormal
inputs.
This
is
the key
to bringing
the remote viewing channel
to fruition with re-
gard
to
its potential usefulness.
The quality of transcript
that can be generated by this process is evi-
dent from the results of
the most recent experiment with Swann.
The target
location chosen by
the usual double-blind protocol was
the Palo Alto City
Hall.
Swann described
a
tall building with vertical
columns
and "set
in"
windows.
His
sketch,
together with
the photograph of
the
site,
is
shown
in Figure
7.
He
said
there was
a
fountain,
"but
I don't hear
it."
At
the
time
the
target team was
at
the City Hall during
the
experiment,
the
foun-
tain was
not running.
He also made an effort
to draw
a replica of
the de-
signs
in
the pavement
in front of
the building,
and correctly indicated
the number of
trees
(four)
in
the
sketch.
For
the
entire
series of eight,
four each
from S2 and
S3,
the numer-
ical evaluation based on blind rank ordering of transcripts
at each
site
was
significant at
p
=
3.8
x
and
included
three direct hits and
three
second ranks
for
the
target-associated transcripts
(see Table
4).
D.
Subjects
S5 and
S6:
Learners
To complete
the
series,
four experiments
each were
carried out with
learner
subjects
S5 and
S6,
a man and woman on
the
SRI professional
staff.
The results
in
this
case,
taken
as
a
group,
did
not differ significantly
from chance.
For
the
series
of eight
(judged
as
a
group
of
seven since
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TABLE
Distribution of Rankings Assigned
to Transcripts Associated
with Each Target Location for Experienced Subjects
Elgin
(S2)
and
Swann
(S3)
Sub i ec t
Target Location
Distance
0*™)
Rank of
Associated
Transcript
S2
BART Station
(Transit
System),
Fremont
16.1
i
S2
Shielded
room,
SRI, Menlo Park
0.1
S2
Tennis
court,
Palo Alto
3.4
S2
Golf course bridge,
Stanford
3.4
S3
City Hall,
Palo Alto
2.0
S3
Miniature golf course, Menlo Park
3.0
S3
Kiosk
in park, Menlo Park
0.3
S3
Bay lands Nature
Preserve,
Palo Alto
6.4
Total
sum of ranks
(p=3. 8xl0“ 4
)
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one
target came
up
twice,
once
for each
subject),
the numerical evaluation
based on blind rank ordering of transcripts
at each
site was
nonsignificant
at
p
=
0.08,
even though
there were
two direct hits and
two
second ranks
out of
the
seven
(see Table
5).
One of
the
direct
hits,
which occurred with
subject S6
in her
first
experiment,
provides
an example
of
the "first-time effect"
that has been
rigorously explored and
is well-known
to experimenters
in
the
field
[57].
The outbound experimenter obtained by random protocol
from
the
pool,
a
target blind
to
the experimenter with
the subject,
as
is
our standard
pro-
cedure,
and proceeded
to
the
location.
The subject,
a mathematician
in
the
computer science
laboratory who had no previous experience
in remote view-
ing,
began
to describe
a
large
square with
a
fountain.
Four minutes
into
the experiment
she recognized
the
location and correctly
identified
it by
name
(see Figure
8).
(It
should
be noted that
in
the
area from which
the
target locations were drawn
there
are other fountains
as well,
some of
whijch were
in
the
target pool.)
As
an example
of
the style
of
the nar~
ratives
generated during remote viewing with inexperienced subjects
and
of
the
part played
by
the experimenter remaining with
the
subject
in such
a
c^se,
we have
included
the entire unedited
text of
this
experiment
as
Appendix
B.
E
.
Normal
and Paranormal:
Use
of Unselected Subjects
in Remote Viewing
m
After more
than
a year of
following
the experimental protocol described
above and observing
that even inexperienced subjects generated results
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