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C.
Category
III:
Remote Sensing
of
Internal
States
of
Electronic Equipment
To determine whether remote viewing could be extended beyond visual
perception
to
the sensing
of
the internal state of
a piece
of electronic
equipment,
further experimentation was carried out with six subjects who had
shown an ability
in remote viewing.
The
task was
the determination of
the
internal electronic state
of
a four-state random number generator
(p
= 1/4
for
each
of
four equal-probability outputs) whose characteristics had been
examined
in detail
to verify
its randomness.
The solid-state machine has no
moving parts and provides
no sensory cue
to
the
user
as
to
its
target gener-
ation.
(See Figure
6.)
Although
the
task appeared more difficult,
one
of
six subjects consistently scored significantly better than chance
(p = 3 xlO
).
In the required 2500-trial run the latter obtained 17.4%
more hits
(734)
than would be expected by
chance
(625).
When
the subject
was asked
to
repeat
the entire experiment
at
a later
time,
he was able
to replicate successfully
a high scoring rate
(11.5% more hits
than expected
by chance,
p
=
4.8
x
10 ~^)
.
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FIGURE
FOUR-STATE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR
The
printer
to
the
right
of
the
machine
records
data
automatically on
fan-fold
paper
tape.
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D.
Category
IV;
Perturbation of Remote Equipment
Additional experimentation was
initiated
to
investigate the possibility
that
the remote sensing channel may possess bilateral aspects;
for example,
it might be possible
to
couple energy from an individual
to
a remote location
as well
as
in reverse.
To
test
this hypothesis,
experiments were carried out
with
a sensitive magnetometer in an adjoining laboratory as
the remote
target.
Use
of
an ORD-developed magnetometer was arranged by OKD personnel.
In
a series
of
thirteen
10- trial runs with
50 seconds per
trial,
perturbations
of
the magnetometer by
a subject gifted
in remote viewing were obtained
under
a strict randomization protocol,
yielding
a positive result significant
at
the
p
= 0.004
level.
Because
of
the potential significance and impli-
cations
of
such
findings,
we
intend
to collect considerable additional
data before arriving
at
a hard conclusion.
Nonetheless,
as
a tentative
conclusion
there
is
evidence
that
a piece
of
sensitive equipment can be
perturbed
by
a subject during remote viewing,
thus
implying that the informa-
tion channel under investigation may sustain energy transfer in either di-
rection.
E.
General Considerations
The primary achievement
of
the
"SRI program was
the elicitation of high
quality remote viewing by
individuals who agreed
to act
as
subjects.
Crit-
icism of
this
claim could
in principle be put forward on
the basis
of
three
potential
flaws:
(1)
the study could
involve naivete
in protocol which
permits various
forms
of
cueing,
intentional or unintentional;
(2)
the
experiments
discussed
could be
selected out
of
a larger pool of experiments
of which many are
of poorer quality;
(3)
data for
the reported experiments
could be edited
to
show only
the matching elements,
the non-matching
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elements being discarded.
All
three criticisms,
however,
are invalid.
First, with regard
to
cueing,
the use
of double-blind protocols ensures
that no person
in
contact with
the
subject
can be aware
of
the
target.
Second,
no selection
of
experiments
for reporting
takes
place;
every experiment
is entered
as performed
on
a master log and
is included
in the statistical evaluations.
Third,
data associated with a given experiment remain unedited;
all data
associated with
an experiment are
tape recorded and included unedited
in
the
data package
to
be judged,
evaluated,
etc.
Finally,
the entire
unedited
file
of
tape recordings,
transcripts and drawings for every exper-
iment
is available
to
the COTR and others
in
the scientific community
for independent analysis.
The observed
results outlined
in A through D above
(target acquisi-
tion,
equipment description,
electronic
state specification,
and perturba-
tion
of instrument
operation) may
together constitute different aspects
of
a single remote coupling phenomenon.
With regard
to understanding the phenomenon
itself,
the precise nature
of
the information channel coupling remote
locations
is not yet understood.
However,
we can show that its charac-
teristics
are compatible with both quantum theory and information theory
and with recent developments
in research on brain function.
Therefore,
our
working assumption
is
that
the phenomenon of
interest does not
lie outside
the purview of modern physics
and with further work will yield
to
analysis
and
specification.
Further,
with an eye
toward future subject selection,
subjects
possessing
a well-developed natural ability in
the area under considera-
tion underwent complete physical,
psychological,
and neuropsychological
profiling,
the results
of which suggest
the core
of
a screening procedure.
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Finally,
it
is
concluded by
the research contractors
that
the accrual
of experience
in
three years
of
successful
effort
constitutes
an asset
that
could be utilized
in
the future both
for operational needs
and
for
training others
in
the development
and use
of
the remote sensing
capability.
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