Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500020001-6 better than expected, we initiated a series of experiments to explore fur- ther whether individuals other than putative "psychics" can demonstrate the remote viewing ability. To test this idea, we have a continuing pro- gram to carry out additional experiments of the outdoor type with new subjects whom we have no a priori reason fo believe have paranormal per- ceptual ability. To date we have collected data from five experiments with two individuals in this category: a man and a woman who were visit- ing government scientists interested in observing our experimental proto- cols. The motivation for these particular experiments was two-fold. First, the experiments provide data that indicate the level of proficiency that can be expected from unselected volunteers. Second, when an individual observes a successful demonstration experiment involving another person as subject, it inevitably occurs to him that perhaps chicanery is involved. We have found the most effective way to settle this issuefor the obser- ver is to have the individual himself act as a subject so as to obtain personal experience against which our reported results can be evaluated. The first visitor (V1) was invited to participate as a subject ina a three-experiment series. All three experiments contained elements de- scriptive of the associated target locations; the quality of response increased with practice. The third response is shown in Figure 9, where again the pattern elements in the drawing appeared to be a closer match than the subject's analytic interpretation of the target object as a cupola. 49 Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500020001-6
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Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500020001-6 The second visitor [v2] participated as a subject in two experiments. In his first experiment, he generated one of the higher signal-to-noise results we have observed, He began his narrative "There is a red A-frame building and next to it is a large yellow thing [a tree--Editor], Now further left there is another A-shape, It looks like a swing-set, but it is pushed down in a gully so I can't see the swings."' [ALL correct. ] He then went on to describe a lock on the front door that he said "looks like it's made of laminated steel, so it must be a Master lock." [Also correct, | For the series of five--three from the first subject and two from the second, the numerical evaluation based on blind rank ordering of the transcripts at each site was significant at p = 0.017 and included three direct hits and one second rank for the target-associated transcripts. (See Table 6).. Observations with unselected subjects such as those described above indicate that remote viewing may be a latent and widely distributed perceptual ability. F. Technology Series: Short-Range Remote Viewing Because remote viewing is a perceptual ability, we considered it important to obtain data on its resolution capabilities, To accomplish this, we turned to the use of indoor technological targets. 51 Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500020001-6
| Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500020001-6 TABLE 6 Distribution of Rankings Assigned to Transcripts Associated with Each Target Location for Visitor Subjects Vl and V2 Rank of Distance Associated __ Target Location Transcrip Bridge over stream, Menlo Park Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto Merry~go-round, Palo Alto Windmill, Portola Valley Apartment swimming pool, Mountain View Total sum of ranks (p=0,017) 52 Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500020001-6
Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500020001-6 Twelve experiments were carried out with five different subjects, two of whom were visiting government scientists. They were told that one of the experimenters would be sent by random protocol to a laboratory within the SRI complex and that he would interact with the equipment or apparatus at that location, It was further explained that the experimenter remaining with the subject was, as usual, kept ignorant of the contents of the target pool to prevent cueing during questioning. (Unknown to subjects, targets in the pool were used with replacement; one of the goals of this particular experiment was to obtain multiple responses to a given target to investigate whether correlation of a number of subject responses would provide enhancement of the signal-to-noise ratio.) The subject was asked to describe the target both verbally (tape recorded) and by means of drawings during a time-synchronized 15-minute interval in which the outbound experimenter interacted in an appropriate manner with the equipment in the target area, In the twelve experiments, seven targets were used: a drill press, Xerox machine, video terminal, chart recorder, four-state random number generator, machine shop, and typewriter, Three of these were used twice (drill press, video terminal, and typewriter) and one (Xerox machine) came up three times in our random selection procedure, Comparisons of the targets and subject drawings for three of the multiple-response cases, the typewriter, Xerox machine, and video term- inal, are shown in Figures 10, 11, and 12, As is apparent from these 53 Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500020001-6
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Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500020001-6 illustrations alone, the experiments provide circumstantial evi- dence for an information channel of useful bit rate. This includes experiments in which visiting government scientists participated as sub- jects (Xerox machine and video terminal) to observe the protocol, In general, it appears that use of multiple-subject responses to a single target provides better signal-to-noise ratio than target identification by a single individual, This conc lusion is borne out by the judging described below, Given that in general the drawings constitute the most accurate portion of a subject's description, in the first judging procedure a judge was asked simply to blind match only the drawings (i.e,, without tape transcripts) to the targets, Multiple subject responses to a given target were stapled together, and thus seven subject-drawing response packets were to be matched to the seven different targets for which drawings were made, The judge did not have access to our photographs of the target locations, used for illustration purposes only, but rather proceeded to each of the target locations by list. While standing at each target location, the judge was required to rank order the seven subject-drawing response packets (presented in random order) on a scale 1 to 7 (best to worst match), For seven targets, the sum of ranks could range from 7 to 49, The sum in this case, which included 1 direct hit and 4 second ranks out of the 7 (see Table 7) was 18, a result signifi- cant at p = 0.036. 57 Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500020001-6