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in this
series,
for example, when the target
coordinates were for Guayama
in Puerto Rico,
the viewer described
a
"fishing village on the southeast
coast
of
a boat-shaped island," which
is an entirely correct description
of the locale
at
the target
coordinates.
He then drew an island, resembling
Puerto Rico in both shape and orientation,
A secondary application of the target pool/training mode procedure
is
as an auxiliary calibration tool during operational CRVs
.
Immediately
prior,
during,
or after an operationally-oriented task
(which we designate
Class A protocols),
a National Geographic CRV can be used
to determine
whether
a remote viewer
is
"on."
This procedure was used immediately following the third and
final scan of one
of the operational CRVs described in the next
section
of this report.
Under Class
B protocol
(monitor blind to target,
no
feedback during session)
coordinates for the
Sault
Ste.
Marie Locks
in
the Soo Canal were given.
The CRV response,
shown in Figure
3,
centered
on a channel with islands
in it,
leading to a
large
lake,
and traversed
by a
large white bridge,
a result
of high quality.
Eventual feedback on
the operational target
of interest revealed matching quality.
B.
CRV Applications
In this program SRI
is
charged with investigating
U.S.
capabilities
in applied RV in order to provide
data useful
in assessing the threat
potential
of
corresponding Soviet applications.
Specifically,
SRI
has
*
been tasked
with examining
a series
of geographic coordinates using RV
techniques with the goals
of:
(1)
Establishing
the authenticity and reliability
of the RV phenomenon.
*
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1979
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(2)
Developing and refining experimental techniques and
understanding
of
the RV phenomenon.
(3)
Establishing the
best potential kinds
of targets and
best potential use
of
the RV phenomenon.
In response to these requirements SRI
has pursued application tasks
of
interest
to the
client
community.
These tasks
(Class A protocols)
have
been pursued during the time frame
in which the reliability-improvement
program of
the previous
section has
been in effect.
Therefore,
the quality
of response
to these
tasks provides
an indirect measure
of
the efficiency
of the reliability-improvement procedures.
The
CRV tasks
described below were carried out
in response
to quick
reaction lequirements
set
by a representative
of the intelligence
community
(hereafter referred to as
IC representative)
involved
in monitoring
the
progress
of
the work.
During these scans
all
SRI personnel were kept
blind to the target.
The tasks
and associated response data are outlined
here
in summary form.
Complete documentation
(transcripts,
messages,
evaluation,
etc.)
can
be made available through SI/SAO channels
of
the
contracting agency on
a need-to-know basis.
SG1A
SG1A
•
RV Session Dates:
June
1979
(Session
1);
5 July 1979
(Session 2),
•
Remote Viewer:
#009
•
Interviewer:
IC representative
(Session
1);
H.
Puthoff
(Session 2),
Two scans were carried out
on
designated
by an
IC representative
(during
a site visit)
to
be
a target
of
interest.
For
Scan
1,
Viewer #009 was closeted alone with the
IC representative—no other
personnel were present.
The target
site was designated by coordinates
only
(latitude and
longitude
to seconds).
All
data generated during
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carried away by the
IC representative.
An evaluation was provided
SRI in an electrical message via
the SSO channel on
July 1979,
and
a
copy
of
the
data
(with coordinates removed) was returned to
SRI under
separate
cover.
A second scan was
then carried out with the
same viewer
on
July 1979,
targeting not by coordinate,
but
on the
basis
of
familiarity
with the
site established in Scan
1.
Details
can be made available through
separate
channels
.
SG1A
•
RV Session Dates:
12 July 1979
(Session
1);
17 July 1979
(Session 2).
•
Remote Viewer:
#009
•
Interviewer:
H.
Puthoff
It was arranged
in advance that
an SRI remote viewer would
attempt
to target on a site designated only on the
basis
of the
following:
On the day of viewing an
IC representative, known to the viewer, would be
carrying an envelope,
inside
of which were
coordinates
of
a target
of
interest,
location and function unknown even to him.
This was to
con-
stitute an exercise
in abstract targeting under conditions
of maximum
*
security.
Two scans were
carried out on this
basis on different dates.
The viewer's response
centered on the description of
a building of specific
design,
together with information on internal
layout and activities,
certain quite unique elements
of which have been verified
as being
correct.
This
"targeting-by-association” procedure mimics
a previously successful
experimental series.
See
H.
Puthoff,
et
al
.
,
"Advanced Threat Technique
Assessment
(U)," Final Report,
SRI Project
5309,
SRI
International,
Menlo Park,
CA
(October
1978),
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Caribbean Site
•
RV Session Dates:
14 December
1979
(Session
1);
17 December
1979
(Session
2);
18 December
1979
(Session
3);
21 December
1979
(Session
4);
28 December
1979
(Session
5)
.
•
Remote Viewers:
#698
(Session
1);
#002
(Sessions
2-4);
#009
(Session
5).
•
Interviewer:
H.
Puthoff
A total
of five
remote viewing sessions,
involving three remote
viewers, was
carried
out
on a Caribbean site designated by an
IC represen-
tative
to
be
a site
of
interest.
Targeting was
on the basis
of coordinates
supplied to SRI
by an
IC representative.
The analysis
of
this
site
has
been completed.
Each of
the three
viewers
individually supplied pertinent,
relevant data with regard to
the
target
site, and their data taken together resulted
in
a target /trans cript
correspondence rating of
(given by user)
on a
0-7 point evaluation scale
shown in Table
3.
The results
generated
in these operational
tasks
to date,
all
obtained with remote viewers
incorporating the procedures developed in
the reliability-improvement
program,
appear to provide our
first
(and
encouraging)
evidence with regard to a possible upgraded
level
of per-
formance.
Further data
needs
to
be generated,
however,
before
a definitive
assessment
can
be provided,
and
this
requirement will
be pursued during the
remainder of the program.
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