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In addition
to
the training,
SRI
investigated several
other research topics
for
INSCOM.
In one experiment,
the viewers were
targeted on 35-mm slides
of Bay Area locations.
SRI was attempting
to
determine
if
the viewer would describe the
slide with the
same accuracy
as
an actual target
site.
The slide was thought
to represent
a finer
resolution task and a more ephemeral target.
Evaluation of
the data
led
SRI
to conclude that viewers can describe target
slides
and that
the
content
of the transcripts
indicates that
the target
slides were viewed,
not
the actual
target
locations.
(S/NF)
A second area,
precognition,
was also investigated using
35-mm slides
as
the targets.
In this experiment
the viewer was asked
to
describe
a
slide
that would be
shown
to him at
a
later
time,
although
the
slide was not chosen until after
the viewing was completed.
This ability
is
significant,
because many of the things clients would be
interested
in
would
involve knowing about
a future
event.
SRI
staff concluded that
results from future remote viewings are comparable
to the results obtained
with real-time
targets.
Examples are shown
in Figures
12 and
13.
(U) At the suggestion of one of the viewers, SRI conducted some experiments on
spontaneous extended remote viewing (ERV) which are associated with rest or sleep and take an
hour or more to do. The results showed that ERVs are also comparable to other forms of remote
viewing.
In another experiment, a viewer was targeted on alphabet
letters.
The
results were
encouraging, but not definitive.
(S/NF)
Finally during this time period,
SRI renewed their
investigation of the use of geographic coordinates
to target viewers.
At
this time
it
is not known how or why
a viewer can describe
an area when he
is given only
its geographic coordinates.
However,
the
same results are
achieved even when an arbitrarily constructed coordinate
system
is used.
It
is known that
it works,
but not why.
The coordinates may be only
a
permission-granting device or the
information may come from future
feedback and the targeting technique may be
immaterial.
This would,
however,
support
the notion that
the psychoenergetic process
is
a goal-
oriented phenomenon.
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(S/NF) Later research
shows
that
not even coordinates
are needed
to get
the viewer
to
the
target;
the need
for
the
information
is what must
be present.
This could explain why operational
trials where
the data
are
needed
by
the
intelligence community often produces
information
of
a
higher quality
than laboratory
or experimental
trials.
Formerly,
it was
believed that
it was
the monotony and repetitiveness
of
a
lab drill
that
dampened
the
results.
An equally plausible explanation
is
that
the
information
is not really
"needed."
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