Approved For Release 2000/0$ PE: KB FROPIE-00789R002200440001-9 SECTION 3. EARLY DIA SUPPORT (S/NF) (S/NF) The military services provided most of the money to support psychoenergetics research at SRI from 1975 to 1980. During this time, however, $228,000 were provided to SRI by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) (S/NF) The DIA sought to investigate remote viewing as an aid in assessing the Soviet RV research, As the phenomenon has intelligence— collection potential, countermeasures and other factors that inhibit remote viewing were also of interest. The DIA program did not seek proof of principle but restricted its efforts to applications research and to actual attempts to collect intelligence. Thus, the research was confined to delineating factors that appear to affect the reliability and accuracy of RV and to develop a methodology to minimize the deleterious effects and then incorporate the findings into an RV training methodology. (S/NP) Since SRI, by now, had considerable experience with coordinate remote viewing (CRV), the factors that affect it were chosen for investigation. To improve the signal to noise ratio, it is necessary either to increase the signal or reduce the noise. Many attempts, mostly unsuccessful, had been made to increase the signal; therefore, it was decided to look at that causes of the noise and try to dampen them. Four major sources of noise were identified: 1. Analytical Overlay—--Extrapolations to fill gaps in the data. 2. Associational Overlay--The stimulation of existing mental formations that are associationally related to the target. 3. Monitor Overlay--The encroachment of the monitor into the viewer’s awareness 4. Environmental Overlay--The intrusions of environmental objects into the viewer’s awareness. (S/NF) At this point, a model of how RV works (Figure 14) was developed. Upon presentation of the stimulus (a coordinate), a burst of data appears which then fades away. The stimulus is again presented and there is another burst of data. It is in the time gap between 33 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9
Approved For Release 2000/63 RC- BIRDPYI6-00789R002200440001-9 S/NF presentations of the stimulus that the viewer fills in his own interpretations and analysis of the data. (S/NF) These are not psychically derived, and they are usually not accurate. To avoid this noise, a procedure where the stimulus is repeatedly provided and where the viewer responds with quick-reaction data bytes was developed. This procedure, the use of a featureless room with homogeneous coloring, and limiting the monitor’s behavior are the solutions offered to reduce the noise. (Cc) To improve the signal, a progressive multistage target acquisition process was postulated where increasing contact is made with the target through a series of steps (Table 4). It was hoped that training viewers to know these stages and report their data within that format would increase the amount of correct data. Initial training results seemed to confirm that the amount of inaccurate data dropped. Table 4 (U) STAGES OF TARGET ACQUISITION Recognition and decoding of Gestalts Achieving sensory contact with target Experiencing motion and mobility within target Recognizing and decoding minor signals Decoding special characteristics of target Analytical recognition and decoding of significant aspects of the target UNCLASSIFIED (C) To determine the applications possible, SRI chose and explored a series of targets using CRV. The results were encouraging and provided some hope that using RV for collecting intelligence may be possible, and that the training mechanisms seem to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. (C) The training program was directed at training participants to bring their remote viewing ability under more conscious control, and to recognize and overcome factors that limit RV reliability. One of the larger limiting factors was the viewer mixing data from his memory and imagination with the psychic data. This could account for the final set of data having accurate and inaccurate information intermixed. 34 SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200440001-9