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5.
(U)
Search
(C)
Thirty-six participants were tested on both
a
spatial
search and a temporal search problem.
Two participants contributed
significant results
in spatial
search and six were significant
in temporal
search.
Subjects tended to do much better on one or the other,
but not
on
both of these search tasks.
6.
(U) Photon Production Experiment
(C)
This experiment attempted
to replicate
a Chinese
experiment where signals from a photomultiplier tube were noted when
"exceptional"
remote viewings occurred.
No statistically significant
correlations were observed
in the
SRI experiments,
despite the
fact
that
the quality of
the remote viewing was excellent.
7.
(U)
Piezoelectric Strain Gauge Experiment
(U)
In these experiments the
object was to determine
if RA
could be used
to
induce
effects on
a
piezoelectric
strain
gauge.
Only
one
of
the
five
subjects was
able
to
consistently produce above-threshold effects.
He produced
at least two
statistically significant
events at SRI which led to a follow-on effort in FY 1987.
B.
(U)
The Second Year—FY 1987
(U) Technical reports for each of the research areas investigated are available. The
categories
of
research
interest
range
from
basic
research
on
fundamental
mechanisms
to
methodologies for applications.
(U)
Selected tasks are summarized below.
A more complete
description
of the
work and a complete task
list may be found in the Enhanced Human Performance (December
1987).
1.
(U)
Fuzzy Set Applications in Remote Viewing Analysis
(U)
In FY 1987, fuzzy set mathematics was applied to the problem of RV analysis.
Two analytical methods were developed; the
first was designed to analyze the verbal content of
the RV response, and the second to analyze the
visual and
spatial arrangements of response
elements.
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2.
(U)
An Expert System Approach to Remote Viewing Analysis
(U) The effort here was to make RV judging techniques more transferable,
if not
uniform.
The result was an expert system to assist the analyst.
Unfortunately, the series of RVs
to test the system did not show a significant RV effect.
3.
(U)
Gross Physiological Correlates to RV
(U) A persistent problem in using RV in an operational environment is the lack of a
method for assessing the quality of a particular RV session.
SRI attempted to determine whether
external physiological cues could be used
to
discriminate
accurate from
inaccurate
sessions.
Unfortunately, no RV functioning was apparent; thus, no conclusions could be drawn,
4.
(U)
PAS Review
(U) The PAS was reviewed to gauge
its continued usefulness
as
a screening and
selection technique.
SRI concluded that
it
is not useful.
5.
(U)
Video Disk Training
(U) The FY 1987 effort was aimed at developing a technology for enhancing the
acquisition
of RV
skills.
The conclusions were
that persons trained using video
disc format
developed significantly improved RV
skills.
6.
(U)
RV Stimulus-Response Times
(U) The hypotheses tested were
(1) shorter response latencies produce
relatively
better RV responses and
(2) better responses are produced when less time
is spent processing
them.
Both were confirmed.
7.
(U)
Hypnosis as an RV Debriefing Tool
(U)
In this experiment, hypnosis was used in an attempt to enhance an RV session.
The results confirmed previous findings that hypnosis can facilitate the acquisition of information
not available to other sensory processes.
8.
(U)
Neuropsychological Assessment
(U) This was an exploratory attempt to determine
if there are neuropsychological
correlates
of psychoenergetic
functioning.
Analysis of the
results
did show that productive
ideation was partially related to measures of psychoenergetic functioning.
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C.
(U)
The Third Year—FY 1988
(S/NF)
For FY 1988
the Army funding was reduced from the expected
$2
3 million to $1.15 million,
and the Army Medical R&D Command expressed
its
intent
of providing no additional
funds
for psychoenergetics research
The DIA,
however,
is holding
$1 million to continue
the research
in FY
1989.
The following tasks were completed
in FY
1988:
a.
Identify New and Excellent Remote Viewers.
To
accomplish
this
task
196
individuals
were
screened
using
the
video
disk
technology
and
protocol
that
were
developed
during
FY
1987.
Of
the
196,
were
selected
for
second-stage
screening
and
two
produced
excellent
results
and
have
been
invited
to
join
the
research
effort
as
part-time viewers.
b.
Determine Physiological
Indicators
of
RV:
SG1A
was
significant
alpha
blocking
as
a
result
of
a
remote
visual
stimulus.
The
three
participants
all
demonstrated
significant
changes
in
Alpha
power
across
the
remote
stimulus
boundary,
of
the
six
participants
in
the
first
experiment
some did exhibit
a response
to
a remote
stimulus.
c.
Effects
of Robust Feedback on RV Quality
Of
the targets
looked
at,
the ones
from the natural
category
elicited better remote viewing
d.
Effects
of Hypnosis
on RV Quality
To
test
this,
the
remote
viewing
sessions
were
conducted
while
the
viewers
were
in
a
hypnotic
trance.
The
results
were not statistically significant.
e.
Mental Noise
in Binary Psychoenergetic Task
The
statistical
data
suggest
that
some
sources
of
mental
noise was detected by the experiment.
f.
Fuzzy Set RV Analysis
This
methodology
shows
much
promise
for
judging
the
amount
of correct
information
in
a remote viewing session.
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