Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 Following a period of effort not to exceed half an hour, the subject may either pass (when he does not feel confident) or indicate he is ready ta cubrit a drawing to the experimenters, in which case the ‘drawing is collected by an experimenter before the subject is permitted to see the target. The experiment is then repeated with replacement until ten drawings have been obtained from the subject. To obtain an independent evaluation of the correlation between. target and response data, the experimenters submit the data for judging : on a blind basis by two SRI scientists not otherwise associated with the research, The judges are asked to match the response data with the corresponding target. data (without replacement) . | Such experimentation is presently in progress, a number of arawings having been obtained from several of the subjects but not yet submitted for judging. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R00020001 0007-4 mt (c) Four-State Electronic Random Stimulus Generator The determination of the state of a four-state electronic random stimulus generator comprises the third screening test. The target is in the form of one of four art slides chosen randomly (p= 4) by an electronic random generator. The. generator does not indicate its choice: until the subject indicates his choice to the machine by pressing a button (See Figure “6g )}. As soon as the subject indicates his choice, the . target Slide is illuminated to provide visual and auditory (bell if correct) feedback as to the correctness or incorrectness of his choice. “Until that time both subject and experimenter remain ignorant of the machine's choice, so the experiment is of the double~biind type. Five legends at the topsof the machine face are illuminated one at a time with increasing correct choices (6,8, 10, ....) to provide additional reinforcement. The machine choice, subject. choice \,cumulative trial number, and cumulative hit number are recorded automatically on a printer. Following trial number 25, the machine must be reset manually by depressing a RESET button. A methodological feature of the machine is that the choice of a target is not forced. That is, a subject may press a PASS button when he wishes not to guess, in which case the machine indicates what its choice was, and neither a hit nor a trial is scored by the machine, which then goes on to make its next selection, Thus the subject does not have to guess at targets when he does not feel that he has an idea as to which to choose. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 Figure 8. ESP Teaching Machine used in this experiment. An incorrect choice of target is indicated. Two of the five "encouragement lights" at the top of the machine are illuminated, The printer to the right of the machine records data on fan-fold paper tape. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 Under the null hypothesis of random binomial choices with probability 4 and no learning, the probability of observing 2k successes inn trials is approximated by the probability of a normal distribution value 2 ek - > - 4) J fare For the purpose of screening, each subject is required to complete 100 25-trial runs (i.e., a total of 2500 trials). To date, subjecte.1, - 2, and 6 have completed this phase of the screening program, and their results are tabulated in Table 2. Subject 4 has completed 2100 trials with “mean scores of 25.71 (p = 0.20). Table 2 Screening Data: Four~state Electronic Random Stimulus Generator Subject _ Mean Score/100 Trials Binomial Probability Over 2500 Triais On the basis of this test Subject 2.. whose scores are plotted in Fie. 9, qualifies as a gifted individual, having satisfied the criterion of producing a result whose: a priori probability under the null hypothesis is ~6 . : ; . p #10. Of further interest are this subject's personal observations of subjective experiences during the screening test, presented in Appendix 2. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 50 40 30 Out of 100 trials/run. _ 20 HITS/RUN 10 0 10 20 30 RUN NUMBER - 100 Trials/Run p= 4 per trial FIGURE 9 DATA SUMMARY FOR SUBJECT 2 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 Ze Identification of Measurable Characteristics Possessed by Gifted Subjects (20%). a) Medical Evaluation The medical evaluation of program participants has been assigned to the Palo Alto Medical Clinic. Coordination of the program is being handled by Dr. Robert Armbruster, Director of the Clinic's ‘Department of Environmental Medicine .— The Clinic, in turn, has subcontracted certain special tests to the Stanford Medical. Center, Stanford University. One visual sensitivity test is being administered by the Bicengineering Group of the Electronics and Bioengineering Laboratory of SRI. The testing procedures, outlined in Table 3,fal1 into seven categories: y General physical examination, including complete: medical and family history; . 2) Laboratory examinations, including SMA~12 panel blood chemistries, protein electrophoresis, blood lipid profile, urinalyses, serology, blood type and factor, pulmonary function sereening, and 12-lead electrocardiogram; 3) Neurological examination, including comprehensive and electroencephalogram (sleeping and routine); 4) Audiometric examination, including comprehensive, Bekesy . oc cence age en nt IR CICS OEE ALR A AT ————~" bone conduction, gpeech discrimination, and impedance bridge test; Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 Ongoing testing associated with daily experimentation is carried out to provide indicators as to the effects of mood and conceptualization on success in experimentation, Conclusions will be drawn in the final stage of project effort. Test: Mood Adjective Checklist = Source: Psychology Department, Statiford University (Hypnosis Lab) Purpose: The Mood Adjective Checklist is one of a number of pre-éxperiment instruments designed to provide a measure of'a subject's feelings of the moment as he enters the experimental situation. The purpose is to determine whether measures of success in the -experimental phase correlate with pre-experiment mood indicators. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 MOOD ADJECTIVE CHECKLIST Each of the words in the followine list describes feelings or mood. Please use the list to describe your feelines at this moment. Mark each word accordine to these instructions: If the word definitely describes how you feel at the moment you read it, circle the double check (VV) to the rieht of the word. For exannle, if the word ts calm and you are definitely feeling calm at the moment, circle the double check as follows: caim ww Vv ? no {This means you definitely art feel calm at this moment.) “ If the word only slightly applies to your feelings at the moment, circle the single check as follows: calm vv 2: 2 no (This means you feel al slightly calm at this moment.) ‘If the word is not clear to you or if you cannot decide whether or not it describes your feelings, circle the question mark as follows: a . calm vv Vv. CD no. (This means you cannot decide whether you are calm or not.) If you clearly decide that the word does not apply to your feelines at this moment, cirele the no as follows: calm ss Vv 2 (a0) (This means you are sure . a you are not calm at this moment. Work rapidly. Your first reaction is best. Work down the first colunn before poing to the next. Please mark all the words. This should take only a few minutes. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
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9 pnmemmane eAn A TT eT n—————————————eee Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 Test: Semantic Differential Checklist Source: SRI Urban and Social Systems Division Purpose: The Semantic Differential Checklist is one of a number of pre- experiment instruments designed to provide a measure of subject conceptualization about an experiment in which he is about to participate. The purpose is to determine whether measures of success in the experiment correlate with pre-experiment conceptualization. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA- RDP96- 00787R000200010007 -4 Semantic Differential Checklist The purpose of this rating sheet is to obtain your candid reactions regarding the conditions surrounding the experiment. For each numbered item you will find 4 concept to be judged. You are to rate each in order. This is how you are to use the scales: If you feel that the concept | is highly or closely related to one end of the scale, you should place your checkmark as follows; impractical _ LO wD OL practical impractical a practical If your feelings on the concept are neutral, place your checkmark in the « middle space, etc. Work at fairly high speed through this rating sheet. Do not puzzle over individual items. Give your first impressions, your immediate feelings about each item. Conditions surrounding experiment j.. good ~° © oe bad 2. unfriendly ee friendly 3. stimulating a 4. positive —  __ — ___.* negative 5. unhelpful _ ee helpful 6. right ee ee wrong ~7. uninteresting. _ Ss mteresting 8. unorganized organized Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
4 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 {c) Neuropsychological Evaluation In addition to the measurement of the physiological components of the neurological system covered in the medical evaluation, a neuro- psychological profile is being obtained by the administration of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychology Test Battery, which includes the Category Recognition Testy» factual Performance Test, Halstead-Wepman Aphasia Screening Test, and other appropriate measures. This phase of the program is being handled by Dr. Donald Lim of the Palo Alto Veteran/'s Administration Hospital, who has personally consulted with Dr. Reitan : on testing procedures and interpretation. The neuropsychological evaluation - program is scheduled for the first half of September. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 3. Identification of Neurophysiological Correlates Which Relate to Paranormal Activities High on the list of priorities for the program is the identification of neurophysiological correlates accompanying paranormal activity. The purpose of this part of the study is twofold: (a) to obtain information about the neurophysio logical state associated with paranormal activity in general, and (b) to obtain indicators which differentiate between correct and incorrect responses to a paranormally applied stimulus, so that an independently-determined bias factor can be applied during the generation of data by the subject. Two facilities are in use for the purposes described above. One is a standard EEG facility under the direction of Dr. Jerry Lukas, head of SRI's Sleep Studies program. This facility consists of two sound-isolated rooms with appropriate signal lead connections, an eight-channel nolyeraph for visual recording, and a magnetic tape/ computer processing/ printer readout which provides on-line processing of the polygraph data. In our .configuration we obtain a hardcopy printout of 5-second averages of eight channels of polygraph information fifteen minutes following a fifteen minute run, At present we monitor broadband alpha (7-14 Hz) and beta (14-34 Hz) brainwave components from the left and right occipital regions, galvanic skin response, and two channels of plethysmograph data (blood volume and pulse height). Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
é Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 The second facility is a smaller semi-portable four~channel polygraph with a GSR channel, reflected-light plethysmograph indicating blood volume/ pulse height, one channel of unfiltered EEG activity, and a fourth EEG channel with zero-crossing digital filtering. The latter permits percent~time measurements in any band, with upper and lower band edge settings in 1 Hz increments. Considerable data‘/has been obtained with both facilities. The bulk of the data awaits further analysis which will occur at completion of _ various. series: underway. However, several results have been obtained which we describe below. (a) Bilateral EEG Measurements -~ Remote Strobe Experiment As discussed in Report #2, a variety of evidence from clinical and neurosurgical sources indicates that the two hemispheres of the human brain are specialized for different cognitive functions. The left hemisphere is predominantly involved in verbal and other analytic functioning, the.right in spatial and other holistic processing. in consultation with Dr. Robert Ornstein of the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, an hypothesis was formed based on certain observed characteristics that paranormal functioning might involve right hemispheric specialization. To test this hypothesis, the EEG remote strobeflash experiment, discussed in the original proposal and sin the paper attached to Report #1, was repeated with Subject 4 three times in the sleep lab under the direction of Dr. Lukas with monitoring of right and left occipital regions. Each experiment consisted of twenty 15~second trials, with ten no-flash trials, and ten 16-Hz trials randomly intermixed. Reduction of alpha activity (arousal response) correlated Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
; , . . : -4 . Appreveder Belgas &,20 of (08/10, * GIASRDP RG DOTeT RGD OZ 000100 Seentiatly only in the right hemisphere (average alpha reduction 16 percent in right hemisphere, 2 percent in left, during the 16-Hz. trials as conipared with the no-flash trials). The trial-to-trial variation is larger than in previous work, however, due to-use of a wider~band filter for the alpha band, and therefore the aysten is being modified before further Work. " (b). Physiological cozrelates of Remote Viewing in this series of experiments a subject takes part ina remote viewing protocol as deseribed in Section A.l. {c) (Remote Viewing with Feedback). In this case, however, the subject is connected to the physiological recording instruments of the smaller semi-portable four-channel polygraph described above. Baseline and experimental measures of the £ollowing observables are nade: 1) Galvanic skin response (asp) is recorded using finger electrodes taped in place on second and fourth finger; 2) Blood volune/pulse height is recorded using a ref lected-light plethysmograph: 3) Unfiltered EEG is recorded from the right occipital region; 4) Percent-time in alpha (8-12 Hz) is recorded on the fourth channel, The alpha filter is a sharp cut-off digital type with essentially zero~pass outside the prescribed bandpass Limits. During the course of an experiment the subject is asked to describe his perceptions as to the nature of the remote target. His comments are tape recorded and noted on the polygraph, along with the time. A correlation is then attempted between those descriptions which are found to be uniquely correct and accurate, and the corresponding sections of polygraph recording. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 In our investigations to date we have not found a strong correlation between the observed physiological states and the subjects' descriptions. of the correlates being nonktored, the one which seems the most promising is the unfiltered EEG... In our preliminary analysis of the data it appears that there is often an overall reduction in EEG power in the twenty-second period just before a subject renders a correct description. Subsequent to this observation, we have learned that Janet Mitchell at the American Society for Psychical Research,made similar observations in her work with | Subject 3 Binwwmeez)-, also in remote viewing experiments. A sample chart record is shown in Figure 11. (Time runs from right to left.): The traces, top to bottom, are the unfiltered EEG, blood volume/pilse height, GSR, and filtered (alpha) EEG, Protocol, verbal description, and photograph of the location accompanying this chart are given in Section A. 1. (ec). Seven experiments of this type have been completed as a pilot study. Upon completion of the analysis of this data, any findings will he tested under rigorous no-~feedback conditions, 4. Identification of the Nature of Paranormal Phenomena and Energy (10%) This portion of the program is devoted to efforts to understand the nature and scope of paranormal phenomena, including investigation of the physical and psychological laws underlying the phenomena, determination of the manner and degree to whigh known processes are mediated by little understood or undiscovered mechanisms or energies, definition of the prrceise nature of the channels involved, ete. At this point in the effort three "psychokinetic" tasks have been investigated beyond the pilot stage, and are reported below. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
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Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 tw (b) Experiments with Develco-Superconducting Differential Magnet- Sa pe COR e eins vit terentiai Magnet ometer (Gradiometer) One of the first psychoenergetically-produced physical effects observed by SRI personnel in early research (1972) was the apparent perturbation of a Josephson, effect magnetometer. The conditions of that pilot study, involving a few hours use of an instrument committed to other research, prevented a proper investigation. The number of data. samples was too few to permit meaningful statistical analysis, and the lack of readily available multiple recording equipments prevented in- vestigation of possible "wecorder only" effects. _ Therefore, at the suggestion of the client, a series of . os . f experiments were,-carried out using a client-supplied Develco Model amt 8805 superconducting second~derivative gradiometer manufactured by Develco, Inc., Mountain View, California. The assembled device is Shown in Figure 12. . Basically, the gradiometer is a four-coil Josephson effect magnetometer device consisting of a pair of coil pairs wound so as to provide a series connection of two opposing first-derivative gradiometers, to second and higher order derivative fields). As a result, the device is i yielding a second-derivative gradiometer (i.e., a device sensitive only | , relatively insensitive to uniform fields and to uniform gradients. This | arrangement allows for sensitive measurement of fields from nearby sources while discriminating against relatively uniform magnetic fields produced by remote sources. The device is ordinarily Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 SUPERCONDUCTING DIFFERENTIAL MAGNETOMETER FIGURE 12 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 used to measure magnetic fields originating from processes within the human body, such as action currents in the heart which produce magneto- cardiograms. The sensitive tip of the instrument is simply placed near the body area of interest. In our application, however, the subject is located at a distance of four meters from the gradiometer probe. As a result the Subject is located in a zone of relative insensitivity; e.g., standing up, sitting down, leaning forward, and arm and leg movements produce no signals. From this location the subject is asked, as a mental task, to affect the probe. The results of his efforts are available to him as feedback from three sources: an oscilloscope, a panel meter, and a chart recorder, the latter providing a permanent record. After initial difficulty with the instrument due to RF interference effects, which required modificaton by the manufacturer, the gradiometer was available for use by the contractor from June 10 to June 21. Some RF interference effects remained, due in part to environmental proximity ' to other instrumentation, but the device was usable nonetheless. Protocol for Subject participation was instituted as follows. The subject removes all metal objects, and the effects of body movements are checked at the start of each experimental period. The subject then works with the machine in a learning mode, observing effects being produced, if any, via feedback from the instrumentation. Once satisfied that a possibility exists of producing effects on command under experimenter Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 control, the experimenter announces the start of the experiment. The universal randomization protocol (discussed in previous section) is then used to generate ten activity/no activity periods of equal length (e.g., twenty-five seconds) pre-determined by the experimenter. A sample run (Run 1, Subject 1) is shown in Figure 13. The “ randomly~generated ON (activity) periods are Nos. 2, 8, and 9. As observed, signals appear in each of these three periods. The signal appearing in period 9 was strong enough to cause loss of continuous tracking. “This latter type of signal can be the result of an exceptionally strong flux change, or an RF burst whether subject~generated or artifactual, and are handled on the basis of statistical correlation as discussed below. An artifact due to the passage of a truck in the parking lot adjacent to the laboratory (under continuous surveillance by the experimenter) is noted in period 6. Each of the signals on scale corresponds to an input ~ 1.6% 10-° Gauss/em- (second derivative aB/ 2°), equivalent to ~ 3.5 xX 10— Gauss referred to one pickup coil. The interpretation of such observations must be subjected to careful analysis. For example, the emphasis on "corresponds to" is based on the following: although the probe is designed to register magnetic fields, and the simplest hypothesis is that an observed signal is such, ina task as potentially complex as “psychokinesis", one must be cautious about assigning a given observed effect to a specific cause. Therefore, without multiple measurement employing equally sensitive apparatus, which time and lack of instrument availability did not permit, one can only conclude that generation of a magnetic field is the most probable cause. With regard to signal display, the signal was observed simultaneously on three recording devices, and thus a "recorder only" effect can be considered Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 highly probable cause-effect relationship. Thus it appears that a gifted subject can interact with a second derivative magnetic gradiometer of cs , “9 2 , . sensitivity ~ 10 Gauss/em from a distance of four meters. Further work would be required to determine absolutely the precise nature of the interaction, although given .the equipment design the generation of a magnetic field is the most probable mechanism. (c) Experiments with Laser-Monitored Torsion Pendulum In this series of experiments we examine the possibility that a subject may be able to exert a physical influence on a remotely located physical system. The target is a torsion pendulum suspended by a metal fiber inside a sealed glass bell jar. The pendulum consists of three 100 gram balls arranged symetrically at 120° angles on a 2 cm radius. The entire apparatus is shock mounted, and protected from air currents by the enclosing hell jar. The angular -position of the pendulum is measured by means of. an optical readout system. The system consists of a laser beam from a low power argon laser reflected from. a small mirror on the pendulum onto a position sensing silicon detector 1.5 meters from the pendulum. The detector ylelds an output voltage proportional to spot position. The , nas ttt , output from the detector is monitored by a chart recorder which provides a continuous’ Sine wave record of pendulum position. + Spectra Physics Model 262 tt United Detector Technology Model SC/10 “PT? Brush Model. Maxk 200 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Te) | ee 4 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 . The system exhibits a sensitivity of approximately 10 microradians. Under typical experimental conditions random accoustical fluctuations drive the pendulum in its torsional normal mode of 10 second period to a level ~ 100 microradians angular deviation. During control runs the pendulum executes harmonic motion with a maximum variation im amplitude of + 10 percent over an hour period. Sudden vibrational perturbations in the environment produce oscillation of the pendulum in the vertical plane at a frequency of 1 He, as contrasted with the torsional mode in the horizontal plane at 0.1 Hz. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 The subject is asked, as a mental task, to affect the pendulum motion, the results of which would be available as feedback from the chart recorder The subject is then encouraged to work with the pendulum from a distance of 1 meter, observing effects being produced. If satisfied that there is a possibility o£ producing effects (typically following a week's activity, a couple of hours per day), an experiment is begun. As in other experiments, subject efforts to increase or decrease oscillation amplitude are determined by an experimenter utilizing the uni- versal randomization protocol described in (a). Each experiment lasts one hour and consists of six 5-minute work periods alternated with six 5-minute rest periods. In later work, the subject is removed to a room 12 meters down the hall with three intervening office spaces to determine whether effects can be produced from a remote location. The subject ig provided feedback at the remote location either by closed circuit video or by a second chart recorder in parallel with the recorder in the enclosed target laboratory. he remote aspect was instituted both to prevent artifactual effects from body heat, etc., and also to determine whether energy can he coupled via the remote viewing channel to a remote location. | +. Both experimental evidence and theoretical work indicate that distance may not be a strong factor in paranormal phenomena. See, for example, E.H, Walker "Properties of Hidden Variabies in Quantum Theory: Impli- cations for Paraphysics”, U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 In pilot studies we observed iconsiderable evidence indicating that a gifted gubject located in the same room is able, by concentration, to increase or decrease pendulum motion on command while sitting quietly one meter from the bell jar. The change-to-baseline ratio is often Sid or better so the effects are not small. A sample chart showing a rest period followed by a decrease period is given in Figure 14, Vibrational artifacts can be ruled out on the basis that when such inputs occur, a marked 1 Hz oscillation signal due to vertical motion is. superimposed on the 0.1 Hz torsional motion. What is especially interesting are the decreases which take the motion below that generally observed due to en~ vironmental noise driving. Such ob ervations indicate the application of a constraint which couples energy /out) of the pendulum motion. Similar ob- servations have been observed with the subject removed to the second location 12 meters away. Although less pronounced (change-to~baseline ratios typically 2:1), the effect remains easily observable. The universal randomization protocol is used throughout to determine increase/decrease periods. Control run data are being collected to be sub~ jected to the same analysis. Multiple recording is used throughout to rule out artifacts due to recorder effects, Finally, an electrometer with the base of the bell jar serving as one electrode. is monitored to record acoustic vibration independently. Due to the potential significance of such findings, considerable aata/{s jpoing taken in order that the matter can be’ subjected to statistical analysis over a large sample involving hundreds of work periods. A few hundred data samples have already been collected for this purpose, an the results will be published when available. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
FIGURE 14 PENDULUM MOTION Large amplitude variation corresponds to_0 chee ao ate “Wnmanmane etpemiterunete eqn ‘mate SNe Ane! te mae enema emcote tat ant -l Hz torsional mode . Ww 00787R000200010007-4 CIA-RDP96- Approved For Release 2000/08/10