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(3 )
Following these instructions,
the facilitator
Selects an envelope at random,
opens
it from the
rear so as
to be exposed to the coordinates only,
and' then begins the process
described above.
ttHjf After one or more repetitions
of
the
coordinates
' (each followed by a CRV response)
leads
to a
recognizable target characteristic,
the
card
is
turned over by the facilitator,
and the atlas consulted
(if necessary)
in order to give feedback.
A line
is drawn on the CRVer's data sheet
to separate the
data thus generated from further data,
since up to
this point
the data were generated in a double-blind
protocol and can be objectively evaluated later as
a test
of target acquisition.
(5)
Having terminated the target acquisition "test"
phase
, feedback can now be given and/or further data
solicited.
The feedback given at
this
point
is
non-
negative, ranging from "that's
the target," through
"near the target," to "you are at another target"
(giving the CRVer the benefit
of
the doubt).
The
facilitator then has
the option of terminating the
viewing, asking for more detail
("there's something
ten miles north that should be visible")
or restarting
the process when the viewer's original description
did
not
correspond
to the target
site.
In the
latter
case
the facilitator
can,
of
course,
guide or
cue the
CRVer into a correct response;
(a)
this
is acceptable
in the
nontes.t part of
the sequence,
(b)
this
can be
checked for by asking
for detail
in the surrounding
region,
and
(c)
this provides an opportunity to
investigate whether such cueing procedures
can be
(e.g.,
guidin^tht^CRVer onto the target site witRues
V
'f," and then asking for
"g").
m
RVer 518 was exposed to this
protocol,
a
few targets
per session,
over a several—day period, resulting
in a data pool
of 26 CRV target
viewings.
They were:
Salt Lake Desert,
Utah;
Lake Erie;
Chicago;
Mono Lake;
Aruba
Island;
Lake Okeechobee;
Yount's
Peak, Wyoming;
Pitcairn
Island;
Pike's
Peak;
Los Angeles;
Atlantic Ocean;
Rio de
Janeiro;
Kansas
plains,
St.
Peter and Paul
Islands;
Randall
Dam,
South Dakota;
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Munich;
Amazon River;
Midwestern
TT^n-icaca-
Cape May;
Niagara Falls,
Municn,
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Puerto Rico.
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in which essentially
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f irs t pilot session of
five,
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L remalnlns twenty-one were carried out
l inunediate feedback waa
g ven,
assessed
lth delayed feedback and thus provided material that
coul
b- ctively
Categorizing the targets into five groups
(mountains,
'
itles
islands/peninsulas) ,
the target/response matrix
£latS
' rTlnWd.
The probability of such an alignment occurring
" “
1one cpn be calculated by the direct-count-of-per^tations
by chance alone cp
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. 0.0083.
The distribution of
“’thod dlsoUSSed ?“ ller
s ;alLticaUy significant.
Furthermore, beyond
r^n rlJl responses were exceptionally
simple statistics,
.
trioi ^ this
O
, t1on "test" phase.
In the final trij^m
accurate during the acquisition
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in
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for Guayama m
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fnp pxample. when the large
series, for ex
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.. fishlng village on the southeast
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Puerto Rico,
the
entirely correct description
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, dand
" which
is an entirely
coast
of
a boat-s ap
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island
resembling
..
^inates
He then drew an island,
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f-iiP
locale at the target coordinate
.
of the
locale a
few orientation sessions
Puerto Rico in both shape and orientati
.
1(,e
n nd 292
with similar results.
were carried out with Viewers
155 and 292,
a
is the first stage of
a multi-stage training
(u)
fhe above procedure
th
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cent ers around
procedure developed on another prog
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use of a specially-designed
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limited
coloring to minimize envlronmen a
and the use
of
a strictly
vwnhavior role to minimize monitor overlay,
monitor behavior
d coordinate presentation and
p-ified CRV procedure involving
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specified
dure designed to mini^ze "imaginative
quick-reaction response-
P
the process
of being
The effectiveness
of this procedure
is in
P
overlays
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DISTRIBUTION OF CRV TARGET/RESPONSE MATCHINGS
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Transcripts
Targets
Mountains
Flats
Water
Cities
Is lands /Pe ni nsu las
Flats
Water
Cities
Islands/
Peninsulas
confirmed with
a number of remote viewers
in another
program,
and the
results
to date indicate that
a significant step forward in accuracy
and reliability has been made.
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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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In this report we have presented the results and assessments
of a one-year program for the optimization of remote viewing with
selected individuals.
To meet the objectives
of
the program we have
familiarized these individuals with the SRI RV protocol;
pursued the
development
of enhanced
levels
of RV ability through exposure to several
different orientation/training strategies,
and established screening
tests and procedures
for enlarging the population from which such in-
p
dividuals are selected.
Our principal observation in working with the six^^PjH
volunteers
is
that we have found
considerable
evidence for remote viewing
functioning among them.
In the basic local-site RV-familiarization task
(Phase-One study)
,
four of the six participants produces results that
*
were individually statistically significant
(p < 0.05),
rendering the
-5
series strongly significant as
a whole
(p = 4 X 10
,
or odds
of one in
25,000).
(An entire summary of program data
is
shown in Table
5.)
JJ^^A second observation from that study
is
that
in general,
there
is more variability from trial to trial for a given viewer than there
is
between the viewers
themselves.
There are
no viewers
in the group who
have not shown some evidence for remote viewing,
even though some of
their individual series
may not have reached the
p < 0.05
level
of
departure from chance expectation.
(U)
In fact, each of these four series exceeded
this requirement by
more than an order of magnitude,
reaching significance at the
p = 0.003
level or better.
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result.
Probability
of
obtaining
result
by
chance,
p
s
0.05
is
accepted
standard
threshold
for
labeling
a
result
significant,
that
is,
non-chance.
Clearly
significant,
but
difficult
to
obtain
precise
probability
value.
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Certain of the individual responses
in the FRV
(future remote
viewing)
series, both with slides and with
local sites
as targets,
appeared to give striking evidence of contact with the target.
However,
the trial-to-trial reliability was
low and no series reached statistical
significance.
Therefore, although individual results were encouraging,
no definitive statement
can be made on the basis
of this
short study.
Given its obvious applications
potential,
should its existence
be capable
of unambiguous verification,
we consider
it a high-priority item for
further exploration.
In the extended remote viewing
(ERV)
trials
a viewer was able
in each trial of
the series
to identify significant elements of an object
placed in various
locations
In these experiments
the remote viewer worked alone over
extended periods
of time
(up to three hours )
.
At
a minimum,
the good
results
indicate that the RV process
is
not
so fragile
that
it
must
be
carried out under rigidly-specified conditions,
since in this case an
alternative
style was
in use and the results
continued to be reliable.
Further work would be required,
however,
before
a
definitive comparison
of RV and ERV could
be made
.
! Finally,
the encouraging results obtained in the CRV
(coordinate
remote viewing)
trials
indicates
that comparable accuracy and reliability
can be expected from experienced viewers targeting either on the basis
of
a beacon person at
the
target,
or on the basis
of geographical latitude
and longitude alone.
As
a by-product
of the CRV study, which involved
the use of special procedures
being developed in another program for
reliability enhancement,
the high-quality output provided additional
confirmation as
to
the effectiveness
of certain new approaches
being
taken with regard to monitor/viewer interaction and control of the RV
environment
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To take advantage of the most recent developments in remote
viewing, and to achieve the goal of continuing to develop remote viewing
we strongly recommend further development
of capabilities
in the following areas:
Applications
of Remote Viewing .
A training procedure has
been developed that appeares to greatly increase both the
accuracy and reliability of remote viewing by coordinates.
This technique should continue
to
be examined, and applied
to targets of £fl^HBlHK^.nterestj
•
Effects
of Feedback .
An extensive examination should be made
of the necessity for providing feedback in remote viewing
trials,
A systematic variation in the presence or absence
of feedback should be used to determine the importance of
this
factor.
•
Target Demarcation .
Coordinate remote viewing experiments
should be carried out
in which the target
is demarcated by
means of various
types
of coordinates
(e.g., geographic,
and arbitrary)
.
This should be done in order to
discover the part played by the target coordinate in
determining remote viewing accuracy.
•
Audio Analysis .
In an effort
to separate correct from
incorrect
data available from taped subject descriptions
of remote viewing target sites,
the use of speech and
audio analysis techniques should be investigated as a tool
to provide selective editing.
This should include semantic
analysis,
in which analysis
of written transcripts are
carried out
to look for variations
in grammar,
style,
or
vocabulary to help separate correct
from incorrect statements
in the RV transcript.
•
Tracking.
Further effort should be pursued to perfect the
RV process whereby,
instead of demarcating a location to
obtain a target description,
one
provides
a target description
and asks for
lbcationJBMB^Jj|j^mmi^JJ|^^J|^^
SRI has under development certain
strategies
involving FRV feedback,
computer averaging
of
multiple trials, and so forth, which appear from pilot
efforts to hold promise.
•
Spatial Resolution .
A study should be carried out to
determine the extent to which
it
is possible
to aid
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viewers
in learning to read hidden and distant printed
material that
is blocked from ordinary perception.
Temporal Resolution.
An ERV effort should be pursued
to determine the accuracy of remote viewing as
a function
ox
time
for future targets
.
^LF Experiments.
Since one of the prevalent hypotheses
for paranormal perception requires the use of an ELF
electromagnetic carrier, we suggest carrying out
definitive experiments jto examine
this hypothesis
Ce.g.,
by using ELF generators as beacons), and to
provide analyses
correlating data from our past data
base with the daily record of geophysical parameters
known to affect ELF propagation.
Theoretical Studies.
Modern physics offers several
mathematical descriptions of reality that may also
prove to be testable descriptions
of paranormal
perception in general,
and remote viewing in particular
We recommend work with leading physicists who have
agreed to consult for
SRI on these theoretical problems,
in an effort
to develop a physical understanding of the
*
phenomena we observe in the laboratory and in the field
and to apply this knowledge to improve remote viewing
functioning
.
Technical Meetings.
SRI proposes
to host private quarterly
^jj^^^^^^bring^ogetherselected U.S.
scientists
are concerned with the
echnical issues in psychoenergetic research.
HR
Successful pursuit of the above priority items
could be expected
to result in an increased reliability and breadth of utility of the RV
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