Approved For Release 2003/04/18
: CIA-RDP96-00791R0001 00500001 -2
-~CQHF I'DEHT XAL
SUMMARY
Subject 1
~ S 1
The remote-viewing experiment of URDF-3 by
proved
to
be unsuc
cessful
.
This conclusion was
reached only after
a careful
review of
the
tape
recordings,
tape transcripts,
and sketches
that were generated during
the four
day experiment.
si
During
the first day's session,^|P
1)
accurately described
the location and type of
target
(that
information
had
been
given
to him
by the experimenters)
but failed
on the layout'
and
types
of buildings,
2)
saw
a gantry crane for heavy
lifting,
3)
tended
to
spend
too much
time on specifics only
to
say,
"I'll
come back
to
that,"
but seldom
did,
and
4)
successfully evaded drawing
a perimeter of the
area even
though
he was asked
to
do this
twice.
Therefore,
nothing positive
to validate remote viewing resulted from the first
day's
session.
Si
was contacted by phone
that evening
by one
of
the experimenters
and was
told
to concentrate
on
the crane and
its
relationship
to
the dominant
three-story building
(Building
1)
that
he had
seen during
that day's
session.
He was
also
told
that they wanted
a drawing of
the perimeter fence.
On
the second
day,& supplied
the most positive evidence yet for
the remote-viewing experiment with
his
sketch of the rail-mounted gantry crane
It seems
inconceivable
to
imagine how he could
have
drawn
such
a
likeness
to
the actual
crane
at URDF-3
unless:
1)
he actually
saw
it through remote viewing,
or
2)
he was
informed of what
to
draw by someone
knowledgeable of URDF-3.
Approved For Release 2003/04/18
: CIA-RDP96-00791R0001 00500001 -2
Approved For Release 2003/04/1 8
: CIA-RDP96-00791 R0001 00500001 -2
t
The second possibility
is mentioned only because
the experiment was
not controlled
to discount the possibility thatflflfc could
tal k 8f"othdr!people.
si
SI
commented that
he was
seeing
a
lot of things
this
second day that
he hadn't
seen
the previous
day.
In
fact,
he mentioned seeing
several
landmark-
type objects
that simply did
not exist at URDF-3.
One explanation of this dis-
crepancy could
be that
if he mentioned fenou$h
specific objects,
he would surely
hit on one object that
is actually present.
This could explain
the
inconsistency
between:
1)
his most positive evidence of the experiment
-
a
sketch of
a
rail -mounted gantry crane,
and
2)
the large number of objects
he
sees
that,
in
reality,
are simply not present at URDF-3.
SI
This discrepancy between what^m^ sees
and what
is
really
there certainly
would make
it difficult for the eventual
user of his
remote-viewing data
since
he would
not know how
to differentiate
the fact from the fiction.
At
this
stage of
the experiment,
the data
is
inconclusive
to validate
Price's capability
of remote viewing.
flBtwas
shown
a
sketch of
a
perspective of the Operations Area
at
URDF-3 £0/^
1$
third day and was
told
that
this
was
a sketch of the actual
target.
said
he recognized
the area
but claimed that only one of
the
four headframes
was
present now.
That was wrong,
but
his most damaging
state-
ments
had
to
do with
his
interpretation of Building
(the underground
build-
ing)
at URDF-3.
With
the sketch
as
a reference,
he
"saw"
the four main
surface
protrusions of Building
as
four separate above-ground buildings sitting atop
a concrete apron.
He
was. asked specifically whether these four buildings
he
saw might really
be
the surface elements
of an
underground
building.
He
failed
either
to
pick
up
the
lead or
to
remotely view correctly because
he said,
"No,
that's
a concrete apron,
and
there's nothing
subterranean
right
in
that particular
.area."
This
statement was
his most negative evidence yet and
tends
to discredit
his ability
to
remotely view URDF-3.
Approved For Release 2003/04/18
: CIA-RDP96-00791R00&i005Q0001-2
^KFIPMSIMt
Approved For Release 2003/04/18
: CIA-RDP96-00791R0001 00500001 -2
r s comments
on
the fourth
day were
very specific
regarding
his
concept of the overall
operation
at URDF-3,
however no new evidence
(that could
be checked)
was disclosed toward establishing validity for his remote-viewing
capabil ity.
After careful
analysis of all
the
data
presented,
I
have
s
remote-viewing experiment of URDF-3 was
unsuccessful.
concluded
that
Approved For Release
: CIA-RDP96-00791R0001 00500001 -2
SBKBtAL
A
Approved For Release 2003/04/1 8
: CIA-RDP96-00791 R0001 00500001 -2
JteOTtDEHBIAL
INTRODUCTION
I was asked to analyze and
then judge
the validity of the remote-viewing
experiment performed
on URDF-3
by
The data
to
be analyzed
included
two cassette
tapes covering
the first two days,
pages of transcribed
tapes
regarding the third and fourth days,
and 30 sketches;
I also reviewed
the July
5,
1974
of URDF-3.
I
am quite familiar with
the chronology and
layout of URDF-3,
as well
as
the surrounding terrain
and
technical
areas within
40 miles.
I
tried
to
keep
an open mind while performing
this analysis,
but
if
I
had any bias
at all,
it
was
that
I wanted
to believe remote viewing could help
us establish
the true
purpose of URDF-3.
Throughout
this
analysis,
I
paid particular attention
to
all
information
about
URDF-3
that was
supplied
This was necessary
in order
to
evaluate
his originality
in
remote viewing.^This
study was done
in
four seg-
ments corresponding
to the four days of the experiment.
Judgment of the
prog-
ress
and validity of
the experiment was
evaluated at
the end of each
day.
FIRST DAY
The experiment started
at
a.m.
on July
9,
1974 at Stanford Research
C-1
Institute
(SRI).
The experimenters
(Russ Targ and
Hal
Puthoff) toldflHH^
that the
target was
a geographical
target selected from the Times
of London
World Atlas.
The coordinates
of the target were given
as
50°9'59"N and
78°22’22"E;
wrote
these coordinates
down.
It was emphasized that this was
a
"real
target"
as opposed
to
a
sample target.
Using
several
maps,
the experimenters
showed
the target location
at
60 miles WSW of Semipalatinsk.
The
tarqet
was
described
as
a
scientific military research and test area.
To
help orient
%
he was
told
that the target
was
25 to
30 miles
SW of "this
river,"
pre-
sumably labeled correctly on
the maps
as
the
Irtysh
River. BHB^
told
t0
start with
a
view of the general
area
as
seen from 50,000
ft.
and
get
the
layout
of any complexes
or buildings,
or whatever.
Approved For Release 2Q03/04/18 :CIA-RDP96-0d791R00O1.0050000 1-2
_
-
*
Approved For Release 2003/04/18
: CIA-RDP96-00791R0001 00500001 -2
Si
When the coordinates were given,
said
he was getting
a
picture that
they
(the Soviets)
have done
a
lot of rocket launching and recovery out of that
area.
As
he starts viewing,
he says
it's
dark over there at the present time,
quite
a cloud cover,
and
a
full
moon.
He immediately sees
the river and heads
SW from the river
to the institute
(as
he calls
it).
He
says the area
he's
look-
ing
at
has
low one-story buildings
that are partially dug
into
the ground giving
the effect
(as
seen at ground
level)
of very short,
squatty buildings, whereas
they are actually fairly roomy on
the
inside.
This description could very well
describe
a first look
at the Operations Area
at URDF-3.
He then finds that he
is
looking at
"a guy
in
a very peculiar type of
helmet."
He tends
to get bogged down
in
the specifics
of the purpose of this
helmet and
shifts
his
attention
to
look at the cosmonauts
(that were currently
in orbit)
to compare
helmets.
He
says
they
(the Soviets)
are running
some
tests
on
some equipment that currently
has
to
do with
their space program.
Then
he
backs
off from this
specific subject and
says,
"I'll
look around and come back
to
that"
-
but
he never does.
was
then asked
to describe the general
terrain and
perhaps
the
•building
layout.
He drew
a
sketch
(Fig.
1)
in which
he correctly identifies
the complex
as being about 30 miles
south
of the
Irtysh River
(this
information
had been given
to him earlier).
However,
he incorrectly says
the road
from the
river passes
through
a gorge.
The layout of the buildings
and area they cover
as
shown
in
his
sketch are
incorrect for URDF-3.
Although
there are some an-
tennas
at URDF-3,
none are
as
tall
as
the
500-ft.
antenna
he described.
He pondered over
the dimensions
of the outdoor
pool
he saw because
"that's
in meters
-
they have
it."
He then translates
it
to feet
(60'
x
150').
He
said
they use the
pool
for underwater testing and orientation
studies
but
in
reality
there
is
no outdoor
pool
at
URDF-3.
In
Fig,
2,
he drew
a military complex three-eighths
of
a mile NE of the
scientific complex
shown
in
Fig.
1.
Actually there
is
a military complex at
URDF-3,
located about
1/2 miles
NW of the Operations Area,
but
this data was
Approved For Release 2003/04/18
: CIA-RDP96-00791FH)Git)1 00500001 -2
•
jjoppipaigiiAa
.
“P77 >} *s/ ~, . -# * ey hte. -. BUN OS : 2. . é¥ug {es ‘heen * ips q@y 2 4 . ; . 4S D Karp 707 2, ey _ . IGP? PUT PT AA FT i N ! <e Oo Oo fo] Oo . w) Ss = A. ra ¢ > 4 NR oO ae co a ww Q "7 id ae a + 6) eo = — wv ] ‘ 2 S j Oo i} LN o o et oO © ay Q , sz, ~ = 5) ‘ - 3 \ xo) a > 2 a a » { en oe ee we ap —- one or | l omens ane, aa : . ee er ™, (i: Approved For Release 2003/04U:t8.:s6:iA-RDP96-00791R000100500001-2
Approved For Release 2003/04/18
: CIA-RDP96-00791R0001 00500001 -2
given
to him earlier when the target was described
as
a scientific military
research and test area.
He
said
the military complex looked
like
it
had been
there for two to
three years,
when
in fact
it's
been there for over
a decade.
Also
in
Fig.
2,
he described
a radar/communications
building north of the
scientific complex.
The description
of the building and
its
location relative
to the military complex fits
the description of the probable laboratory-admini-
stration building
located about
2 1/2 miles northwest of the Operations Area at
URDF-3.
When
he
is
specific about what
he
sees
inside the building,
one of the
experimenters
asks whether one of the specifics
he mentioned might well
be
some-
thing
else.
He
takes another look and changes
his mind saying,
"You may be
right,"
giving
the impression
that
he could
be led^to
see what the experimenter
suggests.
The experimentej^q^ckly informed^Upfthat "we really don't know
what this
thing
is,"
and
replies with,
"I'll
come back to
that,"
but
C
I
again never does.
^^P^saw an array of telephone poles about 400 yards
SE
of the scientific
complex
(see
Fig.
2),
but there
is
no such array of poles at or near URDF-3.
He was
then asked
to
go
up
to 50,000
ft.
to
look again and describe the
layout.
Centering
himself over
the scientific
complex,
he
scanned
in
a clock-
wise direction;
the view
he
saw
is
sketched
in
Fig.
3.
Nothing
in
this figure
is correct except
that
the area
is arid and
has
low hills
to
the south.
Speci-
fically,
he
is
incorrect
in
his
locations
of
a
small
village,
an airstrip,
a
cluster of pine
trees,
and
a city 60 miles
to
the
SW.
There
is,
however,
an
airfield at the Main Support Complex
30 miles
north of URDF-3.
_ -SI
j^^^Bwas asked
if he saw
a
railroad anywhere.
The closest railroad
to
the target that
he could see was
about
60 miles
north running
roughly
NW and
SE and he didn't see any spur tracks
in
a
direction
toward
the
target.
In
reality,
there
is
a
railway
in
the Main Support Complex
(about
30 miles
north
of URDF-3)
with
a
railway
spur under construction down
to URDF-3.
There
is also
grading -for
-a
railway 'spur- near the military complex at URDF-3.
Approved For Release 2003/04/18
: CIA:RDP96-00791R0001 00500001 -2
“ Approved For Release 200S70#P Re 2HRDP 96-00791R000 Approved For Release 2003/04/18 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000100500001-2 “COP SAE pret 100500001-2 + Figuré 3. - ita} cy SS om ao a ane a> AM K>
Approved For Release 2003/04/18
: CIA-RDP96-00791R0001 00500001 -2
^OHgSDEHTIASr-
became specific
in looking at
a
scope trace at the airstrip
agd
1 decided
At this
time
the experimenters
and(
claimed
it made him nauseated,
to have
lunch
so^|HP sa1 ^
he would come back
to
this
later,
but as
he randomly
elevated himself,
he noted the area was
under high security and had
a cyclone
fence.
He could read
the troop markings and buttons
on
a Colonel
and
then said
he could come back to the security and military designations.
In reality,
the
Operations Area of URDF-3 has
4 security
fences, not just one cyclone fence.
They
stopped
for lunch at about 12:14
p.m.
—SI
After lunch,
at 2:22
p.m. ,^^Bpicks
up with
the
scope
trace at the
airstrip.
He concludes that the trace
indicates
the pulse of someone who
is
nauseated
-
that's why
it caused nausea
in
him.
Ha was asked
to indicate again where the telephone poles were and
to map
out the perimeter of the area.
He drew
in the telephone-poie grid with
a circle
of trees around
the grid
(see
Fig.
2).
There
is
no
telephone-pole grid like
this at or near URDF-3.
Upon spotting
several
low-boy- trucks
and
a gantry crane
(for very heavy
lifting)
in
the vehicle area
(Fig.
1 )
was 'asked
if
he could
tell
where
they took the heavy things
from the low-boy trucks.
This question
led
him
to
a
look at the area near Building
in
Fig.
1.
He saw
a sign
in front of the
building
that said something
to do with Zone
4.
He
said he would get back
to
that but never did.
When describing Building
1,
he
said
it
had three stories above-ground
plus
a basement with meteorological
equipment
on
the flat roof and
then
looked
inside
the building at the top floor.
He
started
to get too specific
as
to what
he saw inside the building and was reminded that the type of thing the experi-
menters could best check
him on was
the outside appearance
of
the buildings.
They asked him the dimensions
of Building
and
he
had
a very difficult time
establishing
them when
he finally settled
on
80'
x
160'.
He
then described,
the other buildings
in
the scientific complex.
He
said Building
was
the
dominant building due
to
its height
and- central
location; everything
seemed
to,
pivot off of
it.
There
is
no building at URDF-3 that matches
the above descrip-
tion of Building
.
...
Approved For Release 2003/04/1 8
: CIA-RDP96-00791 R0001 00500001 -2