Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 VI CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (U) t In this report we have presented the results and assessments of a one-year program for the optimization of remote viewing with i selected individuals. To meet the objectives of the program we have - familiarized these individuals with the SRI RV protocol; pursued the deve lopment 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- dividuals: are selected. ( ‘Jour principal observation in working with the six) oe 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 series strongly significant as a whole (p = 4 * 10- ,» or odds of one in 25,000). (An entire summary of program data is shown in Table 5.) { 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. 97 Approved For Release 2001¥03/07 : winnorse yreoroozetene
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Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : cia,RoPps-00769R008200160001-8 { Ql) (2) } With regard to screening: The individuals chosen to participate in the program were pre-screened( _ , from a population of 250 potential candidates, using. broad personality profile guidelines recommended by SRI, with final selection determined on the basis of interview by the SRI project leaders (R. T. and H. P.), The fact that the overall study was successful lends support to the effectiveness of this initial screening~by-profile procedure, The details of the results of the program indicate that a half dozen local-site RV trials may constitute a meaningful screening-by-performance procedure to separate the more reliable from the less reliable viewers. In order for screening-by-performance to be successful, it is necessary that the performance of a viewer be relatively consistent. We find that those individuals who were the most successful in the Phase- One trials, were also the most successful in Phase~Two, even though different remote viewing tasks were pursued, Of the four successful viewers in Phase~One, two produced Significant results and one near-significant (the fourth was not available for the Phase-Two study). The two viewers from Phase-One that were least successful there (not reaching significance) again did not reach signifi- cance in Phase-Two, Although the sample is too small to be definitive, it appears that the Phase-One local- site RV series itself offers evidence of constituting a useful screening-by-performance procedure. _ The data indicating that a viewer can describe an individual Slide as it is shown on a screen shows that targeting on high-resolution transient targets (charts, maps, etc.) is not out of the question, This, coupled with our findings that a viewer may be able to describe and identify alphabet letters is a most encouraging development, and one deserving of further work, Extension of the RV process to include high-resolution material, especially with a reading ability, would constitute a Significant breakthrough ! \ 99 Approved For Release 4001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001 -9
Approved For Release 2ootiosi : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 —_———— an ( ‘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 locationst ~ . | 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. 100 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9
‘ function Approved For Release oe : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 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 of time for future targets. ELF Experiments. Since one of the prevalent hypotheses for paranormal perception requires the use of an ELF electromagnetic carrier, we suggest carrying out definitive experiments to examine this hypothesis (e.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 conferences to bring together selected U.S, scientists and government representatives who are concerned with the technical issues in psychoenergetic research, a Successful pursuit of the above priority items could be expected to result in an increased reliability and breadth of utility of the RV * 102 Approved For Release 2001403/07 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9
4 ooroved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RPR96-00789R00 200160001-9 December 1982 Final Report Covering the Period October 1981 to October 1982 A REMOTE VIEWING EVALUATION PROTOCOL (U) , SRI Project 4028 ena ea a This document consists of 54 page SRHAF=A2, 94 Loar i a { Approved by: oY | For Release 200 1/031 OfenbelArke RP szesocamr 160001 -9 (415) 326-6200 * Cable: SRI INTL MPK * TWX: 910-373-2046 .
i Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 antl 5 in the time condition, but the level of significance for the one subject rendered the entire experiment significant. ( —_' This is the third laboratory replication of this experiment. In each experiment, there were significant results which could have been useful, ; |. The best subject in the FY 1987 experiment showed a reduction in the area that would need to be searched in 72% of the trials in the space condition, with an average reduction in area of 33%. Previous experiments showed even greater reductions. In real-world applications, this could represent a substantial savings in resources. However, the skill has not been shown to be completely robust, and more experimentation should be done before attempting these applications. (U) A second “search” experiment was conducted in FY 1987 to see if self-proclaimed dowsers could “ find” a lost ship by searching a grid which had previously been keyed to a map. The object of the search was a sunken Spanish galleon called the Atocha, which was actually found in 1985. The experiment was carried out with two sets of 25 trials for each of five participants, but failed to produce a single significant result. iii | Approved For Release 2001/03/@7 : CiA-RDP96.00789R003200160001.8
Approved For ened : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 ABSTRACT (U) (U) One reported psychoenergetic skill, known to the general public as “dowsing,” is the ability to locate lost or hidden items of interest. In an effort to bring this putative ability that we call “search” into the laboratory, a computer-assisted search (CAS) experiment was conducted in FY 1984 and again in FY 1986. Participants scanned a computer graphics display and attempted to locate a hidden computer-generated target. In each experiment, two conditions were randomly interchanged in a balanced protocol: (1) the target was fixed in space (space condition), and (2) the location of the target was randomly shifted several times each second (time condition). Both the subjects and the experimenter were blind to the condition on each trial. , ; In FY 1984, five of seven participants demonstrated an above chance ability to find targets in one of the two conditions: three in the time condition and two in the space condition. Of the 36 participants in the FY 1986 experiment, two showed above chance results in the space condition and six in the time condition. No participant in either experiment was able to produce results in both conditions independently. i TE A follow-up experiment was done in FY 1986 to see if subjects would produce better results if they were only presented with the single condition for which they had done well in the original experiment. None of the eight subjects who completed this "single condition" experiment scored significantly. : In FY 1987, an experiment was conducted which successfully replicated the original FY 1986 finding. Of eight participants (six experienced and two novices), the two who scored best in the space condition ‘jhad previously been successful in that condition, and the one who scored best in the time condition had previously been successful in that condition. Ais suggests that participants are likely to consistently do well in one condition or the other, but not both. Only one of the eight participants scored significantly in the space condition, and none ii Approved For Release ed : CIA-RDPP96-00789R003200160001-9
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Approved For Release 2007/03/07 : CIA-RDV96-00789R003200160001-8 TRAINING PERFORMANCE fy 058 (Pe 4 10-3) “ PISLOPE) <6 2 10-9 NUMBER SESSION ELEMENTS 3 RESPONSE s SPONTANEOUS } 6 5 to 18 2 Pe] TRIAL NUMBER (SI, PHI) (VIEWER B) orn’ oT to, ° OSE Po 1 0 102) PISLOPED- 25210? SPONTANEOUS RESPONSE NUMBER SESSION ELEMENTS 3 o s 10 8 20 TRIAL NUMBER (SI, Pe.th (VIEWER C) FIGURE 12 TRAINEES B & C PROGRESS GRAPHS, STAGE 1,pl. 24 | Approved For Release footosir CIR REE SoTEDROONzONISONOTS
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Approved For Release 2001/0310? : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 ANNEX Examples of Stage 1 progress in graph form Witn reference to the consolidation/plateau pattern as shown in figure 6, each trainee proceeds to learn through four recognizable patterns of learning: spontaneous success, increase of noise as separate elements are dealt with separately, consolidation of the elements, and, finally, a new plateau of skill. In the following figure 11 and 12, the elements of two q —— selected trainees J & K are shown, and these are compared with first group trainees B & C. It can be seen that the learning patterns are approximately the same’ the end product being conscious control of the signal and a generating of an accurate and noiseles signal line. Following figure 12 are four consecutive examples of | ~~ Yy selected trainee K at the culmination of the new plateau achieved as a result of stage 2. Stage 2 involves signal-line perception of delicate site features that must be handled and achieved in a manner totally different from Stage 1 techniques. Stage 2 techniques, however, often can generate a total site-comprehension, as the four samples indicate. . : As of the writing of this report, two trainees (I & K) are nearing completion of stage 3. An additional report will be tendered concerning stage 3 upon their completion. Stage 4 has been confirmed, packaged, and is awaiting delivery to training candidates who have successfully completed stage 3, 22 Approved For Release 2004/03/07 : CIA-RDP96 00789R003200160001-9
Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 H. Summary of Increase in Yields While there is, of course, yet a significant amount of work to be done, especially relative to training in the upper complex stages, the following generalized graph illustrates general increase of yields (1980-1983) in several categories of importance. See figure 10 below. CRV (ncsoce vienna) POTENTIAL Wee BTATE FIGURE 10 FIVE-YEAR INCREASE IN YIELDS (1978-1983) 21 Approved For Release Zoonnsi*SIAROPSS-SaTPRo0=2001E0001-
Approved For Release 2001/93/07 : CIA-RDP96}00789R003200160001-9 @ SPECIAL FEATURES — FEEDBACK PROTOCOL © SILENCE, IF SOME STATEMENT IS WRONG ® PROBABLY CORRECT (PC) e NEAR iN) e CAN'T FEEDBACK (CFB) e COARECT {C) © SITE (5S) USE OF ESSAYS CONSTANT OBSERVATION OF TRAINEES’ ATTITUDES CONSTANT SUPERVISION FOR POSSIBLE MISCOMPREHENSIONS OR MISUNDERSTANDINGS FIGURE 9 SPECIAL FEATURES - 20 Approved For Release 2apiiosio7 : eee CNS
rr Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96;00789R003200160001-9 signal line but not to assist him with random cuing- The use of essays will exhibit the trainee's current understanding of each phenomena, and can be used to uncover areas of misunderstanding that the training monitor can not spot in advance. See Figure 9 below. @ EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES ~ ACTIVE PARTICIPATION: THE LEARNER IS ACTIVELY INTERACTING WITH THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS BY RESPONDING, PRACTICING, AND TESTING EACH STEP OF THE MATERIAL TO BSE MASTERED. INFORMATION FEEDBACK: THE LEARNEA FINOS OUT WITH MINIMAL DELAY WHETHER THE RESPONSE IS CORRECT. IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE IMPORTANT IN A RANGE OF TASKS. INDIVIDUALIZATION OF INSTRUCTION: THE LEARNER MOVES AHEAD AT HIS OR HEA OWN RATE. FIGURE 7 INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES @ GENERAL DESIGN OF CURRICULUM MATERIALS - THEORY PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND DRILLS INFORMATION FEEDBACK e SIGNAL LINE ® COACHING ON CONTROL OF STRUCTURE INDIVIDUALIZATION OF INSTRUCTION REACTIVE INHIBITION ENDING OF PRACTICAL SESSIONS DAILY REPORTS FINAL SUAVEY FIGURE 8 GENERAL DESIGN 19 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-09789R003200160001-9:
Approved For Release 2001/03107 : CIA-RDP$6-00789R003200160001-9 During the course of training on each element, within the "stages," the viewer-trainee will predictably progress through this progress pattern. Therefore, the results of each trainee both can be monitored while the training progresses, and his overall pattern of response can be displayed through the graph plan found in Figure 6 above. Actual graphs of selected viewers will be found in Annex A. The selected graphs are few to achieve optimum understanding; it should be borne in mind that all the viewers trained have responded with near similarity to each other. G. CRV Training Course Methods and Protocols et ee es and frotocolis The general elements of the CRV training course are presented below in Figures 7 through 9. (a) .The design and establishment of the CRV training course neces-~ sitated a great deal of research into methodologies of other fields. The most effective instructional procedures ultimately utilized are found in Figure 8 below. (b) The CRV training course is comprised of a general design, whose elements are followed in each stage of the training. While each element is of importance in its place, the element pertaining to "reactive inhibition" achieves predominant placement. This has to do with under- standing the phenomena associated with "overtraining" the result of which causes the trainee to exhibit negative effects of disinterest, etc., the ultimate result of which is a type of inhibition in producing the desired elements of the training. In other psi research experiments, this inhibition achieved notoriety under the terminology of "psi-missing." It is 4 simple psychological effect that can be guarded against. See Figure 9 below. (c) The training course also includes several special features which are applicable to the psi task at hand in each Stage. The feed- back protocol was designed to reinforce the trainee's contact with the 18 Approved For Release 2)01/03/07 : CIA-ROP96-00789R003200160001-9
\_. Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 F. How is Progress Judged? It has transpired that the learning patterns of the CRV training do exhibit great similarities to other learning-patterned tasks in which a new skill involving consciousness interpretation vis a vis neuro-motor functioning is gained: (i.e., sports, musical performance, machinery driving, flying, navagating, etc.). We therefore interpret that the psychical component of CRV is not solely one of intellectual mentation, but one in which mental-physical performance is achieved. As with a number of fields, the elements of the performance of which respond to careful tutoring, we find, during the course of CRV training first a "spontaneous" performance closely related to the "first time" phenomenology. After that, as the trainee attempts to take over both on a cognitive level and on an unconscious habit-forming control of both physical and .mental responses, we see a high elevation of "noise." Shortly thereafter, as the varied elements of the tasks become organized within the intellectual-mental attributes of the trainee, we see a quick "con- solidation" of the task aptitudes involved. At the end of this consoli- dating experience, the new skill or "plateau" emerges. See fig. 6 below. @ JUDGMENT OF PAOGRESS ren gee ee yerpsseenseesensnccessas! SPONTANEOUS INCREASE OF CONSOLIDATION ESS NOISE AND CONFUSION PLATEAU (MEW SKILL GAINED) FIGURE 6 CONSOLIDATION/PLATEAU PATTERN 17 Approved For Release sooumah ce \-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 ©
t Approved For Release 2001/93/07 : CIA-RDPS6-00789R003200160001-2 _- It is important to establish, in the context of this first overall report on CRV training, that these tasks are of extraordinary delicacy and require precision control, as will be exhibited by the trainees upon completion of each stage of training. The psychological perspective that necessarily is required to surround this operation, should be seen as a new contribution to overall perceptual psi requirements. This psychologi- cal pérspective should not be assumed to resemble any other forgoing idea of requirements in the area of general spontaneous psi displays. E. The CRV Training Course is Carefully Designed ee ts warefully Designed The most important task in creating the CRV training course was to come to grips with the subtle factors involved in accepting the fact that the self-generating creative faculties of the trainee would achieve prime importance. The second task was to design an approach that might incorporate psychic functions on a Strict and repetitive basis, and yet not drive these emerging functions into extinction. The result has been the devising of a course of training that has produced satisfactory results in these very important areas. Analysis of learning patterns, display patterns that are recognizable in other disciplines of training in which a new performance-skill is gained through precision tutoring or coaching. See Figure 5 below. WHAT ARE WE ASKING THE TRAINEE TO DO? ® TO CONTACT A DISTANT SITE 8Y MEANS OTHER THAN NORMAL SENSORY EXPERIENCE TO ACHIEVE A COMPREHENSION THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE THROUGH NONSENSORY CHANNELS TO ACTIVATE PARTICIPATION IN THESE INFORMATION CHANNELS TO ACTIVATE AND FORM NEW SKILLS TO DO sO TO PUT THESE NEW SKILLS ON A CONTROLLABLE AND PREDICTABLE BASIS FIGURE 5 THE CRV TRAINING TASK 16 Approved For Release 2901/03/07 : eee NS
Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 EXPLORATORY 1975 INTERVENING AREA 1976 , PROBLEM OF SIGNAL vs NOISE 1078 FUNDAMENTAL PERCEPTUAL STUDIES 1979 AND CONTINUING ATION OF THE I!DEOGRAM TAAINING/LEARNING 1980 — PRESENT ANO CONTINUING INTENSIVE ENHANCEMENT 1982 AND CONTINUING . PROJECTION OF READINESS 1983 ANDO CONTINUING FIGURE 4  EPOCHS OF COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING (CRF), R&D D. The Precision of CRV ; - R&D, aligned with training, have shown that "psychic" signals offer themselves up to interpretative consciousness through a predictable series of "signal impulses." This series starts with "greatest" meaning, and evolves into "specific" components. This predictable process has easily yielding "stages" each of which, in training, can be specifically tutored. 15 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9
Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 abilities, and thereafter leave it to themselves to attempt to evoke spontaneous psychical displays. It is the definition of "training" that gives the CRV project a con- siderable difference from orientation and spontaneous displays of psychical aptitudes. "Training" implies a prefigured regime that will, if correctly applied, lead to predictable performance which, in turn, will yield superior results. Such a training program should be considered viable if, together with increasing discoveries, it continues to develop along lines of increasingly refined results and precision. The R&D training project has well established that predictable per- formance can be trained; and its results correctly extrapolated into use- oriented functions. Furthermore, the overall approach utilized in R&D continues to reveal increasingly refined capabilities which in turn, as of the close of the three-year project, imply pending entrance into some truly interesting areas of tactical concern. Cc. Epochs of CRV R&D and Training ee Exploration and development of Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) has gone through many phases: from random experimenting in 1974, ultimately to its substantive contents now isclated into a primary, but standardized, training course. Based strictly upon the increasing success of trainees, it is antici- pated that the CRV procedures will continue to increase in value as a practical applications tool. See Figure 4 below. It) is nearly impossible to talk in detail of the complexity of the tasks of precision and perceptual-control which which the viewer-trainee is faced as he or she begins to try to achieve command over the signal line. The reality of the multiple tasks involved only become apparent to the trainees during the course of their training through each subsequent stage. 14 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CiA-ROpee-00789R00320016000"-9
LAAT i L a i 1 i $ ‘ } Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : ¢IA-RDP96-0P789R003200160001-9 less with actual psychical aptitudes. Throughout this history, the actual problem of psychical manifestations has been addressed only tangentally, if at all, prior to the present CRV work. This problem consists of two equally important factors: (1) What makes superior data, when it emerges, superior? (2) What makes inferior data, when it emerges, inferior? This dual problem is a problem for research (rather than random experimentation) into the different factors that govern the perceptual modes that underlay this extraordinary duality. In approaching this duality, the statistical averaging or evaluation of experiments of the superior into the inferior data is and has been of little avail in that it does not lead into intimate contact with the perceptual attributes involved. ’ The hallmark of the CRV R&D work--leading to training capabilities~-has been to concentrate upon the exact nature of both superior and inferior arrays of data and to plumb into the exact nature of the perceptual attributes involved in each of them. It was assumed, at the outset, and correctly so, that superior data contained less or least false data among its overall contents, and that inferior data were data sets in which most of the content was false. Superior data, therefore, were data relatively free of false data, and it became easy to think of the overall problem as one of signal versus noise. The characteristics both of signal and noise had to be discovered and isolated, and it is the cumulative breakthroughs in this history that have led to constant progress in CRV R&D and, ultimately, to a training program based upon those breakthroughs so far discovered. B. The Definition of Training Prior to a training program being established, no specific set of methods or practices had been brought into existence that elevated psychical aptitudes or attributes above just merely attempting to encourage the emergence of spontaneous displays. It had been in the recent past, possible to give general orientation to individuals about the nature of psychical 13 Approved For Release 2001/03/07°CIA-RDP 789R003200160001-9
Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 VII DISCUSSION A. Background In considering this report on Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) work, several important distinguishing features may be borne in mind. An in-depth review of the history of formal psychical or paranormal research--covering some 100 years--clearly reveals that no successful training methodologies have been located or evolved prior to the work undertaken at SRI, specifically in CRV. While certain epochs of psychical work in the -past have extraordinary merit, these for the most part have had as their goal the establishing of credibility that the several psychical manifestations do exist. These manifestations have been contacted in a spontaneous form, and displays of their arrays always have been dependent upon the innate "giftedness" of subjects if they emerged or could be located. The spon- taneous forms have not in a continuing form lent themselves very well to the scientific parameters designed to "capture'' them. Because of this, the "field" or "state-of-the-art," as a whole, was forced to view the spontaneous arrays through, usually, statistical methods of evaluation and averaging. . - ‘The statistical approaches have sufficed to establish credibility for the existence of spontaneous paranormal aptitudes in given individuals or groups; by itself, however, it has not been sufficient or capable of extrapolating on the exact nature of aptitude-characteristics in any given and continuable psychical manifestation. Furthermore, seeking to utilize statistical approaches to the problems before them, psychical researchers ultimately came to seek experiments that might better increase the statistical averages they sought. This overall approach led to a drastic proliferation of random experimentations that had as their goals more experimental design but often affiliated them 12 Approved For Release 2091/03/07 : CIA-RDP$6-00789R003200160001-9
LS CLT Approved For Release 2001/03/07 CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 a In the estimation of this consultant, bearing in mind the significances of the several steps forward that have come into view during the last work epoch, the biomagnetic/psi perceptual problem should probably be given highest and first priority. The fact that earth's geomagnetic field and human physiology and psychology are both influenced by and interact. with EMF has been established quite some time ago (See Presman, A.S., Electromagnetic Fields and Life, Plenum Press, New York (Prof. Pressman, Department of Biophysics, Moscow University, Moscow).)} Based upon experience, if the work should proceed under the "spontaneous result" philosophy or attitude, there will be a tendency to replicate more familiar approaches. The EMF/consciousness/psi area is unfamiliar to most of us; yet, based upon jour observations, there is an astonishing degree of correlation. It is strongly recommended that an organized interest in this special phenomena be given priority. mi = = a ee a ers - - . 11 _——. ——= meee al Approved For Release 2001/03 07 :- CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9
Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP 789R003200160001-9 Cc. An R&D Potential for t'SEARCH' Has Come Into View (In terms of future work, the problem of '"SEARCH'! should achieve a platform of understanding that has not hitherto been available under standard parapsychological approaches. These breakthroughs are expected to arrive through the context of Stage 5 (interrogation of the signal line). Although Stage 5 is still in R&D as concerns the packaging and delivery of it, there are sufficient indicators already present to indicate that the problem of search will be addressed, at least in some important under- standings, through continued mapping of it. It must be noted carefully, and based upon our ten year's of experience now, that any resolution to the "SEARCH" problem probably will only be achieved if we arrive at some understanding of how it is that the signal line might be profitably interrogated. The danger will be to proceed with ad hoc experiments which, even if marginally successful, might not yield any basic understandings leading ultimately to controlled interrogation procedures. The achievement of finding a significant apperture through which the signal line can be interrogated without also arousing volumes of "noise" is therefore an important prerequisite for the "SEARCH" problem. D. The Electromagnetic Connection nN a During the overall course of the R&D and training, sufficient phenomena have surfaced that indicate a direct connection of viewer performance with certain geomagnetic conditions. The daily parameters of basic earth electromagnetic conditions therefore achieved some interest on our part. An Neye-ball" scan of these interrelationships clearly indicates an important, but hitherto unsuspected, interaction between viewing and success in correctly interpreting the signal line and electromagnetic conditions. We expect that this unsuspected relationship will bear itself out, and if so, establish in some form the first verifiable psi- electromagnetic relationships. + Approved For Release poosienor ie eee
Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDPP6-00789R003200160001-9 — Table 2 (U) BINARY-TO-OCTAL CONVERSION Binary Triad Octal Equivalent veel UNCLASSIFIED 2. (U) Response Definition (U) The descriptor list shown in Table 1 and the coding techniques described using Table 2 are prepared in exactly the same way to define each RV response. For a particular training program, however, a set of a@ priori guidelines must be defined in order to aid an analyst in interpreting the various aspects of the training procedure with regard to the descriptor list. For example, it might be correct within a given training context to advise the analyst to consider all isolated lines as a land/water interface, and set descriptor Bit Number 13 by definition. How this is done is completely dependent upon the particular training procedure in question. For an example see Alternate Training.® 3. (U) Analysis ( \ The SRI evaluation procedure involves two different types of analysis: . _ ne e  Target-pool-dependent analysis \ e  Target-pool-independent analysis (training). (U) The first of these involves descriptor weighting that gives more or less credit in the final score in accordance with an a priori defined algorithm. It is within this analysis that 10 Approved For Release oon psio7 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003200160001-9 “