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Natural/Non-technical Target Category
Name
Source
/ Description
Skiing
The Spv Who Loved Me—James Bond skiing fast.
Charae-
terized by snowy mountain scenes and dramatic skiing off a
cliff.
Ostriches
Animals
are
Beautiful People—Ostriches
in synchronized
dance.
Characterized by black and white,
fluffy birds.
Waterfall
Emerald Forest—Aerial view of a waterfall.
Characterized
by dramatic vertical
fall and flying raptor.
Greek temple
Jacques Cousteau—Helicopter view of the Posiden temple
ruins.
Table Id
Project Target Category
Name
Source
/ Description
Manhattan Project
Various
Still Photographs—Oppenheimer, Fat Man,
Little
Boy, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and an air blast.
Project Blue Book
Various
Still Photographs—Hynek. UFOs, and “landing”
imprints.
Project Deep Quest
In
. Search Qf—Schwartz and others, underwater submers-
ible, and large rectangular block.
Project Ultra
Various
Still
Photographs—Turing,
code
machine,
and
bombed-out cathedral at Coventry.
2.
Subjects
Potential subjects were recruited by offering an evening lecture program to local adult
groups having an interest in educational seminars. The lecture described remote viewing research
at SRI International and promised voluntary audience participation in four remote viewing trials.
During FY
1989,
screening
was
conducted
with members
of
a
San
Francisco
Bay Area
social/cultural club and two university alumni groups.
Each of these screening programs involved
groups
of between
30 and
160
people
with
all
individuals
participating
in
the same
trial
simultaneously.
(Because participation was voluntary, not all audience members submitted trial
response papers.)
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3.
Target Preparation
Several hundred target packets were assembled prior to the first screening session. To
prepare a single packet, a research assistant randomly chose one target from each of the four
categories.*
The target numbers were individually placed into opaque envelopes,
sealed, and
randomly numbered to indicate the order of presentation. A packet was formed by sealing the four
smaller envelopes into a larger unmarked envelope. The packets were shuffled and locked in the
project safe.
For each different screening session, the assistant selected different packet for use
during that session.
4.
Session Protocol
A group screening session begins with an introduction to remote viewing presented by
the project director.
In addition to a historical review of the research conducted at SRI, the
presentation included good, and not so good, examples of remote viewing. After a short break, the
project director initiated the audience participation portion of the session.
The four-trial audience participation requires a number of assistants.
One of these,
designated the sender,
is sequestered in an isolated and locked laboratory (two floors above the
session auditorium) throughout the
four-trial
series.
The sender
is responsible
for the target
display during each trial. While each trial is in progress, the sender views the target material (on a
video monitor) and mentally attempts to “send” the target information to the assembled group.
The remaining assistants are responsible
for collecting the data
(the response papers), session
security, and providing target feedback.
Before the series begins, the project director describes what is expected during the four
trials, the logistics of data collection, and provides a short
list of “hints" on how to accomplish
remote viewing. The participants are encouraged to write and/or draw their first impressions on the
single sheet of paper provided.
The sender
is introduced to the group before leaving for the
isolated laboratory.
The sequence of events for each trial
is as follows:
•
a one-minute relaxation period during which group members are encouraged to clear
their minds and, while staying alert, relax as much as possible;
•
a single telephone ring (i.e., the sender does not answer the phone) signals the sender to
begin a trial and to view the target continuously until further notice;
•
a five-minute viewing period;
•
the data
(the response sheets)
is collected and sealed in large envelopes;
•
feedback: an assistant telephones the sender, obtains the target number, and displays
the target on a video monitor for the group;
*
A standard pseudo random algorithm
(i.e., feedback shift register) was used throughout
this study to provide random target/packet selections.
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