Approved For Release 2000/4g/¢S}-Gih An $45 -b64de1£002200470001-6 I OBJECTIVE (U) (U) The objective of Task 6.0.1 of the FY 1989 Statement of Work (SOW) is to assess, where possible, the experimental results of the research at SRI International since 1973.* * (U) This report constitutes the deliverable for Statement of Work, Task 6.0.1. 1 UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200470001-6
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 :SIE-€OR£-Jo789R002200470001-6 II EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (VU) (S/NF) We have conducted a review and analysis of the psychoenergetic research conducted at SRI International from 1 October 1973 to 30 September 1988. The database comprises 117 documents with a total of 5,025 pages. (S/NF) A total of 25,449 trials were conducted under a variety of protocols. Analysis indicates that the odds that our results are not due to simple statistical fluctuations alone are better than 2 x 102°to 1 (i.e., 2 followed by 20 zeros). Using accepted criteria set forth in the standard behavioral sciences, we conclude that this constitutes convincing, if not conclusive, evidence for the existence of psychoenergetic functioning. (S/NF) The main results are summarized below: ® Remote viewing (RV) can provide useful intelligence information. ® Laboratory and operational remote viewing show the greatest potential for practical applications. @ Experienced viewers are significantly better than the general population. © Approximately 1% of the general population possess a natural remote viewing ability. @ Remote viewing ability does not degrade over time. e At this time, there is no quantitative evidence to support a training hypothesis. ® Natural scenes are significantly better than symbols as targets for remote viewing. ® Remote viewing quality is independent of target distance and/or size, ® There is no evidence to support that a psychoenergetic interaction with the physical world exists. @ Electromagnetic shielding is not effective against psychoenergetic acquisition of information. ® A potential central nervous system correlate to remote viewing has recently been identified. SECRET Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200470001-6
Approved For Release 2000/4A PR]: Ci LOSS PPO) 2200470001-6 III INTRODUCTION (U) (U) Until recently, the task of assessing any general body of published knowledge was formidable. Most of the attempts included review articles that were based primarily upon the informed opinions of the reviewers. It was recognized, however, that in the behavioral sciences specific problems arose that were unique to those disciplines. For example, many of the behavioral results are based on a statistical rejection of a null hypothesis, and, using accepted practices,!" a successful outcome is declared if the odds that the result is not due to a chance Statistical fluctuation are better than 20 to 1. A major problem for reviewers is created when the behavioral sciences’ technical journals refuse to publish results that fail to meet this statistical criterion. For example, if only one-in-20 studies is published, then the literature may appear to provide evidence for a phenomenon, but taken with the 19 unpublished studies for every published one, there is no evidence for a phenomenon. This particular difficulty is called “the file drawer problem.” (U) This and other problems resulting from the diversity and difficulty of the behavioral sciences have been addressed in a new review technique known as meta~analysis.2-4 Meta-analytical procedures are most useful when a large number of diverse studies is under consideration. Meta-analysis provides techniques to clarify the impact of the file drawer problem and to enable us to combine diverse experiments in a meaningful manner. (U) The results of SRI’s psychoenergetic research encompass a wide variety of experiments and thus can be addressed with these techniques. The analysis of the SRI data, however, is simplified because there is no file drawer problem. All experiments that were conducted have been reported, and thus are included in the analysis. (U) This report describes the database, the analysis techniques, and the results of 16 years of psychoenergetic research conducted at SRI International. * (U) References may be found at the end of this report. UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002200470001-6