v Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 By this means the subject has an opportunity to learn to separate real from imagined images. This is not considered to be a demonstration-of-ability test, but rather a training step on a gradient scale of ability. In many of these experiments we monitor physiological correlates as discussed in Section B.3 (b). (Nine of these experiments have been completed to date, seven with the measurements of physiological correlates.) The following is a sample of an experiment with Subject 4, In this experiment we monitored physiolocial. correlates of the remote viewing activity. As is apparent in the following text, the subject initially had only a fragmentary picture of the remote site, but with what we judge to - be a small amount of feedback, the subject was able to put images together into a correct description. Accompany ing the verbal description presented below is a photograph of the actual scene at the remote location (Fig. 7). The experimenter with the subject (R.T.) was, as always, kept ignorant of the target Location to prevent guidance in the questioning. The capital letters signify walkie-talkie communication. RAT. Tt is now 12:35. ~g-4: eee very strong diagonal....like a zigzag that goes this.way , vertically. R.T.: (S-4's FIRST IMPRESSION IS OF A VERY STRONG DIAGONAL ZIGZAG THAT'S GOING . VERTICALLY, OVER, (Talking on walkie talkie to H.P.) H.P.: THERE IS A STRONG ZIGZAG AT MY PLACE, BUT IT IS NOT VERTICAL BUT RATHER HORIZONTAL; BUT IF SHE IS LOOKING FROM THE AIR, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, OVER. R.T,: Can you tell what the zigzag is attached to? Whether it's part of a building or a fence on the ground? Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 R,.T.: 8-4: R.T.: _ 8-4: - R,T.: S-4:° RT... S~-4: It's 2:41. My head gets in the way now that he's said that it's horizontal. I usually think of a fence. Why don't you go up and look down and view the whole thing from above and see if you can get the whole gestalt of where he is. .... definitely a non-vegetation..,almost no vegetation around. It's mostly concrete and whatever that zigzag is--either water or steel--shiny, gigzag,..definitely shiny. , 7267, THE ZIGZAG IS A SHINY THING WHETHER IT'S STEEL OR Water.,. WATER, WE CAN'T TELL. IT'S SHINY AND THERE'S VERY LITTLE VEGETATLION--NO VEGETATION AROUND:... , Mostly conerete. . . IT'S MOSTLY CONCRETE... He's standing on concrete.... YOU'RE STANDING ON CONCRETE. OVER. a CERTAINLY IS TRUE THAT THIS IS SHINY AND IN MY NEAR VICINITY IT Is BARREN AND CONCRETE OR CONCRETE -COLORED EARTH, SHE SAID THAT [T LOOKED LIKE STEEL OR WATER. CAN SHE MAKE THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE TWO? He wants to know whether it looks more like steel or water. It seems to have movement--that's why I would deduce that it's water. What if you try to look at the whole thing. I'm trying to get an eagle's eye view. That's a waterworks. Why does it look Like a ees In what way? | There seems to be a man-made layout of channels and connections to conduct it. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4. R.T.: S-4 SEES MOVEMENT IN THE ZIGZAG THING, SO SHE THINKS THAT IT'S WATER, AND A KIND OF LAYOUT OF CHANNELS AS THOUGH IT WAS A MAN-MADE WATERWORKS WITH WATER RUNNING IN ZIGZAG CHANNELS. OVER. H.P, THAT IS PRECISELY CORRECT. IT IS A ZIGZAG MAN-MADE WATER CHANNEL WITH CONCRETE SIDES. OVER. , S-4: I can't believe it. . The above is an excerpt from an early experiment, and is typical, rather Theis a sample of exceptionally good quality. That experiment continued with four more site (descriptions, three of which were of equal quality. One experiment of this nature has been’ carried out with Subject 1, one with Subject 2, two with Subject 3, and five with Subject 4,. A number of descriptions were essentially free of error and with no feedback other than verification following the remote viewer's description. A complete analysis is to be carried out on these transcripts following more experimentation. To date it appears that the. viewing is weak in the 3. | following areas: (a) perspective and dimension are often distorted (an eight foot tower is taken to be 50 feet tall, a 20 foot separation between buildings may appear to be 100 feet, etc.) and, (b) written material “generally cannot be read. (d) Local Targets with Azimuth Bearing In two remote viewing experiments, the second of which was clearly correct from a descriptive standpoint, an effort was made to determine whether in driving the subject around the area it would be possible to determine the location of the target team by triangulation with a bearing compass. The triangulation lines were essentially uncorrelated with each other and with the target location, and therefore provided a null result. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 B. Basic Research In addition to the testing of individusls under conditions which a the ’ ‘ yield data indicating the feasibility of the application of paranormal abilities to operational needs, fifty percent of the effort is devoted tor, 1. Identification of measurable characteristics possessed by gifted individuals (20%); 2. Identification of neurophysiological correlates which relate to paranormal activities (20%); 3. Identification of the nature of paranormal phenomena and energy (10%) . To meet these objectives four specific requirements. must be ful- filled during thecourse of experimentation: ) establish:and apply criteria to differentiate between those for whom paranormal ability is considered ‘to be functional and those for whom it is not; 2) obtain sufficient medical and psychological data to establish baseline profiles against which (a) one individual may be compared with another, and (b) an individual may be compared to himself at different times to determine whether para- normal functioning occurs in an altered neurophysiological state, 3) specific validation experiments must be conducted with sufficient control to ensure that all conventional communication paths are blocked, and with outcomes sufficiently unambiguous to determine whether paranormal functioning occurred; 4) obtain neurophysicological data during experimentation to Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
Approved For Release .2000/08/10.: CIA- RDP96-00787R000200010007 -4 LASSI FICATION — co eantemdeimaamintntncntne messin eae tt encanta ag tm etter mene eSTANha SES 4 A eatinaematan ented gis Sami nme gta mmneeante mune 1 6 ASN mR ym determine those correlates, if any, which relate to paranormal activity. | In the following paragraphs, each of these items is considered in turn, and the progress to date reported. The milestone chart for the basic re~ search program is shown ln Table 1, The work is progressing in accordance i with the schedule prepared for this program, and the remaining time and | funds are sufficient to meet all program objectives. ! 1. Criteria for the Determination of Gifted Individuais One of the key issues in the program is the establishment of criteria capable of differentiating individuals apparently gifted in ‘paranormal functioning from those who are not. Three experimental paradigms were chosen to act as screening | tests on the basis that these tests had been useful for such purposes ‘prior to this program ( in the sense that certain apparently gifted ‘ . . - an ie individuals did exceedingly well on at least one of the tests, whe reas the results of unselected volunteers did not differ significantly from chance expectation). The. tests are (a) remote viewing of natural targets, | i . f ee reproduction of simple line drawings hidden from the subject but viewed “4 j t i by an experimenter, and (c) determination of the state of a four-state elec~ tronic random stimulus generator. The first test constitutes a so-called '"free-response” paradigm in which the subject originates freely about contents of his awareness; furthermore, the channel in general may involve both direct perception of the remote site and perception of the mental contents of an observer RS 18 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4