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Date of Publication
5 January 1993
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PREFACE
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
This project
is part of on-going proficiency
enhancement activity conducted by DTI-S personnel.
It explores
remote viewing
(RV)
communication potential involving a simple
coding technique.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
Preface
I
BACKGROUND
II
OBJECTIVE
III
SUMMARY
IV
DISCUSSION
1.
Basic Approach
.
The Target Pool
3 .
The Messages
4 .
Procedures
5.
Evaluation/Message Selection
V
OBSERVATIONS
Appendix
A
- Target A
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B
- Target B
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C
- Target C
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D
- Target D
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E
- Beacon Person Sketches
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- Viewers Data
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE
TARGET RANKINGS
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COMMUNICATION PILOT PROJECT
I.
(U)
BACKGROUND :
(S/NF/ SG/LIMIDS)
Procedures for in-house proficiency
project activity were defined in DT-S-1039-SL,
Proficiency
Enhancement Projects
.
21 June 1991.
This project expands on
aspects of the over-all proficiency effort with
a view toward
exploring communication potential
in simulated situations.
II.
(U)
OBJECTIVES :
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
The objective of this pilot study is to
explore the potential for using remote viewing
(RV)
data in a
communication mode.
It
is based on
a straight-forward coding
technique and
a simple evaluation approach.
A more comprehensive
procedure useful for real-world situations
(e.g.,
hostage crisis,
missing persons)
should follow from these results.
III.
(U)
SUMMARY :
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
This report presents the results of
a
proficiency communication project involving only one message-
sending attempt using a simple message coding technique.
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
In this first attempt,
the correct
message,
"All
is well.
I am in good physical and mental shape.
,
was identified.
It resulted from use of
a majority vote
technique based on remote viewing
(RV)
data only.
IV.
(U)
DISCUSSION :
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1.
(U)
Basic Approach :
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
Results of previous remote viewing
(RV)
proficiency projects have indicated that the accuracy of RV
data may not always be sufficient for direct use in
a
communication mode where highly specific information
is desired.
However,
a message-sending scheme can be developed that utilizes
the more reliable aspects
(e.g.,
forms,
concepts)
of remote
viewing data.
A codebook with the appropriate match of intended
message to
a specific form/concept
(e.g.,
a specific photo or
sketch)
can be prepared for possible later use.
When the need
arises,
the "sending",
or beacon person
(e.g.,
hostage)
only
needs to focus on the appropriate target picture or sketch.
Remote viewers then access that target photo and generate
descriptions of the target content.
Data evaluators,
blind to
the actual target,
select the correct target photo from a small
pool of several other possible targets based on the remote
viewing data.
Each target correlates to different key messages;
selection of the correct photo would therefore link to the
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specific desired message.
With appropriate practice/training,
this technique permits a few highly important messages to be
reliably sent
(by a remote person)
and successfully received
(by
remote viewers)
.
2.
(U)
The Target Pool :
(S/NF)
The four generic targets used in this study were
based on easy-to-construct general categories and included:
- Mountains/valleys
(any mountain;
Alps,
Rockies,
etc)
.
- Water/ocean/river/falls
(any large water area;
Lake
Michigan,
Mississippi River,
etc)
.
- Desert area/barren/hot
(any desert area;
S.W.
USA,
Sahara,
etc)
.
- City/people activity
(any large city complex; New York
City,
Los Angeles,
etc)
.
(S/NF)
For use in a simple communication mode,
it
is
not necessary for the viewer to identify all specifics of the
pictorial target;
only its general nature or basic
configuration/concept is required.
Targets for this pilot study
were selected with great care
in order to avoid overlap of
prominent target features.
This diversity provides good cross-
target discrimination and therefore enhances the chances of
correct target message selection.
The four targets
in this pool
are shown in appendix A through D.
3.
(U)
The Messages :
(S/NF)
The four messages that correspond with the four
generic target categories can be anything.
However,
it
is best
to make then relevant to a real-world operation project,
such as
determining important information about
a lost or abducted
individual.
Thus,
for this basic four-message approach,
the
following message-target match could be pre-established in a
message-sending codebook available to
a potential hostage:
Messaae
Generic Tarcret Picture
1 .
All
is well.
I am in good physical
and mental shape.
1 .
Mountains/valleys
.
2.
I am very sick or
ill,
possibly injured or wounded.
2.
Ocean/water/river
.
3.
I am in
a fixed location.
3.
Desert area/hot.
4.
I am on the move.
Do not
know where
I
am.
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Any city/any people
activity.
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One of these viewers,
however,
did not identify the correct
target and instead chose the correct target as second place.
Competing elements
in target C led to this situation.
One of the
project evaluators also had difficulty discriminating between
competing target elements.
This suggests that experience in
judging
is very important to this message sending process.
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
Data from the third viewer was off-
target and no correct match was possible for that viewer.
(U)
A control person was also used to generate
,,guesses
,,
.
However,
as expected,
no one matched the control
person's data with the intended target.
V.
OBSERVATIONS :
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
The successful result of this first
message-sending pilot study is encouraging.
The STAR GATE unit
plans to replicate similar communication projects
in the near
future
in order to explore variations
(such as distance)
and to
improve the basic technique.
Potential customers will also be
brought into these projects as "beacon persons"
in order to
demonstrate reliability of the technique
in real-world
situations.
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
Experience gained from follow-on
projects will improve over-all evaluation/ judging effectiveness.
Certain aspects of the viewers data
(e.g.,
early vs later data,
sketches)
may be observed to have higher target significance then
other portions.
Thus,
it may be possible to isolate the more
reliable elements of the viewer's data.
Certain evaluators/
judges may be better suited to the data styles of specific
viewers.
Evaluator/viewer matching may also help enhance over-
all results.
In addition,
experience gained from working with
this type of data should lead to improvements
in judging
effectiveness over time.
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
Another area to examine
is the role of
the beacon person.
It appears some viewers are better at
accessing the beacon person's activity
(e.g.,
sketches made,
thoughts)
then others who may be accessing the actual target
picture.
If
so,
the type of RV data generated may be viewer
dependent.
The nature of these differences or preferences, when
better understood,
could lead to improved over-all results.
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
In this pilot study,
the beacon person
had also prepared the target pool.
Thus,
the beacon person was
aware of the three other target possibilities after the intended
target was selected.
This situation could have complicated the
message-sending process.
However,
in real-world situations a
potential hostage or missing person would probably be aware of
all possibilities
in a message-sending codebook.
If such
knowledge by a beacon person raises difficulties,
it must be
discovered early-on in order to adjust the procedure.
For this
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beacon person knowledge of the entire target pool
does not appear to have influenced results.
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
The beacon person's involvement with
sketching target elements
(appendix
E)
may have been a key factor
for one or two of the viewers.
Their data had very specific
correct elements that may have been the result of the beacon
person's physical
(drawing)
and emotional
(strong intent)
involvement with the target.
Such intensity would be expected in
a real-world situation.
Thus,
over-all success
in message
sending could be better in real-world circumstances then in those
set up for proficiency or statistical assessments.
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
Much has been learned from this
single-message communication investigation.
It
is anticipated
that follow-on to this project will not only help validate the
potential of this communication technique,
but will also provide
an additional avenue for enhancing viewer proficiency in a
variety of other tasks.
(S/NF/SG/LIMDIS)
With practice,
it may also be possible
to access specific brief messages directly via the remote viewing
methodology,
without the need for picture/message association.
This aspect will also be pursued in future communication
projects.
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I AM IN A FIXED LOCATION.
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.AM ON THE MOVE.
DO NOT
KNOW WHERE
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CPYRGHT
“I felt a little tremor,” David Livingstone
admitted in
1 85 5
, as his canoe surged toward
the thunder of the mile-wide falls he named
for
Britain’s
Queen
Victoria.
A
plane
(above)
now
carries
tourists
above
the
torrent
of
the Zambezi
River, where
the
explorer saw “a dense white cloud with two
rainbows.”
Pale moonlight recaptures one
such rainbow
in a haunting time exposure
(right) that also records a star track.
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I AM VERY SICK OR ILL,
POSSIBLY INJURED OR WOUNDED.
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ALL IS WELL.
PHYSICAL AND
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MENTAL SHAPE.
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BEACON PERSON SKETCHES
TARGET D
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PROTOCOL
MULTI-PURPOSE SERIES
o
There will be ten projects
in this series with three aspects:
(1)
site description;
(2)
message sending;
and
(3)
direction
estimating.
o
Only one project will be worked per day,
with no more than two
or three per week.
A beacon person
(MS)
will be involved.
o
Targets will be randomly selected from
a large pool the night
before or the morning of the scheduled project.
Only the beacon
person
(MS)
will know the target site and,
later,
the message
target.
o
The beacon person will be at the site by
10 AM .
All viewers
will work the project at the same time.
Following their
sessions,
viewers will summarize/sketch their findings and will
attempt to identify the targets direction by marking
a
representative map of the larger area.
o
The message sending phase involves
a target picture
will
begin at NOON while the beacon person
is still
in or near the
target site.
"MS" will randomly select the target picture from a
pool of four diverse pictures.
This phase will last 15-30
minutes;
all viewers will work
it at the same time.
Following
this period,
the viewers will summarize/ sketch key impressions,
and will later take part
in
a message selection process similar
to the communication pilot study of
15 Dec
1992.
o
An optional procedure
is for all viewers to work together
after all session data
is recorded
in order to develop a
composite of the target material
(i.e.,
site descriptions;
site
direction; message target data)
.
o
Ground truth will only be known when the beacon person returns
(AM of following day)
.
o
Evaluation will be accomplished by 0-5 scale comparison and
blind ranking procedures.
o
Remember:
This multi-purpose series contains all the elements
of
a "live" hostage situation.
In essence,
"MS serves
as
a
"simulated hostage" who
is at
a fixed location and who
is
attempting to communicate site data and
a specific message.
Consequently our project data will be examined to see how well
data could have
led to
a successful
location,
and on how reliable
a basic message could be determined.
Reminder:
Results of this project are of high interest to
a
special
Ft Belvoir group and others.
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JOINT COMMUNICATIONS SERIES
This Joint Communications
(JC)
series will run four projects
(targets)
with
feedback
provided
after
all
four
projects
are
completed.
The targets will
be selected by
"JM"
at
1000 hours each day .
"JM" will
focus
on one
or two target elements
as well
as
any key
dynamic/feeling/sensation/sound/color associated with or implied by
the target content.
This "sender" information will be recorded as
part of the target material.
The
sender will hold target focus
for
at
least
15-20 minutes
initially,
and at various periods throughout the day.
Viewers will
initiate their response
at
1000
hours,
or at an
any
other
time
throughout
the
day.
At
least
two
sessions
are
desired
per
target
(the
latter
session
for
refinement
and
for
developing target spatial relationship or dynamic/feeling aspects
in more detail)
.
Viewers also have the option
of working
on the
target during the evening.
All sessions will be summarized as soon as completed.
In the
case
of
evening
work,
this
material
will
be
documented
by
0900
hours the following day.
In additional
to
individual
responses,
all viewers will work
together to develop
a consensus "composite"
interpretation of the
target.
This composite activity can be accomplished whenever all
sessions
are completed but not
later than 0900-0930 hours
(i.e.,
prior to start of the following project)
.
Responsibility for preparing the "composite" will be rotated,
based on the numerical order of the viewer number.
Evaluation
of
this
series will
be accomplished on
a case-by-
case
basis
based
on
a
-
scale
comparison,
and
on
a
blind
ranking
procedure.
The
four
targets will
be
arranged
in random
order
and
mailed
after
all
session
data
(and
composites)
are
completed
for
the
last
target.
This
will
facilitate
the
blind
ranking procedure.
Ground truth will
be obtained only after the
judging
is completed.
Remember
,
our basic interest in this communication series is to
refine
data
useful
for
narrowing
down
lost
persons
or
hostage
location tasks.
In essence.
"JM" will serve as a simulated hostage
who
is being moved around.
This type of target is of key interest
to
a potential tasking agency at Ft Belvoir.
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