Approved For Release 2000/08/10
;
000200010010-0
extensively
is
the ability
of
individuals
to view remote geographical lo-
cations
(up
to
several
thousand kilometers),
given only coordinates
(latitude
and longitude)
or
a person
on whom
to
target.
We have worked with
a number
of
individuals,
including sponsor personnel,
whose remote perceptual abil-
ities have been developed sufficiently
to allow them at
times
to describe
correctly— often
in
great
detail— geographical
or
technical material such
as buildings,
roads,
laboratory apparatus,
and
the
like.
The development
of
this capability at
SRI has evolved
to
the point
where
(a)
visiting
CIA personnel with no previous exposure
to
such concepts
have performed well under controlled laboratory conditions
(that
is,
generated
target descriptions
of
sufficiently high quality
to permit blind matching
of descriptions
to
targets by
independent judges),
and
(b)
subjects
trained
over
a one-year period have performed well under operational conditions
(that
is,
provided
data
of operational
significance later verified by
inde-
pendent
sources).
Our accumulated data
thus
indicate
that both specially
se-
lected
and
unselected persons
can be assisted
in developing remote perceptual
abilities
to
a level
of useful information transfer.
To indicate
the
level
of proficiency
that can be reached, we present
four examples generated
by experienced subjects.
The first category consists
of
long-distance
(trans-Atlantic)
remote-viewing
of
a large-scale installa-
tion.
The second
category consists
of
two
or more subjects remote-
viewing
the
same
target,
independently,
which
in this
series was
technical
apparatus.
The
third category consists
of
remote sensing
of
the
internal state
of
a piece
of
electronic
equipment.
The
fourth category consists of
the
perturbation
of
remote equipment.
Approved For Release 2000/08/10
: CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010010-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10
: Cl/W
I7R00020001 0010-0
A.
Category
Is
Long- Pistance Remote Viewing
In order
to
subject
the remote viewing phenomena
to
a rigorous
long-
distance
test under external
control,
a request for geographical coordinates
of
a site unknown
to subject
and experimenters was forwarded
to
the OSI
group
responsible
for
threat analysis
in this area.
In response,
SRI per-
sonnel received
a
set
of geographical coordinates (latitude
and longitude
in degrees,
minutes,
and seconds)
of
a facility, hereafter referred
to
as
the West Virginia Site.
The experimenters
then carried out a remote
viewing experiment
on
a double—blind basis,
that
is,
blind
to experimenters
as well
as
subject.
The experiment. had
as
its goal
the determination of
the utility of remote viewing under conditions approximating an operational
scenario.
Two subjects
targeted on
the
site,
a sensitive installation.
One subject
drew
a detailed map
of
the building and grounds
layout,
the
other provided information about
the interior including codewords,
data
subsequently verified
by sponsor sources (report available from COTR)
.
A long-distance remote viewing experiment was
then carried out
on
a
sponsor-designated target
of interest,
a research center
at
Semipalatinsk,
USSR.
The Contracting Officer Technical Representative
(COTR)
furnished
map
coordinates
to
the experimenters.
The only additional information
provided was
the designation of the target
as
an R&D test facility.
The
experimenters
then carried out
a remote viewing experiment on
a double-
blind basis with
a subject
(SI) * trained
in the
SRI program.
Figure
1(a)
shows
the subject's graphic effort
for building layout;
Figure
1(b)
shows
the subject's particular attention
to
a multistory gantry crane he observed
at
the site.
(Again,
these results were obtained on a double-blind basis
A key
to numerical
designations
for subjects
is available from the COTR.
Approved For Release 2000/08/10
: CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010010-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10
: CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010010-0
UNCLASSIFIED
Qfi V
(a)
SUBJECT EFFORT AT BUILDING LAYOUT
(b)
SUBJECT EFFORT AT CRANE CONSTRUCTION
FIGURE
UNCLASSIFIED
Approved For Release 2000/08/10
: CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010010-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10
200010010-0
before exposure
to
the COTR-held information,
thus eliminating the possi-
bility
of
cueing.)
For comparison an artist's rendering of
the site
as
known
to
the
C0TR
(but not
to
contract personnel)
is
shown in Figure
2(a),
with crane detail shown in Figure
2(b).
The exceptionally accurate descrip-
tion
of
the multistory crane was
taken
as
indicative of probable target
acquisition,
and therefore
the subject was
introduced
to sponsor personnel
who collected further data
for evaluation.
The latter contained both addi-
tional physical
data which were independently verified by other sponsor
resources,
thus providing additional
calibration,
and also initially-
unverifiable
data
of current operational
interest.
Several hours of tape
transcript
and
a notebook
full
of drawings were generated over
a two-week
period.
A description
of
the data and evaluation
is
contained
in
a separate
report.
Tie
results
contained noise along with
the signal, but were none-
theless
clearly differentiated
from the chance
results generated by control
subjects
in comparison
experiments
carried out
by
the COTR.
B
.
Category
II:
technology Series (Multiple)
A series
of experiments
designed
to measure the resolution capability
of
the remote viewing phenomenon were carried out within the confines
of
SRI.
In each experiment
a subject was asked
to attempt
to describe remote
laboratory equipment,
demarcated only by
a target individual
sent
to
a
lo-
cation of
interest by means
of
a random protocol outside
the
experimenters'
control.
The experimenter remaining with
the subject was kept
ignorant
of
the
contents
of
the
target pool
to prevent
cueing during questioning.
The
subject was asked
to describe
the apparatus both verbally
(tape
recorded)
and
by means
of drawings.
The sample presented here
is not
an edited collection
of
"best
ever"
results,
but rather consists
of
the results
of
the entire col-
lection of experiments directly involving visiting CIA personnel
in which
Approved For Release 2000/08/10
: CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010010-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010010-0 (a) TARGET SITE (b) CRANE COMPARISON FIGURE 2 eR ——_—__ Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010010-0