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ABSTRACT (U)
(U) One reported psychoenergetic skill, known to the general public as “dowsing.”
is the
ability to locate lost or hidden items of interest.
In an effort to bring this putative ability that we
call “search” into the laboratory, a computer-assisted search (CAS) experiment was conducted
in FY
1984 and
again
in FY
1986.
Participants scanned
a computer graphics
display and
attempted to ibcate a hidden computer-generated target.
In each experiment, two conditions
were randomly interchanged
in a balanced protocol:
(1)
the
target was fixed in space
(space
condition),
arid
(2) the location of the target was randomly shifted several times each second
(time condition). Both the subjects and the experimenter were blind to the condition on each
trial.
In FY 1984,
five of
seven participants demonstrated an above
chance ability
to find targets
in one of
the two conditions:
three
in the
time condition and two
in the space condition.
Of the
36 participants
in
the FY 1986 experiment
.
two showed above chance results
in the space
condition and six in the time condition.
Ho participant
in either
experiment was able
to produce results
in both conditions
independently.
.
‘ A follow-up experiment was done
in FY 1986
to see
if subjects
would prodtice better results
if they were only presented with the single
condition for which they had done well
in the original experiment.
None
of
the eight subjects who completed this
-single condition" experiment
scored significantly.
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In FY 1987,
an experiment was conducted which successfully
replicated the original FY 1986 finding.
Of eight participants
(six
experienced and two novices),
the
two who scored best
in the space
condition had previously been successful
in that condition,
and the one
who
scored best
in
the time condition had previously been successful
in
that condition. Ais suggests
that participants are likely
to consistently
do well
in one condition or
the other,
but not
both.
Only one of
the
eight participants scored significantly
in
the space condition,
and none
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TRAINING PERFORMANCE
(VIEWER
B)
(VIEWER
C)
FIGURE 12
TRAINEES B
St C PROGRESS GRAPHS,
STAGE l,pl.
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ANNEX
Examples
of Stage
1 progress
in graph form
Witn reference
to the consolidation/plateau pattern as shown
in figure
6,
each trainee proceeds
to learn through four recognizable
patterns
of learning:
spontaneous
success,
increase of noise
as
separate elements are dealt with separately,
consolidation
of
the
elements,
and,
finally,
a new plateau of skill.
In
the following
figure 11
and
12,
the elements
of two |
selected trainees
J & K
are shown,
and these are compared with first group trainees B & C.
r
It
can be seen that
the learning patterns
are approximately
the
same, the end product being conscious
control
of
the signal
and
a generating
of
an accurate and noiseles signal
line.
Following figure
12 are four consecutive examples
of
jj
\
selected trainee K at
the culmination of
the new plateau achieved
as
a result
of stage
2.
Stage
2 involves signal-line perception
of delicate site
features
that must
be handled and achieved in
a
manner totally different
from Stage
techniques.
Stage
2 techniques
however,
often
can generate
a
total site-comprehension,
as
the four
samples
indicate.
As
of
the writing
of this
report,
two trainees
(I & K)
are
nearing completion
of stage
3.
An additional
report will
be tendered
concerning stage
3 upon their completion.
Stage
4 has
been confirmed,
packaged,
and
is awaiting delivery
to training candidates who have successfully completed stage
3.
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Summary of
Increase
in Yields
While there
is,
of
course,
yet a significant amount of work
to be
done,
especially relative
to training
in
the upper complex stages,
the
following generalized graph illustrates
general increase of yields
(1980-1983)
in several categories
of
importance.
See figure 10 below.
FIGURE 10
FIVE-YEAR INCREASE IN YIELDS
(1978-1983)
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IS WRONG
• PROBABLY CORRECT
(PCI
• NEAR
(N)
• CANT FEEDBACK
(CFBI
• CORRECT
(C)
• SITE
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USE OF ESSAYS
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CONSTANT OBSERVATION OF TRAINEES' ATTITUDES
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signal
line but not to assist him with random cuing.
The use of essays
will exhibit
the trainee's current understanding of each phenomena,
and
can be used
to uncover areas of misunderstanding that the
training monitor
can not spot
in advance.
See Figure
below.
•
EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
-
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION:
THE LEARNER
IS ACTIVELY INTERACTING
WITH THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS BY RESPONDING. PRACTICING,
AND TESTING EACH STEP OF THE MATERIAL TO BE MASTERED.
-
INFORMATION FEEDBACK:
THE LEARNER FINOS OUT WITH
MINIMAL OELAY WHETHER THE
RESPONSE
IS CORRECT.
IMMEDIATE
FEEDBACK HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE IMPORTANT
IN A RANGE OF
TASKS.
-
INDIVIDUALIZATION OF INSTRUCTION:
THE LEARNER MOVES
AHEAD AT HIS OR HER OWN
RATE.
FIGURE 7
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
•
GENERAL DESIGN OF CURRICULUM MATERIALS
-
THEORY
-
-
PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND DRILLS
-
INFORMATION FEEDBACK
• SIGNAL
LINE
• COACHING ON CONTROL OF STRUCTURE
-
INDIVIDUALIZATION OF INSTRUCTION
-
REACTIVE
INHIBITION
-
ENDING OF PRACTICAL SESSIONS
-
DAILY REPORTS
FINAL SURVEY
FIGURE
GENERAL DESIGN
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During
the course of training on each element, within the "stages,"
the viewer-trainee will predictably progress through this progress pattern.
Therefore,
the results
of each trainee both can be monitored while
the
training progresses,
and his overall pattern of response can be displayed
through
the graph plan found
in Figure
6 above.
Actual graphs
of selected viewers will
be found
in Annex A.
The
selected graphs
are few to achieve optimum understanding;
it should
be
borne
in mind
that all
the viewers trained have responded with near
similarity
to each other.
G -
CRV Training Course Methods
and Protocols
The general elements
of
the CRV training course are presented below
in Figures
7 through
9.
(a)
.The design and establishment of
the CRV training course neces-
sitated
a great deal
of research
into methodologies
of other fields.
The
most effective
instructional procedures ultimately utilized are found
in
Figure
8 below.
(b)
The CRV training course
is comprised of
a general design, whose
elements
are
followed
in each stage of
the
training.
While each element
is
of
importance
in
its place,
the element pertaining
to "reactive
inhibition" achieves predominant placement.
This
has
to do with under-
standing
the phenomena associated with "overtraining"
the result of which
causes
the
trainee
to exhibit negative
effects
of disinterest,
etc.,
the
ultimate
result of which
is
a type of
inhibition
in producing
the desired
elements
of
the
training.
In other psi research experiments,
this
inhibition achieved notoriety under
the terminology of "psi-missing."
It
is
4 simple psychological effect that can be guarded against.
See
Figure
9 below.
(c)
The
training course also
includes
several
special
features
which are applicable
to
the psi
task at hand
in each stage.
The feed-
back protocol was designed
to reinforce
the
trainee's contact with the
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How
is Progress Judged?
It has transpired
that the learning patterns
of
the
CRV training
do exhibit great similarities
to other learning-patterned
tasks
in which
a new skill
involving consciousness
interpretation vis
a vis neuro-motor
functioning
is gained:
(i.e.,
sports, musical performance, machinery
driving,
flying, navagating,
etc.).
We therefore interpret that the psychical component of CRV
is not
solely one of
intellectual mentation, but one
in which mental-physical
performance
is achieved.
As with
a number of
fields,
the elements of the performance of which
respond
to careful tutoring, we
find,
during
the course
of
CRV training
first
a "spontaneous" performance closely related
to the
"first time"
phenomenology.
After
that,
as
the
trainee attempts
to
take over both on
a
cognitive' level
and on an unconscious habit-forming control
of both
physical
air'd ..mental responses, we
see
a high elevation of
"noise."
Shortly
thereafter,
as
the varied elements
of
the
tasks become organized within
the
intellectual-mental attributes
of
the
trainee, we
see
a quick "con-
solidation" of
the
task aptitudes
involved.
At
the
end of
this consoli-
dating experience,
the new skill or "plateau" emerges.
See
fig.'
6 below.
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JUDGMENT
OF PROGRESS
FIGURE
CONSOLIDATION/PLATEAU PATTERN
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It
is
important to establish,
in the context of
this first overall
report on CRV training,
that these tasks are of extraordinary delicacy
and require precision control,
as will
be
exhibited
by the
trainees upon
completion of each stage of training.
The psychological perspective
that
necessarily
is required
to surround
this operation,
should be seen as
a
new contribution
to overall perceptual psi requirements.
This psychologi-
cal perspective
should not be assumed
to resemble any other forgoing
idea
of requirements
in the area of general spontaneous
psi displays.
E.
The CRV Training Course
is Carefully Designed
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•
The most important task
in creating
the CRV training course was
to
come
to grips with
the subtle factors
involved
in accepting
the fact
that
the self-generating creative faculties
of
the
trainee would achieve prime
importance
.
The
second
task was
to design an approach that might incorporate
psychic
functions on
a strict and repetitive
basis,
and
yet not drive
these emerging functions
into extinction.
The result has been
the devising of
a course
of
training
that has
produced satisfactory results
in these very important areas.
Analysis of
learning
patterns,
display patterns
that are recognizable
in other disciplines
of trailing
in which
a new performance-skill
is gained
through precision
tutoring
or coaching.
See Figure
5 below.
WHAT ARE WE ASKING THE TRAINEE TO DO?
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EXPLORATORY
2.
INTERVENING AREA
3.
PROBLEM OF SIGNAL
v» NOISE
4.
FUNDAMENTAL PERCEPTUAL
STUDIES
s.
ISOLATION OF THE IDEOGRAM
6.
TRAINING/LEARNING
7.
INTENSIVE ENHANCEMENT
B.
PROJECTION OF
REAOINESS
1972 TO
1976
1974 TO
1976
1976 TO
1978
1977 TO
1979 AND CONTINUING
1979
1980 — PRESENT AND CONTINUING
19B2 AND CONTINUING
1993 AND CONTINUING
FIGURE
EPOCHS OF COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING
(CRF),
R&D
D.
The Precision
of CRV
E6.D,
aligned with training, have
shown that "psychic"
signals offer
t-ative consciousness through
a predictable
themselves up
to interpre
"greatest" meaning,
n
_.it
tv» i q
series
starts
witiri
S
series
of
"signal
impulses.
This sene
and evolves
into "specific" components.
,
randlv yielding "stages"
each of which,
This predictable process has easily yielding
in training,
can be specifically
tutored.
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abilities,
and
thereafter
leave
:Lt
to
themselves
to attempt
to evoke
spontaneous psychical displays.
It
is
the definition
of
"training" that gives
the CRV project
a con-
siderable difference from orientation and spontaneous displays
of psychica
aptitudes.
"Training"
implies
a prefigured regime that will,
if correctly
applied,
lead
to predictable performance which,
in turn, will yield
superior results.
Such
a training program should be considered viable
if,
together with increasing discoveries,
it continues
to develop along
lines
of
increasingly refined results
and precision.
The R&D training project has well established that predictable per-
formance
can be
trained;
and
its
results correctly extrapolated
into use-
oriented
functions.
Furthermore,
the overall approach utilized
in R&D
continues
to reveal
increasingly refined capabilities which
in
turn,
as
of
the
close
of
the three-year project,
imply pending entrance
into
some
truly
interesting areas
of
tactical concern.
C.
Epochs of CRV R&D and Training
Exploration and development
of Coordinate Remote Viewing
(CRV)
has
gone
through many phases:
from random experimenting
in
1974,
ultimately
to
its
substantive contents now
isolated
into
a primary,
but standardized,
training course.
Based strictly upon
the
increasing
success
of trainees,
it
is antici-
pated
that
the CRV procedures will
continue
to
increase
in value
as
a
practical applications
tool.
See Figure 4 below.
It
is nearly impossible
to
talk
in detail
of
the complexity of
the
tasks
of precision and perceptual-control which which
the viewer- trainee
is
faced
as he or
she begins
to
try
to achieve command over
the
signal
line.
The reality
of
the multiple tasks
involved only become apparent
to
the
trainees during
the course of their
training through each subsequent
stage.
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less with actual psychical aptitudes.
Throughout this history,
the actual
problem of psychical manifestations has been addressed only tangentally,
if
at all,
prior
to
the present CRV work.
This problem consists
of
two equally important factors:
(1)
What makes superior data, when
it emerges,
superior?
(2)
What makes
inferior data, when
it emerges,
inferior?
This dual problem
is
a problem for research
(rather
than random
experimentation)
into the different factors
that govern
the perceptual modes
that underlay
this extraordinary duality.
In approaching
this duality,
the statistical averaging or evaluation of experiments
of
the superior
into
the
inferior data
is and has been of
little avail
in
that
it does not
»
lead
into
intimate contact with
the perceptual attributes
involved.
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The hallmark of
the CRV R&D work— leading
to training capabilities—has
been
to concentrate upon
the exact nature of both superior and
inferior
arrays
of data and
to plumb
into
the exact nature of
the perceptual
attributes
involved
in each of them.
It was assumed,
at
the outset,
and
correctly
so,
that
superior data contained
less or
least false data among
its overall contents,
and
that inferior data were data
sets
in which most
of
the content was
false.
Superior data,
therefore, were data relatively
free of
false data,
and
it became easy
to
think of
the overall problem as
one
of
signal versus noise.
The characteristics
both of
signal and noise
had
to be discovered and
isolated,
and
it
is
the cumulative
breakthroughs
in
this history that have
led
to constant progress
in CRV R&D and, ultimately,
to
a training program based upon
those breakthroughs
so
far discovered.
B.
The Definition of Training
Prior
to a training program being established,
no specific set of
methods
or practices had been brought into existence
that elevated psychical
aptitudes or attributes above just merely attempting
to encourage
the
emergence of spontaneous displays.
It had been
in the recent past,
possible
to give general orientation
to individuals about
the nature
of psychical
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DISCUSSION
A.
Background
In considering
this report on Coordinate Remote Viewing
(CRV) work,
several
important distinguishing features may be borne
in mind.
An in-depth review of
the history of
formal psychical
or paranormal
research—covering
some
100 years—clearly reveals
that no successful
training methodologies have been
located or evolved prior
to
the work
undertaken
at
SRI,
specifically
in CRV.
While certain epochs
of psychical
work
in
the -past have extraordinary merit,
these
for the most part have
had
as
their goal
the establishing of credibility that
the several
psychical manifestations
clo exist.
These manifestations
have been contacted
in
a
spontaneous
form,
and
display^
of
their arrays
always have been dependent upon
the
innate
"giftedpess" of subjects
if
they emerged or could
be
located.
The spon-
taneous
forms
have not
in
a continuing form lent themselves very well
to
the scientific parameters designed
to "capture"
them.
Because
of
this,
the
"field"
or
"state-of-the-art," as
a whole, was
forced
to view the
spontaneous arrays
through,
usually,
statistical methods
of evaluation
and
averaging.
The statistical approaches have sufficed
to establish credibility
for
the existence
of spontaneous paranormal aptitudes
in given individuals
or groups;
by
itself, however,
it has not been sufficient or capable
of
extrapolating on
the exact nature of aptitude-characteristics
in any given
and conpinuable psychical manifestation.
Furthermore,
seeking
to utilize statistical approaches
to
the problems
before
them,
psychical researchers ultimately came
to seek experiments
that might better
increase
the statistical averages
they sought.
This
overall approach
led
to
a drastic proliferation of random experimentations
that had
as
their goals more experimental design but often affiliated them
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In
the estimation of
this
consultant,
bearing
in mind the
significances
of
the several
steps
forward
that have come into view
during the
last work epoch,
the biomagnetic/psi perceptual problem
should probably be given highest
and
first priority.
The
fact that
earth's geomagnetic field and human physiology and psychology are both
influenced
by and interact
with EMF has been established quite some
time ago
(See Presman,
A.S.,
Electromagnetic Fields
and Life . Plenum
Press,
New York
(Prof. Pressman,
Department
of Biophysics, Moscow
University, Moscow).)
Based upon experience,
if the work should
proceed under the
"spontaneous
result" philosophy
or attitude,
there
will
be
a tendency
to replicate more familiar approaches.
The EMF/consciousness/psi
area
is unfamiliar
to most
of
us;
yet,
based upon ;our observations,
there
is
an astonishing degree
of
correlation.
It
is
strongly recommended
that
an organized interest
in
this
special phenomena
be given priority.
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An R&D Potential
for "SEARCH" Has Come
Into View
In terms
of future work,
the problem of "SEARCH" should achieve
a
platform of understanding
that has not hitherto been available under
standard parapsychological approaches.
These breakthroughs are expected
to arrive through
the context of
Stage
5 (interrogation of
the
signal
line).
Although Stage
is
still
in R&D as concerns
the packaging and delivery of
it,
there are sufficient indicators already present
to
indicate that the
problem of search will be addressed,
at
least
in
some
important under-
standings,
through continued mapping of
it.
It must be noted
carefully,
and based upon our
ten year's
of
expedience now,
that any resolution
to the
"SEARCH" problem probably
will only
be achieved
if we arrive
at
some understanding of how
it
is
that
the
signal
line might be profitably interrogated.
The danger will
be
to proceed with
ad hoc experiments which,
even
if marginally successful,
might; not yield any basic understandings
leading ultimately
to controlled
interrogation procedures.
The achievement of finding
a significant apperture
through which
the
signal
line can be interrogated without also arousing volumes
of
"noise"
is
therefore an
important prerequisite
for
the
"SEARCH" problem.
D.
[The Electromagnetic Connection
'I
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During
the overall
course
of
the R&D and
training,
sufficient phenomena
have
Surfaced
that indicate
a direct connection of viewer performance with
certain geomagnetic conditions.
The daily parameters
of basic earth
electromagnetic conditions
therefore achieved
some interest on our part.
An "eye-ball"
scan of
these
interrelationships clearly indicates an
important,
but hitherto unsuspected,
interaction between viewing and
success
in correctly interpreting
the
signal
line and electromagnetic
conditions.
We expect that this unsuspected relationship will bear
itself
out,
^nd
if
so,
establish
in some form the
first verifiable psi-
electtomagnetic relationships.
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WHERE ARE WE GOING
A.
Enlargement of
the Training Pool
In terms
of
future work,
It
is feasible and desirable
to further
enlarge
the training pool.
B .
Delivery of
Stage
It
is
important
that Stage
4,
confirmed,
packaged and ready
to be
delivered,
be
tutored
to
those who have completed Stage
3.
Locating and
stabilizing
the elements
of Stage 4 was quite difficult and
it was
in R&D
for nearly
two years.
It
involves
a significant "jump" from configurational
data decoded out of
Stages
through
3,
into subtle data that bear sig-
nificant^
Once
Stage 4 was
stabilized
and self-
trained
by Viewer
A,
a
significant incremental difference
immediately
manifested
in^
site viewings
as
is
shown
in Figure
2 below.
Stage 4 was applied by Viewer A to certain
sites
after
Stage
4 had been
isolated
and confirmed.
On
a rating of*
Rvalue of
to
,
the pre-Stage
4 sites averaged
1.21 while
those
that incorporated Stage
techniques averaged
2.75.
See
figure
3 below.
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The Phenomena Trained
are not Unique
to "Gifted" Psychics
The overall context of
the training course and
the
success
of
the
given trainees has established
that the basic psi-perceptual phenomena
are not unique
to
"gifted" psychics
and
that given adequate understanding
of
them and carefully constructed training and practical exercises,
selected candidates
can take command
of
the phenomena encountered.
C.
A New Understanding Has
Been Achieved
With
the comprehensions we now have
in hand,
it
is
clear
that
the
psychical perceptual
task
is
of
a delicacy and complexity
that goes
far
beyond any given understanding
of
it entertained
in parapsychology
in
general.
This places
us
in
a
status
that obliges us
to bear
two
things
constantly
in mind:
»
(1)
So-called standard approaches normally utilized
in parapsychology are predictably
limited.
(2)
The most fruitful
future work probably will
be
built upon
the knowledge and understanding of
the phenomena taken control
of during
the
three-
year project.
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WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED
A.
Training Has Been Achieved
Relevant
to Stages
1 through
3,
all
trainees who embarked on
the
training course responded exceedingly well
to
the training procedures.
The
secbnd
group worked quite slowly due
to other personal committments
and scheduling.
Ampng
the
first
^
trainees,
Trainee K
is nearing
completion of
Stage
3;
Trainee
J has
temporarily left
the course due
to
serious health problems.
The
second
! “
-candidate only
entered
the program
in
1983,
but
is
progressing satisfactorily.
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TRAINEES
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STAGES
6 PH
1978
TRAINING
A
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.
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STAGES OF TRAINING
The training procedures have been broken down
into several stages
representing various elements
of
CRV phenomena.
These stages both
facilitate
training,
and actually follow the predictable course
of
in-
creasing perception which builds
itself by specific increments and
importances.
Stages
through
3 have been confirmed and delivered
to
trainees.
Stage
4 and
Stage
6 have been confirmed and are ready
to be
delivered
to trainees upon their completion of Stage
3.
Stage
is
understood,
but has not yet been solidified
into
a training package.
Stages
1 through
3 appertain
to
large
site features, which become
increasingly, refined
as
a result of command over the Stage
techniques.
Stage
involves perception
of
specific
and often invisible
site
elements,
a good portion of which may not be available
to any other
^
technique^,
— ——
Stage
5 will allow the viewer
to
"turn around" and begin
to interro-
gate
the
signal
line for specific
subtle features
of several kinds.
See
i
Figure
1 below.
Stage
allows
for the construction of 3-dimensional models
of
the
major site characteristics with
increasing refinements
in particulars
.
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TYPES OF TRAINEES ENGAGED
During
the three-year program,
Viewer A acted as
the general R&D
source person,
applied
to himself
as
a test what was discovered,
and what
was organized
as
a nucleus training course*
Subsequent
to
this,
the first group of viewer trainees
(Viewers
B,
C,
and
D)
embarked on training.
This
first group had
the distinction
of being,
prior
to entering upon
the
training course,
composed of
persons who had had psi experience
and had acted
as experimental
subjects
in several other kinds
of parapsychological experiments.
Subsequent
to
the first group,
a second group
(Viewers
E,
F,
G,
H,
I)
was enrolled as
a further
test of
the methodologies evolved by Viewer A.
This
second group was composed
of professional people,
each of whom had
achieved
success
in their various
fields
of
interest,
but none
of which
had
acted before
as an overt psychic-type
of person
in parapsychological
experiments.
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WHAT WAS THE GOAL?
The overall goal
of
the
CRV training program was
to create,
out of
the features
of CRV previously discovered,
a training program through
which
the elements
of successful coordinate remote viewing would be
transferred
to client preselected trainees.
Any success
in achieving
this,
implied answers
to
two
items which were
of paramount interest at
the
beginning of
the
three-year program:
(1)
That the
specific elements
of
the CRV methodology
were not unique
to their
inventor.
(2)
That these elements,
given instructional body,
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In
1981,
a three-year training program concerning potentials
in CRV
was established.
I was mandated,
through consulting contracts,
to organize
the work and tutor the selected personnel
and technical elements
of
this
program.
The specific sponsors
and work designs
for this program may be
found
in other documents
.
The
three-year program
is now at
an end.
What follows constitutes
a summary report of
the work undertaken,
the results obtained,
and certain
projections
for future work
if
a renewed effort
is mandated.
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The Stages
Three-Year Program CRV Trainees /Accomplishments
.
.
.
.
Pre- and Post-Stage
4 Achievements Averaged
Epochs
of Coordinate Remote
Viewing
(CRF),
R&D
The CRV Training Task
Consolidation/Plateau Pattern
.
Instructional Procedures
General Design
Special Features
t
Five-Year
Increase
in Yields
trainees
J & K progress
graphs,
stage
1,
pi
Trainees
B
&. C progress
graphs,
stage
1,
pi
Example
of complex site description,
stage
2,
trainee
K,
Copper Mine:
Silver City,
New Mexico
Example
of complex site description,
stage
2,
trainee
K,
Horicon National Wildlife
Refuge,
Wisconsin
Example
of complex site description,
stage
2,
trainee
K,
Monument Valley;
Arizona/Utah
Example
o| complex site description,
stage
2,
trainee
K,
C
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Florida
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I
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
l
II
WHAT WAS THE GOAL?
III
TYPES
OF TRAINEES ENGAGED
IV
STAGES OF TRAINING
V
WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED
A.
Training Has
Been Achieved
B.
The Phenomena Trained
are not Unique
to "Gifted"
Psychics
t
C.
A New Understanding Has
Been Achieved.
.
t
VI
WHERE ARE WE GOING
A.
Enlargement
of
the Training
Pool
B.
Delivery
of
Stage
C.
An
R&D Potential
for "SEARCH" Has
Come
Into View ...
D.
The
Electromagnetic Connection
VII
DISCUSSION
A.
Background
I 2
B.
The Definition
of Training
C.
Epochs
of
CRV R&D and Training ......
.... .....
D.
The Precision of CRV
E.
The CRV Training Course
is Carefully Designed
F.
How
is Progress
Judged?
G.
CRV Training Course Methods
and
Protocols
H.
Summary of
Increase
in Yields
ANNEX:
Examples
of Stage
1 progress
in graph
form
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1981-1983
THREE-YEAR PROJECT
DRAFT REPORT
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Possible Photon Production During a Remote Viewing Task: A Replication Experiment, Final
Report, December 1987—Final technical report on a putative correlation between RV and
the output from a photon detector (UNCLASSIFIED).
32.
Precognition
and
Feedback
Dependent
Remote
Viewing
Experiments ,
Final
Report,
December 1987—Details of an experiment to investigate subliminal feedback during an RV
experiment
^
33.
Computer-Assisted Search,
Final
Report, December
1987—Final
results
of
a computer
dowsing experiment
34.
A Remote Action
Experiment
with a
Piezoelectric
Transducer,
Final
Report, December
1987—Final
report
of
a
subcontractor’s RA experiment
with an
exceptionally
shielded
transducer (UNCLASSIFIED).
35. A Quantum Measurement Experiment with a Single Photon Interferometer,
Final Report,
December 1987—Final test of a quantum measurement problem—namely, to what degree
does consciousness participate
in determining reality? (UNCLASSIFIED).
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An RNG Experiment To Test The Effects of Source and Distance, Final Report, December
1986—Subcontractor’s report on a long-distance random number generator, RA experiment
(UNCLASSIFIED).
18.
An Experiment To
Test Apparent Remote Action (RA) Effects on Electrodermal Activity,
Final
Report,
December
1986—Subcontractor’s
report on
an RA
experiment
in which
human skin properties were the RA target (UNCLASSIFIED).
19.
Art Experiment To Examine the Possible Existence of Remote Action Effects in Piezoelectric
Strain Gauges,
Final Report, December 1986—Construction
details and description of a
piljot experiment to verify the RA claims of a subcontractor (UNCLASSIFIED).
20.
Measuring Remote Action Influence on The Vertical Component of DUNALIELLA
Velocity,
Interim
Report,
December
1986—Construction
details
and
description
of
a
proposed
experiment to verify the RA claims of a subcontractor.
21.
Remote Action Hardware Construction: A Quantum Mechanical Photon Experiment, Final
Report,
December
1986—Proposal
to
conduct
a
test
of
a
quantum
measurement
problem—namely,
to what
degree
does
consciousness
participate
in
determining
reality
(UNCLASSIFIED).
22.
Enhanced
Human
Performance
Investigation,
Mid-Year
Technical
Report,
May
19$7—Technical summary of the
first half of FY 1987’s work \
^
23.
Enhanced Human
Performance
Investigation,
Mid-Year
Administration
Report,
May
19^7—Brief administrative summary of project for
first half of FY 1987
'
24.
Enhanced
Human
Performance
Investigation,
Final
Technical
Report,
December
1987—Summary of FY 1987 results including comments by the SOC
\
^
25.
Intuitive Data Sorting, Final Report, December 1987—Description of computerized tests of
the IDS model (UNCLASSIFIED).
26.
Review of the Personality Assessment System, Final Report, December 1987—A definitive
description of the PAS psychological mode (UNCLASSIFIED).
27.
Experimental Protocol for Hemolysis:
Confirmation Experiment,
Final
Report, December
1987—Report
on
subcontractor’s
remote
action
experiment
on
human
blood
(UNCLASSIFIED).
28.
The SRI International Cognitive Science Conference at Princeton
University, Final Report,
December
1987—Proceedings
of
a
conference
to
discuss
what
constitutes
evidence
for
parapsychological phenomena (UNCLASSIFIED).
29.
Fuzzy
Set
Applications
in
Remote
Viewing
Analysis,
Final
Report,
December
19$7—Application of fuzzy
set technology and
cluster analysis
to the analysis of remote
vie\Mng (UNCLASSIFIED).
30.
A Remote Action Investigation with Marine Animals, Final Report, December 1987—Final
repbrt
from
a
subcontractor
on
a
remote
action
experiment
on
marine
animals
(UNCLASSIFIED).
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Enhanced Human Performance Investiga tion,
Quarterly Report
1,
April 1986
Technical
summary of the
first quarter’s work*
^
2.
Phase
I
Protocols
and
Research
Design
Guidelines,
Interim
Report
Protocols
of
experiments for the Scientific Oversight Committee!
j
3.
Enhanced Human Performance
Investigation,
Quarterly Report
2, May
1986
Technical
summary of the second quarter’s work
4.
Enhanced Human
Performance
Investigation,
Mid-Year
Administration
Report,
May
1986—Brief administrative summary of project for
first half of FY 1986
t
i
5.
Enhanced Human Performance Investigation, Quarterly Report 3, August 1986—Technical
summary of the third quarter's work 4
k
6.
Enhanced
Human
Performance
Investigation,
Final
Technical
Report,
December
1986—Summary of FY 1986 results including comments by the SOC
*
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7.
Enhanced Human
Performance
Investigation,
Final
Administration
Report,
December
1986—Brief administrative summary of project for FY 1986'
8.
Screening and
Selection
of Personnel:
The
Personality Assessment System
(PAS),
Final
Report,
December
1986—Description
of
psychological
correlates
to RV
performance
9.
Location
of
Target
Material
in
Space
And
Time,
Interim
Report,
December
1986—Description of a computerized “dowsing” experiment'
10.
An Experiment To Explore Possible Anomalistic Behavior of a Photon
Detection System
During a Remote Viewing
Test,
Interim Report, December 1986—A replication
of earlier
SRI work
to
investigate
a
claim made by
researchers
in the
People’s Republic
of China
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11.
A
Suggested
Remote
Viewing
Training
Procedure,
Final
Report,
December
1986— Suggestions for RV training by one of SRI’s remote viewers (UNCLASSIFIED).
12.
Remote Viewing Evaluation Techniques, Final Report, December 1.986——Description of fuzzy
set approach to RV analysis
i
13.
Parapsychology Sources of Information Center,
Interim Report, April 1986—Report on
a
subcontractor’s task of computerizing a large parapsychology data base (UNCLASSIFIED).
14.
Neuropsychological Assessment
of Participants
in
Psychoenergetic
Tasks,
Final
Report,
December
1986— Description
of
neuropsychological
correlates
to
RV
performance
A
Remote
Viewing
Feedback
Dependency
Experiment,
Interim
Report,
December
1986—Construction details of a subliminal feedback RV experiment (UNCLASSIFIED).
16.
Intuitive Data
Sorting: An
Informational Model
of Psychoenergetic
Functioning,
Final
Report,
December 1986—Definition
of
a
decision model
to
organize
a
large
class
of
psychoenergetic data (UNCLASSIFIED).
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million per year.
More funding would be required required
if specific
subcontractors are needed for
the research effort.
*
|ft
is understood
being conducted'
successful
as defined by the
funding over the next
to
efforts
.
by all parties
that these demonstrations are
/O-v-ul
'Y'wJr,
if the demonstrations are
protocol,!
’ sufficient
WiU
years
continue and expand
the existing
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(U) Measures of a Successful Demonstration
(U) The
output from each experiment
will be
the sum
of ranks assigned by
the
analysts.
They will be combined to form a sum, M.
Then the probability of observing a sum of
ranks less than or equal to M
is given by:
where R
is the number of possible ranks (R = 5), n is the total number of trials (n = 40), and M is
the sum of ranks combined
for the two experiments.*
(U) The
demonstration
will
be
declared
a
success
if P
meets
(or
exceeds)
the
accepted level for
1-tailed significance
(P < 0.05).
3.
(U,) Time and Cost
(U)
It
is
anticipated
that
a
total
of
weeks
will
be
needed
to
complete
the
demonstration.
Including travel time for viewer 372 and SRI staff time, the estimated charge for
this demonstration
is approximately $30,000.
E.
(U)
Requirements for Further Research
(U) To
allow
for
proper
planning
for
an
extended
research
effort, we
estimate
that
$250,000 will be needed for FY 1989.
These funds cover both experiments and planning for an
expanded effort for FY 1990 and beyond.
i
jThe current
level of funding for
the CSP at
SRI
International
is approximately $1.5 million.
Except
for some physiological and medical
investigations,
the bulk of
the effort
is
for applications-oriented
research
*
k Conducting a program having a mix of basic R&D that explores
the fundamental nature of the phenomena and continues
the work
ini
applications
|!
\would require an additional
$1.5 million
to $2.0
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Thprmky
Mathematical Probability . New York, McGraw Hill
1937, p. 24. (UNCLASSIFIED)
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An SRI analyst
an<J(
Representative
(D2)
will be sequestered
in the
project
library,
Room 206,
Building
G,
SRI
International.
At T0+5 minutes,
the SRI monitor will signal room 316 by the one-ring technique.
D1 will
generate random numbers
to select a videotape packet and
to select
a target
on
the
tape.
D1 will place
the appropriate sealed envelope containing
the
geographical coordinates on the
table.
One minute after receiving the
phone ring,
D1 and
the assistant will
signal
the monitor and viewer to
begin
the session.
(U) When the session
is completed, the monitor will copy the response, and
takes the original to Room 316 and gives
it to Dl.
D1 returns with the monitor with the video
tape of target and provides feedback to viewer 372.
Viewer 372
is then excused.
,
(U) Dl leaves the target tape number and the copied response on the table in
Room 316, lock the target tape cabinet, signal D2 and the SRI analyst by the one-ring method,
and exit with the
assistant.
D2 and the analyst
will enter Room 316
(bringing the analysis pool
with them), and D2 will observe the analyst rank-order the targets against the response.
D2
will
record the
trial data and analysis results in the experiment log book.
(U)
—Viewer 372 will participate in 20 trials during a 2-week
period
at a rate of 2
trials per day.
(U) Experiment Statistic—The output from each trial will be the rank number
the analyst assigned for the correct target. The experiment statistic will computed from the sum of
such rariks.
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«
» viewer—The viewer will be Viewer
372,
who has been
with the program since 1979 and has participated
in manyi
and laboratory experiments.
tasks
(U)
Targets—The targets will be at least 25 outdoor locations in the free world.
Before
the
start
of
the
experiment,
SRI
personnel
will
record
on
videotape
approximately
2-minute
highlights of each
site.
At least
five tapes,
consisting of
target
sites each,
will be
prepared.
Within a tape, the
sites
will be selected on the basis of dissimilarity
(i.e., to be
as
different from one another as possible). A target site can appear in one and only one tape.
In
addition, each location
will be assigned
its geographical coordinates (UTM)
to the nearest
meters.
Finally,
packets will be prepared that contain a videotape of five sites and
file cards with
the geographic coordinates and name of the
site that have been sealed in numbered envelopes.
These packets will constitute the session pool.
The analysis pool will contain duplicate videotapes
only.
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Target Selection—Using a pseudorandom algorithm seeded by a computer
system
clock,
a
videotape
will be randomly
selected
from
the
session
pool.
By
the same
technique, a target will be selected within the designated tape.
As in Experiment
I, targets will be
chosen with replacement, so that the same target could be selected more than once.
‘
lb Targeting Technique—A sealed envelope technique will
be used.
At thTbeginning of each session,
the viewer will be asked
to
describe
the
site designated by the UTM coordinates
in
a sealed envelope.
(U)
ftnalvck Technique—An
analysis
will be conducted
at the end
of each
session.
The appropriate videotape from the
analysis pool
will be used
for the ranking.
The
analyst must rank-order the targets (on the tape designated by Dl)
in order of decreasing match
to the response
(i.e., a rank of
1 means that target best matches the response, and a rank of 5
means a worst match).
ipj-ncfidurf
for
a Trial—At
Tq, Viewer
372 and an SRI
monitor will be sequestered
in a locked laboratory—Room 304,
Building
G,
SRI
International.
A«';
Representative
(Dl)
,
an SRI assistant,
and the
session target pool will be sequestered*
r
Rooni
Building
G,
SRI
International.
(Room 316 meets
the sound transmission
class requirements
of 45-dB attenuation over the speech frequency range.)
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rank-order the targets in order of decreasing match to the response
(i.e., a rank of
1 means that
target best matches the response, and a rank of 5 means a worst match).
I Procedure
for
a Trial—At T0 , Viewer 009 and an SRI
monitpr will be sequestered
in a locked laboratory—Room 304,
Building
G,
SRI
international.
A
, representative^,
,
an SRI assistant,
and
the
session target pool will be sequestered^
~
g-Room 316,
Building
G,
SRI
International.
(Room 316 meets
the sound transmission
class requirements of 45—dB attenuation over the speech frequency range.)
An
SRJ: analyst
and.
\ representative
(D2) will be sequestered
in the
project
library,
Room 206,
Building
G,
SRI
International.
At T0+5 minutes,
the SRI RV monitor will
signal room 316 by phone—letting
it ring only
once.
Neither D1 nor
the assistant will answer the phone.
Rather,
D1 will
generate random numbers
to select
a target packet and
to select
a target
within
the- packet.
That
target will be opened and placed on
a table
between D1 and
the assistant.
One minute after sending the phone
signal,
the viewer and monitor will conduct one RV session.
(U) When the
session
is completed, the monitor
will copy the response and
take the original to Room 316 and give
it to Dl.
D1
will return with the monitor and the target
and provide feedback to Viewer 009.
Viewer 009
will then be excused.
(U) D 1
will
replace
the
target
in
the pack and
lock
the
session
pool
in
a
cabinet.
Dl
will leave the target pack number and the copied response on the table.
Dl
will
signal D2 and the SRI analyst by the one-ring method and exit Room 316 with the assistant.
D2
and the analyst will enter Room 316 (bringing the analysis pool with them), and D2
will observe
the analyst rank-order the targets (drawn from the appropriate pack) against the response.
D2
will record the
trial data and analysis results in an experiment log book.
(U) Number Qf Trials--Viewer 009 will participate in 20 trials during a 2- week
period at a rate of 2
trials per day.
(U) Experiment Statistic—The output from each trial will be the rank number
the analyst assigned to the correct target. The experiment statistic will be computed from the sum
of such fanks.
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(U) Demonstration Experiments
(U)
SRI
proposes
to
conduct
two RV
experiments
as
a
demonstration.
These
experiments are conceptually identical,
but they differ
in the target material and the targeting
technique.
(U) The protocols are designed to eliminate
all sources of known potential artifacts.
Furthermore,
they
are designed
to demonstrate
only the
processes SRI has achieved
in past
experiments,
not
to
explore new
ones.
All
details,
including
a
definition
for
success,
are
specified.
a.
(U) Experiment
I—National Geographic Targets
I
"
Viewer— SRI will use Viewer 009,
who has been with
the
program since 1974 and has participated
in many ^
.asks and
laboratory experiments.
;
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Targets—The potential targets
will be 100 photographs from the National
Geographic Magazine.
They
will be arranged
in 20 packets of 5
targets each.
The
targets
within a packet will be selected on the basis of their dissimilarity
(i.e., to be as different from one
another as possible).
A target can appear in one and only one packet.
This target set
will be
duplicated to provide
a session pool and an analysis pool.
(U) Target Selection—Using a pseudorandom algorithm seeded by a computer
system
clock,
a
target pack
will be randomly
selected from
the
session
pool.
By
the same
technique,
a
target
will be selected within the designated pack.*
Targets
will be chosen with
replacement, so that the same target could be selected more than once.
(U)
Targeting Technique—To begin a session,
the monitor
will say the word
"target,”
and
the
viewer
will
begin
his/her
response.
The word
"target” may be
repeated
throughout the session to focus the viewer’s attention on the task.
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Analysis Technique—An
analysis
will be conducted
at the end of each
session.
The analysis target pool will be used to provide the target and
its four companions from
the pack.
These will be presented in random order with the response to an analyst who must
* (U) Complete details of the algorithm can be found in: T. G. Lewis, Distribution Sampling
for Computer Simulation . Lexington Books, Lexington, MA,
1975.
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The current program has
three
layers
of oversight.
Twelve
senior
scientists,
drawn mainly from academia and from many disciplines,
constitute the Scientific Oversight Committee
(SOC)
.
The SOC's
responsibility
is
to review protocols before experiments,
exercise
unannounced drop-in privileges
to observe experiments
in progress,
review
and criticize all reports,
and provide guidance
for future research.
Their
unedited comments are available as part
of the program's technical
final
report
.
(U) A. second
layer
of oversight
consists
of human use
review.
SRI conforms
to
the
Department of Health and Human Services guidelines on the use of human subjects as part of its
own policy, but,
in addition and
in cooperation with SRI, the current sponsor provides
its own
review of the project’s human use
activities.
The third oversight
layer
is
a high-level,
multiagency program
review group.
It met during FY 1987
to determine whether
the current
program
jneets\
^objectives and
to provide managerial direction for
the
program.
Its conclusion,
published
in
a formal memorandum,
was
that
the
program Should continue.
D.
(U) A Presentation of Psychoenergetic Research
SRI proposes
a multifaceted approach consisting of detailed
briefingb
,
access
to members of
the
SOC,
and demonstration experiments
Specifically,
SRI proposes:
•
A 1—hour presentation on each of the following topics:
-
Review of
\
activity
-
Technical history and overview of current topics
—
Presentation by SOC members
-
Technical details
of RV protocols and RV analysis
•
Two demonstration RV experiments
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On the basis of
the many years of research,
SEI concluded that
a persistent
information transfer anomaly exists.
The past research has
been directed at exploring the potential applications
for HV,
so many
research questions remain
to be answered.
B.
(U)
Current Program
\
SRI
initiated
a well-funded,
diverse research effort as part
of
an R&D contract
that began
in FY 1986.
The FY 1986 and the FY 1987
statements
of work were based on
the assumption
that
SRI's historical data
base,
when viewed
in conjunction with the
independent research across
the
field of parapsychology,
provided sufficient justification
to begin
process-oriented experiments.
These
included various RV training programs;
investigations of physical,
psychological,
and physiological correlates
to
RV;
RV quality dependency on feedback;
and
a variety of RA and computer
"dowsing"
experiments.
(U)
Although
in the current year (FY
1988),
the
focus of the work has
shifted toward
screening
mass
populations
for RV
ability,
some
of
the
more
promising
process-oriented
experiments have been continued.
(U) As an overview,
a brief description of each of the
final reports generated from the
FY-86/87 statements of work are appended.
The explanations only represent an overview of the
experiments and should not be interpreted as complete.
C.
(U) Program Oversight
\
Since
1972,
the CSP has had
a variety of government,
academic,
and
industrial
scientific
and managerial overseers.
During 1972-1978,
SRI
convened an
internal blue ribbon panel
to provide corporate oversight
and
guidance.
The primary purpose
of
this group was
to determine whether SRI
should continue
to conduct research
in
this controversial
area.
As
a
result,
the SRI President and chief Executive Officer issued a formal
memorandum declaring
that
SRI
should be actively
involved
in
psychoenergetic research
!
i
SRI management continues
to support
this decision.
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Hiding these techniques
SRI has
investigated a variety of
research and application questions.
Table
shows specific areas of
research and their principal results.
Table 3
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COGNITIVE SCIENCES PROGRAM TECHNICAL HISTORY
Activity
Results
RV/1
Persistent evidence for RV%
RV/Lab
Persistent statistical effects.
Distance
No effect
(to 40 light-minutes).
Time
No effect (+/- days).
Shielding
No effect
(Seawater, Faraday cages, SCIFs).
Spatial resolution
1 mm visual material,
1 mm target at 0.25 mi.
•
Temporal resolution
Unknown.
Other sensory
Generally unknown.
Audio targets failed in
1 experiment.
Targeting methods
No effect (coordinates, people,
abstract, photographs)
RV/Training
Persistent evidence for RV, but
little
evidence
for training.
RV/Physiology Corr.
Statistical effects for EEG.
RV/Psychology Corr.
Mixed
results.
RV/Analysis
Continuing improvement.
Search/
^
Mixed
results.
Search/Lab
Mixed results.
Search/Computer
Persistent statistical effects.
RA
Persistent statistical effects.
Theory
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REMOTE VIEWING TECHNIQUES
Technique
Description
SF Bay Locations
Targets
|
Man-made,
natural, and
technological
loca-
tions in the San Francsico Bay area.
National Geographic Magazine photographs
Natural scenes.
Individuals
r
-—
^
Information about unknown individuals or the
whereabouts of known individuals.
Numbers
One-in-N choices
( N <
10).
Beacon person
Targeting
|
Person located at the target
site.
Geographical coordinates
Standard
i
coordinate system.
Abstract coordinates
Randomly encoded coordinates.
Sealed envelope
Envelope containing mission statements, pho-
tographs,
or coordinates of the intended
tar-
get.
Abstract word
Abstract word symbolizing target mission (e.g.,
target, function).
Rank-order
Analysis
|
Blind rank-order N x N matrix for N sessions.
Rating
Same
as
above
but
with
assessments
rather
than rank-orders.
Response concepts
Response drawing and
written
material sum-
marized
into
declarative
sentences.
Assess-
ment
matrix
constructed
on
a
concept-by-
concept basis.
Flat figure of merit
Same as above, except concepts stated a priori
to the experiment and with separate accuracy
and
reliability measures.
Response/target concepts
Same as for response concepts with the addi-
tion
of
similar encoding
of mission-oriented
target elements.
Fuzzy set figure of merit
Formalized version of response/target concept
analysis except both
stated a priori and with
separate accuracy and
reliability measures.
Cluster analysis
Fuzzy set encoding of targets to provide clus-
ters of similar targets.
Orthogonal target packs
Packs of targets from different clusters
to
fa-
cilitate rank-ordering via
visual assessment of
novice RV data.
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In
a
typical
laboratory
experiment,
the
target
material
consists
of
natural
locations
within
0. 5-hour drive from SRI.
Table
1 outlines the protocol for a typical experiment.
In this example,
the targets are demarked by the presence of the assistant.
Table
(U)
PROTOCOL FOR A LABORATORY EXPERIMENT
I Time
Action
I
T0
An interviewer and
a
viewer are
sequestered
in an
isolated
laboratory.
T0+5
The target
is selected randomly by an assistant.
T0+35
The assistant arrives at the selected target.
T0+35
The viewer
(still
in the
isolated lab) describes the target with
words and drawings.
To+50
The session ends, data are secured, and the assistant returns to
'
SRI.
T0+80
The viewer
is taken to the target site for feedback.
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(U) To provide a quantitative assessment of performance, many such trials are required.
An analyst who
is not otherwise associated with the experiment, travels to each of the selected
targets, and rank-orders
all the RV responses from best
to worst match to the
location.
A
standard
sum-of-ranks
calculation
produces
a
statistical
estimate
of
the
likelihood
that
information was transferred during the RV experiment.
*
;
. Since
1972,
SRI has developed a variety of
targets,
targeting
methods,
and analytical techniques
for research and
(
applications.
Table
2 provides
a summary and description of
the techniques
that hkve been used.
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(U) The Cognitive Sciences Program (CSP)
at SRI International conducts broadly based,
interdisciplinary research to investigate those aspects of human behavior generally referred to as
psychic.
These phenomena can be divided into two main categories:
(1)
Informational—The acquisition, by mental means,
of material that
is secured
from usual sensory perception by distance or shielding.
(2)
Causal—The perturbation, by mental means alone, of the physical environment
that
is secured from known interactions by distance or shielding.
The traditional names are ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition
for the informational
phenomena, and psychokinesis, telekinesis, and materialization for the causal phenomena.
The
terms we use are remote viewing (RV) and remote action (RA), respectively.
(U)
SRI
has
investigated
both
categories
in
detail,
but
this
white
paper
focuses
on
informational, RV, processes.
A.
(U)
Historical Perspective
,
, The CSP
(formerly
the Psychoenergetics Research Program)
began
in
1972
<
|
to
investigate
the claims
of
Mr.
Ingo Swann,
a New York artist who appeared
to have
psychoenerget ic abilities.
The success of
that
investigation led
to
a
multiyear,
multisponsor project
to determine
the degree
to which these
abilities could be used
<
i
(U) From 1972 to
1975, SRI developed an RV protocol for information acquisition.
A
typical protocol for an RV trial has four elements:
(1)
Target material that
is isolated from the experiment participants.
(2) A method of demarking the specific target (from among many)
for the
trial.
(3) A
person
(called
a
viewer) who
can
provide
information
about
the
target
material.
(4) A
quantitative
analytical system
for comparing the RV
data
with
the
target
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pretested with other
trainees,
the desire^
\ to move ahead
expeditiously with
the
training of
this particular candidate resulted
in his providing our first research data
on
technology transfer of Stages
IV
through
VI.
The
trainee's attitude
in
this position
is
to be highly
commended
for
(1)
his readiness
to accept coaching and tutoring
in
this
difficult discipline,
(2)
attentiveness
to all aspects of
the discipline
as
it developed within him,
and
(3)
his patience
in working
through
the
subtle
intellectual
learning process
required.
With regard
to
the quality of
the
remote viewing
being generated
on
a
routine basis,
it would appear
that Trainee #059 has
an unexcelled potential
for continuing
to develop remote viewing as
a
viable
information-gathering
tool.
C.
(U)
Recommendations
for Follow-On Actions
Trainee #059
is now in
the position
of being able
to contribute valuable
information for
the carry-over of
training into
the
applications
area.
Detailed authentication of
the
skills
transfer
(e.g.,
by extensive double-blind
testing)
was beyond
the
time/funding scope
of
this
training effort.
It
is recommended
t
* the
Trainee's
skills
to pursue appropriate
in-house
tasks
to determine
the
overal|. efficacy of
the
training!
..
Should*
interest exist
in contributing additional archival research data
(in-
valuable
to
the overall effort),
it
is also recommended
that authentica-
tion of skills
transfer
be documented
in appropriate scientific
formats.
For example,
videotaping
of
sessions carried out under double-blind
conditions
(where access
to complete verification materials
is possible),
would constitute
an excellent vehicle
for documentation.
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TRAINING EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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Training Rate
^Trainee #059
is
the
first individual
~
.
nackage described
in
this
report.
-
-—— - — *»
^““ih.
time
frame
involved
in
this effort was
2 1/2 years.
An
u-fth recent trainees
indicates, however,
that
accelerated work program with recent
cr
this
time might be
shortened
considerably.
Table
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DISTRIBUTION OF TRAINING SITES
BY
STAGE
Stage
Number
of Sites
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
Total
223
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Trainee Evaluation
—
|
As
the
first
trainee
to complete
the
S-I
through
.
fulfilled an
important role
in
the development
S-VI program.
Trainee #059
fu
r through TII had been
Of
the
overall training package.
Althoug
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Table
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STAGE V
SITES
Trial
Date
Site
Response
1 Oct 84
United Nations
United Nations
2 Oct 84
L' Opera,
Paris
Opera
3 Oct 84
Weyerhauser lumber
facility
Longview, WA
Factory,
floating
logs,
making
lumber
4 Oct 84
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
1 1 Oct 84
Keeneland Race Course,
Lexington,
KY
Racetrack
Oct 84
Bureau of Engraving,
Printing
of money
30 Nov 84
Geyers
steam
field,
Sonoma
Geothermal production
Dec
Church at Lourdes
Church at Lourdes
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Lake
Powell's eastern shore
flanked
by buttes),
as
rising
land
and
water;
(2)
identified
Ragged Falls
in Yellowstone
Park as
a waterfall;
(3)
obtained
an
image
of
a dam in response
to Itaipu dam (although
incorrectly labeling
it as AOL)
;
and
(4)
provided
a high-quality
result
Given
the
apparent integration of aptitudes expected
in
S-VI
training,
and
the
pattern
of remaining problem areas designed
to
be handled
by
S V
techniques,
the
RVer was
then advanced
to
the remaining S-V training
portion
of
the
overall
training package
as presently configured.
C.
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Stage V
(U)
Stage
V
is considered
a
corrective-action
stage.
Special
"query"
process
techniques have been developed
for
the
refinement
of
certain
types
of data as
they emerge,
and
for
the
correction
of AOLs
by
the determination
of what
lies underneath.
,
,
Progress
on incorporating
S-V
techniques
into
the
RV process was very rapid
for Trainee #059,
in part because
of having
assimilated
the S-VI structure
first.
Only eight
sites were
required
to
declare Trainee *059 complete on
S-V.
The
trainee's responses
to
the
sites
are
listed
in Table
3.
In addition
to
the
results generated
in
the
SRI
training
format
(Table
3)
,
<
Trainee #059 began
a
series
of
verification
tests under
controlled
conditions.
It
is reported
that
in
the
two
tests done
to date
(carried
out under conditions
in
which no feedback
is provided
to
the
RVer
as
the descriptions
are being
generated),
results
of
the quality reported
in
the above
table were
obtained
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mode,
a circumscribed
intrasession feedback
is an option
typically used
by
the
training monitor
for pedagogical
purposes.
Feedback phrases consist
of
five
statements,
given at appropriate
times:
"correct,
probably correct,
near,
can't feedback,
site!."
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with
regard
to
the emphasis
on modeling,
it
should
be noted
that
the use
of
such an approach
(which was derived empirically)
is not
simply an attempt
to render
a more
exact representation
of
the
site
than can be
done verbally,
or
by means
of drawings.
Rather,
the kines-
thetic activity during modeling appears
to
(1)
quench AOL formation
associated with purely cerebral processes,
and
(2)
act
as
a
trigger
to
produce
further analytical content
on
the
site--even concerning aspects
not being .specifically addressed
by
the modeling.
(U)
In
the delivery
of
the
Stage
V and
Stage
VI
training package,
S-VI wbs delivered
out of
sequence,
i.e.,
delivered
first.
When RVer
#059
completed
S-IV
training only
S-VI
training was
ready
for delivery;
S-V
training was
still
in.R&D.
Because
the purpose
of
S-V
is
to correct
i
and elaborate,
which
is an addition
to,
rather
than
a
foundation
for,
the
use
of S-VI procedures,
delivery
of
the
two
stages
in reverse
order was
an acceptable
option.
The
two
stages will
therefore
be discussed
in
the
order Of delivery.
B.
(U)
Stage
VI
(U)
Altogether,
sites
(listed
in Table
2)
were used
in
the
S-VI
trjaining sequence.
(U)
As
indicated
in
the
footnote
to Table
2,
those
sites noted
with
a
single asterisk (five)
are ones
for which clay models were
con-
structed
by
the
trainee during
the
training session,
before access
to
any feedback materials.
All five are
shown
in Figures
through
5.
As
can be
jsee,
the
similarities
of
the models
to
the
sites are
striking.
\
—
I
Among
the
six
test sessions used
to complete
the
S-VI series
(in which no feedback was
given during
the
session),
the
trainee correctly
(1)
described
the Padre
Bay,
Utah,
site
(a point
on
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images may emerge spontaneously.
In
that
Stage
I and Stage
slmply noted
and
labeled as AOLs.
case,
they are not suppress
,
4 .
(U)
(„)
Whereas
In Stage
I and
Stage
II viewing,
data appear
to
,
..
,
as
fragmented
data
bits,
in Stage
III,
we observe
emerge
(typrcally)
S
che
slte .
With Stage
I and
II data
emergence
of
a
broader concep
sufficiently
.
ta ct with
the
site appears
suf f icientiy
forming
a
foundation,
appreciation of
fo have
an overall appruu j-o uo.
strengthened
that
the viewer begi
Dimensional
,
lo
, uhlch we
label "aesthetic
impact
).
uimen
the site as
a wh
<
^
begln
to
c ome
into play,
and
aspects
such as
sire,
con£lgu ra tional outlines and
sketches
emphasis
is placed
on
ge
#059 ,
the
Hl
.
„
a city).
Examples generated by RVer vvn
,
( P
a
the outline
ot
a
cii-y/.
r
*
•
^
B
’
,
c
A
in
the
footnoted reference.
RVer
of
this
study,
can be
found
in
the
5.
(U )
Stage
IV
(Gejieral Analytical Aspect s).
V
v
Because
of
the apparent increased contact
.
o ta o e
III
(a "widening of
the aperture"
as
with
the
site
that occurs
follow-on
,
.
„
3n analytical nature begin
to emerge.
This
it were),
data
of
an analy
contained
in
Stage IV
,_ oc
qt-aee
IV
in our nomenclature.
Contain
nrocess constitutes
Stage
h as
'
,
th
t go beyond
the strictly observation
,
data
are elements
that
g
(
cultural factors
ambience
|
4.1
and function
or purpose \
J
Thus,
Stage IV viewing transcends
simple
.
*
<
i n
f-n
hhp
eve .
to
tflke
xnto
physical descriptions
of what
is visi
of
view>
it
account human
intention.
Because,
concern ,
is
the
latter
that
is
typically
a matter
.
,
j
to be
the
threshold
for crossover
into
Stage
IV
is considered
to be
f
it
1 1 1
t*V .
,f
(U)
Puthoff,
H.
E.,
(July
1984),'
"Special
,
SRI
Orientation
Internationa
Techniques:
S-IV (U),"
1, Menlo Park,
CA
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OBJECTIVE
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,
SRI International
is
tasked with developing remote
viewing (RV)* enhancement
techniques
k
of
Par "
ticular
interest
is
the development
of procedures
that have potential
japplication,
and
that can be
transmitted
to others
in
a
structured
fashion
(i.e.,
"training'
procedures).
i
Under particular study
in
this effort
is whether
a Coordinate
Remote Viewing
(CRV)
technology,
a
technique
that utilizes
coordinates
to facilitate acquisition of
a
remote-viewing
target,
can
be
successfully
transferred
k
*
(U )
RV
is
the acquisition and
description,
by mental means,
of
inf or
mation blocked
from ordinary perception by distance
or shielding.
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Covering the Period
15 November 1983
to
15 December
1984
SPECIAL ORIENTATION TECHNIQUES:
S-V, S-VI
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A.
(U)
Overview
The research
effort described
in
this report addresses thet
'
requirement*
^to develop techniques to locate!
> targets
of interest whose positions are not known, or are known only approximately.
Specifically, we
have investigated the possible use of psychoenergetic search techniques as an adjunct to other
technological means.
Experiments have been carried
out, examining several promising
methods
tljat have emerged
in the
field over the past decade or so.
Care has been taken to
assess the various procedures under
strict double-blind conditions, and have included
successful application to the location of targets under client control over baselines of several
thousand km.
B.
(U)
Focus of Investigation
(U)
In
this study the search techniques under consideration have been investigated
in
applications ranging from the locations of objects hidden in the same building as the search
RVer,
to the search for an individual or building over transcontinental baselines.
The
methods examined range from simple one-step map marking
(“map dowsing”),
to
calculator- and computer-assisted search involving sophisticated
statistical averaging
techniques.
(U)
Strong evidence emerged
in
this study that certain individuals using certain
techniques were capable of narrowing down the area of target location to a statistically
significant degree,
indicating the basic viability of the psychoenergetic approach as a search
tool.
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evaluation program
to determine the most
likely location.
Should
this technique prove
successful,
it has wide application beyond the spatial location of targets of interest.
Because
the CAS algorithm only involves selecting the proper moment to
register a response, the
meaning of the numbers used
in the cycle counter
is completely arbitrary, and thus can
correspond
to the elements of any discrete search problem.
G.
^-Controlled Long-Distance Test of
“Agenf’/Buikling Search,
Facility Level (Continuum)
^
As a measure of progress made during the contract
effort,
a
test was
proposed
in which the Search team put together by SRI would attempt
to locate targets
^
_________
'
^or
purpose two
experimental series were designed and carried out.
1.
(U)
Long-Distance “Agent" Search
t
ten
locations*
For the
first
test
series.l
J personnel chose
a series of
V
Each of the ten locations were
to be
Members
visited,
in turn,
for one hour,
at predetermined
times,*
ot*
"a.3Cjvt"
^
of the Search team where given
a photograph of the “agent”
to be located,
a
listing of the
target times (1100 and
1600, EST, on 28-30 N'ovember, and on 3-4 Dec.), and
a map
(
. marked
with
a
1.5 km X
1.5 km square indicating the overall target area
of iterest.
(U)
Four Search RVers were chosen
for
this task
(Nos.
164,
6S8,
198, and 232),
three of whom demonstrated success
in other search tasks covered
in
this report,
the fourth
(#232) being reported as having been successful
in experiments conducted
in
a training class
taught by one of the others (#198).
During the time-frame of the experiment, two of the
RVers were located
in California (Nos. 164 and
688), while
the remaining two were
in
Florida.
Thus, the experiment was carried out over baselines of several thousand km.
f
The experiment was carried out with the SRI researchers blind as to
the target locations
(that
is,
the experiment was double blind.)
At the end of the targeting
period,
the search-determined locations were transmitted
4 after which a
list of
the actual target locations used were made available to the SRI team.
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(U)
RESULTS OF BASIC INVESTIGATION
(p-values)
RVer
Space
Time
Difference*
531
.560
.009'*'
.038*
240
.365
.042 1
’
.164
859
.528
.042"*’
.100
452
.752
.911
.691
310
.184
.363
.652
807
.047'*’
.994*
.998*
164
.031 t
.295
. 826
Tested against
the hypothesis
that
time > space.
^Significant
^Target avoidance.
UNCLASSIFIED
3.
(U)
CAS Against Real Targets (Application)
As
a
final
lest, can CAS techniques be used to locate unknown
targets '
The use of both static and dynamic techniques will
be considered.
(U)
In the case of the
latter,
a useful technique
is to divide the search space into
N regions. A counter
is incremented once each millisecond as before, but
it begins at one
and recycles after N +
1.
The extra
cell
is used to cover the case of "none of the above".
To
illustrate how this technique might work,
let us consider the case of a kidnap victim who
is suspected of being held somewhere in the west Beruit area.
This area
is divided into 20
regions of interest.
(The CAS counter then cycles through 21.)
A large number of trials are
collected for a given participant, and a large number of participants could be used.
Statistics
developed dqring the known target portion of the study would be used as an input to the
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participant was constrained to provide a few
trials
(< 5)
at each
sitting.
The analysis that
was used
is described in Section
III. A.
(U)
From a purely mechanistic point of view, we might expect that locating a
dynamically-moving target would be “easier” than a
static one.
Because the target
is moving
once a millisecond, the target
is, on the average,
actually “under” the mouse button twice
each second.
Thus, two times a second, the participant has the opportunity to locate the
target correctly.
He/she must, however, press the mouse button at the proper time
(finding
a dynamically-moving target translates to finding a moment in time to
initiate a response).
In the static case,
it
is possible
(worst case)
that the location
will never be under the mouse
button, because the RVer,
in moving the button display around the screen, misses the actual
location.
Thus, we would expect a bias in favor of finding the dynamic target simply because
the number of opportunities of registering the correct response
is greater.
(U)
The results of the basic investigation are shown
in Table
5.
Five of the seven
participants produced significant evidence of psychoenergetic functioning
(p < 0.0004).
Of
these
five, three produced
results favoring the timing hypothesis, and two favored the
“dowsing” hypothesis.
Two participants produced significant differences between temporal
and
spatial “dowsing;” one (#531) favoring temporal, the other (#807) favoring spatial.
Participant 531 showed a 27 percent reduction from the mean chance expectation (MCE)
distance of 10.4 units, while
Participant 807 showed a
16.1 percent reduction.
Overall, there
is strong evidence that individuals can locate abstract computer generated targets, yet there
is
no evidence that there
is a preference for the timing technique.
2.
(U)
Location of Real-World Targets (Known)
\
~~
^ The
first step
in determining
if the CAS technique
is capable of
locating unknown
targets of interest,
is to demonstrate that the technique can be applied
to real-world targets whose locations are known.
This step has been taken under
Controlled
test conditions,
as described
in Section G.
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(U)
Computer Assisted Search (CAS)
!
To determine the applicability of computers as aids
in the general search
problem,
have developed a graduated series of studies—beginning at a basic level of
investigation and evolving toward real-time'
i applications.
As a
first step
in determining
the degree to which a computer can be used as an aid in search problems, an experiment
was conducted that demonstrated that an abstract computer-generated target could be located
by psychoenergetic means.
The next stage involved testing whether an “association” between
an abstract computer “target” and an actual target could be established.
1.
(U)
Basic Investigation (Simulation)
(U)
We have conducted an experiment to determine
if an abstract computer-
generated target can be located by psychoenergetic means.
To accomplish
this, we designed
an experiment that would also provide information with regard to two possible mechanisms:
Tq search
in space
for a target that remains fixed for the duration of a
trial.
Td search
for a target that
is rapidly moving in space.
(U)
The
first case
is the more familiar “dowsing” situation;
a target, whose
location
is ujiknown, must be found by psychoenergetic means.
The second case was
established on the basis of earllier research
at SRI.
Namely,
that
it
is possible for an
individual
to initiate an action at the proper time to optimize the result of a psychoenergetic
experiment.
(U)
During the
CAS experiment, seven individuals were asked to contribute 50
trials each.
To
test the “dowsing" hypothesis,
the target location was fixed throughout a
j
trial.
To
tes) the timing hypothesis, the target location was changed once each millisecond.
Dynamic versus static target
trials were determined by a balanced random protocol that was
the same for each of the participants.
Furthermore, they were unaware that there were two
test conditions.
A bounded area representing the perimeter of a 20 x 20 cell matrix was
shown to the participant, who could
register his/her response by moving a graphics pointing
device (mouie), and could press a button to indicate the choice.
Each participant was told
that the target could be any place within the display boundary, and when the moment
“seemed
right,” could register his/her choice by pressing the button on the mouse.
Each
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Simulation of “Agent” /Facility Search (Continuum)
( A series of trials was undertaken with a special RVer. recommended by
the American Society ot Dowsers, who responded to an invitation to participate in the SRI
search program (#198).
An initial exploratory series of eight
tr ials was carried out as m
Experiment B, Condition I,(
The results were not beyond chance expectation.
Debriefing of the RVer revealed a
preference for tasks that involved people,
as in locating people, or places inhabtted by
people.
Therefore, a second exploratory series of fifteen trials was performed, the
first ten
of which repeated the same experiment, but with an individual replacing the object.
For the
remaining five trials, the target area in which the individual was located was expanded to the
SRI complex as in Experiment C above.
The overall result in this series also was no. beyond
chance expectation, but the target/response pair distances were ordered such that there was a
trend from larger to smaller distances as the series progressed, which began to approach
statistical significance
(p = 0.07).
Therefore,
a more extensive series was planned in which
“peopled"
locations were to be the targets.
(U)
For this series,
the target area was
a
> 20 sq. km area
(4.8 km X
4.8 km)
viewer was provided
a
satellite photograph of the area with
a 20 X 20 unit grid overlay.
In
order to investigate potential differences in targeting strategies,
a targeting protocol was
prepared for the series
in which, on an intermixed basis, the RVer was targeted on being
(1)
given
a photograph of the
site,
e.g.. of a house,
(2)
told that an experimenter known to the
RVer was
at a
site,
(3)
told the name of the
site
(e.g., Stacey’s Bookstore).
Twenty-one
trials were carried out under this protocol:
six under targeting method
(1),
six under
targeting method
(2), and nine under targeting method
(3).
(U)
In the 4
. 8-km-square area, the mean chance expectation distance
is 2.5 km.
In
the 21-trial sequence, the target/response pair distances ranged from a maximum of 3.36 km
to a minimum of 0.34 km. with a mean of 1.55 km.
This result
(a 38 percent reduction
from MCE)
is statistically significant
at p =
1.1 X
.
(U)
With regard to the difference in RVer performance between targeting conditions,
the mean target/response pair distance was least for the photo-targeting condition
(1),
median
for the person-targeting condition
(2).
and maximum
for the name-targeting
condition (3)-1.15 km.
1.58 km. and
1.80 km respectively.
One-way analysis of variance
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it than
in Condition
I, where the task
is structured more along application lines of
an experimenter and RVer searching for an object placed by a third party.
Another
difference
is that the second series followed the
first; the trend may simply reflect the
“decline”
effect that
is typical in the psychoenergetics field when experimentation becomes a
repetitive routine.
Further work along these lines would be required to clarify this particular
facet.
Nonetheless, with both sets of data combined,
the overall result, a mean
target/response pair distance of 16.2
ft
(17 percent reduction of MCE),
is statistically
significant
at p = 0.01.
Thus, the experimental series as a whole indicates that the
application qf psychoenergetic search techniques, although not yet developed to high
accuracy, can augment other techniques
in locating small target objects
in a remote,
otherwise inaccessible, space.
Simulation of “Agent” Search,
Facility Level (Continuum)
(U)
The RVer who participated
in the above experiment was asked to take part
in a
second experiment of a similar nature.
In the second case,
the target was to be a person,
located somewhere on the grounds of the SRI 70—acre complex.
The RVer entered the RV
chamber on the third floor of the RPL, then an experimenter was sent to a random location,
determined by entry into a random number generator for x-y coordinates on a 20 x 20 unit
grid.
(U)
Forty
trials were carried out—20
in each of two conditions; the second condition
differed
froijn the
first only in that the RVer had
in
his possession a sample of hair from the
individual
lb be targeted
(to
test the so-called “witness" concept, part of the lore in dowsing
studies).
(U)
The outcome of this experiment was that neither series yielded results differing
from chance expectation, nor was there any significant difference between the two conditions.
Although the RVer expressed subjective differences in attempting to locate a person
(as
opposed to an object), no conclusions as to the difference between the two Experiments B
and C* could be drawn.
* (U)
Defined in Subsections B and C of this chapter and hereafter referred to as
Experiments B and C.
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A.
(U)
General
(U)
In pursuing the search task, SRI engaged several remote viewers (RVers) ranging
from
(1) volunteer subjects,
(2) experienced SRI RVers, through
(3) well-known professional
"dowsers” (who were contacted through the American Society of Dowsers).
In somewhat
extensive work with the
latter, every effort was made to determine whether whatever
skills
could be demonstrated might be of a transferable nature.
B.
!
|
Simulation of "Bug” Search (Continuum)
'
|
Described here
is a
test of whether a search procedure involving attempts
to locate small objects in a roor.. .
| would be successful.
The target location
was a large conference room
in which a
>1400 sq.
ft. area
(37.5 x
37.5
ft) was designated
as the potential target area.
For each
trial, a small hand-size object was chosen
(e.g.,
a
calculator) then placed somewhere in the conference room—the location was determined by
entry into a random number generator for x-y coordinates on a 20 X 20 unit grid.
(U)
A total of 50
trials, 25
in each of two conditions
(labeled
I and
II), was carried
out with an experienced SRI RVer (#688)
as search percipient.
The RVer was
in the RV
chamber on the third floor of the Radio Physics Laboratory (RPL); the target area was a
locked and guarded, nonoccupied conference room on the ground floor of the RPL.
1.
(U)
Condition
I
(U)
In Condition
I,
for each
trial, an experimenter (El) places an object at a
location in the target room (determined by random number generator), then remains outside
the target room as a guard.
A few minutes later,
at a previously-agreed-upon time,
Experimenter E2, who
is kept blind as to the object’s location, has the RVer indicate his
assessment of the object's location.
The RVer places
a mark on a piece of paper containing
a single blank square to represent the target room.
At the end of the
trial, the RVer turns
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The goal of the present effort
is to research the literature, then perform
laboratory experimentation to determine whether, and
to what degree, such functioning
is a
viable candidate for application
t
This includes determining
the best methods and efficiencies of various search techniques, and the appropriate statistical
analyses for evaluating results.
B,
(U)
Search Categories
^ Search tasks
fall
into two broad categories of effort—continuum and
discrete.
In
thje “continuum” search category,
a target of interest
is typically to be located
on a continuum area map, such as a topographical map or navigational chart*
^
For this category,
the target/response distances and circular
error probabilities (CEPs) constitute the
statistics of interest
in evaluation.
In the “discrete” search category, a target of interest
is associated with a
discrete number of possibilities
For this category,
the appropriate
statistic of
interest
in the evaluation of a series of location attempts
is a comparison against the simple
binomial
statistic of the probability of obtaining an observed R hits in N
trials, by chance.
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A.
(U)
General
1+
,
a claimed
ability in the
broad field of psychoenerge.ic fundoning; namely. .he
abili.y .0 search for and loca.e wa.er,
!
minerals,
ob|ec,s. individuals.
si.es of archaeo.o8ica,
si 8„ificance, and so
o
;
..
This
ahiiitv can be con.ras.ed <0 .he reia.ed psychoenerge.ic
abili.y -remo.e v.ewmg ,
.n .he
y
•
•
o
the RVer
is given location information (coordinates,
following manner.
In remote viewing, the RVer
is given
.
x
rnv't asked to provide data on target content^
t RVer h^givTn
,Morion on .argei con.en., .hen alhed , provide
fo^ion la, ; 8 ., Poshion on a map,.
The .wo fnnc.ions are ,us complimen.ary ,o each
other.
,u,
The abili.y .O loca.e ,arge.s
is mos. of.en referred .o as "dowsing"
in ,he Wesrern
lileraiure
and "biophysical eftec. (BPE)"
in Ihe So,ie./Eas, Bloc li.era.nre.
In <his repor.,
Z Shan refer ,0 such iechniques simply as "search.”
Al.hough much of .he h.era.ure
anecdotal," auemp.s .0 quan.ify .he abili.y and .0 de,ermine
,.s mechan.sms
pursued.
t
,
.Vrcrintivp survey of the claims for dowsing, see
*(U)
For the most comprehensive an
a
h
New York. NY (1979).
Christopher Bird, The Dmnmg Hand .
E.
P. Dutton,
.
..
.
hv 7 V
Harvalik, beginning 1970,
in The
'2JZ,
s“dei> ° f Dowsers ’
(Harvalik
is lhe
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OBJECTIVE (U)
^The objective of this effort at SRI International
is to investigate a
particular aspect of psychoenergetic phenomena called Target Search.
This search technique
is designed to determine the location of objects, individuals, and
facilities where the potential
target area can range from room- to global-sized dimensions.
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CAS Against Real Targets (Application)
G.
'Controlled Long-Distance Test of “Agent/
Building SearchTFacility Level (Continuum)
1.
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Long-Distance “Agent” Search
2.
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Long-Distance “Building" Search
V
(U)
Summary
A.
(U)
Overview
B.
(U)
Focus of Investigation
C.
(U)
Recommendations for Follow-On Actions
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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LIST OF TABLES
I
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OBJECTIVE
II
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INTRODUCTION
A.
(U)
General
B.
(U)
Search Categories
HI
(U) METHOD OF APPROACH
A.
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Continuum Search—Statistical Approach
B.
(U)
Discrete Search—Statistical Approach
V
(U)
EXPERIMENTAL
A.
(U)
General
p
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Simulation of "Bug" Search (Continuum)
1-
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Condition
I
2.
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Condition
II
f”'
\ Simulation of “Agent" Search,
Facility Level
"(Continuum;
D
-
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Simulation of
" Agenf’/Facility Search (Continuum).
E.
(U)
Binary Search (Discrete/Continuum)
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Computer Assisted Search (CAS)
1.
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Basic Investigation
(Simulation)
2.
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Location of Real-World Targets (Known) .......
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Report
Covering
the Period
15 November
1983
to
15 December
1984
TARGET SEARCH TECHNIQUES
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December
1984
SRI
Project
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The Stage
IV proficiency demonstrated
in
the
com-
pletion series
has been maintained
by
the
trainee
as work has begun on
Stage
VI;
this provides
additional
evidence
that
a
stable performance
level
on S-IV characteristics
has been achieved.
B.
(U)
Trainee Evaluat ion
'
Other
than
the
training monitor
(#002)
,
Viewer #059
is
the
first
to complete S-IV
training.
Although previous
training stages
(S-I
through S-III)
had been pretested with other
trainees,
the desire
{
^to move ahead expeditiously with
training of
this particular
candidate dictated
a reversal
of
the
usual development procedure.
This
candidate
t^ius provided our
first research data on S-IV technology
transfer,
which
turned out
to
be
of exceptionally high quality.
Until
subsequent
individuals have
completed S-IV
training,
there
is
not
a substantial body
of work
for
comparison.
Nonetheless,
it
should
be
stated
for
the record
that
this
trainee exhibited
the
least of difficulties
in assimilating
the
materials,
as compared with
the progress of
trainees
in general,
and
as
compared with
the
training monitor's own progress
through
S-IV
in particular.
In addition.
Trainee #059 exhibited
a high professional demeanor
throughout
the
training,
and applied himself
at
all
times with
the utmost stamina and
acumen.
Taking
these
factors
together,
Trainee #059 was
a model
trainee,
and
thus
his
profile constitutes
an
important data point with regard
to
trainee
selection.
C.
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Recommendations
for Follow-On Actions
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Given
the quality of response
to S-IV
training of Trainee #059,
two recommendations
for
follow-on
actions
are offered:
(1)
The
trainee should continue
in
the
training
in
order
to
incorporate additional
skills available
in
the remaining stages.
(2)
Given
that detailed authentication of
the S-IV
skills
transfer
(e.g.,
by extensive double-blind
testing),
was beyond
the
time/funding
scope of
the present effort,
it
is
recommended
that,
in
parallel with
training,
the client enlist
the
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EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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A.
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Completion
Indicators
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Completion of
a
stage
is
signalled
by
(1)
essentially flawless
control
of
session structure while generating
the
required elements
for
that
stage,
and
(2)
production of
a
sequence
of
at
least
five
site
descriptions whose content/quality meets
the
requirements
for
that
stage.
}
J
As
indicated
earlier,
in
Stage
IV
training,
the
viewer
is
required
to provide
information culminating
in not only
a
description of
the
site,
but
correct
identification of
the
function
as
well.
These requirements were met
by Viewer #059
in his
final
series,
Trials
through
26.
The
results
are
summarized
in Table
3 below,
as
well
as
in representative Figures
through
9.
Table
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STAGE
IV COMPLETION TRIALS
22 THROUGH
Site
Response
27/22
St.
Patrick's Cathedral,
New York,
NY
Called
a "church," with
phonetic
of
"saint"
28/23
West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV
Called "school
feeling"
29/24
FMC chemical
plant,
Newark
,
CA
Called "chemical
factory"
30/25
Romic hazardous waste
storage plant,
Palo Alto,
CA
Called
"waste
treatment
plant”
31/26
Stanford
Linear Accelerator
Stanford,
CA
Called "linear accelerator,"
named "Stanford
Linear
Accelerator"
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appears
to
__
rif
"hard"
information that
in
the primary
source
ol
naru
result
in
the decoding
of
site
function.
.
aHon
0 f progress
through
the
series,
i
P
To
give
some
indication
oi
H
°
J
Frtr- Trial
the
site was
a hospital;
we examinb here
some
specific cases.
’
-
la ted
a
total
of
161 data bits
in
two sessions befor
the
trainee accumulated
Kennedy),
identifying
the
site
as
a hospital.
By Session
(Trial
8,
identity!
j &
hjlUv while acquiring the
the difficulty
in maintaining functiona
re
Figure
2)
new
skillb
(corresponding
to
the expected performance-curve
d
p
o
Fig
Z'L
in
the
form that
24, eiements were retired before
site
identifi-
cation occurred
(site named by name).
-
By Session 25
(Trial
20).
the power-generating func-
tion of Kariba Dam was
identified after only
57 data bit.
seven data bits
furnishing
the phonetic
"kirib"
- »t.l of
hits.
» was
aiso noted during
this viewing
that
the views.
A
rioo iro
to three-dimensional ly
moaei
experienced not only
an expressed desire
to
tnr
P
’
_
Phonetics
both attributes
of
the higher
the
site
but
the emergence
of phonetics,
\
This we
took
as
indicators
of
stage. (Ml
and S-VII,
respectively).
This we
readiness
for advancement
to
the following
stages.
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impression of
an
island
is
immediately
interpreted
as Hawaii.)
This we
call
analytical overlay
(AOL).
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Our
investigation
of
these
overlay patterns
leads
to
a model
of
RV
functioning,
shown schematically
in Figure
1.
With
the application
of
a
"stjimulus''
(e.g.,
the
reading
of
a coordinate),
there appears
to be
a momentary burst
of "signal"
that enters
into awareness
for
a
few seconds,
and
then
fades
away.
The overlays
appear
to
be
triggered
at
this
point
to
fill
in
the
void.
Success
in handling
this
complex process requires
that
a remote
viewer
learn
to "grab"
incoming data
bits while simultaneously
attempting
to control
the overlays.
Stage
I
and
Stage
II
training
is
designed
specifically
to deal with
this
requirement.
THRESHOLD
OF
AWARENESS
UNCLASSIFIED
FIGURE
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SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF REMOTE VIEWER RESPONSE TO
CRV SITUATION
2.
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Stage
I
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In Stage
I,
the viewer
is
trained
to provide
a quick-reaction
response
to
the
reading of
the
site
coordinates
by
the monitor.
The
response
takes
the
form of
an
immediate,
primitive "squiggle" on
the paper
(called
an
ideogram),
which captures
an overall motion/ feel ing
of
the gestalt of
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