SGIA Approved For Release 2002/65ACA- ReERbP96-00788R001300240001-2 $200K per/yr. While these numbers are impressive there are several other elements that should be examined to gauge the value of what we have received by funding work in psychocnergetics, First, we can look at what we knew about this field in 1972 when DoD/Intelligence involvement was initiated and what we now know about the field, Program Gains When begun, relatively little was known in this field with regard to those factors important for military and intelligence applications, SRI's program was, from the start, directed toward filling in this gap. > In the CIA program it was established that remote viewing of geo- graphical and technical features of target sites, such as natural formations, roads, buildings, and interior apparatus, does take place, It was further established that the descriptive aspects (shape, form, color, material) are described better than analytical concepts (function, name), as occurs in subliminal perception in general. Application to operational targets indicated useful information obtainable, Furthermore, it was found that sites could be accessed either on the basis of targeting on a cooperative person at the site, or by geographical coordinates. Finally, it was determined by extensive testing that standard medical and psychological profiling was not useful in screening for ability in the RV area, (See Figure 4 for a tabulation of these and following findings of interest.) In the NAVELEX program SRI established that physiological (EEG) correlates to RV inputs can be found, although the EEG effect examined was weak (statistical), SRI efforts in the FTD program extended RV capabilities into real-time continental RV tests showed little if any degradation with distance. Resolution down to mm was established using small objects in film cannisters SECRET Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300240001-2 SG1l wt pve
| i i Ei i a i. i. i. i. a i i i i i Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300240001-2 FIGURE 4 GAINS AND COSTS CIA PROGRAM ($195K) @ RV OF GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION ESTABLISHED @ DESCRIPTIVE ASPECTS (SHAPE, FORM, MATERIAL) BETTER DESCRIBED THAN ANALYTIC CONCEPTS (FUNCTION, NAME) OPERATIONALLY USEFUL INFORMATION OBTAINABLE TARGET ACCESSIBLE BY GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES OR PERSON AT SITE STANDARD MEDICAL/PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING OF LITTLE USE NAVELEX PROGRAM ($74K) @ PHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES TO RV EXIST, THOUGH WEAK (STATISTICAL) 1aaDAdS FTD PROGRAM ($300k) ~ Ce @e ACCURACY AND RESOLUTION NOT A SENSITIVE FUNCTION OF DISTANCE @ SPATIAL RESOLUTION DOWN TO MILLIMETERS ESTABLISHED @ ELECTRICAL SHIELDING NOT EFFECTIVE IN BLOCKING RV (SUB EXPERIMENT) @e ALPHABET, SMALL SYMBOL, RESULTS ABOVE CHANCE, BUT NOT APPROACHING OPERATIONAL UTILITY Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300240001-2 1 POF bs
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SGIA Approved For Release 20024 €: Ri Edpp9s-00788R001 300240001-2 as targets, Use of submarine/seawater shielding indicated that ordinary electrical shielding is not effective in blocking RV, Finally, extensive testing with alphabet (or other known symbol) targets found such analytical functioning statistically above chance, but not yet approaching useful levels for operational purposes, In the MIA program, taken as a first step toward determining whether sensitive equipment can be perturbed by an act of the will, evidence was obtained that individuals can interact with electronic noise and radio-~ active decay sources to produce statistically significant deviations from chance expectation. This program in essence verified, under extremely pristine computer-automated experimental conditions, a large data base reported in the literature. Daily field tests involving targeting on Hunter-Liggett exercises in an AMSAA study showed lower rates of success than found in strategic targeting, indicating repetitive targeting on familiar sites more difficult. When successful, an internal gradation existed wherein site descriptions were of higher quality than site location/tracking. The primary objective of the DIA program was to provide a basis for assessing Soviet threat. The particular efforts were directed toward increasing the reliability of RV functioning, and applying RV techniques to operational requirements, Four sources of "noise" in RV functioning were delineated (analytical, associational, monitor and environmental overlays), and procedures were designed to minimize their negative effects, These efforts resulted in a number of examples of high quality quick-reaction operational RV, and the development of a reliability-improvement program. SECRET Approved For Release 2002/05/17 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300240001-2