Approved For Release 2003/09/09 AREER T 572000500150001-2 Final Report October 1978 ADVANCED THREAT TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT (U) By: HAROLD E. PUTHOFF RUSSELL TARG EDWIN C. MAY INGO SWANN WARNING NOTICE Sensitive Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved 333 Ravenswood Avenue Mento Park, California 94025 U.S.A. (415) 326-6200 Cable: SRI INTL MNP Approved Bor Reeds! 3663/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000500150001-2 ot Releasable to Foreign Nationals
tere Approved For Release 2003/00/09 PQtAsRORU6480F8ERD00500150001-2 Final Report October 1978 Covering the Period 18 April 1977 to 15 April 1978 ADVANCED THREAT TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT (U) By: HAROLD E. PUTHOFF EDWIN C. MAY RUSSELL TARG INGO SWANN Radio Physics Laboratory Consultants SRI Project 5309 WARNING NOTICE Sensitive intelligence Sources and Methods Involved Approved by: ROBERT S, LEONARD, Director Radia Physics Laboratory 65 . . e DAVID D. ELLIOTT, Executive Director COPY NO. cescoseccssee. Systems Research and Analysis Division This document consists of 132 pages. SRI 8-4566 CLASSIFIED BY: DIA (DT) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION EXEMPT FROM GDS OF E. O. 11652 ; EXEMPTION CATEGORY: 2 Unauthorized Disclosure Subject DECLASSIFIED ON: Notification of Originator to Criminal Sanctions 333 Ravenswood Avenue * Menlo Park, California 94025 U.S.A. LF TES (415) 326-6200 - Cable: SRI INTL MNP «= TWX: 910-373-1246 Approved For Release 2003/0 2herpeaeieieapeadiemanieS FRONDS AN 20% drdign Nationals (This Page is UNCLASSIFIED)
SG1A SG1A Approved For Release 200 SU Ge ROESTRD P 96-00787R000500150001-2 CONTENTS (U) LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (U) . 2. 2. 2 2 2 « we wo LIST OF TABLES (U) e e e ° e e e o e « e e ° eo I II III IV OBJECTIVE (U) ° o e e e . e e o e ° ° e e EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (U) . . 6. 2 2» «© © © © » A. Definition (U)... 2... ee eee B. Psychoenergetic Processes (U) ... Cc. SRI Work (U) eo e« «© e e @ # © # @ #8 @ l. Advances of the Current Contract Period (U) a. Example: Remote Viewing of [____] Pods) 2 wwe b, Example: Communication with a Submerged Submarine via the Remote-Viewing Channel (U) ... see Cc. Example: Resolution Studies (Objects Hidden in Metal Containers) 2. Remote-Viewing State of the Art LONG-DISTANCE COORDINATE REMOTE-VIEWING EXPERIMENTS (U) . 2 6 ee ese ee eee A. Introduction (U) ......+s-e.8- B. East European Site (S) .....es-. C. USSR Sites (S).....6..e40e80-6 1, General (U) . . 2. + 1 «© © ew a 2. D. Headquarters, Strategic Air Command (SAC) (U) (U) (U) . E. Underground Nuclear Test Detection (S). .« LONG-DISTANCE REMOTE VIEWING FROM A SUBMERSIBLE (U) . A. Communication Experiment (U).... B. Examination of the ELF Hypothesis (U) Cc. Preliminary Conclusions (U) .... ii Approved For Release 200gjar@pebteieD P96-00787R000500150001-2 vil “SM “SM WD WW W 10 12 12 17 17 18 19 19 22 22 28 33 33 39 39 SG1A
‘ Approved For esINCL : SSsIFiED : ASSIFIED V REMOTE VIEWING OF OBJECTS, PICTURES, AND SYMBOLS (U) «4 se ee eee wee ee eee ee we ae 43 A. Experiments with Objects in Metal Containers (U) . 1 6. 1 we ee we ww ee ww wn 43 B. Abstract Targeting of Building Interiors (U).... 48 C. Experiments with Analytical Targets (U) ...... 50 1. Alphanumeric Targets (U) .....6 ee eee 51 2. Color/Shape Targets (Parallels Between Remote Perception and Ordinary Perception) (U).... 31 VI ROLE OF FEEDBACK IN REMOTE VIEWING EXPERIMENTS (Uu) ... 35 A. Background Discussion (U) ......e...e.ee oes 55 B. Experimentation (U) ......065080e0e8c0 eee 55 C. Conclusions (U) . 1... 5.2. 6 eee ee ee eee 57 l. General (U) . 1... 1. 0 ee we we ew ew we 57 2. Recent Results (U) ......s ses ee eee 39 VII REMOTE PERCEPTION OF AUDIO SIGNALS (U) 2. 2. 2 ew ew ew we 61 VIII SUBJECT-INDUCED EQUIPMENT PERTURBATION EFFECTS (U) ... 65 A, Strain-Gauge Experiments (U) ......«-2 ee ees 65 B. Random-Event Generator Experiments (U)....4.4.. 66 Ix SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS (U) ....... «ee eas oe 69 APPENDICES (U) A STANDARD REMOTE-VIEWING PROTOCOL (LOCAL TARGETS) (U) .. 77 B SUMMARY OF KEY EXPERIMENTS IN LONG-DISTANCE COORDINATE _ REMOTE VIEWING GENERATED FOR THIS PROGRAM DURING PREVIOUS YEAR (U) . «2 2 ee we we er ew we ww ew ee 93 C| DATA-SOURCE TRANSCRIPT (COMPLETE) (U) . 4... . 6s « 107 D, ERROR-CORRECTING CODING AND THE REMOTE VIEWING OF _ TARGET SITES AS A MESSAGE-SENDING MEDIUM (U) 2... 2 ee 115 REFERENCES 6) 121 iv Approved For GNCPASSIFIED -2
Approved For Release lle Dae cee eee! 0787R000500150001-2 ILLUSTRATIONS (U) Target Objects in Metal Containers (U).....+..6e¢e0-8 13 Subject Sketch of East European Site (S)......eee8-s 23 SG1A Subject Sketch of [ (3) we ee ee ee 24 Subject Sketch tive Views of Dominant SG1A Structure, (S) . 6 0 ww we ew we we ete 25 Fr WwW NH Ff SG1IA 5 eels ment Detail on Dominant SEFUCEUE 0 SGIA sy errr! 7 SAC HQ Building, OFFUTT AFB (C) ..... oe 6 © ee 29 9 Comparison Between Subject Remote-Viewing Response and Overhead Photography (U) ......e«.«s6 2 © © ee eee 30 10 Submersible Taurus (U) .... 2.2. se eee ee ee ee 34 Ll Submersible Experiment Number 1: 170 Meters Deep in 340 Meters of Water. 16 July 1977 (U).......e..s.e-6 36 12 Shopping Mall Target Used in Submersible Experiment Number 2 (U) e e ° e a . « « e ° e e e e « ° ° e o e . e e 37 13 Submersible Experiment Number 2: 78 Meters Deep, on the Bottom (U) . ° o eo e ° ° * e * ca e e ° e o . e e e e ° 38 14 Palo Alto Airport Tower Target (U).......ee«.«eee 58 B-1 Drawing by Subject of Dust Cloud Raised During Rocket Engine Test (U) . . «2» « «© © © © se oe wwe sees 96 B-2 Photograph of Dust Cloud at Rocket Test Site (U)..... 97 B-3 Drawing by Subject, and Rocket Test Site Schematic Shown for Comparison (U) . 2. 2 6 6 6 «© © © © ww ew ow 98 B-4 Photograph of Test Bay Showing Test Firing of Rocket Engine (U) e o e e e e e e e ° e e e e e e e e e e e € e e 99 B-5 Remote Viewing by Grographical Coordinates of Dam Site in the USSR (S) 6 6 6 ee ee ee ew we ew we we ew 101 B-6 Remote-Viewing Overview of Dam-Site Locale, Showing Airport of Interest in the Lower Left (U) .....-.-e. 102 B-7 Remote-Viewing Sketch of Detail on Runways and Structures (Soviet Airport) (S) .....s+se-+e-eeee 103 v Approved For Release aaaQipa iit aibiiains’96-00787R000500150001-2
‘ Approved For Release 20 eippesead D0 787RO|SO01S0001-2 B-8 | Rural Soviet Site (S) e 08 © #© © © © #© © © #© © © © @ © © 105 D-1 | Use of a 5-Bit Error-Correcting Code to Increase Probability of Correct Message Reception (U).....-. 120 vi Approved For Release 2003/, ‘ P96-00787R000500150001-2
Approved For Release pie Fetes 7 EPROODSOOISOD01-2 TABLES (U) 1 Breakdown of the Various Psychoenergetic Processes (U).. 4 2 Action Item Areas for Research in Psychoenergetics (U).. 3 Transcript/Intelligence Correlations (S) ....-.e-e-ee-s 9 4 Message Set (U) .. +. « wee ee © vp e vo eve vr vane ll 5 Transcript/Intelligence Correlations (S) ......se.e.-. 20 6 Submarine Experiment (U) ..... «6 «© © © © we es ee oe 40 7 Distribution of Rankings Assigned to Subject Response Packets Associated with Each Target (U) ......se«-e 47 8 Music Target Pool with Partial Attribute List (U) .... 62 9 Distribution of Rankings Assigned to Subject Response Packets Associated with Each Target for Series 1 (U)... 64 10 Distribution of Rankings Assigned to Subject Response Packets Associated with Each Target for Series 2 (U)... 64 11 Remote-Viewing State of the Art--Conclusions (U)..... 71 A-1 Direct Matching (U) ...s. se «ee ee see sevnes 85 A-2 Rank-Ordering Table (U) .....24.0+cee see eevee 87 D-l Quantitative Judging Technique (U) ......-e+-e-e-e«e-e 118 D-2 A 5-Bit Decoding Matrix (U) ....s4-+ «+6 «+ «eevee 119 vii Approved For Release 200 109 = DP96-00787R000500150001-2