Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : ClA-RD SSS ReNTs00290001-2 CENTER LANE-3 Final Report December 1984 SPECIAL ORIENTATION TECHNIQUES: S-I, S-Il, S-IIl (U) By: HAROLD E, PUTHOFF Prepared for: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY USAINSCOM FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755 Attention: LT. COL. BRIAN BUZBY WARNING NOTICE CENTER LANE SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM. RESTRICT DISSEMINATION TO THOSE WITH VERIFIED ACCESS. CATEGORY 3 333 Ravenswood Avenue Menlo Park, California 94025 U.S.A. LI (415) 326-6200 Cable: SRI INTL MPK me NN SECRER not RELEASABLE TO Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RRPAG09 7188081 8002900062 NATIONALS
‘Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIATEFGREOHESRO01800290001-2 CENTER LANE-3 Final Report December 1984 Covering the Period 15 November 1983 to 15 December 1984 SPECIAL ORIENTATION TECHNIQUES: S-I, S-Il, S-Ill (U) By: HAROLD E. PUTHOFF Prepared for: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ESU 83-145 3 USAINSCOM FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755 Attention: LT. COL. BRIAN BUZBY SRI Project 6600 aneneel WARNING NOTICE CENTER LANE SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM. RESTRICT DISSEMINATION TO THOSE WITH VERIFIED ACCESS. CATEGORY 3 Approved by: ie! ROBERT S. LEONARD, Drrector Copy No. .......22... Radio Physics Laboratory 5 | ument consists of 27 pages. i DAVID D. ELLIOTT, Vice President This doc pag A Research and Analysis Division 941/CL-0024 CLASSIFIED BY: CENTER LANE Security Classification Guide . Dated 1 March 1983 NOT RELEASABLE TO DECLASSIFY ON: OADR FOREIGN NATIONALS SFeRE CENTER LANE-3 333 Ravenswood Avenue ° Menlo Park, California 94025 + U.S.A. (415) 326-6200 + Cable: SRI INTL MPK ° TWX: 910-373-2046 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
Approved For Release pRpPIqSR Es EVE RP TSE-00788R001 800290001 -2 CONTENTS (U) LIST OF [LLLUSTRATIONS . 2... 1 1 we ee ee ee ke ee lii LIST OF TABLES . 2. 2. 1. 1 1 we ee ee ee iv I OBJECTIVE 2... 6 we ee eee ee es Ll If IN TRODUC TION 2 A. General 2 B. Description of Procedure 2 1. Overview 2 2. Stage I (Major. Cestalt) 5 3. Stage IL (Sensory Contact) . 6 4. Stage III (Dimension, Motion, and Mobility) 6 5. Summary S-I Through S-IILI . see 6 ITI TRAINING ACTIVITY . 38 A. Method of Approach 8 1. General Design . 8 2. Target Site Preparation 8 3, Session Protocol (Training) 9 B. Trainee Progress 9 1. Task Scheduling ... . 1. 6 1 1 ee ew te ew we ee 9 2. Baseline Data... rr 10 3. Stage-by-Stage Training Rates ce ee ee ee LO a. Stage IT. . we ee ee ee ee ee LO b. Stage II... 1... ee ee ee ee ee 11 c. Stage III .... 2... eee ee ee 12 4. S-III Proficiency Level... 1... 1 1 ee eee 12 IV TRAINING EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . 1... sw se 19 A. Overview . 6. 6 6 6 we ew ee ee we ee ee ee 19 B. Recommendations for Follow-On Actions .....4.. L9 APPENDIX DESCRIPTOR LIST FORMAT . . . 2. 1. 2 ee ee ew ee ek 21 Li UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
“Ss DD MW F&F WW Nw Approved For Release (NCE AS Sidhe 6-00788R001800290001-2 ILLUSTRATIONS (UV) Schematic Representation of Remote Viewer Response to CRV Situation . 2... ww ee ee ee ee we we 4 Idealized Performance-Over-Time Curve . 2... 2 2 2 ee ew 5 Devils Tower, Wyoming . . 1 1 ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 14 Lamasery of Tikse, Tibet... 1 1 1 1 ee ee ee ee es L5 Washington Monument . . 1. 1 1 6 ee ee ee ee ee ee 16 Temples of Pagan, Burma . . 6 1. 6 6 we et ee ee ee 17 Tower No. 2 Radar Station, Georges Bank ...... +4645. 18 iii UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
Approved For Relea TC PAS SETED eR 800290001 -2 TABLES  (U) L Stages in Remote Viewing . ©. 1. 6 6 6 6 ee ee ee ee ee 3 2 Training Sites for Proficiency in Stage I Procedures 2. 1 6 ee ew ee ee ee ee LL 3 Training Sites for Proficiency in Stage II Procedures . 2. 16 6 8 ee ee ee ee 12 4 Training Sites for Proficiency in Stage [II Procedures . 1. 6 6 ee ee ee ee ee es 13 iv UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
Approved For Release 200GsQ0@=haieMPRDP96-00788R001800290001-2 SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN L OBJECTIVE (CU) (S/CL-3/NOFORN) SRI International is tasked with developing remote viewing cRrv)* enhancement techniques to meet DoD requirements. Of par- ticular interest is the development of procedures that have potential military intelligence application, and that can be transmitted to others in a structured fashion (i.c., "training" procedures). (S/CL-3/NOFORN) 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 to INSCOM personnel. “() RV is the acquisition and description, by mental means, of infor- mation blocked from ordinary perception by distance or shielding. i SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
Approved For Release 2000 OS Qh. RDPI6-00788R001800290001-2 SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN LL IN'ERODUCTION (U) A. (U) General (S/CL-3/NOFORN) At the beginning of FY 1981, SRI International made a decision to develop and codify a promising RV enhancement proc- edure that had emerged from earlier work--a multistage coordinate remote-viewing training procedure developed in conjunction with an SRI consultant, Mr. I. Swann. In this procedure, coordinates (latitude and Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds) are utilized as the targeting method. The method is structured to proceed through a series of well- defined stages in a particular order--hypothesized to correspond to stages of increased contact with the target site (see Table 1). The basic hypotheses of the procedure have been investigated under strict double-blind testing conditions to document whether, and to what degree, the training approach can provide a viable vehicle for RV technology transfer to INSCOM and other personnel.” (S/CL-3/NOFORN) For this effort, INSCOM selected four individuals to be trained in the techniques of the first three stages (S-I through S-III) of the procedure as it stands to date (six in all have been developed). B. (U) Description of Procedure 1. (U) Overview (U) We begin with the basic premise of the training procedure under study: the major problem with naive attempts to remote view is that the attempt to visualize a remote site tends to stimulate memory and imagination--usually in visual-image forms. As the RVer becomes aware of “(U) Puthoff, H. E., "Track I Training R&D (U)," Final Report SRI/GF-0270, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (December 1984), SECRET/NOFORN. 2 SFERE— Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-KBP96-00788R001800290004-2
Approved For Release Pe PA s SPERR TSE 00788R001 800290001 -2 fable 1 (U) STAGES IN REMOTE VIEWING L Stages | Example I Major gestalt Land surrounded by water, an island II Sensory contact Cold sensation, wind-swept feeling III Dimension, motion, mobility Rising up, panoramic view, island outline IV General qualitative analytical Scientific research, live aspects organisms V Specific analytical aspects Biological warfare (BW), (by interrogating signal line) preparation site VI Three-dimensional contact, Layouts, details, further | modeling analytical contact _ an ee Ce UNCLASSIFIED (U) the first few data bits, there appears to be a largely spontaneous and undisciplined rational effort to extrapolate and "fill in the blanks." This is presumably driven by a need to resolve the ambiguity associated with the fragmentary nature of the emerging perception. The result is a premature internal analysis and interpretation on the part of the RVer. (For example, an impression of an island is immediately interpreted as Hawaii.) This we call analytical overlay (AOL). (U) Our investigation of these overlay patterns suggests a model of RV functioning shown schematically in Figure l. With the application of a "stimulus" (e.g., the reading of a coordinate), there appears to be a momentary burst of "signal" that enters into awareness for a few seconds at most, 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 the RVer learn to "grab" incoming data bits while simultaneously attempting to identify the overlays as such. UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
Approved For Release PAQQTOB/ASS SPF SP-00788R001 800290001 -2 SIGNAL, NOISE SIGNAL x THRESHOLD —-—-——-f-—-——-----—--—---— OF AWARENESS “FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS” OVERLAYS t STIMULUS STIMULUS UNCLASSIFIED FIGURE 1 (U) SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF REMOTE VIEWER RESPONSE TO CRV SITUATION (U) Observation of this process in earlier development work suggests that the above behavior can be learned. Specifically, it appears that the RVer being trained in accordance with procedures devel- oped in that program can be expected to exhibit a performance curve of the type shown in Figure 2. In brief, after being exposed to the basic concepts of the training procedure, the RVer typically exhibits a short period of spontaneous "first-time effect" of very-high quality response (usually three or four sessions at most). This response cannot, however, be maintained, and is followed by a drop to a low level of performance-- at which point substantive learning can begin. If learning is to take place, it then proceeds forward from that point until saturation at some skill plateau is reached. (U) As indicated earlier, the RV training procedure is structured to proceed through a series of stages hypothesized to corre- spond to stages of increased contact with the target site. These stages (described in more detail below) are tutored in order, with presentation of theory followed by a series of practice sessions taking a few weeks per stage. The RVer thus moves up through the stages, concentrating on the elements to be mastered in each stage before proceeding to the next. 4 UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 RDP96-00788R001800290001-2 : CIA- UNCLASSIFIED SPONTANEOUS “FIRST-TIME” EFFECTS DECLINE EFFECT uw Sa LEARNING PHASE 24 SKILL PLATEAU ESTABLISHED a a wz <6 zo Og a @ Ld a UNCLASSIFIED TIME — FIGURE 2 (U) IDEALIZED PERFORMANCE-OVER-TIME CURVE (U) In the development work that preceded this study, it was found that an experienced remote viewer applying the techniques that are learned in this procedure tends to recapitulate the stages in order. The contents of the stages (as evolved in the development work) are as shown in Table 1, and the techniques employed in the stages are described in the following paragraphs. 2. (U) Stage I (Major Gestalt) (U) In Stage I, the RVer is trained to provide a quick-reaction response to the reading of site coordinates by a monitor. The response takes the form of an immediate, primitive "squiggle" on the paper (called an ideogram), which captures an overall motion/feeling of the gestalt of the site (e.g., wavy/fluid for water). Note that this response is essentially kinesthetic, rather than visual. 5 UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
Approved For Relea CAS CTERED eR" 800290001 -2 3. (U) Stage II (Sensory Contact) (U) In Stage II, the RVers are trained to become sensitive to physical sensations associated with the site, i.e., sensations they might experience if they were physically located at the site (heat, cold, wind, sounds, smells, tactile sensations, and the like). Again, this response is essentially nonvisual in nature (although color sensations may arise as a legitimate Stage II response). Of course, in both Stage I and Stage II, visual images may emerge spontaneously. In that case, they are not suppressed, but simply noted and labeled as AOLs. 4. (U) Stage III (Dimension, Motion, and Mobility) (U) Whereas in Stage I and Stage IL viewing, data appear to emerge (typically) as fragmented data bits, in Stage III, we observe the emergence of a broader concept of the site. With Stage I and II data forming a foundation, contact with the site appears sufficiently strength- ened that the viewer begins to have an overall appreciation of the site as a whole (which we label "aesthetic impact"). Thus, there is an apparent increased contact with the site that constitutes a "widening of the aperture," as it were. Dimensional aspects such as size, distance, and motion begin to come into play, and emphasis is placed on generating configurational outlines and sketches (e.g., the outline of an island). Examples of Stage IlI-level viewing are provided in the footnoted reference® and later in this report. The final product of S-I through S-III training is directed toward recognition of the overall gestalt and physical configuration of the target site. 5. (U) Summary S-I Through S-IIT (U) In Stages I through III, information is collected in the form of ideograms, and their motion and feeling (S-I), sensations at the site (S-II), and sketches that result from expanded contact with the site “(U) Puthoff, H. E., "Special Orientation Techniques: S-IV (Cu) ," Final Report 941/CL-0020, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (July 1984), SECRET/NOFORN. 6 UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
Approved For Reteast NCLA : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2 LASSIFIED (U) (S-III). These various "carrier" signals are individual in nature, and special techniques have been developed to handle each in turn, more or less in a serial fashion. To keep these separate signal lines on track requires exceptional control of session structure--an ability trained for in the lengthy S-I through S-III training period. Once stabilized, Stage III forms the platform upon which can be built the more refined techniques of succeeding stages. 7 UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
Approved For Release NCP AS CIE Beer 800290001 -2 ILI TRAINING ACTIVITY (VU) A. (U) Method of Approach Ll. (U) General Design (U) The purpose of this effort is to apply the RV procedures described in the previous section as a technology transfer/training methodology. Training consists of a series of lectures by a training instructor/monitor (Mr. I. Swann), interspersed with RV sessions. In the lectures, the principles of a particular stage under consideration are thoroughly discussed. In addition, a number of practical exercises are carried out, such as drills in sketching, exercises in listing possible sensations one could experience at a site, and so forth. In the overall design of the training effort, emphasis is placed on extended practice under close supervision of the training monitor. 2. (U) Target Site Preparation (U) Because the RV training procedure involved targeting on sites around the world, given only the geographical coordinates of those sites, an important preparation step is the generation of target materials. An SRI analyst charged with this responsibility prepares these materials (folders with site information). The primary use of these materials is to provide feedback at session end; for the purposes of training and evaluation, sites are chosen for which feedback information in some form is available. Sites/feedback materials consist of > 5000 map sites (U.S.G.S. Series E maps, G.N.I.S.; Army Map Agency maps; World Aero- nautical Charts; atlases), specially-obtained materials on various technological sites, and over 1500 National Geographic magazine sites. These materials are continually updated. 8 UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
Approved For Release 2000S Sta @tG?A -RDP96-00788R001800290001 -2 SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN 3. (U) Session Protocol (Training) (U) At the beginning of the session, the monitor and the RVer enter the RV session chamber. The monitor has in his possession target- ing information in the form of a folder of feedback materials; coordi- nates are notated on the outside. The monitor reads the coordinates as a prompter (stimulus) for the RVer, takes notes for later discussion, and so forth. Unlike the protocols used in the documentation studies (see, for example, reference referred to in Introduction Section), the monitor here is not blind as to the target. Thus, the training sessions are not carried out in a double-blind protocol. As part of the beginning gradient of orienting the trainee to the RV structure, the training monitor has the option of providing intrasession feedback as the session progresses. The environment of the training sessions, not being cue- free, therefore constitutes a separate category of activity as compared with double-blind testing conditions required for documentation of proof- of-principle. B. (U) Trainee Progress L. (U) Task Scheduling (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Beginning in January 1984, four INSCOM RV trainees were assigned to S-I through S-III training. A training schedule for the year was set up in accordance with the following time estimates derived from earlier development work: Stage I 4 to 7 weeks Stage II 2 to 6 weeks Stage III 12 to 16 weeks Total Approximately 24 weeks The training effort was generally broken up into 2-week sessions each, with 2-to-4-week breaks between sessions. Training was carried out at both the SRI/New York and the SRI/Menlo Park facilities on a site schedule that was mutually agreed upon by INSCOM and SRI personnel. 9 SECRET SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
Approved For Release 2000S0R@=R@RMFRD P96 -00788R001800290001 -2 SECRET/ CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN 2. (U) Baseline Data (S/CL-3/NOFORN) In accordance with standard practice in SRI training programs: e The four INSCOM RV trainees were assigned random three-digit code designators (Numbers 146, 344, 596, and 765) by which all report data would be coded. ; * Psychological profile tests were administered to provide data for a separate Selection/Screening Task. e As a measure of baseline response to coordinate-designated target sites, each trainee generated, under double-blind testing conditions, a descriptor-list response to six sites, using latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes and seconds. These data were then archived to be available for later comparative evaluation. (See Appendix for Descriptor List format.) 3. (U) Stage~by-Stage Training Rates a. (U) Stage I (S/CL-3/NOFORN) The point of completion of each of the training stages for each of the trainees is determined by the training monitor. The monitor tracks the progress of the trainees in accordance with certain evaluation procedures that indicate to him that the trainee has grasped the fundamentals of the stage in question. All four client- selected trainees who embarked on S-I training at the beginning of the year completed S-I around mid-July--after approximately 13 weeks of training. The numbers of training sites required for each trainee to achieve proficiency in Stage I procedures are shown in Table 2. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) The total number of training sites used was somewhat in excess of what was anticipated. The average of approx- imately 83 sites per trainee was compared with that of two earlier trainee groups: a prototype development group of four (average of 54 sites per trainee), and a previous, client-selected group of two (also average of 54 sites per trainee). We also see a wide variation in the number of sites per trainee to complete Stage I. 10 $n SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2
Approved For Release 2006@—GeR=te-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2 SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN Table 2 (U) TRAINING SITES FOR PROFICIENCY IN STAGE IT PROCEDURES mei ee 7 #146 75 #765 87 #596 99 | | Total 330 UNCLASSIFIED 7 7 (U) With regard to the above statistics, it would seem natural to interpret the differences as an indication of increased difficulty with the present trainee group as compared with earlier groups, or with certain individuals in the group relative to the others. This interpretation should be discouraged. The difference in the amount of sites during any given period only reflects that a greater "noisy" period was encountered at this particular point before consolidation of the emerging aptitude--a period that emerges in every trainee at some point. Experience has shown that the number of sites required during any par- ticular training sequence does not appear to be an important factor in the long run. b. (U) Stage IT (S/CL-3/NOFORN) AL1l four trainees completed Stage II in mid-October, after five weeks of training, which is within the expected parameters. The numbers of training sites required for each trainee to achieve proficiency on Stage II are shown in Table 3. 11 Se SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800290001-2