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- ELF/RV Correlation Study
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TASK
SHEET
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15.
End-of-Year
Sponsor Evaluation
16.
Recommendation
for Follow-On Project
(1)
Sponsor:
(2)
Contractor:
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Attachment #1
With
regard
to RV Jamming/Ambient ELF,
SRI
International
will
provide the
appropriate equipment,
facilities and personnel
to accomplish
the following
tasks:
(1)
Search
and
summarize the literature that
indicates that geomagnetic
storm activity and other factors that produce fluctuations
in
the
ambient ELF bands
(<300
Hz)
can degrade psychoenergetic
performance.
(2)
Construct
an
ELF detector that can monitor ambient ELF fluctuations
in
the
local
RO chamber.
(3)
Examine the statistical
correlation
between
RO performance
(on
an
appropriate series
of trials carried
out
in
the
RO chamber)
and
the ambient ELF fluctuations to determine whether measurement of
ambient ELF can
be used
as
an
indicator of expected
performance,
and whether optimum performance windows can
be
identified.
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
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Statement
of Problem
The ELF/RV Correlation Study task
is directed toward determining whether
correlations exist between high-quality RV and the occurrence of certain
geophysical conditions,
such as EM storm activity,
solar flare activity,
lightning stroke activity,
etc.
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III
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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A.
Dubrov,
W #
R»
Adey,
Reviews,
v*
Bibliography
"The Geomagnetic Field and Life," Plenum Press,
New York
(1978)
"Tissue Interactions with Nonionizing EM Fields, Physiological
61,
No*
(April
1981)
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IV
PLANNED EXPERIMENTS'
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Planned Experiments
1.
GENERAL
The
objective
of
this
effort
is
to
investigate
the
possible
effects
of
ambient
geophysical/low-frequency
electromagntic
(ELF)
factors
on
RV performance.
1.2
MAJOR
GOALS
a.
Phase
Is
Search
and
summarize
the
literature
on
geophysical/ELF
effects
on
biological
organisms,
especially
as
they
relate
to
the
degradation
of
Human
performance
skills
at
a behavioral
level.
b.
Phase
II:
Examine
the
statistical
correlation between
RV
performance
in
the historical
SRI
RV
data
base
and
the
ambient geophysical/ELF
factors.
c *
Phase
Ills
Explore
the
statistical
correlation between
RV performance
and
ambient
ELF
f lu c t ua t i o ns - - s pe c i f i c a 1 ly
on
the
basis
of real-time
ELF monitoring.
Phase
IV:
Provide
an
evaluation report
as
to
whether measurement
of
ambient
geophysical/ELF
factors
can
be
used
as
an
indicator
of
expected
RV
performance,
and
whether
optimum
performance windows
can
be
identified.
2.
SPECIFIC 'TASKS
2»1
SRI
International
will
conduct
a
literature
search
to
collect
and
summarize
up-to-date
knowledge
in
the
field
of
bioelectronics.
The
literature
search
will
be
carried
out
in
the
following categories:
Bioactive
frequencies
for ELF/VLF
at
the
gross
anatomical
and
behavioral
levels.
—
Effects
of ELF/VLF frequencies
at
the biochemical
(h ormonal,
ionic,
molecular)
level.
Effects
of ELF/VLF
at
th e neuronal membrane
level.
Natural
sources
of ELF/VLF.
Man-made
sources
of ELF/VLF.
Artificial generation
of ELF/VLF.
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Propagation characteristics
of ELF/VLF.
Detection and measurement
of ELF/VLF.
This will
be accomplished
by means
of both
references
to
literature
on
hand,
and
by
computerized
keyword
searches.
Additionally,
the
SRI-International
consultant
will
contact
Dr.
William
D.
Schul,
Olive
W.
Garvey
Center
for
the
Improvement
of
Human
Functioning,
Wichita,
Kansas.
2.2
SRI
International
will
perform
an
analysis
to
determine
whether
correlations
exist
between
RV
performance
in
historical
data
(data
from
previous
experiments)
and
factors
in
the
ambient
geophysical
environment.
Data
from
previous
studies
conducted
under
controlled
conditions
will
be
analyzed
by
means
of
epoch,
bivariate,
and
multivariate
analysis
(when
possible)
against
the
following geophysical variables;
-
Weather
(temperature,
relative humidity,
barometric
pressure,
and
so
forth).
Geomagnetic
indices
( Ap
,
Af r ,
A a ).
-
Solar
electromagnetic
emissions.
-
Sunspot number
.
Ionospheric
conditions.
t
Solar magnetic
field.
Lunar
cycles
.
Further,
because
it
is
hypothesized
that
the
mechanism
by
which
geophysical
factors
could
play
a
role
in
RV
performance
is
that
of
changing
the
ambient
ELF
environment,
SRI-International
will
examine
this hypothesis
as
well.
An
ELF
data
base
spanning
a
year
and
a
half
(from
May
1982
to
present)
was
monitored
by
a
field
station
in
Los
Altos,
California.
Data
were
taken
twice
daily.
The
same
analysis
techniques
used
for
the
geophysical
analysis
will
be
applied
to
the
ELF
data.
Positive
results
from
these
tasks
could
yield
a
rough
index
of expected
RV performance,
given prevailing geophysical
factors.
2.3
SRI-International
will
implement
a
program
of
real-time
ELF
monitoring.
Little
information
is
available
on
the
variation
of
the
ELF
environment
from
location
to
location,
although
it
is
known
that
ELF
frequencies
generated
by
geophysical
means
tend
to
very
simultaneously
over
the
globe.
Therefore,
local
variations
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may
exist
that
are
caused
by
both
man-made
sources,
and
by
the
geological
structure
of
the area.
For
this
a
reason,
two
ELF
stations
will
be
set
up:
one
at
the
SEI
premises
in
the
EV
laboratory,
the
other
at
a
field
station
17-km
distant.
Lata
from
the
SEI
station
will
be
compared
with
the
field
station
data
to
determine
the
variability
attributable
to
location
and
distance.
This
comparison
may
also
help
determine
whether
EV
performance
is
influenced
by
global,
local,
or
both
sources
of
ELF
disturbances.
Particular
attention will
be
paid
to
bioactive
frequencies
found
as
a
result
of
the
literature
search
in
Task
I.
Statistical
correlations
will
be
sought
between
the
EV
performance
(on
an appropriate
series
of
trials
carried
out
in
the
EV
chamber)
and
the
ambient
ELF
fluctuations,
in
order
to
determine whether measurement
of
ambient
ELF
can
be
used
as
an
indicator
of
expected
performance,
and
whether
optimum
performance
windows
can
be
identified.
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MONTHLY PROGRESS
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Funding
was received
for
this
task
on
15 November.
Discussions mere held
with
I?.
Leonard with regard
to individuals within
the Radio Physics Laboratory
and
among
SRI consultants
mho will
cooperate
in
carrying
out this task.
The first efforts
on
this task
are
to begin
6 December
with
a meeting
with
the primary consultant,
Marsha
Adams.
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Project. Director Puthoff and Subcontractor
H.
Adams of Time Research
Institute worked
out
the details of
an
overall
plan
and
a
work statement
to carry out the
EL.P
task
(see attached
subcontract).
COIR
representative Atwater
was briefed
on
19 January during
a site visit
to
the Menlo Park
facility
as
to the progress on
this task.
Several
task subelements
have been
activated,
such
as
arranging
for
SRI
Burroughs computer programs
to
be reformatted
for the
IBM XT to be
used
on
project,
ordering
of equipment,
literature search,
initial
ELF
measurements at
the Los Altos subcontractor facility,
etc.
Meanwhile,
all
RV data gathered
on
the various
tasks are
keyed
as
to date and
time
of day
for
later correlation against geophysical
variable measurement.
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