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Edwin C May, Ph.D.
Science Applications International Corporation
Cognitive Sciences Laboratory
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Final Report
Covering the Period October 1980 to October 1981
TARGETING REQUIREMENTS TASK
(U)
May
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CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
I
OBJECTIVE
II
INTRODUCTION
III
PROTOCOLS
A.
General Protocol
B.
Viewer Selection
i'.
Distribution of Trials Across Session Conditions.
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D.
Transcript Evaluation
IV
RESULTS
A.
Trial Collection
B.
Data Summaries
C.
Overall Findings. ......
1.
Evidence for Remote Viewing
2.
Distribution of Results across Targeting Modes
3.
Effects of Mid-Session Feedback.
4.
Caveats
V
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. ....
REFERENCES. ....
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TABLES
Distribution of Trials in Targeting Study.
0-to-7 Point Evaluation Scale for Target/Transcript
Correspondence
Summary of RV Data for Viewer 557
Summary of RV Data for Viewer 753
Summary of RV Data for Viewer 688
Summary of RV Data for Viewer 807
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All Data from 48 RV Trials
, with Mean Values for Each
Viewer and Each Session Category
Summary of Coordinate RV Trials with Mid-Session Feedback.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In this report we present the results of
a four-month investigation,
carried out by SRI
International,
to determine the relative effectiveness
of various targeting procedures in use in remote viewing
(RV).
Three such
procedures were investigated:
(1)
Beacon targeting, in which the viewer has had some
personal contact with,
or is given the photograph of,
an individual at the target site.
(2)
Coordinate targeting,
in which the viewer
is given the
geographical coordinates of the target site.
(3)
Abstract targeting,
in which the viewer is only told
that there
is a target site to be described.
In our experiments with four remote viewers
,
three of whom performed
reliably in the RV task
(RV of San Francisco Bay Area sites),
we did not
find any overall significant differences
in the efficacy of three targeting
modes,
subject to some variation because of individual preferences.
In-
stead, reliable RV functioning with results of comparable accuracy was
obtained with all three techniques
As an additional task, we investigated the usefulness of giving the
viewer
limited mid-session feedback as
to the general nature of the target
site.
We found that
this procedure did not result in increased accuracy
of description.
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OBJECTIVE
The objective of the "Targeting Requirements Task" was to determine
the relative effectiveness of various targeting procedures for use in
remote viewing
(RV).
If differences in relative effectiveness were found
SRI International was also to determine whether such differences depend
on the characteristics of individual remote viewers or are widespread in
nature
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