‘ Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 I OBJECTIVE The purpose of the program is to determine the characteristics of those perceptual modalities through which individuals obtain information about theix environment, wherein such information is hot presented to any known sense, 2 The program is divided into two categories of investigation of approximately equal effort, applied research and pasic. research, The _ purpose of the applied research effort is to explore experimentally the potential for applications of perceptual abilities of interest, with special attention given to accuracy and reliability. The purpose of the basic research effort is to identify the characteristics of individuals possessing such abilities, and to identify neurophysioclogical correlates and basic mechanisms involved in such functioning. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
a eemmmmmmmmmmmmcnmremaremerscssmmeeesseeereeeersessrereecrcmces ccc “ee a t 8 . Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 A. Applied Research 1. Remote Viewing (a) Project Atlas Remote Viewing A remote-viewing experiment has been carried out on a client- designated target of interest, a European R&D test facility. The experiment, earried out in three phases, had as its goal the determination of the utility of remote-viewing under operational conditims. | In phase I, map coordinates were furnished to the experimenters, the only additional information provided heing the designation of the target as an R&D test facility. The experimenters then carried out a remote viewing experiment with Subject 1 eee) on a double-blind basis. The results of the experiment were turned over to client representatives for data evaluation. Figure 1 shows tho level of detail for a sample early effort at building layout, and Figure 2 shows the subject's first effort at drawing a gantry crane he observed, both results being obtained on a double-blind pasis before exposure to eclient-held information. An artist's conception of ‘the site as known to the client (but not to contract personnel) prior to the experiment is shown in Figure 3. Were the results not promising, the experiment would have stopped at this point. The results were judged to pe of sufficiently good quality, however, that Phase II was entered in which the subject was made witting by client vopresentatives. A second round of experimentation ensued with participation * Wumerical designations for subjects are discussed in Section B. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
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Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 of client representatives, The Phase If effort was focussed on the generation of physical data which could be client-verified, providing a calibration in the process. ‘The endvof Phase II gradually evolved into the first part of Phase III, the generation of unverifiable data not available to the client, put of interest nonetheless. Evaluation of the data by the client ts under- Way. (b) Costa Rica Remote Viewing Experiment Subjects in and 4 participated in a long-distance experiment involving a Central American target series. In this experiment, one of the experimenters (Dr. Puthot2) spent a week traveling through Costa Rica on a combination business/pleasure trip. That is all that was known to the subjects about the traveler's itinerary. The experiment called for Dr, Puthoff£ to keep ‘a detailed record of his location and activities, including photographs, each day at 1330 PDT. Six daily responses were obtained from Subject 1, five from Subject 4, The results were of high quality and are presently being evaluated in detail, containing as they did a large amount of material. Samples] of that data are as follows. Of the five daily resposes obtained from Subject 4, two were in excellent agreement, two had elements in common but were not clear correspondences, and one was clearly a miss, In the first of the two matches, Dr. Puthoff was driving in rugged terrain at the base of a volcano {Figure 4) and the subject's response was “large bare table mountain, Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4
+. ' + _ panel jungle below, dark cool moist atmosphere," a match both with regard to . . \ . fovoerapy) an ambience, In the second match the subject submitted that ail she got was a "picture of Dr. Puthoff sitting in a beach chair by a pool,” which was entirely correct. During the course of the Central America experiment, on one occasion when the test subject was unavailable, an experimenter volunteered a drawing of an image he obtained at the beginning of one of the daily ex- periments. (The target for that day was an airport, an unexpected target associated with a side excursion at midpoint of the week's activity.) The match was good, as shown in Figures 5 andi6., The transcript data will be examined further to determine fine structure, resolution, etc. (c) Local’ Targets with Feedback In this series of experiments, designed to give immediate data to experimenters, a subject is asked to take part in a remote viewing experiment under the following conditions. * The subject and two experimenters (one of whom was R.T,) are in a first floor laboratory in building 30 at SRI. A second experimenter (H.P.) leaves the area and proceeds to a remote location of his choosing. None of the experimenters with the subject knew of the remote target location. H.P, and R.T, are in two-way radio communication via walkie-talkie, {a) to provide the experimenter at the target location real-time data and (b) to give -the subject immediate feedback after he has made his assessment of the target. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000200010007-4 . Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : ClA-RDP96,psfe7RRO00200b4 booed