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et A ST AS 18 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : ClA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 (ad) Experiments with Geiger Counter As part of a continuing search for mechanisms involved in para~ normal phenomena, a series of experiments were conducted with Subject L to determine whether a geiger counter in the y ~- Yay ' mode (i.e., peta shield in place) would register subject-directed efforts. The output of a geiger counter,! fed into a Monsanto Model 1020 counter/timer, indicates a background count due to cosmie rays ~ 35 counts/minute. Experimental protocol requires the subject to try to change the registered count by concentration on the geiger counter probe from a distance ~ 0.5 meters. Each run consists of 15 60~-second trials, with 10-second separations between the trials. Preceding each subject run is a control run of equal duration. In four runs to date the results, shown in Table 5, indicate no effect of statistical si ificance,. neither e mean nor standard eee” deviation of counts. Oo # OCDM Item No. CD V-700, Model No. 66, Electro-Neutronics, Inc., Oakland, CA. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0
Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 TABLE 6 Geiger Counter Experiment [ wigan __|_Standara Sosiatio| leon —_[standara pastasion | Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0
TT A Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 D. Basic Research Summary The basic research program to date has been spread over a number of subjects and over number of activities, generating a considerable amount of data, It was deemed desirable in the first half of the research program to cover as much material as possible in a horizontal development in order to determine the best subjects and the fruitful directions for concentrated effort in the second half of the program. We intend to concentrate on analysis of the Large amounts of data already obtained while subjects are involved in extramural medical and psy- chological testing. Based on the findings, a few carefully-chosen items will be culled for final specific testing following discussion with client representatives. Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 ] be
el Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0 APPENDIX 1 Randomness Tests of Four-State Electronic Random Stimulus Generator The design objective was to build a four-state machine , with each state equally likely to occur on each trial, independent of the past sequence of states. If the machine meets this objective, it should not be possible to devise a rule for future play that significantly differs from chance. A simple example of such a rule would be to select the machine” state observed in the preceding trial; if this strategy were to produce scores significantly above chance (25 percent hits), we would reject the hypothesis of randomness of the machine under test, Before experimentation, four machines, purchased from Aquarius Electronics, Albion, California, were extensively tested for randomness. Data were analyzed on a CDC-6400 computer, and three machines finally selected for use in sereening met established eriteria for randomess, In developing randomness tests, werare guided in part by a knowledge of the machine logic. When one of the four choice Keys or the pass key is depressed, the current machine state is displayed; then a brief time after _velease of the key, a new machine state is established (but not shown to the subject) by sampling the instantaneous state of a high-speed four~-state elec- tronic countex. For the machine to be random, the times of dwell of the counter in each of the four states must be precisely equal; otherwise, the distribution of outcomes will be biased, The first randomess test is thus based on tallying the number of occurrences of each of the four states. This Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00787R000100020001-0