TRAINING REPORT First Quarter 1985 1. (CS/NF/WNINTEL) BACKGROUND: (U0) a. (S/NF/WNINTEL) In December 1984 training of three source personnel by an SRI - International (SRI-I) subcontractor was brought to an end upon completion of the training contract. During the first quarter of CY 1985, training of these personnel continued using an in-house program modeled after the SRI-I subcontracted training procedure. This procedure was developed by the subcontractor to satisfy R&D demands on SRI-I to enhance the reliability (scientific replicability) of remote viewing (RV). The subcontractor's approach to improving the reliability of RV was to focus on the control of those factors that in his view tend to introduce "noise" into the RV product (imaginative, environmental, and interviewer overlays). The basic components of this training procedure consist of: a | tuf (1) Repeated target-address (coordinate) presentation, with quick-reaction response by the remote viewer; coupled with a restrictive format for reporting perceived information (to minimize imaginative overlays). (2) The use of a specially-designed, acoustic~-tiled, ~ relatively featureless, homogeneously-colored "viewing chamber" (to minimize environmental overlays), (3) The adoption of a strictly-prescribed, limited interviewer patter (to minimize interviewer overlays). This training procedure requires that the trainee learn a progressive multi-stage acquisition process postulated to correspond to increased contact with the target site. Prior to WARNING NOTICE: SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED . NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS CLASSIFIED BY: DTA/DT DECLASSIFY ON: OADR copy Qo or 2. copies Approved For Release 20
00788R001000370001 -1 Approved For Release December 1984 three source trainees were schooled in the first three "stages" of the training. At this point they were able to remote view and describe "stage one" sites (islands, mountains, deserts, etc.), "stage two" sites (targets of quality sensory value~~targets which are uniquely describable through touch, taste, sound, color, or odor--such as glaciers, volcanoes, industrial plants, etc.), and "stage three" gites (targets possessing significant dimensional characteristics such as buildings, bridges, airfields, etc.). b. (S/NF/WNINTEL) In spring 1984 an individual was assigned to this office with the intent of exposing him to the SRI-T subcontracted training program. In-house orientation to psychoenergetics lasted through the summer of 1984 and the individual was ready for the external subcontracted training program by the fall. However, attempts to carry this effort forward were thwarted by an overall program reorganization and congressional funding restrictions, For this reason, an introduction to the model program was given to this individual in the fall of 1984 and formal in-house training was initiated in the first quarter of 1985 with his joining the program outlined above. 2. (S/NF/WNINTEL) GENERAL: (U0) a. (S/NF/WNINTEL) The training program, modeled after the SRI-I subcontracted training, consisted of appropriate lectures, drills, and practical exercises commensurate with the trainees demonstrated levels of expertise. The Following chart depicts the distribution of the 104 remote viewing training exercises conducted by the trainees. At Appendix A is an explanation of Class A, B, and C training. Viewer Class A Class B Class ¢ Totals #03 3 09 14 26 #1B* 0 01 26 27 #21 2 Li tl 24 #101 2 23 02 27 *New source trainee. b. (S/NF/WNINTEL) As stated previously, this training procedure requires that the trainee learn a_ progressive multi-stage acquisition process postulated to correspond to increased contact with the target site. It is this procedure which, as a result of technology transfer (SRI-I to this Approved For Releasé er 96-00788R001000370001-1