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Progress Report No.
Covering
the Period
1 August
to
1 October
1974
Stanford Research Institute Project
3183
PERCEPTUAL AUGMENTATION TECHNIQUES
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Harold
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Russell Targ
Electronics and Bioengineering Laboratory
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OBJECTIVE
The purpose
of
the program is
to determine
the characteristics of
those perceptual modalities
through which individuals obtain information
about
their environment, wherein such information
is not presented
to
any known sense.
The program
is divided
into
two categories
of investigation
of
approximately equal effort,
applied research and basic 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 neurophysiological
correlates and basic mechanisms
involved
in such functioning.
II
PROGRESS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD
A.
Applied Research
1.
Remote Viewing
As discussed in previous
reports,
the remote-viewing channel
through which individuals
obtain information about
their environment
appeals
to be
a relatively well-developed stable channel
in certain
of
our
subjects.
As will be seen below,
for example,
the channel appears
to
be
of sufficiently high data
rata
that
a knowledgeable analyst
could
discriminate among possible alternative
technologies
on
the basis
of
descriptions prov ded by
remote viewing
of
technical apparatus.
Given
the observed
degree
of stability
of
the phenomena,
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feedback,
3)
no
feedback,
the
lengthy series
of experiments were carried
out
in which certain variables
were manipulated
in order
to
test various hypotheses.
These consisted
of
(a)
the measurement of physiological correlates
during remote viewing;
(b)
the effects
of manipulating
the feedback variable
over
the range
1) mid-testing feedback via walkie
talkie,
2)
delayed post-experiment
latter providing
a
test which permitted
rejection of
the hypothesis
that apparent remote viewing was simply
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precognition
of feedback
dataj;
(c)
determination of whether
resolution
and discrimination on
the
ordjer
of
technical
laboratory equipments was
possible,
verified unambiguously
in the affirmative.
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(a)
Local Targets with Mid-Experiment Interrogation and
Feedback
(Training
Series)
In this
series
of
training experiments,
designed
to
give
immediate data
to experimenters and subject,
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
i
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m
a first
floor laboratory
ip 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
Jj.now
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.
By
this means
the subject
is
given an
opportunity
to learn
to separate
real from imagined
images.
We stress
that
this
is not
to be considered
a damonstration-of-ability
test,
but
tather
a
training
step.
In these experiments we also monitor physiological
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correlates,
as discussed
in Section B.3.
Following
is
a description
and
summary
of
the Seven experiments
of
this
type
that were carried
out.
The
first
five experiments were carried out with Subject
S-4,
the
last
two
with Subject
S-3.
1)
For
the first experiment
in
the series,
the remote experi-
menter was
standing on
a small bridge over
a stream passing
through
a
gully.
The subject described
a hill with
a small amount
of vegetation
on
the
top,
and some gray shingles,
like
a
roof,
over water,
an almost
error-free description of
the
location.
. Although
there was
no corrective
feedback,
the subject's narration was elicited by
the remote experimenter
via questions,
and
therefore
it would be difficult
to quantify
the amount
of
remote viewing present given
the possibility of unknown cueing.
2)
The remote experimenter was
standing
in
the middle
of
a bed
of purple
iridescent flowers
surrounded by
a bright
green hedge.
Before
there was
any radio contact
the subject said
that her main perception was
of
"iridescent blue and
lush green vegetation".
This
is judged
to have
enough commonality
to be considered
a reasonable match.
3)
The remote experimenter had gone
to
a kiosk bulletin board
in
the shape
of
a wooden cylindrical
tower with
a brown wooden roof.
The
structure
is
about
feet
tall.
The subject's first words,
before radio
communication was established,
were:
"He could be near
a grey wooden
tower with
a brown roof."
This was
considered
a direct hit and
the subject
was
told
that
this was
the
case.
The subject went on
to describe correctly
the
roof around
the
tower
as
sloping but
she
incorrectly described
the
tower
as
square.
The small-size perspective was not observed by
the subject.
4)
The experimenter was
standing on
the edge
of
a concrete
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up
of several
zigzag elements.
It
is
a decorative watercourse
through
a
park.
The subject's
first
comments
are
of a "strong
zigzag".
With a question from
the remote experimenter
as
to
its orientation
(i.e.,
whether horizontal
or vertical)
,
her description evolves
into
a
"zigzag
water
channel with concrete
sides".
We are confident
that
the feedback
she received
in
this
case by questioning could not have conveyed
this
information.
5)
The remote experimenter
stood next
to
a
large oak
tree.
In
his
immediate forward field
of view was
a
large circular brick wall sur-
rounding
a plaza area containing a fountain.
The subject's
first
comments
prior
to radio feedback comprised
a description of
large
trees and
a
brick elliptical wall
that was nonfunctional.
The subject was
then given
feedback
that
the primary
things
to be seen from that
location were
in
fact
a large
tree
and
a circular brick enclosure.
6)
The remote experimenter went
to
the
top
of
a
100
foot wooden
tower on which was mounted
radar equipment.
The
tower
is painted yellow
and has
a wooden wall enclosing
the
top.
By
and large,
much
of
the
material volunteered by
the subject
does
relate
to
the
target
location.
Foi
example,
he eventually described
it
as
a yellow
tower before
either
the color
or
the
tower were mentioned,
although
the height was not
cognized.
As
the
first
in
a
training series
on local viewing
for
this
subject
there was considerable radio communication and
therefore although
remote viewing was
in evidence,
no clear judgment
can be made
as
to
quality.
7)
The remote experimenter
in
this
experiment walked through
a blacktop parking
lot
past
a blue construction building,
entered
a park
along
a footpath
through
the grass,
and
then stood next
to
a
fountain.
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