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ATTACHMENT 3
INTERVIEW REPORT
STAR GATE OPERATIONAL USER INTERVIEW #2
DATE: JULY 26, 1995
CONTEXT:
The manager of this group has used the services of remote viewers a number of
times.
In the course of this interview, the unit manager stressed the importance of keeping an
open mind.
However, the primary motivation for using remote viewing was that it provided a
way to obtain a simple, clear terms information that could not be easily obtained from other
sources, particularly human intelligence, archival records, or financial records.
This manager
required analysis to provide targets on a regular basis.
TARGET:
Three major types of targets were involved.
One set of targets consisted of
people and their roles in criminal organizations.
The second set of targets were ships or the
location of material on ships.
The third and final type of target was the site of manufacturing
operations or shipping.
Targets were selected by analysis based on current concerns and
generally were described in terms of names and locations.
REQUESTS:
The type of information remote viewers were asked to provide was consistent
with the nature of the targets. When the target was a person the viewers were given a name
and asked to indicate the person's role and position in a criminal organization.
When the
target was a ship, they might be asked to indicate its location or type of cargo. When the
target was a plant they might be asked to indicate what was being produced.
NATURE OF INFORMATION:
Multiple viewings were made of each target.
The results
of these viewings were provided in reports presenting both verbal descriptions and drawings.
The report material was typically stated in rather broad terms and was synthesized by the
analysts.
The viewers had some knowledge of the target organizations and their operations
but not the background of the particular tasking at hand.
USE OF INFORMATION:
The manager indicated that the information provided by the
viewers was useful for filling in background information about a person and his or her likely
role in a criminal organization (e.g., who is Mr. Chin?).
The information provided by the
viewers was not deemed useful when they were required to address specific operational issues
such as the location of objects on a ship. As a result, the information was not used to guide
operations.
Instead,
it was used to identify the roles of individuals within targeted criminal
organizations.
Generally, this background information was felt to be accurate, although it did not permit
immediate action.
However, the manager being interviewed offered that some degree of
accuracy could be expected if the viewers had a knowledge of the sponsoring organization
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and its areas of interest.
The manager also noted that some analysts felt far more comfortable
than others about using this type of information implying that some analysts had to be
persuaded to use the information.
MERITS RELATED TO OTHER SOURCES:
The nature of the sponsoring organization
was such that relatively few alternative sources of information were available. Much of the
intelligence information used was indirect, such as shipping patters or records of business
ownership.
In comparison to this type of indirect information, the remote viewings were
viewed as useful, particularly in identifying backgrounds and roles of people in criminal
organizations when direct information was not available.
UTILITY:
Although the viewings were deemed useful for filling in background information,
they were not deemed useful for operations.
It was also pointed out that analysts doubts
about the value of the source might limit use of the resulting information.
Further,
it was
noted that a viable program could only be maintained if it were an in house Government
activity.
If this provision was met, the manager was willing to devote operational resources
to pay for the services of remote viewers.
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ATTACHMENT 3
INTERVIEW REPORT
STAR GATE OPERATIONAL USER INTERVIEW #3
DATE: AUGUST 3, 1995
CONTEXT:
This interview consisted of a group manager and three analysts responsible for
identifying lost or missing Department of Defense personnel.
The group was interested in
remote viewing as another possible tool for identifying the location of lost or missing
personnel when more conventional methods (e.g., radios) could not be used.
The remote
viewings had not been used operationally. Instead, the group was using the services of the
remote viewers in a series of experiments to determine whether it had any potential
operational value.
They had found out about the potential applications of remote viewing
through research reports acquired by a fellow manager.
These experiments were conducted
with the cooperation of the remote viewing program manager.
Both viewers and the prog
manager had met with members of this operational group of a number of times.
TARGET:
In these experiments, two major types of targets were involved:
1) the location of
a person at a predetermined time; 2) the nature of the location or its p ysica
c
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Targets were selected on the basis of convenience, typically in proximity to office, although
more distant locations were sometimes selected.
In the last experiment, the viewers were
asked to indicate the map coordinates of a person who had moved to an area around the
office site.
REQUEST:
The viewers were asked to indicate the location of the person serving as beacon
and describe the location.
The person playing the role of beacon evaluated accuracy.
NATURE OF INFORMATION:
Three viewers provided independent viewings at the
designated time.
The material was presented in a three to four-page report which included
drawings and a verbal description of
the location.
Information contained in the reports often
included a number of vague general statements (e.g., "There is water nearby").
The nature of
the information was sufficiently broad and vague
that the analysts typically had to force an
interpretation.
These interpretations often involved actions and locations occurring at another
time in the day.
It was only with this extended interpretation that hits were identified by the
analysts.
In the experiment where a specific map location was identified by the viewers, none of the
viewers correctly identified the target site.
In fact, most of the locations were not in the
vicinity of the target site which was a park near the group's office.
However, one viewer
located the beacon at another nearby park and did describe general characteristics of the park,
including trash cans, wooden steps, etc.
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USE OF INFORMATION:
As noted above, these experiments were n»t intended to provide
information for operational use.
However, all members of the group stated t^t the
information was too vague and ambiguous for operations, noting that unless specific map
locations could be identified, the information could not be used in operational decisio
making.
MERITS RELATED TO OTHER SOURCES:
Because viewings were being used on an
experimental basis,
it was not possible to obtain direct comparisons of the viewings with
other potential sources of information.
However
all members of the
that the information provided was so vague that it could not be used ™
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information.
If used at all,
it would be treated as supplemental information that could not by
itself provide a basis for operational decisions.
UTILITY:
Because the viewers could not identify specific locations in unambiguous terms,
the group did not feel the procedures had any current operational utility.
They did note,
however, that if further research were to yield more specific consistent information from
viewers,
it might eventually have some utility.
Even under these conditions, however, the
information would have to be obtained under the auspices of a formal Government program
to ensure that
it was viewed as credible.
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ATTACHMENT 4
INTERVIEW REPORT
STAR GATE VIEWERS INTERVIEW
DATE: AUGUST 4, 1995
CONTEXT:
This interview was conducted with the three viewers employed xn the
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program at the time of its suspension.
All three of the viewers attended the group interview.
The^viewers had worked in the program for at least five years.
Generally, all viewers had in
one way or another been affiliated with the sponsoring organization prior to becoming
viewers..
They were recruited by more senior officials based on background factors
indicating an interest in parapsychology or psychology more generally.
SELECTION AND TRAINING:
Systematic selection procedures or pretesting were not used
in selecting two of the three viewers.
The third viewer, however, was selected based on a
series of tests given by a contractor organization.
This viewer reported scoring relatively high
in a relatively large pool of candidates.
When viewers entered the program they were provided with formal training.
The training
included three component stages moving from simple to complex targets.
They began with
beacon-based viewing on site and progressed to operational targets.
This initial training was
six to 18 months long.
Follow-up or refresher training did not occur.
However, all of these
viewers had initiated and maintained personal self-development program which include
attempts to keep up with the literature in parapsychology in general and remote viewing in
particular.
With regard to the remote viewing research, the viewers noted that the research paradigm did
not directly correspond to operational assignments in terms of conditions and requirements
(e.g., the availability of a beacon).
Thus a variety of different sources and techniques was
used in self development and operational assignments aside form those found in the remote
viewing research literature.
TECHNIQUES:
Each of the three viewers used different techniques to generate viewings.
One viewer used coordinate viewing coupled with meditation.
The second viewer relied on
relaxation techniques and meditation.
The third viewer relied on channelling and automatic
writing.
Although the viewers tended to rely on different techniques, they noted that these techniques
were not necessarily incompatible.
Further, it was pointed out that all of these techniques
were physically and emotionally draining and resulted in products which were somewhat
ambiguous or vague in nature.
As a result, the ability of users to correctly interpret the
results of a viewing was considered essential to successful application.
Generally, the viewers
felt that successful use was influenced by acceptance of the phenomenon.
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