Proposed Downgrading of Classified Documents for Cognitive Sciences Laboratory — Volume 2 of 2
This 421-page document is Volume 2 of 2 of a June 9, 1994 submission by Edwin C. May, Ph.D., of Science Applications International Corporation's Cognitive Sciences Laboratory (Menlo Park, CA), proposing the downgrading of classified reports produced under SRI International's parapsychology/psychoenergetics program (later known publicly as STAR GATE). It indexes numerous SRI research titles on remote viewing (RV), coordinate remote viewing, geophysical effects, neurophysiological correlates, precognition, photon-production experiments, and enhanced human performance. The volume's lead report, 'An Application Oriented Remote Viewing Experiment' (Final Report April 1989, SRI Project 2740, covering 1 May 1988 to April 1989), documents a 26-hour experiment beginning at 1008 on August 24, 1988 at a site in New Mexico. Viewer V372 was tasked, across four sessions on 24–25 August 1988, to describe a microwave-generating device (Project 'Prancer'-related) being tested. Using fuzzy-set analysis, SRI reported a weighted accuracy of 0.80 and reliability of 0.65, with the viewer recognizing the device as 'some kind of gun' emitting a high-power, short-duration electromagnetic pulse, embedded in roughly 29–30% noise. A second viewer, V009, informally viewed the same event. The report notes potential confusion with a nearby experimental solar energy collection facility about 5 km away and an airstrip about 15 km north of the target.
Description
A compiled SRI/SAIC volume prepared for the CIA-linked Cognitive Sciences Laboratory, listing and reproducing classified remote-viewing and psychoenergetics research reports proposed for downgrading. Its featured report, 'An Application Oriented Remote Viewing Experiment' (SRI Project 2740), details a 26-hour remote viewing test of a microwave-generating device conducted in New Mexico in August 1988.
Claims
Viewer V372 correctly described approximately 80% of identifiable target elements (weighted accuracy 0.80) of the microwave-generating device.
60%Remote viewing is an apparent human ability to gain access, by mental means alone, to information secured by shielding, distance, or time.
40%Fuzzy-set analysis yielded a total weighted figure of merit of 0.52 for the experiment.
70%V372 characterized the device as 'some kind of gun' emitting a high-power, short-duration electromagnetic pulse.
60%The remote viewer recognized the target device as 'some kind of gun' emitting a high-power, short-duration electromagnetic pulse.
55%71% of V372's responses corresponded with the intended target, with about 29% noise.
50%Some of the viewer's responses may have corresponded to a nearby experimental solar energy collection facility rather than the intended target.
50%A second viewer, V009, informally performed comparably to V372 despite only 20 minutes unmonitored.
40%Fuzzy-set analysis and a figure-of-merit metric can meaningfully quantify remote viewing accuracy and reliability.
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Aug 23, 1988
Application Oriented Remote Viewing Experiment
A 26-hour remote viewing experiment beginning at 1008 on August 24, 1988 in New Mexico, with viewer V372 tasked to describe a microwave-generating device across four sessions on 24–25 August.
Mar 31, 1989
Final Report issued (SRI Project 2740)
Final report covering the period 1 May 1988 to April 1989 documenting the experiment results.
Jun 8, 1994
Downgrading proposal compiled
Edwin C. May submitted the Volume 2 of 2 compilation proposing downgrading of classified Cognitive Sciences Laboratory documents.
Mar 6, 2001
CIA declassification/release
Document approved for release under the CIA Reading Room stamp.
Aug 31, 1988
Site visit for target assessment
SRI personnel visited the target site in September 1988 to determine target membership values.
Jun 8, 1994
Submission of downgrading proposal
Volume 2 of 2 submitted by Edwin C. May to propose downgrading of classified Cognitive Sciences Laboratory documents.
Mar 6, 2001
CIA approval for release
Document approved for public release/declassification by the CIA.
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An_ Application Oriented Remote Viewing
Experiment (U)
An Application Orientated Remote Viewing
Experiment (SRI Project 8339) (U)
Geophysical Effects Study (SRI Project 6600)
Dec 84 (U)
Geophysical Effects Study (SRI Project 6600)
Jul 84) (U)
Personnel Identification and Selection (SRI
Project 6000)
Special Orientation Techniques (SRI Project
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Special Orientation Techniques S-IV (U) (SRI
Project 5590
Target Search Techniques (U) (SRI Project 6600)
Special Orientation Techniques S-V, S-VI (U)
(SRI Project 6600)
Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) Technology
Computer-Assisted Search (U) (SRI Project 1291)
Feedback and Precognition - Dependent Remote
Viewing Experiments (U) (SRI Project 1291)
A Remote Viewing Evaluation Proposal (U)
Free World Psychoenergetics
Research Survey (U)
NIc Techniques (U) (SRI Project 7560)
Possible Photon Production during a Remote
Viewing Task: A Replication Experiment (U)
Special Orientation Techniques (U) (SRI Project
8465)
A_Remote Viewing Evaluation Protocol (U) (SRI
Project 4028)
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19 SRI An_ Automated RV Evaluation Procedure (U) (SRT-
Project 7408-12)
20 SRI A_Prototype Analysis System for Special Remote
Viewing Task (U) (SRI Project 1291)
21 SRI A_Suggested Remote Viewing Training Procedure
{U) (SRI Project 1291)
22 SRI An_ Experiment to Explore Possible Anomalistic
Behavior of a photon Defection System During a
Remote Viewing Test (U) (SRI Project 1291)
23 SRI Application of Fuzzy Sets to Remote Viewing
Analysis (U) (SRI Project 1291)
24 SRI Bacterial Mutation Study (Uv)
(SRI Project 7408-10)
25 SRI Enhanced Human Performance Investigation (U)
(SRI_ Project 1291)
26 SRI Enhanced Human Performance Investigation (U)
(SRI Project 1291)
27 SRI Enhanced Human Performance Investigation (U)
(SRI Project 1291)
28 SRI Enhanced Human Performance Investigations (U)
(SRI_ Project 7408)
29 SRI Feedback and Target Dependencies in Remote
Viewing Experiments (U) (SRT Project 1291)
30 SRI Forced-Chance Remote Viewing (U)
(SRI Project 1291)
31 SRI Location of Target Material in Space and Time
{U) (SRI Project 1291)
32 SRI Neurophysiological Correlates to Remote Viewing
(U) (SRI Project 1291)
33 SRI PSI Communications Experiments (U)
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LIST OF FIGURES (VU)
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I OBJECTIVE (U)
The objectives of this experiment were to:
e { |pemonstrate the potential of a novel —
‘collection technique, known as remote viewing,
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Determine the degree to which the technique used to
analyze remote viewing results is applicable.
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II BACKGROUND (VU)
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-( , SRI was asked (" “to participate in an experiment
conducted during the latter half of August, 1988, at{ “|Our bo4+2
{ : {in New Mexico. The primary objectives were (1) to demonstrate
the remote viewing of | ————"_ energy y and (2) to apply fuzzy set
analysis to interpret the data.
A. (U) ‘Remote Viewing
(U) Remote viewing (RV) is an apparent human ability to gain access, by mental means
alone, to information that is secured by shielding, distance, or time.!-5* At least three elements
are necessary to conduct an RV experiment:
(1) An individual, called a viewer, with RV ability
(2) Specific target material (not available to the viewer at the time of the
experiment)
(3) An analysis technique to determine the degree to which RV occurred
In a typical laboratory protocol, a viewer and a monitor—an interviewer who is also unaware of
the target material—are sequestered at time Tp. At To + 5 minutes, an assistant selects the
intended target from a large pool of potential targets (e.g., a list of locations within a half-hour
drive from the laboratory) using a random procedure. At To + 30 minutes, the assistant is at the
selected site and, back at the laboratory, the viewing begins. At To + 45 minutes, the viewing
ends and the assistant returns to the laboratory. To provide feedback, the viewer, monitor, and
assistant return to the selected site and review the RV data.
(U) To determine if RV occurred, similar experiments are conducted using a newly
selected target for each trial. Usually, the trials are done with target replacement (i.e., each
target is returned to the pool and may be selected again by the random process).
*(U) References may be found at the end of this report.
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B. (U) Fuzzy Set Analysis
(U) Since 1972, SRI has developed many procedures to determine whether information
has been obtained beyond chance expectation.-® In the current method,’ the targets and
viewer's responses are described as fuzzy sets of descriptor elements (e.g., presence of water).
The outcome of the RV experiment is measured by a figure of merit, which is related to the
accuracy and reliability of the viewer’s description of the target.
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~) When RV is applied | | __) the analysis
procedures differ considerably. In laboratory experiments, much is known
about the target, but in | Yapplications, very little target
information is known. Thus, the analysis technique must be modified in
order to assess the "correct" RV response elements before confirming
evidence can be obtained.
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1 ‘*Long-standing difficulties in applying the RV phenomena to
intelligence applications are at least twofold. In a lengthy response,
those elements of genuine { — “significance must be identified a
priori. Second, even excellent examples of remote viewing do not
necessarily imply \ usefulness. Therefore, RV-derived
data should be used in conjunction with information obtained
through more conventional channels.
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Ill APPROACH (VU)
(U) SRI conducted a 26-hour RV experiment beginning at 1008 on August 24, 1988.
The viewer provided data in four different work periods: at 1008 and 1500 on August 24, and at
0910 and 1120 on August 25. The details of the experiment are described below.
A. (U) Remote Viewer
SRI selected Viewer V372 to participate in this experiment
because of his* 10-year experience as a viewer, and because he produced
good results in the first experiment in this series, conducted in May,
1987. .
B. (U) Target Material
The target was a microwave generating device being tested
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! . Included in the target material was the
functional aspect ¢ relationships among elements: , and
the elements themselves.
Cc. (U) Experiment Protocol
‘ __- The SRI team was given the , mame of the experiment, a time
window during which the experiment would be active, and a photograph and
Social Security number of an on-site individual. Other than this, all
aspects and details of the experiment were withheld from V372 and SRI
personnel.
. (U) To keep the identify of the viewer confidential, we refer to the viewer with the
pronouns de and Ais regardless of the viewer's gender.
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Four sessions were conducted to provide information. The
times and circumstances were as follows:
(1) 1008 August 24 V372 was asked to describe the location and
details of an event in progress. Details about pertinent
personnel were also requested.
(2) 1500 August 24 V372 was asked to describe details and
activity at.the site demarked by the presence of the
sponsor’s on-site representative.
(3) Q910 August 25 V372 was asked to expand upon his
descriptions from the previous day.
(4) 1120 August 25 V372 was asked consolidate the information
from the previous scans and to provide his ‘concluding
remarks,
During each session, V372’s responses were tape-recorded. He
was encouraged to draw details whenever possible. Drawings are contained
in Appendix A, and Appendix B contains verbatim transcripts of all four
sessions. (Because of technical difficulties, most of the taped record of
the second session was lost. Since the remaining data are intact and
Since the drawings from the remaining viewings are complete, this gap is
not significant.)
1 ~~ after all raw data had been delivered to the sponsor, V372 and
SRI personnel were allowed to visit the target site | for
feedback.
D. (U) Analysis Technique
TAs discussed in Section II, quantitative analysis in an
intelligence setting poses problems. Any analysis of remote viewing data
must be accomplished within the context of a mission statement. An
analysis designed only to demonstrate RV is inadequate to enable an
a “assessment, and vice versa. Under another program,® SRI
developed a generalized analysis technique that allows for an a priori
mission statement. An overview of that technique follows.
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1. (U) Definitions
The most important aspect of RV data analysis is the
definition of both the target and the RV response. For this analysis, all
target and response information is defined as the fuzzy sets T and R,
respectively. Each is described below.
‘ >The target is defined as a fuzzy set of target elements
T (ek, pk,wk]:
e _ ek is an element of a target. For example, an element
of the microwave generator target might be the concept of
antenna efficiency.
e ; _ pk is the membership value of element ek. It
represents the degree to which ek is present at the target.
Antenna efficiency, for example, might have a membership
value of 0.6, indicating that antenna efficiency is 60% of
the target material. Determined subjectively, pk is always
a valve from 0 to 1.
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e \ “wk is an arbitrary weighting factor for element ek. This
factor accounts for differing missions by assigning the
importance of elements relative to each other. The
energy aspect of the microwave generator is very
\erortant for example, and might be assigned a weight of 5
when compared with power supplies, which might have a
weight of 0.5.
\ ‘The RV response is similarly defined as a fuzzy set of
response elements R[ex,pr,wk}. The membership values for response
elements, however, have a somewhat different meaning than those for target
elements. Membership values, pk, represent an ‘analyst’s assessment as to
the degree of presence of ek in the response. For declarative statements,
ftik= 1 unless a viewer volunteers a specific or implied importance of ex to
the overall target. A degree of interpretation is allowed for
nondeclarative statements by letting px< 1. The response weights, wk, are
identical to the target weights.
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correctly by a response. Likewise, we define reliability (of a viewer) as the
“~ 3We define accuracy as the percent of target material described
percent of a response that is correct. The figure of merit is the product
of the two; to obtain a high figure of merit, a viewer’s description of a
target must be largely correct and contain few extraneous images. In
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fuzzy set terminology, these quantities for the jth target/response pair
are as follows:
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Accuracy, = a, = ’
Wy Tj,x
PD k Aj
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Reliability = r = — '
, j >> Wy Rik
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and
Figure of Merit, = M, = a, x r,
The sum over k is called the sigma count in fuzzy set terminology. The sigma
count is defined as the sum of the membership values, p, for the elements
of the response, target, and their intersection—that is, Rj, Tj, and
(RiN Tj), respectively.
2. (U) Target and Response Data
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| The universe of target and response elements is drawn from the
August, 1988, experiment. We define three element categories: functions,
relationships, and objects. These categories are weighted 1.0, 0.75, and
0.50, respectively,
(U) Table 1 shows the universe of target and response elements and the formal definition
of T and R. All scans were considered together, rather than scan by scan. The various scaling
weights are shown in parentheses adjacent to the appropriate factors. The relative weights are
derived from SRI’s best assessment of the operational utility of each element. The response
membership values, R(u), were determined from the raw data (see Appendices A and B). The
target membership values, 7(u), were determined by SRI personnel during a site visit in
September, 1988. All elements, however, were determined by an SRI analyst post hoc in order
to allow a more accurate assessment of reliability. Elements derived from the response were
taken literally. Those elements having no corresponding element in the target (i.e., T(z) = 0)
were assigned the average weight of elements present in the target.
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Table 1
(U) UNIVERSE OF TARGET AND RESPONSE ELEMENTS
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Functions (1.0)
High-power microwave production
EMI component testing
Destructive testing of electronics
Ground focal area
Testing a concept—debugging
Distributed for catching something evenly
Defensive function
Collecting data for later analysis
Relationships (0.75)
Source enclosed in a trailer
People away from test site
Targets < 1 km from source
Energy exit enclosure
Multiagency participation
Permanent building connected to temporary one
Two spherical mirrors connected together
Fibers outside edge
Large, semicircular shape with block
Multiple support trailers
Power generator, 50 m north
30-degree beam divergence
Horn-shape at end of 4x6-cm pipe
Inner and outer wrapping
Device is of “human” dimensions
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(U) UNIVERSE OF TARGET AND RESPONSE ELEMENTS
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Objects (0.50)
Microwave generator (tubular 3 m)
Pulsed operation
Peak power ~200 MW
Extremely short duration
4x6-inch wave guides
Conic horn antenna
Frequency of 1 GHz
10-Angstrom wavelength
People optimizing device
Incoherent wave front
Lots of massive coils
Circuit boards as targets
Support ,vacuum equipment
Diagnostic E&M hardware
People collecting data
Magnification
Cavity
Double tower with antennae
Heating metal to vapor
Like spherical WWII mine
Buried sensors
Lots of ovals
Bunch of polished mirrors
Spokes from “clam” shape
Constant mirror tuning
Power supplies
Electrical/optical cables
Two-axle, white trailer for source
Optical digitizer
Tens of people
Changes of state
Molecular disintegration
Collector fibers
Three-step function in rapid succession
Uses large amount of energy
Capacitor storage
Tubes carrying fluid
Lifesaver-like objects
Plasma
Flat desert
Distant mountains
Hot
Dry
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Death ray
Football-field-size area—open ended
Square block
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IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION (UV)
Table 2 shows the figure-of-merit analysis for the
experiment using the fuzzy sets defined in Table 1. The target was the
microwave generator, support equipment, and testing environment. The
target -response intersection is shown as |7 MQ R|, and the sigma counts of
the target and response sets are shown as |7| and |R|, respectively. MN
is the number of elements that were identified for each category. All
quantities include the relative weights shown in Table 1.
~ The weighted accuracy total of 0.80 (i.e., 80% of the
identifiable elements at the target site were correctly described by V372)
agrees well with the qualitative correspondence shown in Figures 1 and 2.*
Figure 3 shows V372’s drawing of a plan view of the target area, which
appéars to match the experimental situation almost exactly. The figures
of merit show that, since the first experiment in this series, V372’s
ability to sense functions and objects has increased modestly, and his
ability to sense relationships has increased by a factor of four. The
relatively low value of 0.57 for the combined (weighted by the category
weighting factors) target elements is consistent with the elaborate nature
of V372’s response (see the original response in Appendices A and B).
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Element Type N | [TNR \T| |R| Acc. Rel. M
FUNCTIONS 8 | 10.00 11.40 12.43 0.88 0.80 0.70
RELATIONSHIPS 16 | 15.05 21.95 23.45 0.69 0.64 0.44
OBJECTS 48 | 46.20 56.70 | 72.92 0.82 0.63 0.52
TOTAL 72 - - - 0.80 | 0.65 | 0.52
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photographs have been selected to illustrate the correspondence.
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\ Viewer 372 responded to the primary target with a single
concept that was mostly correct, but with a significant number of
incorrect elements. AS can be seen in the response (Figures 1 through 3
and Appendix B), V372 recognized that the device is "some kind of gun"
that emits a high-power, short-duration electromagnetic pulse. This
description, however, is embedded in approximately 30% incorrect material
(i.e., noise).
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boundary of the intended target location. The experiment was
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approximately 15 km south of the main runway at nd 5 km west
of an experimental solar energy collection facility. Also in the area
were electromagnetic pulse evaluation stations with their associated large
antennae. In the formal analysis of this experiment, all data were
considered a response to the intended target.
, me It is tempting, however, to identify certain elements of
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V372’s data as responses to the solar collection facility. Such post hoc
assessment is always risky, but in this case the qualitative
correspondence is quite striking. For example, on page B-7 of the
traniscript, V372 recognizes ". . . a bunch of mirrors, some kind of
polished metal mirrors .. ." but is unable to recognize two distinctly
different high-technology areas. This two-fold theme is intermingled
throughout the response. Figures 4 and 5 show the correspondence of some
of these response elements to the nearby solar collection facility.
| The access road to the Prancer experiment passes directly
adjacent to the solar facility. During the feedback phase of -the
experiment, V372 and the experiment team were fascinated with this complex
and stopped for a moment on the way to the/ Jexperimental area. The
degree to which distracting elements (unrelated to the target) affects the
data is a current research topic.
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_ After SRI personnel had been debriefed about the target, a
second long-term participant, VOO9, was asked to view the same event. He
was told to provide whatever information he could about an event that had
taken place approximately two weeks earlier. Viewer V009 was told nothing
else about the nature of the target or target event, and he worked without
an RV monitor.
‘Since this was an ad hoc test, not intended to be part of the
series, we have not conducted a formal analysis of V009’s response.
Qualitatively, however, VOO9 appeared to do as well as V372, given that he
remained in session, unmonitored, for only 20 minutes. Figure 6 shows one
part of his drawing response that captures V009’s theme. Interestingly,
vO0O9 also appeared to be confused by the multitude of potential target
material in the immediate area. He drew an airport and recognized that it
was not the intended target.
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VY CONCLUSIONS (UV)
( Viewer V372 was asked to use RV to describe the activity of
Project j ‘during August 24 and 25, 1988. He described approximately
80% of the identifiable target elements correctly, and 71% of his
responses corresponded with the intended target. Although 29% noise
remains, if this experiment had been an actual g - »activity, the
noise probably would not have been a significant distracting factor.
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