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OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
1 DECEMBER 1976
INCLUDING THE PROGRAM OF THE
1976 WINTER MEETING AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY
20-22 DECEMBER 1976
SESSION FC: THEORETICAL PHYSICS
@Wednesday morning, 22 December 1976
Physics Lecture Hall 101 at 9:00 A.M.
Helen R. Quinn, presiding
FC 9
Direct Perception of Remote Geographical Locations.
H. E. PUTHOPF and R. TARG, Stanford Res. Inst .-- Since 1972 we have
been investigating facets of human perception that appear to fall outside
the range of well-understood perceptual/processing capabilities. Of particular
interest has been a human information-accessing capability that we call
"remote viewing." This phenomenon pertains to the ability of certain
individuals to access and describe, by means of mental processes, informa-
tion sources blocked from ordinary perception, and generally accepted as
secure against such access. In particular, the phenomenon we have investi-
gated most extensively is the ability of a subject to view remote geographical
locations up to several thousand km distant from his physical location given
only a known person on whom to target. We have recently carried out
coast to coast experiments using a computer to interface with individuals
whose remote perceptual abilities have been developed sufficiently to allow
them to describe -- often in great detail -- geographical or technical material
such as buildings, roads, and natural formations. Our accumulated data
indicate that both specially selected and unselected persons can be assisted
in developing remote perceptual abilities up to a level of useful information
transfer.
FC 10
Some Physical Models Potentially Applicable to
Observed Perception Data. E.A. Rauscher, Lawrence
Berkeley Laboratory -- The purpose of this investigation
is to utilize the remote perception experimental data
base+ to deduce what physical principles govern the
accessing of remote, sensorily shielded information. The
data base appears to be stable enough to allow us to make
some definitive statements about the correlation of this
data with principles and content of physics. We examine
the constraints represented by this data in relationship
to three major physics principles: Poincare (Lorentz) in-
variance, analyticity (causality) and unitarity. We
examine in detail some specific Lorentz invariant models
as well as some quantum mechanical models, such as Bell's
inequality, in relationship to the spacial and temporal
properties of this data.
*Consultant to Stanford Research Institute
1. H.E. Puthoff and R. Targ, IEEE, 64, 329 (1976).
FC 11 EEG Correlates to Remote Stimuli Under Conditions
of Sensory Shielding. R. TARG, H. E. PUTHIOFF and E.C. MAY,
Stanford Res. Inst .-- We report evidence for a correlation
between direct physiological measurement and a remote
light stimulus blocked from ordinary perception. In pi-
lot studies with a selected subject, a strobelight was
placed 9m from a subject in a steel enclosure in a sec-
ond room. EEG was recorded, and fast-Fourier-transforms
(FFTs) were obtained. FFTs of the 168 intermixed peri-
ods of flash and no-flash conditions showed that the oc-
currence of the light flash correlated significantly
(p <0.03) with a decrease in 9-11 Hz EEG production.
Two formal studies were then carried out, each consist-
ing of 14 runs of 40 trials making use of a battery op-
erated lamp to eliminate any possibility of electro-
magnetic interference (EMI) associated with a conventim-
al flash lamp. These studies again show significant
correlations between EEG output and light flash stimulus.
In the first study the 9-11 Hz EEG power again decreased
during the stimulus condition (p <0.02); in the second
study the EEG output increased during the stimulus con-
dition (p <0.01). Although the subject was not able
to guess the stimulus condition, the observed changes
are consistent with a response on the part of the sub-
ject, albeit at a noncognitive level of awareness.
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