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16 April 1986
REPLY TO
ATTN OF:
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SUBJECT:
SUN STREAK Quarterly Reports (U)
TO:
DT (Dr. Vorona)
SG1J
1. (S/SK/WINTEL) The mission of the SUN STREAK Prototype
Operational Group (POG) is to undertake operational intelligence
applications using an aspect of psychoenergetics known as remote
viewing (RV). An integral part of that mission is to train
personnel in RV.
are responsible for
the development and implementation of the in-house training
program.
Attached is their training report for the first
quarter of CY 1986.
2. (S/SK/WINTEL)
Also attached is the SUN STREAK Activities
Report for the first quarter CY 1986. This report covers the
number of training sessions, the number of operations and
operational sessions, and the number of Utility Assessment
targets and sessions worked.
Evaluation of the operational work
is in progress and the results will be recorded when available.
During the first quarter CY 1986 there were a total of 59
sessions worked. Of these, 20 were operational sessions.
3. (S/SK/WINTEL) The number of operational sessions should
increase and the number of training sessions should decrease
during the second quarter CY 1986 as more of the senior viewers
begin working operations.
The number of training sessions will
begin increasing in the third quarter CY 1986 as we begin
training the new viewers.
We also expect senior viewers to
begin working the Utility
Assessment targets in the third
quarter of CY 1986.
4. (S/SK/WINTEL)
Several significant events took place during
this quarter which had a direct or indirect effect upon SUN
STREAK activities.
These events, some positive some negative,
are listed below:
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a.
(S/SK/WINTEL)
was transferred to the POG on
31 January 1986, providing us a second interviewer and thereby
increasing the number of training and operational sessions that
could be worked.
is being trained by
a
long-time project member, to take over as the training officer,
allowing
to center his efforts on operations while
still overseeing the training program to some extent.
b. (S/SK/WINTEL) During the first quarter CY 1986, two
sources (#101 and #003) completed the SRI-I modeled coordinate
remote viewing training program, Stages I thru VI.
c.
(S/SK/WINTEL)
At the close of the quarter the POG
became a DIA asset as opposed to an INSCOM unit OPCON to DIA.
This should serve to alleviate much of the uncertainty that has
plagued the project and the viewers for the last 22 months.
d. (S/SK/WINTEL) The POG was provided with 20 sites by the
DIA COTR
to the SRI-I.
These sites were worked, per
. instructions, in a Class A mode (Class A mode is discussed in
Appendix B of the quarterly training report) .
5. (S/SK/WINTEL) Your attention is invited to paragraph la of
the attached quarterly training report. I feel some comment is
necessary concerning the drop in "plus" scores from previous
reports. The total rate of "plus" scores for all classes of
sites for this quarter was 51.2 percent, compared with a rate of
62.9 percent for the same category for the entire CY 1985.
The
drop in the rate can most certainly be attributed to the
relatively large number of Class A sites provided by the COTR.
It should be noted that the rate for these Class A sites was
22.2 percent. There are several possible explanations that can
be offered for the low rate, all of which would be speculation.
6. (S/SK/WINTEL)
Two viewers have completed Stage VI, which is
the entire SRI-I training package. One viewer requested and is
receiving additional training in Stage V, which should be
completed soon, and will then continue Stage VI training. The
fourth viewer is' doing well in Stage IV training and can be
used, in conjunction with more senior viewers, on operational
tasks. After completion of Stage IV training a viewer can be
expected to provide operationally reliable information.
(U) Quarterly reports will next be prepared in July 1986.
8.
£
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Training Report
Activities Report
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SUN STREAK ACTIVITIES REPORT
First Quarter 1986
1. . (S/SK/WNINTEL)
The following chart depicts the
activities of the SUN STREAK office for the first quarter of
1986.
Further details of the operational effort is considered
"close hold"
for purposes of operational
effectiveness.
Personnel requiring access to operational details should
contact the SUN STREAK Operations Officer.
Further information
concerning training is included in the Training Report for the
first quarter of 1986.
a.
(S/SK/WNINTEL)
Operations :
(U)
Project
Number of Sessions
CY8601
15
CY8602
1
CY8603
1
CY8604
2
CY8605
1
b.
(S/SK/WNINTEL)
Training:
(U)
Source
Number of Sessions
#101
6
#021
11
-
#018
14
#003
8
Total
59
c. (U)
Utility Assessment:
N/A
d.
(U)
Other (UA development) : N/A
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TRAINING REPORT
First Quarter 1986
1.
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SUMMARY OF FIRST QUARTER TRAINING:
(U)
a.
(S/SK/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 39 remote viewing training
exercises conducted by the trainees (viewers) during the first
quarter of 1986. At Appendix A is a review of the background of
the training program including an explanation of "Stage" of
training.
At Appendix B is an explanation of Class A, B, and C
training.
SOURCE
STAGE
TOTAL
SITES
CLASS
CLASS
CLASS
C
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#
8+
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1
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8
1
2
001
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001
000.0%
8
-
-
4
5
003
000.0%
002
000.0%
001
000.0%
-
6
002
000.0%
002
000.0%
TOTAL:
006
000.0%
005
000.0%
001
000.0%
#021
1
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-
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8
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%
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8
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4
006
050.0%
004
025.0%
002
100.0%
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5
003
066.6%
001
000.0%
002
100.0%
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6
002
050.0%
8
002
050.0%
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054.5%
005
020.0%
006
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b.
(S/SK/WNINTEL)
Prior to becoming involved in the
SRI-I subcontracted training procedure this office had developed
an expertise in training source personnel. The training method
used enabled this office (source personnel) to provide useful
operational intelligence information on a number of intelligence
projects over a period of several years (documented under
separate cover). This proven training procedure was set aside
during the period of involvement with the SRI-I subcontracted
training procedure under the provisions of the "buy the package"
philosophy and because of manpower limitations (for some time
there simply has not been enough personnel in the office to
support two distinct, technically incongruent training
methodologies) .
Now that the SRI-I
subcontracted training
procedure has been fully explored, and manpower limitations have
eased, this office can withdraw from its immersion in this
specialized procedure.
The SRI-I subcontracted training
procedure, known as coordinate remote viewing (CRV), can now be
independently integrated into a greater scheme of training
procedures available to this office. The proven training method
used prior to becoming involved in the SRI-I subcontracted
training procedure will be "taken off the shelf" and used for
selected source trainees. CRV training procedures will also be
administered when appropriate as well
as other evolving
techniques.
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APPENDIX A
TRAINING REPORT
SUBJECT:
Program Background:
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1.
(S/SK/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 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:
(1)
Repeated site-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 site.
Prior
to
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 (sites of quality sensory
value -- sites which are uniquely describable through touch,
taste, sound, color, or odor -- such as glaciers, volcanoes,
industrial plants, etc.), and "stage three" sites (sites
possessing
significant dimensional characteristics such
as
buildings, bridges, airfields, etc.).
2.
(S/SK/WNINTEL)
It is this training procedure which,
as a
result of technology transfer (SRI-I to this office), was
modeled and administered.
The three personnel schooled by the
SRI-I subcontractor continued training in this multi-stage
acquisition process.
In "stage four" the source trainee begins
to form qualitative mental percepts (technical area, military
feeling, research, etc.) of the site.
In "stage five" the
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source trainee learns to "interrogate" these qualitative mental
percepts in an attempt to produce further
(analytical?) target
descriptions (aircraft tracking radar, biomedical
research
facility, tank production plant, etc.).
"Stage six" involves
the viewer in direct, three-dimensional assessment and modeling
of the site and/or the relationship of site elements to one
another (airplanes inside one of three camouflaged hangars or a
military compound with a command building, barracks, motor pool,
and underground weapons storage area). As stage six is engaged,
an assessment of relative temporal and spatial dimensional
elements along with further qualitative elements evolve into the
consciousness of the trainee.
3.
(S/SK/WNINTEL)
In spring 1984 an individual was assigned
to this office with the intent of exposing him to the SRI-I
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
by 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.
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APPENDIX B
TRAINING REPORT
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Classes of Training (U)
1.
(S/SK/WNINTEL)
There are three classes of Remote Viewing
(RV) training used in that portion of the in-house training
which was modeled after the SRI-I subcontractor program.
These
classes deal with feedback requirements during the RV session,
control of interviewer patter, trainee skill development, and
motivation.
These three classes (A, B, and C) are discussed
below. *
2.
(S/SK/WNINTEL)
CLASS C: The majority of the training
sessions for novice trainees are Class C. During this phase,
the source trainee must learn to differentiate between emerging
site relevant perceptions and imaginative overlay. To assist
the trainee in this learning, immediate feedback is provided
during the session. The interviewer is provided with a feedback
package which may contain a map, photographs, and/or a narrative
description of the site. During Class C sessions
the
interviewer provides the trainee with immediate feedback for
each element of data he provides, with the exception that
negative feedback is not given. Should the trainee state an
element of information that appears incorrect, the interviewer
remains silent. Feedback, in order to prevent inadvertent cuing
(interviewer overlay), is in the form of very specific
statements made by the interviewer.
These statements and their
definitions are as follows:
Correct (C)
This indicates that the information is
correct in context with the site location, but is not
sufficient to end the session.
*NOTE:
The use herein of the terms Class A, B, or C differs
from the definition applied and published by SRI-I for Class A,
B, or C Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) .
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Probably Correct (PC)
This statement means that the
interviewer, having limited information about the site,
though he cannot be absolutely sure, believes that the
information provided is correct.
Near (N)
This indicates that the information provided
is not an element of the specific site, but is correct
for the immediate surrounding area.
Can't Feedback (CFB)
This statement indicates that, due
to limited information about the site, the interviewer
cannot make a judgment as to the correctness of the
data.
It means neither correct nor incorrect.
Site (S)
This indicates the site has been correctly
named for the specific stage being trained (manmade
structure for Stage I, bridge for Stage III, etc.).
"Site" indicates that the session is completed.
During the session the trainee writes the abbreviation (see
above) of the feedback next to the data. This allows the
trainee to review the correct elements and produce a summary
which describes the site. The training session continues until
the interviewer responds with the feedback of Site.
3.
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CLASS
B:
Once
a trainee
to
begins
demonstrate his ability to reliably distinguish imaginative
overlay and report site relevant data elements, feedback is
withdrawn. In Class B training sessions the interviewer knows
what site he desires the trainee to describe but does not
provide the trainee with any direct feedback during the course
of the session.
This process develops the trainee's ability to
internalize his awareness of relevant (correct)
versus
extraneous
( incorrect)
cognitive
structures
(mental
perceptions) . During Class B sessions the interview may ask the
trainee to elaborate on specific elements of data provided,
thereby guiding the trainee to describe specific areas of the
site. The interviewer is only permitted to ask the trainee to
elaborate on specific elements already reported by the trainee.
The interviewer may not introduce new elements into the session
(cue the source) in an attempt to encourage the trainee to
properly describe the site.
Class B sessions are especially
helpful in developing refined skills in the trainee.
For
example, when the interviewer knows that a particular site area
within a site may be of interest (i.e., a specific room in a
building) , he can guide the trainee's attention to that area by
asking the trainee to elaborate on specific elements of data
which the interviewer knows to pertain to the area of interest.
With practice in Class B, the trainee soon learns to control his
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own perceptual faculties, a necessary step for further training
and operational intelligence collection.
4.
(S/SK/WNINTEL)
CLASS A: Class A training is similar to
what
the R&D community refers to as
"double
blind"
experiment. The purposes for Class A training and for R&D
double blind experiments differ however. The R&D community uses
double blind experimental protocols to test a variable under
controlled conditions.
Class A training is not a test for the
trainee, but a process whereby the source learns to function
with the interviewer in a team effort to acquire and describe
information concerning a site of interest. In Class A the
interviewer is provided very little or no information concerning
the site and the trainee is provided no feedback during the
session.
Rather than trying to please the interviewer with his
descriptions, the trainee is motivated to work with the
interviewer in producing valid information about the site of
interest.
This motivational difference is critical in forcing
the trainee to use his RV ability to acquire and describe site
dependent information as opposed to interviewer dependent
telepathic data (in an attempt to please the interviewer) or
data RVed from the feedback package.
Working as a team in a
Class A session, the interviewer and source trainee combine
their aptitudes (the interviewer with his directive, analytic
skill and the trainee with his exploratory, perceptual ability)
to report information of interest about the designated site.
5. (S/SK/WNINTEL) The three classes of RV training (A, B,
and C) are interdependent. Each is designed to deal with
separate learning requirements in the acquisition of RV skills.
It must be remembered that the concept of classes herein applies
to training. Operational application of RV requires its own
unique, specifically designed feedback requirements and task
dependent control of interviewer/source interaction. Trainee
sources also require operational training beyond the narrow
confines of the SRI-I subcontractor modeled training program
before they can be expected to produce dependable, timely
intelligence information.
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