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S. E CRET MTV. 0375 PROJECT SECTION ONE OF TWO
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(S) CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
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PACKAROUND
A.
RV PROTOCOLS FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF REMOTE GEOGRAPHICAL
TARGETS
JUDGING THE RESULTS
C.
TRANSCRIPT CONCEPT ANALYSIS
III ORIENTATION PROGRAM PHASE ONE
A.
RV OF GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETS
SUMMARY OF THE SIX SERIES
1. S NO. 155
2. S NO. 292
3. S NO. 372
4. S NO. 468
5. S NO. 518
S. S NO. 690
COMPARISON OF BLIND JUDGING AND ACCURACY RATING ASSESSMENT
D.
PHASE ONE CONCLUSIONS
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ORIENTATION PROGRAM PHASE TWO
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RV OF 35 MM SLIDES

NO. 372 RV
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PRECOS PC RV OF 35 MM SLIDES
1. S NO. 468 PC
2. S NO. 292 PC/RV
3. S NO. 155 PC/RV
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RESPONSE SIMILARITIES TO GIVEN TARGETS
D.
PRECOG RV FOR OUTDOOR TARGETS S NO. 155
E.
EXTENDED RV S NO. 518
1. BACKGROUND
2. PILOT EXPERIMENT
3. FORMAL SERIES
4. DISCUSSION
COORDINATE RV TRAINING
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3. S. NO. 155
G. RV OF ALPHABET LETTERS S. NO. 379
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
SPECIAL ORIENTATION TECHNIQUES
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INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
(S) THIS REPORT PRESENTS RESULTS AND ASSESSMENTS FROM A ONE
YEAP INVESTIGATION OF TECHNIQUES FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF RV WITH
CLIENT SELECTED INDIVIDUALS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM WAS
TO FAMILIARIZE THESE INDIVIDUALS WITH THE SRI RV PROTOCOLS, WITH
THE GOAL OF PRODUGING ENHANCED LEVELS OF ABILITY, AND TO
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ESTABLISH SCREENING TESTS AND PROCEDURES TO ENLARGE THE POPU-
LATION FROM WHICH SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE SELECTED.
(S) FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS SRI INTERNATIONAL HAS BEEN .
- INVESTIGATING A PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING ABILITY CALLED RV. AT.
THE START OF THIS PROGRAM, SIX INDIVIDUALS WERE CHOSEN BY THE
CLIENT ORGANIZATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A RV TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.
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THESE PARTICIPANTS WERF INEXPERIENCED WITH REGARD TO RV. A
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VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TRAINING PROTOCOLS WERE EXAMINED WITH THE
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THE SRI RV TECHNIQUES. FORMAL ASSESSMENT AND TRANSFER SERIES
WERE CARRIED OUT WITH EACH OF THE SIX PARTICIPANTS, IN WHICH
THEY WERE ASKED TO ATTEMPT TO DESCRIBE DISTANT GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATIONS BRIDGES. ROADS. BUILDINGS, ETC .. HIDDEN 35 MM SLIDES
OF SIMILAR SITES, AND OBJECTS PLACED IN A CONTROLLED ACCESS
LOCATION. SEVERAL OTHER INFORMAL SERIES WERE CARRIED OUT.
THESE ARE ALL DESCRIBED IN LATER SECTIONS OF THIS REPORT.
(S) THREE OF THE SIX PARTICIPANTS EACH PRODUCED RESULTS
THAT DEPARTED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM CHANCE EXPECTATION IN
ASSESSMENT SEPIES THAT WERE FORMALLY JUDGED. A FOURTH ALSO
GAVE RESULTS THAT WERE SUGGESTIVE OF PARANORMAL PERCEPTION.
OVERALL, THESE RESULTS CONSTITUTE HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCE.
(3) IN THE FOLLOWING WE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE RESULTS OF THE
VARIOUS PERCEPTUAL TASKS THAT WERE UNDERTAKEN!
BAY ARFA TARGET SITE RV. IN THE PHASE ONE ACTIVITIES.
SIX RV TRIALS WITH LOCAL SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SITES AS
TARGETS WERE CARRIED OUT WITH EACH OF THE SIX VIEWERS. IN
THESE SIX SERIES, TWO OF THE VIEWERS EACH PRODUCED RESULTS
THAT WERE INDEPENDENTLY SIGNIFICANT (P LESSER THAN (.05),
MAKING THE SERIES AS A WHOLE SIGNIFICANT CP LESSER THAN 0. 03.
RV OF 35 MM SLIDES. THESE TRIALS WERE CARRIED OUT UNDER
VARYING CONDITIONS FOR THE FIVE VIEWERS IN PHASE TWO. ONT
VIEWER, WHO GENERATTO SIGNIFICANT RESULTS IN PHASE ONE, WAS
AGAIN INDEPENDENTLY SIGNIFICANT IN HIS DESCRIPTION OF DISTANT
SLIDES. A SECOND VIEWER (NOT PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT RESULTS
IN PHASE ONE) PRODUCED DRAWINGS THAT WERE FORMALLY JUDGED TO
HAVE SIGNIFICANT CORRELATIONS WITH THE SLIDE TARGETS, ALTHOUGH
HIS VERBAL MATERIAL DID NOT.
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PRECOG VIEWING OF SLIDES. A THIRD VIEWER WAS ASKED TO DESCRIBE
SLIDES BEFORE THEY WERE CHOSEN. HE WAS TO DESCRIBE THE SLIDES
THAT WOULD RE SHOWN TO HIM AT A LATER TIME. HIS RESULTS WERE
SUGGESTIVE OF SUCCESS (P EQUALS 0. 1) BUT NOT STATISTICALLY
SIGNIFICANT. PRECOG TRIALS WITH TWO OTHER VIEWERS WERE ALSO
NONSIGNIFICANT.
RV INTO A SECURE AREA. A VIEWER WHO WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THE
SLIDE VIEWING TRIALS ALSO CARRIED OUT A SERIES USING EXTENDED
RV, IN WHICH HE SPENT MORE THAN AN HOUR ON EACH OF SIX
ATTEMPTS TO DESCRIBE OBJECTS HELD IN A SECURE LOCATION,
AND CHOSEN BY THE SSO CONTROLLING THAT FACILITY. TWO JUDGES
EVALUATED THIS VIEWERS RESPONSES! ONE JUDGED IT SIGNIFICANT.
AND ONE JUST MISSED SIGNIFICANCE PY AN EXCHANGE OF SIMILAR
TARGETS AND RESPONSES.
ALPHABET TARGETS. A VIEWER SUCCESSFUL IN BOTH BAY AREA RV
AND SLIDE TRIALS. ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A SERIES IN WHICH HE
ATTEMPTED TO DESCRIBE ALPHABET LETTERS IN A DISTANT LOCATION.
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VIEWER WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE TARGET LETTERS AT A RATE HIGHER
THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED BY CHANCE, THIS DATA TAKEN IN . CON-
JUNCTION WITH DATA GENERATED ON ANOTHER PROGRAM. SHOW PROMISE
THAT THIS ABILITY CAN OF DEVELOPED.
CORRELATED RESPONSES, IN THE COURSE OF THE YEAR'S WORK,
TARGETS WERE REPEATED FROM TIME TO TIME AS A RESULT OF RANDOM
SELECTION FROM A TARGET POOL OF SIXTY. IN SOME CASES WE
OBTAINED STRIKINGLY SIMILAR RESPONSES FROM THE DIFFERENT
VIEWERS WHO ENCOUNTERED THESE REPEATED TARGETS. THESE
RESPONSES ALSO CORRELATED VELL WITH RESPONSES OBTAINED FROM OTHER
VIEWERS OVER PAST YEARS OF RESEARCH. THE OBSERVATION OF SUCH
A RESULT INDICATES THE POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING AN INCREASE IN
SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO ON THE BASIS OF CROSS CORRELATION OF
MULTIPLE RESPONSES.
COORDINATE RV CRV. THREE OF THE VIEWERS TOOK PART IN CRV
EXERCISES IN WHICH THEY WERE ASKED TO DESCRIBE DISTANT
LOCATIONS ANYWHERE ON THE GLOBE, GIVEN ONLY THE GEOGRAPHICAL
COORDINATES OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. THIS IS AN AGILITY
WHICH HAS BEEN WELL DEMONSTRATED BY SOME OF OUR EXPERIENCED
PARTICIPANTS. AND SIMILAR ENCOURAGING RESULTS WERE OBTAINED IN
THESE TRIALS WITH CLIENT PERSONNEL.
(S) FROM THESE STUDIES WE FIND EVIDENCE THAT THE SRI RV TECH
NOLOGY IS TRANSFERABLE : ONE OF THE CLIENT VIEWERS TURNED IN
CLEARLY SUPERIOR PERFORMANCES, AND TWO OTHERS GAVE GOOD
INDICATIONS OF SUCCESSFUL RV.
(S) IN SECTION IT WE DESCRIBE THE SRI RV PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING
RESULTS FROM THE PAST. AND OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PRESENT
PROGRAM. WE ALSO DISCUSS THE PROCEDURES USED TO EVALUATE THE
RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS CARRIED OUT IN THE CURRENT
PROGRAM.
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(S) IN SECTION ITT WE DESCRIBE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE STUDY

IN WHICH WE SYSTEMATICALLY CARRIED OUT RV TRIALS WITH THE
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EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS.
(S) IN SECTION IV WE PRESENT THE EXPLORATORY WORK CARRIED
OUT IN PHASE TWO IN AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE EFFECTIVE SCREENING
AND TRAINING TECHNIQUES. OUR CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ARE PRESENTED IN SECTION V.
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