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POLEMIC ISSUES
1
Critic
Proponent
7.
No firm "scientific" experiment
has been performed to prove
existence of the phenomena.
The extremely personal nature of the
phenomena as it is currently perceived
requires an intense personal involve-
ment which could easily lead to a
circus-type atmosphere for first-hand
observation.
This is very undesirable,
possibly detrimental, and excluded
by the human use protocols.
2.
The evidence pReduced could be
the result of trickery or poor
experimental design.
We don't think we fooled ourselves
with our own challenge/validation
session; constantly seeking better
experimental procedure within the human
use protocols.
3.
No explanation exists in terms of
scientific theory to support the
existence of such phenomena.
Application need not wait for complete
scientific understanding.
4.
There are not enough resources
being currently provided to known
areas of science with "hard"
proven potential to waste
significant resources on an area
as "soft" as this.
The potential military applications,
of this phenomena, are extremely
important and only a few are working
on this area.
5.
The form of the raw product
could, and at times in the
past, has been very leading for
a non-critical evaluator.
We think that our pre-evaluation
editing out of dates and previous
session related information from the
transcript, along with the ordering of
targets plus transcripts as provided
to the evaluators, overcomes this.
Y-027
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PROGRAM ISSUES
ISSUS
ACTION
1.
Von perfect correspondence of
target description to target.
Correspondence ~~ 0.65 + 0.15 for good
target descriptions conduct more
analyses using principal characteristics
of TDS.
2. Target "localization"
capability unknown.
Work on DF and Ranging.
3.
Frequency of target
missing undefined.
Work on miss criteria using existing
TOs.
4. Measures of effectiveness
undefined.
Develop first cut MOE.
5.
Appropriate target classes
unknown.
Develop first-cut target selection
criteria.
V-028
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