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TOPICAL SEARCH - COMMENTS
The topical search consists of the conduct of a remote
viewing session directed against targets whose outcome is in
...
future time. It is predictive in nature and normally addresses
.
targets of distinctive high interest and public notoriety.
Request you conduct a topical search and provide available
information, if any, for the period ending 2400 hrs, 22 October
1993 (Friday) . Targets may include but are not limited to acts
of God, accidents/catastrophes, political/military events, events
related to criminal justice, significant human accomplishments,
and etc.
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SESSION INFORMATION
A.
TARGET DATA:
Task/Target No.
Session No.
:
93-209-T
01
B.
PERSONNEL DATA:
Source No.
Monitor's No.
..
049
:
NA
Beacon/Sender No.
:
NA
c.
SESSION DATA:
Date Task Received
18 OCT 93
Session Date
:
18 OCT 93
Start Time
1430
Stop Time
1520
Method Used
ERV
Aids/Distractions (PIs)
Sinus headache
Pre-session Hunches (AVs)
:
None
Date Summary Returned
:
19 OCT 93
D.
EVALUATION DATA:
Viewer's Estimate
Evaluator's Estimate
:
:
Low, low, low
E.
SESSION SUMMARY :
The following perceptions, albeit limited,
were acquired
during this project session:
12T
- The leadership of a small, but significant, country will
change hands. This change will occur as an orderly transfer of
power from either a parent to child or a grandparent to a grand-
child.
- There will be further fire fights between the Somalis and
the U.N. forces.
One encounter in particular will involve a
previously unused weapon type.
19 Oct
- A very large fire will occur along a coastline.
This fire
will be extraordinarily bright and its main attribute will be the
intensity by which it will burn.
T
28000
- There will be a series of unexplained phenomena occurring
within the southwestern U. S. towards the end of the month.
Maybe
the Chaco Canyon (northwestern New Mexico) region.
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CPYRGHT
Southern California wildfires
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A resident of Altadena, Calif., cries as her neighbor's house burns. Seasonal Santa Ana winds with
gusts up to 70 mph fueled several blazes throughout the region, forcing many people to flee and
causing extensive damage. The fast-moving fires destroyed scores of homes and scorched thou-
sands of acres of land, which was tinder-dry from a rainless summer. Article, Page 3A.
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THE
CPYRGHT
Brush fires
rip through
S. California
Gusts fan blazes;
damage extensive
Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES - Fed by flerce,
dry Santa Ana winds and high tem-
peratures, brush fires exploded over
five Southern California counties
yesterday, damaging or destroying
more than 200 homes, threatening
thousands of others and charring
more than 65,000 acres.
The infernos hit hardest in the
affluent communities of Emerald
Bay in Laguna Beach, 40 miles
southeast of Los Angeles, and Alta-
dena, 10 miles northeast of Los An-
geles. No deaths were reported, but
at least 14 firefighters and nine civil-
lans were reported injured in 13 sep-
arate blazes, fire officials said.
Damage was expected to exceed
hundreds of millions of dollars in one
of the most devastating brush fire
outbreaks in memory.
In exclusive Emerald Canyon,
flames blamed on a suspected "copy-
cat arsonist" destroyed more than
100 homes, many of them multimil-
lion-dollar estates. Schoolchildren
were evacuated and Pacific Coast
Highway was closed as firefighters
there fought desperately against stiff
afternoon winds to halt the 10-mile
swath of flames. By late afternoon,
California Highway Patrol officers
and local police were manning hoses
because fire departments were over-
stretched.
At least' 50 other homes were
damaged or destroyed by an early-
morning fire that spread rapidly
through 4,000 acres in the affluent
foothill community of Altadena, au-
thorities said. Only hours after that
blaze broke out in the rugged Eaton
Canyon, authorities arrested a tran-
sient who was booked on suspicion
of unlawful use of fire.
The man apparently was camp-
ing in the hills and his campfire
touched off nearby brush, a Los An-
geles County Fire Department
spokesman said.
Other major fires charred 21,000
acres between Thousand Oaks and
the Pacific Ocean, 45 miles north-
west of Los Angeles; about 3,000
acres in Escondido, 30 miles north of
San Diego, where homes were
threatened and officials at the San
Diego Wild Animal Park worked
frantically to move endangered Cali-
fornia condors and other species;
and about 750 acres in the Orange
County communities of Anaheim
Hills and Orange 40 miles southeast
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Fire Department helicopter drops water in hard-hit Altadena, Calif.
of Los Angeles, where nearly 30
homes were damaged.
Gov. Pete Wilson declared a state
of emergency and flew into Burbank
Airport, meeting other elected offi-
cials at a fire command center in
Pasadena. Officials said winds are
expected to increase today and to-
morrow, and no rain is forecast for
the next seven days.
Many of the most serious fires re-
mained out of control late last night
as smoke darkened the skies and
white ash fell like snowflakes.
In Laguna Beach, where property
damage was most severe, the fire
broke out just before noon, quickly
Jumped a ridge and spread south.
Dozens of homes were engulfed in
the seaside community of Emerald
Bay, where home values reach $10
million and more. Laguna Beach
Unified School District officials im-
mediately evacuated three schools.
In downtown Laguna Beach, resi-
dents crowded onto rooftops and
lined the Pacific Coast Highway to
gaze at flames snaking down the
hills toward the ocean. Traffic came
to a virtual halt.
Overhead, helicopters dipped
150-gallon "Bambi buckets" in the
Pacific, then headed back to drop the
contents on the homes burning in
the canyons.
The Altadena fire, which began
near dawn, caught many residents
still asleep or eating breakfast as it
raced through expensive neighbor-
hoods pushed by 50 mph gusts.
The fire covered more than 1,000
acres by 10 a.m., climbing canyon
walls and spreading embers through
the air, fire officials said.
In Ventura County, a day-old ar-
son fire swept across 21,000 acres of
Santa Monica Mountain back coun-
try to the Pacific Ocean. But despite
the enormous acreage burned, only
four homes were lost.
In the brush-covered hills of
northeastern San Diego County, a
fire that erupted shortly after mid-
night burned across 6,000 acres, de-
stroying six homes and five other
buildings near 1,800-acre Wild Ani-
mal Park in the San Pasqual Valley.
A few hardy foursomes declined
to leave the Eagle Crest Golf Course
west of the park, even though flames
came within a few dozen yards of the
back nine.
"The safest place to be in a fire is
in the middle of a golf course," said
assistant pro Bill Hughes. "Green
grass doesn't burn."
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SOMALIAN CLANS BATTLE
CPYRGHT
.....
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Somali fires a U.S .- made M-16 rifle during clan fighting in Mogadishu. The gunman claimed that
he took the weapon from a U.S. Army Ranger during a battle Oct. 3. (See article, 5A.)
Ousted Burundi official
seeks help after coup
BUJUMBURA, Burundi - The
ousted prime minister of Burundi ap-
pealed yesterday for foreign military
intervention to restore order and re-
establish democracy in this Central
African nation.
Sylvie Kinigi's appeal came amid
signs that the military coup was be-
ginning to weaken in its fourth day.
Along with suppressing Burundi's in-
fant democracy, the coup has raised
the specter of renewed fighting be-
tween the Hutu and Tutsi tribes, one
of Africa's goriest ethnic rivalries.
The military has acknowledged
that President Melchior Ndadaye, the
country's first freely elected leader,
was killed shortly after the National
Palace was stormed on Thursday.
From Wire Reports
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TASKING SHEET
SOURCE NO :
079
DATE:
18 OCT 93
SUSPENSE :
19 OCT 93
1000 HRS
1.
PROJECT NUMBER :
93-209-T
2.
METHOD/TECHNIQUE:
Method of Choice
3.
BACKGROUND:
This is a topical search to be conducted in
accordance with existing protocol.
4.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION :
Conduct a topical search for the period ending 22 Oct 1993.
5. COMMENTS :
None.
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