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          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Ten civilian billets were dedicated solely
          to this project in FY90 and currently, Project STAR GATE has seven
          project personnel. This consists of a Unit Manager, a Senior
          Intelligence Officer, 3 Operational Remote Viewers, an Intelligence
          Technician and a secretary.
          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Remote Viewing is a highly controlled and
          formally established, unique information and intelligence
          collection capability which has the following characteristics:
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) It is -passive. To the extent of our
          knowledge, collection by remote viewing is totally passive, that is
          to say, it cannot be detected when used.
          (SINFISGILIMDIS) It is inexpensive. The principal cost of
          remote viewing collection is the people involved. There is little
          expensive hardware.
          (S/NF/SG/LIMIDS) There is no known defense._ Time, distance,
          target, size or degree of difficulty all have no apparent effect on
          collection by remote viewing.
          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) In 1979, when Army INSCOM managed this
          program, it integrated the SRI contracted technology into its in-
          house program where it is still being utilized by STAR GATE
          personnel for training, in-house Proficiency Enhancement and
          Operational projects.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) An eclectic approach was taken, using those
          methods which had applications potential for operational
          requirements.
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               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) The purpose of this briefing is to identify
          terms, methodologies, target selection and protocols f or remote
          viewing research and development projects as well as operational
          projects conducted by DIA STAR GATE personnel.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Since the early 1970's, the Department of
          Def ense has been involved in examining the potential uses of
          psychoenergetics.
               (U) Psychoenergetics is defined as a mental process by which
          an individual perceives, communicates with and/or perturbs
          characteristics of a designated target, person or event remote in
          space and/or time from that individual.
               (U) Psychokinesis are physical actions performed by mental
          powers that cannot be explained by known physical means.
               (U) ESP and Telepathy are perceptions which cannot be
          explained by known sensory means.
               (SINF) Remote Viewing is the name of a method of
          psychoenergetic perception. This term was coined by Stanford
          Research Institute (SRI) in the early 1970's by two laser
          physicists, Hal Puthoff and Russel Targ when they were conducting
          CIA-sponsored experiments using several gifted psychics.
               (U) Remote Viewing can be defined as the acquisition and
          description, by mental means, of information blocked from ordinary
          perception by distance, shield or time.
               (U) A remote viewer is a person who perceives, communicates
          with and/or perturbs characteristics of a designated target, person
          or event.
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          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Three primary methodologies that are
          utilized by STAR GATE personnel will now be discussed.
          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Extended Remote Viewing (ERV) draws on the
          expertise of over two decades of research by independent
          investigators and recognized academic institutions to include the
          University of Virginia Medical Center, the Mind science Foundation,
          the University of California at Davis and Syracuse University.
          (CINF) The ERV approach has as its goal the subjective
          temporal extension of subliminally brief psychic impressions. The
          trained ERV percipient is able to control, observe and report
          perceptions which would otherwise be ignored or neglected fleeting
          imagery. This extension of the perceptual window is accomplished
          through the achievement of a discrete state of consciousness
          defined by identified state dependent behaviors. These behaviors
          are regarded as skills.
               (C/NF) The basic components of the ERV procedure involve
          learning the following skills:
          1. The ability to physically relax.
          Training in progressive relaxation techniques and yoga.
               2. The ability to reduce level of physical arousal.
          Training in biofeedback techniques and self-control
          exercises.
          3. The ability to increase awareness of internal feelings
          images.
          Training in dream recall, guided visual imagery
          exercises, subliminal recognition drills and Hemispheric
          Synchronization.
               4. The ability to engage in "receptive mode/right
          hemispheric functioning.
          Training in hemispheric synchronization, mode recognition
          and drawing classes.
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          5. The ability to achieve an altered view of reality.
          Reading assignments, intellectual study, meditation
          and contemplation exercise.
               (CINF) Each one of these skills can be trained over a period
          of several weeks. When the trainee demonstrates independent
          mastery of each skill, he then learns to combine the skills. The
          goal is to simultaneously exhibit all of the learned skills thereby
          achieving a specified discrete state of consciousness in which an
          individual is able to remote view.
               (CINF) Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) was developed by an
          SRI contractor in the early 1980's. This methodology was developed
          to satisfy R&D demands on SRI to enhance the reliability
          (scientific replicability) of remote viewing. The subcontractor's
          approach to improving the reliability of remote viewing was to
          f ocus on the control of those f actors that in his view tend to
          introduce "noise" into the remote viewing product.
               (CINF) The basic components of this training procedure
          consists of:
               1. Repeated site-address (coordinate) presentation with
          quick-reaction response by the remote viewer; coupled
          with a restrictive format for reporting perceived
          information which minimizes "imaginative" overlay.
               2. The use of a specially-designed, acoustic-tiled,
          "viewing chamber" which minimizes "environmental"
          overlays.
          3. The adoption of a strictly-prescribed, limited monitor
          patter which minimizes "monitor" overlays.
               (C/NF) The CRV process usually begins by presenting the
          remote viewer with an encrypted geographical coordinate, hence the
          name CRV. Encrypted geographical coordinates is a series of twelve
          numbers or less which are selected from a random program generator
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          and used to disguise a set of geographical coordinates.
               (CINF) CRV subdivides the detection and decoding of psychic
          impressions into discrete achievable skills known as Stages 1 to 6.
          These stages will now be discussed.
          Stage One - Islands, mountains, deserts.
              Stage Two - Sites of quality sensory value; sites
          which are uniquely describable through
          touch, taste, sound color or odor such
          as glaciers, volcanoes and industrial
          plants.
              Stage Three - Sites possessing significant dimensional
          characteristics such as buildings, bridges
          and airfields.
              Stage Four - Sites requiring qualitative mental
          perceptions such as technical area,
          military feeling and research.
              Stage Five sites requiring the interrogation of
          qualitative mental perceptions to
          produce refined information such as
          aircraft tracking radar, biomedical
          research facility and tank production
          plant.
              Stage Six sites requiring direct, three-dimensional
          assessment of site element to one another
          such as airplanes inside on of three
          camouflaged hangers or a military compound
          with a command building, barracks, motor
          pool and underground storage area. As
          this stage is engaged, an assessment of
          relative temporal and spatial dimensional
          elements along with further qualitative
          elements evolve into the consciousness of
          the individual.
               (CINF) Written Remote Viewing (WRV) is the ability to receive
          direct, detailed information. The WRV process consists of
          utilizing a pen or pencil and writing on paper information
          received. The writing is a rapid and f lowing movement initiated by
          impulses to the autonomic nervous system. WRV was initiated in-
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          (CINF) WRV is phonetically and verbally orientated and can be
          used in both the predictive and search modes. WRV is an evolving
          process with development over time.
                    (CINF) Additional methodologies that can be utilized include:
               (U) Dowsing which is the search for underground supplies of
               water, metal or a person by the use of a forked stick known as a
               divining rod.
               (U) Psychometry is the faculty of receiving information
          concerning an object or person associated with it, by contact with
          or proximity to the object. Psychometry is also known as Object
          Remote Viewing.
          (U) Clairvoyance is the faculty of seeing objects or actions
          removed from natural viewing. It is the quick, intuitive knowledge
          of things and people.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Remote viewing has been successfully used
          against several categories of tasking. These categories include
          penetration of inaccessible targets, science and technology
          information, cuing of intelligence collection systems, imminent
          hostilities, determination of nuclear from non-nuclear targets,
          human source assessment and personality profiles.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) There are generally three areas of target
          selection that are utilized for operational projects. They are:
          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Geographical areas or f ixed sites can be
          anywhere and can be of anything. The target site can emphasize
          natural or man-made features, or contain a mix of these. These
          targets are usually military facilities or technical sites.
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          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Personalities-involve the remote viewer's
          ability to describe the characteristics or other aspects such as
          state-of-the-health of an individual. The personality should be
          one of prominence, can be male or female and of any race or age.
          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Search is one of the most difficult
          operational projects. It involves the remote viewer actually
          locating an individual or equipment or a lost vessel or aircraft.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) When utilized properly, remote viewers have
          proven to be of substantial value to intelligence customers. When
          they have been used incorrectly, however, results were usually
          disappointing.
          (SINFISGILIMDIS) Protocols for a remote viewing session
          should be consistent whether the target is an R&D, an in-house
          Proficiency Enhancement or an Operational project.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) The target should be secured in a sealed
          envelope. A number is assigned to the project and then the
               individual remote viewers are tasked via a tasking sheet.
          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) The tasking sheet, which is essentially a
          request for information, will consist of the project number, the
          viewer identification number which is also the source number and
          the date of the actual tasking. This information is to be filled
          out by the Unit Manager or the customer and then given to the
          remote viewers prior to their session.
          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) The tasking sheet will also consist of an
          evaluation to be completed by the customer when an operation is
          completed. The tasking sheet can also note the completion time of
          the operation.
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               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) The actual tasking itself, should be minimal
          without elaborating on information that could lead the viewer. It
          is important that the Unit Manager or the customer be careful not
          to task leading or suggestive questions. Ideally, the tasking
          should only state, "Describe target."
          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) It has been proven in R&D laboratories time
          and time again that the less information given to the remote
          viewer, the more accurate the information. The more information
          given to a remote viewer, the less accurate the information and the
          viewer will have a tendency to theorize.
          (SINFISGILIMDIS) once the viewers receive their tasking, they
          can begin to conduct their sessions. The remote viewing session
          activity will involve two basic approaches.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Solo is where only the remote viewer works
          the task.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Viewer/Monitor is a team effort whereby a
          monitor transcribes the information the viewer is receiving. A
          monitor is optional and is requested by the viewer.
          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Considerable experience has shown that there
          are a number of considerations, precautions and potential problems
          for which the monitor or customer and Unit Manager should be
          prepared.
                    (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) First, when a monitor is present, it is
               especially important to ensure that this individual has no
               knowledge whatsoever of target possibilities. This is known as a
               double-blind. This precludes the monitor leading the viewer. If
               the customer is present as an observer, he should be quiet so that
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          he does not give the remote viewer subtle clues as to the nature
          and circumstances of the operation. Such clues as nods of
          approval, voice inflection and suggestive questioning happen all
          too often.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Second, there is a strong tendency to pick
          and choose information according to the Unit Manager's and
          monitor's mental set and preconceptions. It is in the act of
          interpretation that lies the ever present possibility of
          misinterpretation. It is extremely important for the monitor to
          record the information exactly as it is given so when it is passed
          on to the customer, the information is received in its purest form.
          The customer can become frustrated because experience has shown
          that some of the information provided is of such a nature that it
          cannot be either verified or rejected through follow-up analysis or
          investigation. Until the operation is completed or solved, some of
          the information remains plausible and possibly true, but until an
          operation is completely over, it cannot be evaluated fairly.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Third, often times a monitor and a customer
          can become quite frustrated with a remote viewer because of the
          nature of the psychic information. It can seem incomplete,
          sporadic and sometimes symbolic or even irrelevant.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) When a remote viewer has completed the
          necessary sessions needed to collect the information, he or she
          will then write a report of his or her findings.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) This report will indicate the project
          number, the viewer identification or source number, the date of the
          report an will also list the dates of the remote viewing sessions.
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          This report will also include drawings or sketches of the target
          site. When the viewer's report is completed, it will then be
          provided to the customer.
          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) It should be noted that there is a strong
          tendency for the Unit Manager or the customer to have the remote
          viewers work on a major ongoing or unsolved operation over and over
          again. This is generally not recommended because research and
          experience has shown that a remote viewer's first impressions are
          the best. Hence, the longer they work on a case, the more likely
          they are to become inaccurate.
          (SINFISGILIMDIS) Also, experience throughout the world in
          remote viewing laboratories has shown clearly that the remote
          viewing ability and receptivity is also directly related to the
          novelty and interest factor of the test. so it is important not to
          have the remote viewers conduct the same operation over and over
          again because they will become bored and not perform well.
          (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) When the operation is completed, the remote
          viewers receive their feedback from the customer and the customer
          provides a written evaluation of the. information received.
          Feedback is important because it helps the remote viewers evaluate
          their own performance.
               (U) In conclusion, whether proponents or critics like it or
          not, certain basic facts exist and must be dealt with.
                    (U) First, unsolved crimes, missing persons, hostage
               situations and terrorism continue to occur. Information for their
               purely rational and scientific solution is often simply inadequate,
               yet great social and psychological pressures exist for their
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          solution.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) many intriguing and scientifically
          unexplainable results have been achieved under controlled
          experimental conditions as well as spontaneous f ield situations.
          As with any potential advance in technology or technique, remote
          viewing needs to be sufficiently field tested.
               (S/NF/SG/LIMDIS) Intelligence agencies are encouraged not to
          ignore this potential resource but rather place it among their
          arsenal of operational tools. Remote viewers can be used as
          collectors in conjunction with other intelligence sources
          throughout the DoD and intelligence community because our service
          is to be of "help." once this understanding can occur, perhaps
          then can the "role" of the remote viewer be more clearly defined.
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