Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RD§&ffgr001800170001-5 CENTER LANE-4 Final Report July 1984 SPECIAL ORIENTATION TECHNIQUES: S-IV (U) By: HAROLD E. PUTHOFF Prepared for. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY USAINSCOM FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755 Attention: LT. COL. BRIAN BUZBY CONTRACT DAKF27-83-C-0018 WARNING NOTICE CENTER LANE SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM RESTRICT DISSEMINATION TO THOSE WITH VERIFIED ACCESS. CATEGORY 4 333 Ravenswood Avenue Menlo Park, California 94025 U.S.A. (415) 326-6200 oe Cable: SRI INTL MPK @@SFXI TWX: 910-373-2046 International SECRET SABLE TO Approved For Release 2001/03/07: CIA-tWg~-OLq?i§~AO018Wgiv-AATIONALS I - = Ap or Release 2001103107 : CIA-RDP93-J(2fkEqb1800170001-5 ID CENTER LANE-4 Final Report Covering the Period I February 1983 to 30 April 1984 SPECIAL: ORIENTATION TECHNIOUES: S-IV (U) By: HAROLD E. PUTHOFF Prepared for: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Approved by: CONTRACT DAKF27-83-C-0018 USAINSCOM FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755 Attention: LT. COL. BRIAN BUZBY SRI Project 5590 WARNING NOTICE CENTER LANE SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM RESTRICT DISSEMINATION TO THOSE WITH VERIFIED ACCESS. CATEGORY 4 ROBERT S. LEONARD, Director Radio Physics Laboratory DAVID D. ELLIOTT, Vice President Research and Analysis Division CLASSIFIED BY: CENTER LANE Security Classification Guide Dated 1 March 1983 DECLASSIFY ON: OADR Copy No. ..J@ ...... This document consists of 30 pages. July 1984 941/CL-0020 NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS SECRET CENTER LANE-4 ed For Re MUROM"MOMMOGIV/0001 -5 Ps t#lt)gl'v2'7-6W20~Olb'SICa"ble~: SRI INTL MPK * TWX: 910-373-2046 Inte I " Approved For Release 2PJMCLAS13MM00788 ROO 1800170001-5 CONTENTS (U) LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v LIST OF TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v I OBJECTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 B. Training by Stages--An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. Stage I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. Stage II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4. Stage III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5. Stage IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 III STAGE IV TECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 A. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 B. Trainee #059 Response to Stage IV Training . . . . . . . 12 IV EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 A. Completion Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 B. Trainee Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . 21 C. Recommendations for Follow-On Actions . . . . . . . . . 21 Appendix--STAGE IV SITES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 iii Approved For Release 1AWPA1.15,RWA-00788 ROO 1800170001-5 Approved For Release 2 blQUAStff ffff 0788ROO1800170001-5 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK iv Approved For Release 20t*NCL-AS-SUME)0788ROO1800170001-5 Approved For Release 2UfWE7ASISMED00788ROO1800170001-5 ILLUSTRATIONS (U) I Schematic Representation of Remote Viewer Response to CRV Situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 Idealized Performance-Over-Time Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 Gateway Arch, St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4 Iwo Jima Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5 Stanford Radiotelescope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6 Training Performance Mer #059) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7 St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC (Trial 22) . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8 FMC Chemical Plant, Newark, CA (Trial 24) . . . . . . . . . . 19 9 Stanford Linear Accelerator, Stanford, CA (Trial 26) . . . . 20 TABLES (U) 1 Stages in Remote Viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Data-Bit Distribution, S-IV Training Series, Trainee #059 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3 Stage IV Completion Trials 22 through 26 . . . . . . . . . . 17 v Approved For Release MMLASWE1159-00788 ROO 1800170001-5 E211c Approved For Release 2efffeCA90im 00788ROO1800170001-5 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Vi Approved For Release 2UNCEAO ,%tfif E)D0788RO01 800170001-5 Approved For Release 200 P96-00788ROO1800170001-5 SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN I OBJECTIVE (U) (S/CL-3/NOFORN) SRI International is tasked with developing remote viewing (RV)* enhancement techniques to meet DoD requirements. Of par- ticular interest is the development of procedures that have potential military intelligence application, and that can be transmitted to others in a structured fashion (i.e., "training" procedures). (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Under particular study in this effort is whether a Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) technology, a technique that utilizes coordinates to facilitate acquisition of a remote-viewing target, can be successfully transferred to INSCOM personnel.. (U) RV is the acquisition and description, by mental means, of infor- mation blocked from ordinary perception by distance or shielding. r I Approved For Release 2001/0,TC177cl P96-00788ROO1800170001-5 SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN Approved For Release 2UNUASUMV60788RO01 800170001-5 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 2 Im a Approved For Release 20V1"k/L7V0"00M- P&P-00788RO01800170001-5 Approved For Release 2001 96-00788ROO1800170001-5 SECRET/CENTER LANE-4/NOFORN II INTRODUCTION (U) A. (U) General (S/CL-4/NOFORN) At the beginning of FY 1981, SRI International made a decision to develop and codify a promising RV enhancement procedure that had emerged from earlier work--a multistage coordinate remote-viewing training procedure developed in conjunction with an SRI consultant. The procedure focuses on developing the reliability of remote viewing by con- trolling those factors that tend to introduce noise into the RV product. A broad overview of the procedure, which has been derived empirically on the basis of a decade of'investigation into the RV process, is presented in Chapter III. The basic components of this procedure consist of ~ Repeated target-address (coordinate) presentation, with quick-reaction response by the remote viewer (to minimize imaginative overlays). ~ The use of a specially-designed, acoustic-tiled, featureless, homogeneously-colored viewing chamber (to minimize environmental overlays). ~ The adoption of a strictly-prescribed, limited interviewer patter (to minimize interviewer overlay). (U) At this stage of the development (Stage V is still in R&D; addi- tional stages are projected), the RV training procedure is structured to proceed through a series of stages of proficiency, hypothesized to cor- respond to stages of increased contact with the target site. The stages are outlined in Table 1. In a given remote viewing session, an experienced remote viewer tends to recapitulate the stages in order. (U) Use of Stage V in the sequence is optional, depending on the level of analytical detail required. 3 I;I;GR 67'% Approved For Release 2001/027 6-00788ROO1800170001-5 SECRET/CENTER LANE-4/NOFORN Approved For Release 2001/CZ;#"'%W-'1W12P1'&%5J1 96-00788ROO1806170001-5 SECRET/CENTER LANE-4/NOFORN Table 1 (U) STAGES IN REMOTE VIEWING Stage Example I Major gestalt Land surrounded by water,an island II Sensory contact Cold sensation, wind-sweptfeeling III Dimension, motion, mobilityRising up, panoramic island view, outline IV General qualitative analyticalScientific research, organisms live aspects V Specific analytical aspectsBiological warfare (BW) eparation pr (by interrogating signal site line) VI Three-dimensional contact,Layouts, details, furtheranalytical modeling contact UNCLASSIFIED B. (U) Training by Stages--An Overview 1. (U) Rationale (S/CL-4/NOFORN) The particular effort covered in this report concerns training of an INSCOM viewer to completion on Stage IV (S-IV). To place the S-IV training effort in perspective, we summarize briefly how it develops out of the earlier stages. (U) The key to the earlier stages is the recognition that the major problem with naive attempts to remote view is that;the attempt to visualize a remote site tends to stimulate memory and im4gination--usually in visual-image forms. As the viewer becomes aware of the first few data bits, there appears to be a largely spontaneous and undisciplined rational effort to extrapolate and "fill in the blanks." This is presumably driven by a need to resolve the ambiguity associated with the fragmentary nature of the emerging perception. The result is a premature internal analysis and interpretation on the part of the remote viewer. (For example, an 4 IPGG"@ - Approved For Release 2001/0377F-d WROP96-00788 ROO 1800170001-5 SECRET/CENTER LANE-4/NOFORN Approved For Release 2fyffffA§1gjPF7E600788R001 800170001-5 (U) impression of an island is immediately interpreted as Hawaii.) This we call analytical overlay (AOL). (U) Our investigation of these overlay patterns leads to a model of RV functioning, shown schematically in Figure 1. With the application of a "stimulus" (e.g., the reading of a coordinate), there appears to be a momentary burst of "signal" that enters into awareness for a few seconds, and then fades away. The overlays appear to be triggered at this point to fill in the void. Success in handling this complex process requires that a remote viewer learn to "grab" incoming data bits while simultaneously attempting to control the overlays. Stage I and Stage II training is designed specifically to deal with this requirement. SIGNAL, NOISE SIGNAL "FILL-IN-THE-BLANKE OVERLAYS STIMULUS STIMULUS UNCLASSIFIED THRESHOLD OF AWARENESS FIGURE 1 (U) SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF REMOTE VIEWER RESPONSE TO CRV SITUATION 2. (U) Stage I (U) In Stage I, the viewer is trained to provide a quick-reaction response to the reading of the site coordinates by the monitor. The response takes the form of an immediate, primitive "squiggle" on the paper (called an ideogram), which captures an overall motion/feeling of the gestalt of 5 Approved For Release 2tjNF .t7A(9,S-fM[)00788R001 800170001-5 Approved For Release 2001rUr%1%WKM 96-00788ROO1800170001-5 SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN M the site (e.g., wavy/fluid for water). Note that this response is essen- tially kinesthetic, rather than visual. 3. M Stage Il M In Stage II, the viewer is trained to become sensitive to physical sensations associated with the site, i.e., sensations he might experience if he were physically located at the site (heat, cold, wind, sounds, smells, tactile sensations, and the like). Agai@, this response is essentially nonvisual in nature (although color sensa@ions may arise as a legitimate Stage II response). Of course, in both tral .ning stages, visual images may emerge spontaneously. In that case they are not suppressed, but simply noted and labeled as AOLs. M Provided Stages I and II have been brought under control by the viewer, Stage III training is initiated. The phrase o"under control" means that the viewer has been observed to pass through 4: performance curve of the type shown in Figure 2, which typically applies to: skills learning. Certain objective performance measures, such as number of session elements or number of coordinate iterations required to reach closure on site description, are tracked to determine progress along the :performance curve. 4. M Stage III (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Whereas in Stage I and II viewing, data appear to emerge (typically) as fragmented data bits, in Stage IJI, we observe the emergence of a broader concept of the site. With Stage L, and II data forming a foundation, contact with the site appears sufficiently strengthened that the viewer begins to have an overall appreciation of: the site as a whole (which we label "aesthetic impact"). Dimensional aspects such as size, distance, and motion begin to come into play, resullsting in configu- rational outlines and sketches. For training practice, siites are chosen especially to require the Stage III aptitudes of dimensional perception, e.g., sketching of an outline-tracking nature. Examples'generated by viewer #059, the viewer of this study, include the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Iwo Jima Island, and the Stanford radiotelescope, shown in Figures 3 through 5. 6 Approved For Release 2001 M%f*AMft96-OO788 ROO 1800170001-5 SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN C 1; Approved For Release 20%M-MUSION 96-00788ROO1800170001-5 SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN LU cc < LU Cr LU uz EE 0 0 LL cc LU CL UNCLASSIFIED TIME FIGURE 2 (U) IDEALIZED PERFORMANCE-OVER-TIME CURVE 5. (U) Stage IV @BLISHED (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Because of the apparent increased contact with the site that occurs on Stage III (a "widening of the aperture" as it were), data of an analytical nature begin to emerge. This follow-on process con- stitutes Stage IV in our nomenclature. Contained in Stage IV data are elements that go beyond the strictly observational, such as ambience (military, religious, technical), cultural factors (Soviet, Muslim, nomadic), and function or purpose (radar, power generation, BW research, missile storage). Stage IV viewing is therefore considered to be the crossover point into operational functioning with potential intelligence value. 7 Approved For Release 2001/0 96-00788ROO1800170001-5 SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN Approved For Release 2001/03/0-7 Ft!jklfff 96-00788RO01 800170001-5 LU (A z 0 U) D 3f w C) 5 CI) w LL LU CO) S z Er 0 11 0 z 8 Approved For Release 2001/03/09 EfvRCT96-00788ROO1800170001-5 Approved For Release 20011PP;,-r.I.J RDP96-00788ROO1800170001-5 -RW Elm m 0 %L S V 0 jo JO cc 0 0 Lf) z V, U EU 2 0 > z LU uj Approved For Release 20Q1 1112MCW"ORDP96-00788RO01 800170001-5 ZM -W 0% L. j Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800170001-5 SECRET 10 w 0 z uj (L 0 LU -i LU 0 0 11 z U) 5 LO LLI ir D (D LL z cr 0 LL 0 z L) Approved For Release 2001/03/OS Ett"96-00788RO01 800170001-5 r on Approved For Release 2001/0,,I/,;.rme.t-~,)P96-00788ROO1800170OOl-, SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN III STAGE 1V TECHNOLOGY M A. M Overview (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Whereas Stages I through III are directed toward recognition of the overall gestalt and physical configuration of a target site, Stage IV is designed to provide information as to function, i.e., as to the purpose of the activities being carried out at the site. Thus, Stage IV viewing transcends simple physical descriptions of what is visible to the eye, to take into account human intention. Because, from an opera- tional point of view, it is the latter that is typically a matter of intel- ligence concern, Stage IV is considered to be the threshold for crossover into operational utility. (U) In Stages I through III, information is collected in the form of ideograms, and their motion and feeling (S-I), sensations at the site (S-II), and sketches that result from expanded contact with the site (S-III). These various "carrier" signals are individual in nature, and special techniques have been developed to handle each in turn, more or less in a serial fashion. Once stabilized, Stage III forms the platform upon which can be built the more refined techniques of Stage IV. M In Stage IV, the viewer is trained to accumulate data bits in no less than eight separate categories, in parallel, in addition to pro- cessing additional ideograms and sketches. These range from broad categories of sensations and dimensional references, through specific qualities (physical/technological detail, cultural ambience, and functional significance), and includes tracking of the analytical overlay line. To keep these separate signal lines on track requires exceptional control of sesssion structure--an ability trained for in the lengthy SI through SIII training period. With these elements under control, the Stage IV data-bit- acquisition procedures can then be used to build up an interpretation as to the site's activities and functions. r% on qr- M1% am 2 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800170001-5 SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN 1 0. 1"," r% r. - Approved For Release Mon. ]sk4 Approved For Release 20kJMiG-L-AIj&MPj[-C)788RO01 800170001-5 Approved For Release JjfjLSL0A.,StftP[Ej)-00788 ROO 1800170001-5 CPYRGHT LU w ;@ Z C,4 0 w < L.Li z F-: z 00 LU cr D CD U- cn U. cn cn z D Approved For Release 2UNCLASS406DO0788 ROO 1800170001-5 Approved For Release 20ej fifJ21-A SASZRIPPE-D788 ROO 1800170001-5 03 LU w z 0 us w CC > C14 -i < cc < LL z F- 0 LU -i LU U z 0 11 z U) uj U LL Approved For Release AhNfiL JkSS4fFkEJ%788 ROO 1800170001-5 Approved For Release 2001 lad"_Mn r",_r,,P96-OO788ROO18OO17OOO1-5 r1W @_W __ SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN (S/CL-3/NOFORN) The Stage IV proficiency demonstrated in the com- pletion series has been maintained by the trainee as work has begun on Stage VI; this provides additional evidence that a stable performance level on S-IV characteristics has been achieved. B. (U) Trainee Evaluation (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Other than the training monitor (#002), Viewer #059 is the first to complete S-IV training. Although previous training stages (S-I through S-III) had been pretested with other trainees, the desire of the client to move ahead expeditiously with training of this particular candidate dictated a reversal of the usual development procedure. This candidate thus provided our first research data on S-IV technology transfer, which turned out to be of exceptionally high quality. Until subsequent individuals have completed S-IV training, there is not a substantial body of work for comparison. Nonetheless, it should be stated for the record that this trainee exhibited the least of difficulties in assimilating the materials, as compared with the progress of trainees in general, and as compared with the training monitor's own progress through S-IV in particular. In addition, Trainee #059 exhibited a high professional demeanor throughout the training, and applied himself at all times with the utmost stamina and acumen. Taking these factors together, Trainee #059 was a model trainee, and thus his profile constitutes an important data point with regard to trainee selection. C. (U) Recommendations for Follow-On Actions (U) Given the quality of response to S-IV training of Trainee #059, two recommendations for follow-on actions are offered: (1) The trainee should continue in the training in order to incorporate additional skills available in the remaining stages. (2) Given that detailed authentication of the S-IV skills transfer (e.g., by extensive double-blind testing), was beyond the time/funding scope of the present effort, it is recommended that, in parallel with training, the client enlist the 21 G Approved For Release 20011UMU?'?-U KUVVb-00788 ROO 1800170001 -5 SECRET/CENTER LANE-3/NOFORN r%-DnP- Approved For Release 20qjutLxtttFrEff788ROO1800170001-5 (U) trainee's present skill level to pursue appropriate in-house tasks to determine the overall efficacy of the training as applied to client needs. 22 Approved For Release 20ONGLAMFf"CaCYRO788RO01 800170001 -5 Approved For Release 2 3=7 @. CIAL 0788ROO1800170001-5 UQUA_557f ft? Appendix (U) STAGE IV SITES Session/ Trial Date/Time Coordinates Site 1/1 6 Dec 83/12561 30'46,54"N, 35'13151t,F 2/2 7 Dec83/1015 3/2 7 Dec83/1525 4/3 8 Dec83/1016 5/4 9 Dec83/0936 6/* 3 Jan84/150 7/** 3 Jan84/1522 8/* 4 Jan84/1007 9/5 4 Jan84/1010 37044122"N, 88032,49,,w 37'44122"N, 88*32,4911W 53050118"N, 77037150"N 38*37,26"N, 9001111311W 38'00100"N, 23'44100,?E 29'57100"N, 52*59100"E 16'31100"S, 28'051001'E 38*44114"N, 85'24,54"W 10/6 5 Jan 84/1009 11/7 6 Jan 84/0948 12/8 9 Jan 84/1417 13/9 110 Jan 84/1308 14/10 11Jan 84/0958 15/11 12Jan 84/0932 16/12 13Jan 84/0943 17/13 6 Feb 84/1349 18/* 7 Feb 84/0948 38*53128"N, 77'0111311W 38*5311811N, 77*00117"W 28028111"N, 80'3314611W 38'53123"N, 7700013311W 20*28100"N, 97'28t0011W 40*46158"N, 73*5713411W 38159,25"N, 104*51,2811W 35017100"N, 114'35100"W 38*55145"N, 77027115,,w 19/14 7 Feb 84/095039007136"N,7502715211W 20/15 7 Feb 84/135035*03100"N,24*48100"E 21/16 7 Feb 84/131532*08,25"N,104'31,3211W 22/17 8 Feb 84/110251'29,52.5"N, 0'06157.5"W Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem Lighter Hospital, IL Lighter Hospital (cont'd) La Grande Complex (dam) Quebec. Canada St. Louis Cathedral, MO Athens, Greece* Persepolis Ruins, Iran-* Kariba Dam, Zimbabwe* Clifty Creek Power Plant, KY National Art Gallery, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Cape Kennedy, FL Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. El Tajun Ruins, Mexico Guggenheim Museum, NYC USAF Academy, CO Davis Dam, NV Dulles International Airport, VA Davis AFB, DE Phaistos, Crete Ruins Carlsbad Caverns, NM House of Parliament, London 23 Approved For Release UjqL31OA:5ffnM-OO788 ROO 1800170001-5 16P% MLO Approved For Release 2UNQ7ASSMWOO788 ROO 1800170001-5 (U) STAGE IV SITES (cont'd) Session/ Trial Date/Time Coordinates Site 23/18 8 Feb84/140614*20100"N,100'3510011EAyutthaya Temple, Thailand 24/19 9 Feb84/103933'21116"N,116'05,38,iwPalomar Observatory, CA 25/20 10 Feb84/10401603110011S,2805010011EKarib :a Dam, Zimbabwe 26/21 12 Mar84/144133'21116"N,116*51,38"WPalomar Observatory, CA 27/22 13 Mar84/102640*45130"N,7305813611WSt. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, NY 28/23 19 Mar84/140539*38103"N,79*51117"WWest Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 29/24 20 Mar84/093237*31121"N,122003,05,,wChemical Plant, Newark, CA 30/25 21 Mar84/094437*2813011N,122'07144"WRomic Chemical Co., (haz- ardous waste storage), Palo Alto, CA 31/26 22 Mar84/104137*25100"N,122*12105"WStanford Linear Acceler- _j ator, Stanford, CA Abort at session start due to error in coordinate reading Abort midsession due to medical problem. 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