To: Files Subject: SI and H Experinientation, 4 September 1951 (Operations Room) On Tuesday, 4 September 1951, messrs.1 and t the wr du s I d R ex eriments between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM with. as subjects. 2 that the phenomona known as auto- Since research has indicated matic writing will often produce information that is withheld verbally, rimentation along this line.should be it was decided that some expe undertaken by D. In addition and closely related to the automatic" 2 wrj?ting is the phenomena of automatic drawing. It was felt that these two phenomena should be tested at approximately the same time. In connection with the above phenomena, B felt that the possi- hat automatic writin- and automatic drawing may bility existed t .D serve a future purpose in the obtaining of information from unwilling 2 individuals or individualswho have forgotten information of a vital nature. If this were possible, these phenomena would be remarkable intelligent sources. Hence, the following experiments were started: After a general discussion between concerning automatic writing and nduced a 2,.@omatlEdrawing deep trance sta 4h had @ed d c and f auto- c wr ng- point, was told to open her eyes was iven of paper and pencil and2 she automatically ared to be two wor ere undecipherable to wrote what appe ers present. However as instructe-Ld write 1:,el the.,wo ds a of them whic d. The:re@wter was s -2i'l till 6@o;@p-lete wmesia and s a,;iakene was then questioned concerning the writing and her ae iv @i er amnesia was almost complete although she had remembrance of sitting at a desk and holding a pencil in her hand. However, when she was told-what she had written, she expressed cornpl--te amazement and in- dicated that the writings were of an.individual and activity that had taken place some time before in which she had completely forgotten. The Ohen ntried wit 0 'was 1 d oryi and sub @.pe ate y 3 sequently transfer tteinpt but the writing was so poor t erse could not translate it.,@ However,.her hand did move in motion that indicated she was attempting to write. -The next experiment was as follows: ced into a deep SI state and a instructe to raw a pi-c ure of her father. Miss 4M akirewa ture of her father.2 Thereafter instruc draw a piecture of anything s e wanted to a de a very clearly understanda-ble dra wing of a couch. en induce to a deep trance 2 'p ed her to draw c r her father,'which an interesting portrait of a Mmwa np Pso h" e-a cf.- as then ins-tructed.-to draw any- thing she wanted t drew a landscape. After this test had leeq completed, the gir2ls were asked to com- ment if the drawings resembled their father and the girls said they did not. Although the drawings, in both instances, did represent very-clearly human heads an(I their other drawing clearly represented what they intended them to represent. Comment: The icant item in the at-ove tes2t is the fact -idual that _--ININIIIWas able to write the name of an indiv of whom she had no memory. This is believed to be probably an important step in determining the value of automatic writing and drawi 'ng. Future experiments a2long these lines will be conducted in subsequent tests. The final test of the evening was the start of a series of ex- periments to determine whether or not individuals would do thingi under an SI influencLl"l@,,Ihey w lly do. It was de- o-t-.rLo2-rm termined that both ;d ould he tested along these lines, u ing a very s armless experiment as follows: Bo Pr _a .@Zd q@i into _UL -a,de e2p S was ".left asleep r old to sleep in an ier ro ned,@@n4 control o hen creat the niin hat she was at a party, that she was having a won- 9 erful time, a-n orchestra was playing on a phonograph or radio. Every))ody was drinking and in general behaving as -2- they were at a highly successful party. She was fully instructed that when she was hrbught-to a "norniil" state, 'biit still-under adeep SI, she would see,a man sitting icross from her wliom she would not know and whoni she would want to flirt with and orl 2'I'lie rt was whose lap she would want to sit. eaf e -ts deeply asleep. placed in the "norm@ll" state, although she w@ S e stated thereafter that she was havinr a wonderfiil e.,2- that-she enjoyed the@musicj, and she began to talk whom she believed to be an individual by -t@p, 6 nereaf ter she atteinped to f,,e h@h wi er, after she was unable to do so, she sit o@ the edge ofe,his d then on few 2minutes. nl ri Thereafter that lie was wanted on lie te ep 0 returned .to 4 hqe,seat on the so a en r turned r;l@ lo th2e c m "F.Ite te, liaving produced in her a complete amnesia. for the entire activity. Py Uiis time, it had become so late that it was decided to )ait-,, e next time to do the same experime&jv with s then awakened. Comment If it can be sh2own in a series of tests that our subjects will do things that they normally would not do in their every- day activities, it seems logical that individuals elsew@ierg can be also controlled thu This experiment outlined atove 4' l@i' was carried out with n a com IC I ate and the next tes2t will also be carried ut wit in a complete SI state. Subsequently, certain tests along these lines will be tried using a post It state to dctermin(-- whether abnormal behavior on the or not a strong post II can produce part of anentirely normal individual. For a matter o2f record, these tests are to be very simple, amusing situations, very carefully controlled, and pointed to humorous activity rather than of. a scandalous or irrlmoral nature since-the individuals with whom we are working are very high -pe and if anything was carried too far would undoubtedly t) 2 Bluebird. ltowever, it is believed terniinate their work with that even simple tests such as set forth above are clearly indicative of what may be done under "field" conditions. Comment: While the a@,ove tests are in no way conclusive, thr@,,y pro- duced interesting phenomena. A phe7nomena that may possibly be si.gnificant for future Bluebird operation@,.6i",L@int of v th se tests were regar@ and iiiilicA;@successful.