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To LTC Brian Buzby Date 15 April 1985 SG1J
From : I Location : G-219
Subject 28 February 1985 Buzby Letter, Reply to Cc, : 11. Puthof f
In response to your review of FY'84 projects, and possible variances between SRI performance and
contractual requirements, I have looked over the final reports with regard to contract requirements,
arid I am satisfied that all requirements have been satisfactorily met and fulfilled. The following
point-by-point summary should provide clarification of the elements in question.
ESU 83-134, reference the possibility that Phases I and 11 were only partially accomplished and Phase
III not conducted: In Phase 1, personality testing @yas applied to proven RV personnel in SRI and
client programs as required, the SRI (and other) viewers listed in Table 1, p. 14, the client viewers in
Table 4, p, 21. Discussion as to profiles to identify personnel for RV aptitudes are provided in Section
V, pp. 13-25. 'Thus, the requirements for Phase I were met in full. In fact, following the close of the
effort, profiling of an additional ex-client RVer was arranged, and this data will also be provided in an
addendurn to provide the client with as complete a data base as possible.
In Phase 11, SRI was to compare self-report testing against the identified PAS profiles to determine
the accuarcy of such "self-report" pre-screening materials, The MBTI (self-report) test results listed
in Tables 3 and 4, and, the accompanying discussion, satisfy this requirement. The study concluded
that this most promising self-report test (MBTI) was inadequate to the task. As to the second part of
the Phase 11 requirement (to apply identified profiles against a general test. population to segregate
talented from untalented RVers), and the Phase III requirement to then test these against actual RV
targets, this activity was carried out with a group labeled SRI RV trainees (Table 3, p. 20); the
predicted best-profile RV trainee (#807) yielded 'the best test results, with lesser results provided by
individuals with profiles associated with nonpredicted RV performance. Thus, ihe Phase 11 and III
requirements were also met.
ESU 83-145, reference that the final report did not include separate enclosures for each trainee with
requested information: I have examined the S.O.W. in detail a number of times and have failed to
find any staternent concerning separate enclosures. If the intent of the reference to such is that the
track records of individual trainees be differentiated one from another, this is provided to the degree
it can be in Tables 2-4, which indicate the levels of individual-trainee efforts to achieve mastery of
each of the Stages, 1-111. Beyond level-of-effort required, no further differentiation can be made, in
that all trainees achieved the skill plateaus expected with little difference in reliability/accuracy.
ESU 83-147, reference that the final report did not contain a summary of literature search, nor data
on the lack of investigation of weather and lunar cycles: It is the case that no separate summary of the
literature search was provided; rather, references to and discussion of relevant findings were simply
noted where appropriate in the text and an extensive (125--item) bibliography provided for further
detailed reading.
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With regard to the list of items suggested for investigation in the S.O.W. (which included weather and
lunar cycles), it was assumed that the named items were representative but not exclusive of areas of
investigatiOD. to be pursued. Once the research was underway, it was SRI's considered scientific
judgment that detailed investigation of solar flare activity (not included in the original list) was more
likely to provide data of note (as it did) than could be obtained from an analysis of weather and lunar
cycles. Therefore, given the fixed-level-of-effort nature of the contract, this substitution was made,
and, given the results, it appears to have been a most profitable choice given the overall goal of the
task.
ESU 83-144, reference no specific recommendations or proposal for a training program: The results
of the investigation showed that although search strategies of several types yielded significant positive
results, it would be premature to lock on to a specific training technique to the exclusion of others at
this point, as several of the contenders showed remarkable potential, Since they are so different, one
from another (computer "inouse" dowsing, spatial/teniporal computer search, map dowsing with
physiological-sensation-in-fingers approach, one-shot versus statistical averaging approaches, etc.),
there is no clear-cut way to integrate them into an amalgamated training regirnen; hence, the
recommendation for further investigation of the alternative techniques before recommendations as to
a specific training program.
Reference the requirement to provide a list of equipment purchased in support of the contract:
Attached is a printout of purchases on the contract, which total $62,647.30. In addition, a number of
purchases were made by SRI (but not charged to contract) in order to pursue contract activities at the
SRI/NY office. These items are as follows:
0 5Gray chairs cube-shaped
0 1Edison. fan
0 8Chairs, cane webbed
0 1Panasonic portable cassette tape recorder, Model RQ-2103
a IPollenex Pure Air "99"
4Light tracks
0 15 Light heads for track lighting
0 1Sofa, off-white
0 1Loveseat, off-white
0 2Secretarial chairs, dark gray
a 2 2-drawer file cabinets
0 1Podium, gray
0 1"fable, gray
a 1Table, natural wood
I trust this provides the clarification sought with regard to possible variances between S.O.W.s and the
final reports. If further details are required, please let me know.
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