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      I N Vn I_VING, PARAPHYSICS TOPIGS~ A f-EW EXAMPLES AkE r)1SCtjSSFD, AND ~RF-
      '19mmcNF~ATTfINS FOR ACCIF&LINAL INVEST IGAT 1. ONS ARE INCtUDED. THESE IS-
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      73NTRACTOA? EFFORT VITH THE STANFORD RESEARCH INSTTTUTF (SRI) ON
      POSSIBLE P"kRANCIRMAL PERCEPTION CHANNELS.
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      TIC1,11-AR, RF~FARGH WAS TO AIG IN EVALUATING WA~SAW PACT 'C'n(INTRY
      R,':rFAR`H IN A 6ROAD AREA Of PAkANORMAL TOPICS AND TO Sr7j= IF
      F-IREIGN CLAIMS COULD BE: DUPLICATED. OT-i:~P OBJECTIVE3 HAIE
      AL~Fl 1"K.L'I'DE'D ATTEMPTED rAJPL.1,C'AfI0N OF SPECIFI~,AP'f)LlrATInNS
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      (RF4f)TF VIFWING). ALTH",UGH SUFFICIENT FOREIG"N RESFARCH DkTA IS N')'T
      AVATLA3tF F11R ABS"I'l-L-TE PROOF, ~iCTH OF THESF OBJECTTVF-S ARF tJ,f-1-1=-VFD
      Tfl RE PUR~JLEO BY USSR RE'~oILAR--HE.11S. DUE TO THEII PRf-_VT01JS Wf,,RK IN
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    AP Pt, TGAT InNI DEV ELOPMENTS . HOWEVER, POTE N 1-14L APP L ICAT I ONS , SUCH
    AS IN ,TELL.1f;ENCE CATA COLLECTION, oJERE NOT AN OBJFCTIVE OF FTOSS
    f~') SINCE FTCIS OBJLCTIVES WERE NOT F31 1/0 OR
    A!"PLICAT.ON DEVELOPMENT, AND ~INLE THE FUNDING LFVFL. WAS L14ITFD?
    I-) PLAN!S Wr-'RE INTENDED FOR' ANY EXTENSIVE VE11FICATION TNVOLVING
    TRAOITIONAL PROCEOURES SUCH AS WEIE USED AT )UK;-: UNIVERSITY.
    -inwFvFR,, ,;n4E BASIC GUIDELINES ~,;ERE ESTABLISHED A~ AN ATO 11
    FIRMrNG JU0'-F L.
     k1__M,ENTS AS TO APPAREN-f UEGRFE IOR LACK nF) nF THE
    WIDF VARIETY OP EXPERVIENTS A~'PEMPTED~ SOME EXDERIMFNTS WERE
    ~41RC A4FNIABLE TO STATISTICAL VCkIFICATZON; OTHERS INVOLVED
    ~'JRJEcrivr_ AS WELL AS SOME OBJ~CTIVE FACTORS. T-iF-RF I~ A
    LACK nF GENFRAL AGREEMENT IN TH~ PARAPHYSICS C01MUNITY AS TO
    WHAT ClNSrITUTES A SUFFICIENT P'10OF OF THE EXISTFNCF nF A
    ~IATI,-"JtAQ PHEE"'10MENA. THE SRI &f-PORT DID NOT ATTEMPT To DF.VELOP
    St>FCIFI~, rASK'S~ TC PR`~VE A P4RTI-,L)LAR PHENO'AENA.
    (S) PROCEDURES iOR VERKFICATION
    A. (C) ONE CCNCERN FGR ANY EXRERIMENT IS THE CRED14.31LITY OF
    T'j F-. PF'~EARCHERS. THIS ASPECT WAS CAREFJLLY EVALJATF0 WITH THE PRF-
    '~PON';)R(CIA)i AND ALSO KEPT' IN C3NSIDEIATION DURING, St)BSEQUENT
    "*.ONTRACTIJAL. WORK WITH SRI. IT IS Ojj~ ASSESS'AENT~THAT THE SRI
    1FSFARCHFRS ARE NOT INVOLVED IN ANY FG(M OF FRAUD np\ 1%riLLUSION.
    I _V C ESTABLISHED EARLY IN THE R A
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    ',)4TFv THERF IS NC REASCN TO ALTER THIS ASSES.34EIT. THT" IS 4
    rqTT1(',4[. ISSUE SINCE MANY EXPEkIMENTS COULD NOT BE MIONITTOR5.0
    rjfRFCTt,Y BY THE FTD PERSONNE~ DUE TO TIME 4\40 TIAVr-L F13ND LIMITATIONS
    ~14E FX?FRIMFNTS WE-kE DESIGNE& I-OR CONFIDENZE BUILDING, AND EASE f1F
    FFFDBACK Tn THE SUBJEC7 IN ORDER TO IMPROVE -E1.anRMANCF ON KLV
    =XPFqTMFNTc, TO BE PERFORMED LATEk.
    13. (C) S(IME EXPERIMENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSL (3RI__'_NTFD TOWARD
    WING SOVIET CLAIMS oF 11r_0MMjNjrATION i)3TEqTjAj_111q INVnL.VFD
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    TAOGi~TS DISPLAYED RANDOMLY ON SLIDES (COLDISt ALPHABETA.~,TTERS,
    NUMR~.RSI. SUCH EXPERIMENTS WERE EASY T3 EVA-UATE STATISTICALLY, AN[)
    THF AA1qf)OMNE.SS OF THE TARGE'T SELELTiGN DEVICE COULD BE EASItY CHECKED
    ;1Mr rit- T~tE~E EXPERIMENTS WSUALLY AFTER L313 PERIODS nF CONFIDNCE
    '::YPFRfMFNTS1 SHO~%ED OEFINITE LEARNING IMPROVEMENT TPFNI)',;. IN ONE
    C4F,F, A SLIRJr-CTIS RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN 03TA.NED ONLY ONCE IN
    ill-9,111 TRIALS. SPECIFIC DETAILS 4ILL BE AVAIL,.,-1LV- ABOUT SEPTEM11ER.
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    LARGF R07i DING, ETC., ) WERE CORRECTLY IDENrIFIED IN ALMOST EVERY
    NSF. THIN TYPE OF EXPERIMENT HAS ONLY BEEN RECENTLY ATTEMPTED, AND
    1,ARGF SAMPLE OF TKIALS HAS NOT 13EEN ACCUIAULATED FOR MEANINGFUL
    STA,rjSTfCAL EVALUATICN.
    0. (0) EXPF~IMENTS INVOLVING I-ONG DISTANCF 11REMOTF VIEWING"
    INVI)LVING EXPERIMENTERS VISITING A TAR3ET SITE ~LSr) HLiVF HAr) VARTABtF
    :_:VAj.1jATI0N PkOCEDURES. A SM14LL TA,-<GET POOL (kA`:PRFSFkjTTNG DIVERSE
    r-FATuReS) wAS USUAL! Y DEVELOPED ay THE F1*f) CONTRACT MnNITnp, nR HIS
    f)ES1f*Nr-1F. IN SOME CASES THE FTD PROJECT OFFI'_'!E~ WAS AWARE OF tHF
    TARGETS11 IN OTHER HE WAS xEPT 6LIND TO THEM. THEN THF SUBJECT
    (IN THr: ~~,RT LAB) WOULD PkODUCE A TAPE RECOR3 OF IMPRES~IONS, AND THE
    RESULTING -~CR~Pr (ANG, TYPE IF SO DESIRED ) WDUL) 91.7 M4()E AVAILABLE TO
    FTr) Ff):~ 9ASIC EVALUATION. AGAIN, A JUDGEMENT* BASEF) ON A GENERAL
    RFVTI-"4 BY 1\1TERESTED ANALYSTS AtOR OTHER SELECTED AT RANr)nm)
    Wn(fl,r) Rr- MAOF, AS TO OEGREE Cf CORRELATION (OR, NJI ) 9FTWFEN THF
    SCRIPT A'~D KEY OR UNIQUE TA~RGETS FEATURES. THE EXPFRIMFNT WAS
    JJnG,F0 T(I RE AT LE-AST -SUC"GESTIVE 3f A PARA%1JRMA_ CHANNEL IF AT
    L;_:~~T ONE nF THE TAPGET k,.SPECTS OAS ACCURATELY OESCPTRED. THE
    T~QGFT!; WFIf-* USUALLY C-HOSEN 0,,~ TH6-: BASI S OF THEIR 1..1NI01)1FNFSS', THE
    r-XTr-Nl* Tn Wf~ICH UNIQUE ASPECT'S W&ZE OESCR13E-) ADDED Cn&IFfDENCE T1
    A~Sr-SSMFNT OF APPARENT SUCCESS~ TKESE METHODS OF FVA!.j1ATY0N SHOULD
    RE VIF,4rf) AS. VERY BASICt MAINL.Y FJ:( GAININ',~, INSIGHTIP AND NnT AS A
    MFTH0f) Tn CONCLUSIVFLY .-'ROVE THE EXlSTENCE 10F THE PHF-NnMENA.
    F. f q) A SfMILAR APPRCACH WAS k':SED 'TO PERFORM BASIC FVAL-
    1,)ATIqN rjF 100 EMOTE VIEWING" WHERE ONLY ABST~A'_'T DESCRIPTIONS AR!--
    PR1V1DFD TO THE SUBJECT 4EG., COORDINATES, PLACENA-4ES) . IN THESE
    FK,9r-RIMFNT'~v EXPERIMENTERS ARE NOT PRESENT 4T TAE INTF-.Nf)Ef,) TARGET*
    EARTH CnnRnINATES HAVE BEEN ONE ME,rHoD INVESTIG~TED ROTH Ff.)R THE,
    lf'~ AND ff)REIGN LCCATIGNS. IN MOST OF THESE EXPERIMFNTS, THE
    PROJECT fIFFICER FAS BEEN BLIND TU THE GEOGRAPAIC AREA REP~,,FSENTFI)
    ,)y THE rnORDINATES, USUALLY # THE PR OJECT OFFISEil PROVIDES THE
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 SI-RTPT 1AND TAPE) IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PR-)JEfT OFFICER WH3 THEN
 ,141'11ARFS 7-iTS TO PHOTOGRAPfliC DATA. IN SOME CASES, FnR HIGHLY
 ,)\JTQ',;F- TARGET TYPE-St JUDGEMENTS CAN BE REAOILY 4Af)F AS TO 0=:;F,,EF OF
 CORRELArInN OR NCI. NOT MANY COORDINATE EXPER14ENTS HAVF AFFN PFR-
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 ,IF -,09PFLATION WITH KEY 'TARGET FEATURES. USJALLY ST.X f,,Or,)RT) S
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 rNVOLV-0 COMPARISON TO ONLY CNE COORDINATE fARGETv THE INTFVT OF
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 LITE FX:F:kTMF-N"'S HAVE BEEN UNDER THE CONTROL OF THF PRfIJECT OFFICER
 (IR HIS AND HAVE EMPHASIZED TA;ZGETS WITH SI>FCIFI^.S THAT
 ,AN iE nfITATNED tAND VEf~IFIED) ONLY FROM P[10r3G-~APHY. TT APPFARS
 THAT A~~PARF~iT ')EGREE OF SUCCESS IS A FUNCTIJN OF SLJBJ"::CT MOODj
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     THF ;(.JRJf7CF AT F~-E TIM01. OF THL VAPLRIMENT~ TAE PRnJECT MONITOR nNLY
     1AD A RA~1(', AwARENESS OF TARfVLT Ui-l A ~Li f AN~) H~) i~jn DET4TLED KNfIW-
     F D 0 f -- S[TE FEATURES. THE SUBJE~'T v UNDER STRICT OBSFRVATIIN
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     SYSTEMS, AIRFIELCv AND GENEPAL ~-EATURB- (DA~iS. FACTnRY LICATIONS,
     RYVF-RS) . rl-RIENTAIION AND RELATIV~: LOCATION 9!F TAFS17 ';KFTc-'11 F-I.FMFNTS
     4ERE IN cnR0RELAT ION W ITH ACTUAL TAR GET FEATJ-,',:-: S. THI ~ PARTTCULAR
     ~IRFTEt,0 IS NOT SHOWN GN ANY COMMERCIALLY AVII~-ASLF MAP OF THF Mn:"^,13W
     AIF~v AN1 S~9ME DETAILS COULD ONLY BE VERIFIED BY "'HOTOG:PRAPHY MNWAY
     ORIENTATIrIN4 RELATIVE HANGER LOCATION, AND A NENRBY DA4).
     3. ('~) ANOTHER COORDINATE EXPERIMENT EXAMPLE INCIAJDF-1; r,NF-
     WHERE THE PROJECT M01-41TOR PRESELECTED A SUTE A~N) WAS AWARE OF DETATL~
     AT THE INTFNDED TARGET. HOWLVERi, DETAILS OF THE SUBJECT#S r)ESCRTP-
     T1.114 (RUIAL AREA) IN NO WAY IKESEMI LED THE INTENDF0 SITE ARFA (A COM-
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     PLEX PROPULSION TEST FACILITY IN A DESERT A~E:4). THTS WAS J0-9Gf:D AS
     F6.1,,.!fR[.i IINTIL AN ERROR WAS NOTED IN COORDINATES PPOVIDEO Tr) THF
     ~tjg,IFCT. PHOTOGRAPHY OF THiS COORDINATE AREA- WAS SUBSEQ0FNTLY
     13TAINED. THE CORRECT COORDINATE WAS OF AN EXTE4,--,TVF RIIRAL ARF~
     W111"H 'SFNIFRALL" CORRELATED To THE SUBJECTS SCRIPT. THIS ~LIGGFSTS
     THAT T-4F 1,~[.)BjECT DOES NOT OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM THE KNOWLEDGE
     CIF TH9,SE INVOLVED IN 'THE EXPLRIMENr (I.E.v VIA~TELFPATHY).
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     AAS LFC, TO AN AWARENESS OF POTENTIAL BASIC kEISE~RCH DIRECT1314SO
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     PnTFATIAL TO PERFORM. PARANOPMAL TASKS
     (?) lf)FNTIFY METHODS OR PROCEOURES FOR TRAINING ANr)
     DEV'-:t.'1PING PEOPLE TO PERFORM SPECIFIC TYPES 3F ~IARANORMAL TASKS;
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