CIA documents - week1: SRI: CRV training Dec 1984

Over the years I have seen many claims that there is no evidence for both remote viewing under the umbrella of psychic functioning. Within the field of study of remote viewing we even see some of the peers claim that there were no scientific examples showing that the method of choice (CRV) was proved to work. So to counter these arguments I will, once a week add a new document from the CIA Star Gat - Remote viewing FOIA archives and their 20 year study and development program of remote viewing.

The first is:

Final Report: TRACK I TRAINING R&D
By: HAROLD E. PUTHOFF MARTHA J. THOMSON

Prepared for:
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301
CONTRACT DAMD17-83-C-3106

December 1984
SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM FOR GRILL FLAME.

INTRODUCTION (U)
A. General
As part of an overall training R&D Task, SRI International has investigated a number of potential training procedures. One of these, which is the focus of this particular study, involves multistage, coordinate remote viewing. In this procedure,* coordinates (latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds) are utilized as the targeting method, which is structured to proceed through a series of well-defined stages in a particular order--hypothesized to correspond to stages of increased contact with the target site.

(S/NF) In this study, the basic hypotheses of the procedure were investigated under strict double-blind testing conditions in order to document whether, and to what degree, the hypothesized training approach provided a viable vehicle for RV technology transfer. The DIA COTR in residence selected three individuals from the staff of the SRI Radio Physics Laboratory. He tested them for baseline RV performance levels over an initial series of five sessions each, and then turned them over to the SRI Psychoenergetics Program staff to be exposed to the theory and application of the procedure in question.

B. (U) Observations and Conclusions
Analysis of the data results in plots of a quantity called Figure of Merit (FM), which is a combined measure of the reliability of RVer statements, and the accuracy and completeness of target description. Based on the earlier development work on the training procedure under study, a particular performance curve was anticipated:

A baseline region of relatively poor performance.An unstable region of anomalously-high "first-time effect" immediately following initial instruction. A region of slowly-increasing stable growth to levels above baseline performance.

For all three RVers, the evolution of the distribution of data points over time, aligns with the predicted performance curve, and several measures of the correlation reach statistical significance; thus, the data-point distribution appears not to be random, but patterned as anticipated. With regard to overall performance, one of the three RVers generated independently statistically significant results, with regard to
(1) the (positive) slope of the learning curve, and
(2) the increase in mean performance level achieved in training (as compared with baseline).

It thus appears that the data generated in this study, collected under rigorous double-blind conditions and analyzed by objective computer-automated procedures, provide support for the Track I Training model developed in earlier efforts. All remote viewers showed an increase in performance over baseline level, exhibiting growth in conformation with a predicted performance curve--one significantly so.

The document can be downloaded here:
http://www.remoteviewed.com/blogdocs/sri_crv_training_dec_1984.pdf

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