TARGET SEARCH TECHNIQUES PART ONE--TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

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Proposal for Research
SRI International No. ESU 83-144
TARGET SEARCH TECHNIQUES (U)
Part One--Technical Proposal
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Harold E. Puthoff
Client Private Senior Research Engineer
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(S/CL-3/NOFORN) In response to correspondence from Army INSCOM dated
22 July 1983, and to discussions with INSCOM personnel on 7 and 8 September
1983, SRI International submits this proposal to initiate activity concerning
Remote Viewing (RV) target search techniques.
(S/CL-1/NOFORN) To accomplish the proposed program, SRI will provide
the facilities, materials, SRI staffing, and consultants to perform the
tasking outlined in the INSCOM Statement of Work dated 22 July 1983.
Details of the effort are specified in the following section.
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1.1 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) The objective of this effort is to investigate
a particular aspect of psychoenergetic phenomena called Target Search,
which is designed to determine the location of objects, individuals, and
facilities, in a scale of room- to global-sized dimensions.
a. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Phase I: Determine the efficiency or best
method of using the "Discrete Search Technique," and apply that technique
to problems relevant to intelligence-collection tasks.
b. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Phase II: Determine the efficiency or best
method of using "Continuum Search (Dowsing) Techniques," and determine
their applicability to intelligence-collection tasks.
c. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Demonstrate the most efficient methods
selected by applying them against targets chosen by CENTER LANE. This
will include appropriate statistical analysis and a finalized target
evaluation.
d. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Provide a final overall evaluation of the
above three areas with recommendations for training.
2.1 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Research the literature and published documen-
tation to determine the best methods for performing Discrete Search
Techniques.
2.2 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Determine what an effective "zone" or "grid-
squares" area is in a Discrete Search Technique.
2.3 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Determine the optimized sizes of varying search
2.4 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Determine what statistical procedures are
applicable for Discrete Search Techniques analysis.
2.5 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Under laboratory conditions, test the different
statistical procedures by applying them against identical search tasks of
interest to Project CENTER LANE.
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2.6 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Under laboratory conditions, test what are
found to be the most efficient and accurate statistical procedures by
applying them against varying search tasks of interest to Project CENTER
LANE.
2.7 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Research the literature and published docu-
mentation to determine the best methods for performing Continuum Search
(Dowsing) Techniques.
2.8 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Under laboratory conditions, test the Continuum
Search (Dowsing) Techniques against tasks of interest to Project CENTER
LANE.
2.9 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Choose a subject, then demonstrate the
feasibility of each search technique developed against tasks assigned by
and under the control of Project CENTER LANE.
2.10 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Provide an overall evaluation of the feasibil-
ity targets tasked during the capability demonstration.
2.11 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Provide an overall evaluation of the Target
Search Task, and propose a training scenario for personnel selected
selected by Project CENTER LANE.
(U) Military security requirements in the performance of this
contract will be maintained in accordance with the "CENTER LANE SECURITY
PROCEDURES GUIDE," dated 1 March 1983 (S/CL-1/NOFORN/ORCON). The highest
classification involved in the performance of this contract is SECRET/CL-4/
NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION/ORIGINATOR CONTROLLED.
4. (U) DELIVERABLES
(U) SRI International will provide the following:
4.1 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) State-of-the-Art information on Search Target
Techniques.
4.2 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) A progress report (2 copies)--a written
evaluation of findings (within 10 days of completion) of Phase I, inves-
tigation of the Discrete Search Techniques.
4.3 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) A progress report (2 copies)--a written
evaluation of findings (within 10 days of completion) of Phase II,
investigation of the Continuum Search Techniques.
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4.4 (U) A Final Report
4.4.1 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) A final report (3 copies) will be
furnished within 30 days following-completion of the overall evaluation
of the Target Search Task.
4.4.2 (U) The report will include a summary of experiments
performed in each area, an evaluation of each of those experiments, and
written comparability evaluations of one technique to another.
4.4.3 (U) The report will provide a prioritized list of
techniques that are trainable, and a recommendation concerning future
training of individuals identified by Project CENTER LANE.
(U) Reasonable access to raw data material will be made to CENTER
LANE personnel to ensure a full understanding of statistical methodology
used during evaluations.
6. (U) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
(U) Requirements concerning the use of human subjects as outlined
in the INSCOM Statement of Work dated 22 July 1983 will be adhered to.
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Director
Radio Physics Laboratory
Research & Analysis Division
SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
Radio-wave propagation: in normal environments; in naturally dis-
turbed environments (aurora); in manmade disturbances (nuclear
explosions)
REPRESENTATIVE RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS AT SRI (since 1961)
Project director of a program to remotely sense nuclear detonations
during the U.S. high altitude nuclear test program
Led a research effort to improve the U.S. capability to detect
foreign nuclear test by their effect on radio propagation
Technical director of a large multicontractor research program to
study the effects on radio propagation of an artificially produced
ionospheric plasma
Technical director on a program to develop special communications
techniques
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Instructor, researcher, and graduate student, Geophysical Institute,
University of Alaska: HF and low VHF radio-wave propagation studies
of auroral effects; designed, developed, and tested a prototype of
the 41-MHz auroral radar used in the U.S. IGY program; installed and
operated the six Alaskan IGY-auroral radars, and analyzed the data
collected during the IGY
Teaching assistant, Physics Department, University of Nevada
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
B.S. (1952) and M.S. (1953) in physics, University of Nevada; Ph.D.
in geophysics (1961), University of Alaska
PUBLICATIONS
"Observations of Ionospheric Disturbances Following the Alaska Earth-
quake," J. Geophys. Res. (March 1965); "Selection of a Model of the
Earth's Magnetic Field," J. Geophys. Res. (December 1962); "Evidence
of Low-Frequency Amplitude Fluctuations in Radar Auroral Echoes," J.
Geophys. Res. (April 1962); "Distribution of Radar Auroras over Alaska,"
J. Geophys. Res. (March 1962); "A Low Power UHF Radar for Auroral
Research ," PIRE (February 1959); plus numerous scientific and technical
reports
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Geophysical Union
Union Radio Scientifique Internationale
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Senior Research Physicist
Radio Physics Laboratory
Research and Analysis Division
SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
Charged particle and gamma-ray spectroscopy; analogue and high-speed
digital electronics; numerical analysis; real-time computer applications
for data acquisition and analysis; research in bio-feedback technology
and applications, and cardiac blood flow problems; field research in
India and laboratory research at Maimonides Medical Center on psycho-
energetic phenomena, aerodynamic analysis from fixed wing, powerless soaring
aircraft
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Theoretical calculations in radiation transport;, atmospheric physics,
and E & M wave scattering at the RAND Corporation
Experiments in nuclear reaction mechanism and nuclear structure at the
U. of California Crocker Nuclear Laboratory
Undergraduate physics teaching at the City College of San Francisco
Equipment engineer and clinical experience at the Bio-feedback Institute
of San Francisco
Research consultant on psychokinesis at the Maimonides Medical Center
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
B.S. in physics, University of Rochester (1962); Ph.D. in physics,
University of Pittsburgh (1968)
PUBLICATIONS
Author or coauthor of
physics research;
Author or coauthor of
research;
Author or coauthor
for professional
Author or coauthor
professional and
eleven scientific papers in experimental nuclear
numerous scientific papers in psychoenergetic
of eleven
meetings
research abstracts in nuclear physics
of ten abstracts
meetings
in psychoenergetic research for
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of
Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Parapsycho-
logy Association, The American Society for Psychical Research
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Senior Research Engineer
Radio Physics Laboratory
Research and Analysis Division
SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
Research in "remote viewing" and other psi phenomena (1972-present)
Research in lasers, quantum electronics, nonlinear optics
Research and development of tunable solid-state lasers, electron beam
lasers, microwave tubes
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research associate, Hansen Laboratories of Physics, and lecturer, Depart-
ment of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University; teaching, textbook
author, research supervisor of Ph.D. candidates in the area of lasers and
nonlinear optics
Lieutenant, USNR: in-house research and contract monitoring on DoD (NSA)
contracts concerned with the development of ultra high-speed (GHz)
computers, assessment of potential of fiber optics and lasers for use in
optical computers
Research engineer, Sperry Electronic Tube Division, and Sperry fellow,
University of Florida: design` T1d',testing of electron-beam focusing
systems for use
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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND?
B.E.E. (1958) and M.S.E. (1960), University of Florida; Ph.D. in electri-
cal engineering, Stanford University (1967)
PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
Author or coauthor of more than twenty-five papers in professional journals
on electron beam and laser research, and, more recently, first major publi-
cations of research on psi phenomena in Nature ("Information Transfer Un-
der Conditions of Sensory Shielding," Oct. 19714), in the Proceedings of
the IEEE ("A Perceptual Channel for Information Transfer over Kilometer
Distances," March 1976) and in The Role of Consciousness in the Physical
World: AAAS Selected Symposium 57, Ed. R. Jahn, ("Experimental
Psi Research: Implications for Physics", Westview Press, 1981
Coauthor of textbook, Fundamentals of Quantum Electronics (Wiley, New York,
1969) published in English, French, Russian;
Coauthor of Mind Reach: Scientists Look at Psychic Ability (Delacorte, New
York, 1977);
Coeditor of Mind at Large: IEEE Symposia on the Nature of Extrasensory
Perception (Praeger, New York, 1979);
Patent on high-power tunable infrared laser source (50-250 microns)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND HONORS
American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical
Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Sigma Xi,
Department of Defense Certificate of Commendation for Outstanding Perfor-
mance, IEEE Franklyn V. Taylor Memorial Award'for paper "A Scientific
Look at ESP," listed in American Men and Women of Science and in Who's
Who in the West
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