EVENTS OF 23-25 APRIL 1980

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• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00788R002000250035-6
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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: April 29, 1980
• Content Type: MF

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SUBJECT: Events of 23-25 April 1980 (U)
29 April 1980
1. (S) Altering the established life cycles of remote viewing personnel
does not appear to be beneficial to the remote viewing process. I am not
saying it is detrimental to the process, but that clear thinking and sound
judgment fall off without sufficient sleep
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'~ // a period of time. How much better (if at all) would the remote viewing
process be if the psychological "high" could be attained without the loss
of sleep inherent in altering established life cycles?
2. (S) Scheduling of a large number of remote viewing sessions was a
problem for all personnel concerned (except for the customer). A three-hour
cycle would appear to be workable. For example:
1300
RVer and IVer arrive at site
1315
RVer goes to RV room and IVer gets mission brief
1330
IVer joins RVer in RV room
1400
OT time
1500-1530
Complete RVtrrg
1530
IVer briefs analyst
1600
IVer ready for new RVer
At this rate the IVer could do three RV sessions (9 hours) before taking a break.
The RVers should be tasked around this basic schedule. A team of IVers could
work around the clock, nine-hours on nine-hours off. A RVer might then do one
RV session every 9 hour period; maybe more if the targets were sufficiently
different.
3. (S) Last week we limited ourselves to doing RV sessions simultaneously.
The only reason we had done simultaneous sessions previously was when the targets
were the same so we could obtain multiple opinions. Many of last week's simul-
taneous sessions were not against the same target so the advantage of multiple
opinions was not a factor. Something might be said for the information pertaining
to "same time" concepts. For example, at 2100 the status of target "A" was
thus and the status of target "B" was thus. I would suggest, however, that
obtaining multiple opinions about the same target would be more valuable. If
"same time" information is required about different targets then it is possible
to simply target the time required. To avoid multiple futures theory problems,
the aforementioned method should be applied to near past circumstances only.
Your plan worked well to provide maximum intelligence in the shortest time
possible, but an alternate idea might have been to provide a continuous flow of
intelligence (sessions?) by scheduling similar to the 3-hour cycle explained
in paragraph 2, above.
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4. (C) I think we could have had one more room at the hotel. This would have
allowed for a separate area for administrative functions. The RV rooms should be
for Ruing only, as we have talked about before. A casual break room is nec-
essary, and it just didn't seem to work having the break room/admin room together.
5. (S) I am not familiar with the results of our effort because I was only
exposed to my compartmental segment of the operation. Hearing you talk, apparently
over all, we did quite well. It might have been interesting to have continued
our targeting of the compound for another day. If we could have kept all
personnel "blind" to what was happening it would have been a good opportunity
to validate our remote viewing efforts. Could the viewers have detected the
rescue failure and the subsequent activity of the militants?
6. (U) Let me take this opportunity to congratulate you on a job well done.
Your job is a thankless position, constantly under criticism from all directions.
I know thanks from superiors is nicer than from me, but for what it's worth
I appreciate your efforts during this difficult period.
REFS CKH . ATWATER
1LT, MI
Training Officer
On a personal note, I was very concerned about you during the past few days.
You seemed to be pushing yourself too hard. Take care of yourself.
P.S. Get an OPS OFFICER!
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