STATUS OF STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE PARANORMAL RESEARCH CONTRACT, MENLO PARK, CA 11 FEBRUARY 1975

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• Publication Date: February 22, 1975
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OTS/CB Memo x/75-11
22 February 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Status of Stanford Research Institute Paranormal Research
Contract, Menlo Park, CA 11 February 1975
1. Summary: Status review of the above contracted revealed the
necessity of a no-cost time extension of approximately 30 days. It is
clear that SRI has and will. continue to provide vast quantities of com-
petent research. This fact is now being supported by replication of some
of the SRI investigators at independent laboratories.
2. The status on physiological correlates and the basic phenomena
investigations has changed little since the December review of SRI in
Washington. The work was essentially completed at that time, only a small
amount of analysis yet remained. Some of this analysis, such as the blind
judging of the hit rate of the psycokinetic effects on the De elco magne-
tometer are now completed but the results don't change the conclusion of
a somewhat less than completely convincing demonstration. The evidence
is suggestive of paranormal effects, but the suppl* is not enough to
warrent any strong conclusions.
3.a) The paranormal ability functioning characterizations tests are
mostly complete. The remote viewing, line drawing and teaching machine
tests are all completed. The testing machine results are analyzed. The
line drawings are being judged. The transcripts from the 54 remote view-
ing tests are about one-half typed. Judging will begin shortly and is
estimated to be completed by 28 February.
b) Preliminary conclusions based on the judgement of SRI and myself.
i) Subject #1. (SI) performed remote viewing at statistical pro-
bability of 10-6 52, n.and 54 approach this level of functioning. 55 and
56 will have only weak or no performance. 55 and 56 may be judged to have
sporatic or no performances.
ii) Clearly none of the subjects were able to produce at the
level of Uri Geller on reproducing live drawings. It will probably be
concluded that all subjects failed this test completely.
iii) Only one subject, 52, was able to complete the teaching machine
task with probability of 10-6. At my direction he was directed to replicate
the result and did so at 5 x 10`5.
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4.a) All the medical, psychological and neurophysiological testing
of the six subjects is complete. Analysis of the medical data is complete.
The psychological data has been analyzed and summarized by the psychologist
who administered the tests. A second blind analyzed of the data is being
completed by the director of the Palo Alto Clinic. His analysis is
expected within one week. The complete neurophysiological data analysis is
expected within one week. The preliminary analysis of the data indicated
some new tests and more analysis which could be helpful. Some of these
new avenues are being explored.
b) Preliminary conclusions from this data and analysis.
i) Medical data reveals nothing.
ii) Psychological data reveals little with any immediately useful
significance.
iii) The neurophysiological tests may be the strongest test to
identify strong remote viewers. Stronger remote viewers have unusually
high scores on these tests. These indicate further tests which are not yet
evaluated. It is further expected that the intuitive conclusions of strong
left hemosphere;wfunctioning of remote viewers long supported by SRI without
strong data may be supported by these new tests.
c) It is noted as an aside that a complete package of all these test
results is being prepared ~or BAB. The BAB operational testing procedures
are essentially equivalent to the WAIS. This huge amount of data on these
six subjects by a large variety of tests gives BAB a unique opportunity to
compare and correlate the usual operational assessment data with much
other data.
5. Because of the limitations of resources, analogue operational
testing of subjects was essentially terminated in December. The only note-
worthy exception is completing the formal and highly controlled remote
viewing tests for later blind judging. The tests have implicit operational
significance even though the targets are not chosen for their relation to
operational situations.
6. In conclusion, it is expected that without an immediate commitment
of support, the prinicple.investigators, R. Targ and H. Puthoff, will be
expected to leave SRI. It was stated to me that SRI is not able to support
research on internal funds, regardless of its merit. There is no question
of its merit according to SRI management, but no exceptions can be made.
Because it is felt that Targ and,,'uthoff are so strongly attached to para-
normal research that they coulbe motivated to switch to a more classical
and better funded area such as their former interests, laser physics, it is
SRI's judgement that it would be best for all concerned if Targ and Puthoff
leave SRI. I expect Targ and Puthoff to agree with this opinion.
SG1I
OTS/Chemistry Branch
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