SUMMARY OF REMOTE-VIEWING OF URDF-3

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SUMMARY , ubje c-? = S 1
The remote-viewing experiment of URDF-3 by proved to be unsuc-
cessful. This, conclusion was reached only after a careful review of the tape
recordings, tape transcripts, and sketches that were generated during the four-
day experiment.
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During the first day's session, M.
1) accurately described the location and type of
target (that information had been given to him
by the experimenters) but failed on the layout'
and types of buildings,
2) 'saw a gantry crane for heavy lifting,
3) tended to spend too much time on specifics only
to say, "I'll come back to that," but seldom
did, and
4) successfully evaded drawing a.perimeter of the
area even though he was asked to do this twice.
Therefore, nothing positive to validate remote viewing resulted from the first
day's session.
Si.
was contacted by phone that evening by one of the experimenters
and was told to concentrate on the crane and its relationship to the dominant
three-story building (Building 1) that he had seen during that day's session.
He was also told that they wanted a drawing of the perimeter fence.
On the second day, supplied the most positive evidence yet for
the remote-viewing experiment with his sketch of the rail-mounted gantry crane.
It seems inconceivable to imagine how he could have drawn such a likeness to
the actual crane at URDF-3 unless:
1) he actually saw it through remote viewing, or
2) he was informed of what to draw by someone
knowledgeable of URDF-3.
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to discount the possibility that could talk ~".otherpeople.
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commented that he was seeing a lot of things this second day that
he hadn't seen the previous day. In fact, he mentioned seeing several landmark-
type objects that simply did not exist at URDF-3. One explanation of this dis-
crepancy could be that if he mentioned enou b specific objects, he would surely
hit on one object that is actually present. This could explain the inconsistency
between:
1) his most positive evidence of the experiment - a
sketch of a rail-mounted gantry crane, and
2) the large number of objects he sees that, in
reality, are simply not present at URDF-3.
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This discrepancy between what sees and what is really there certainly
would make it difficult for the eventual user of his remote-viewing data since
he would not know how to differentiate the fact from the fiction. At this
stage of the experiment, the data is inconclusive to validate Price's capability
of remote viewing.
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was shown a sketch of a perspective of the Operations Area at
URDF-3 third day and was told that this was a sketch of the actual
target. 4IMsaid he recognized the area but claimed that only one of the
four headfranes was present now. That was wrong, but his most damaging state-
ments had to do with his interpretation of Building 1 (the underground build-
ing) at URDF-3. With the sketch as a reference, he "saw" the four main surface
protrusions of Building 1 as four separate above-ground buildings sitting atop
a concrete apron. He was. asked specifically whether these four buildings he
saw might really be the surface elements of an underground building. He failed
either to pick up the lead or to remotely view correctly because he said, "No,
that's a concrete apron, and there's nothing subterranean right in that particular
area." This statement was his most negative evidence yet and tends to discredit
his ability to remotely view URDF-3.
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is comments on the fourth day were very specific regarding his
concept of the overall operation at URDF-3, however no new evidence (that could
be checked) was disclosed toward establishing validity for his remote-viewing
capability.
After careful analysis of all the data presented, I have concluded that
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's remote-viewing experiment of URDF-3 was unsuccessful.
 INTRODUCTION
I was asked to analyze and then judge the validity of the remote-viewing
experiment performed on URDF-3 by The data to be analyzed included
two cassette tapes covering the first two days, 79 pages of transcribed tapes
regarding the third and fourth days, and 30 sketches.; I also reviewed the July
5, 1974 of URDF-3.
I am quite familiar with the chronology and layout of URDF-3, as well as
the surrounding terrain and technical areas ,,ith-in 40 miles. I tried to keep
an open mind while performing this analysis, but if I had any bias at all, it
was that I wanted to believe remote viewing could help us establish the true'
purpose of URDF-3.
Throughout this analysis, I paid particular attention to all information
about URDF-3 that was supplied to This was necessary in order to
evaluate his originality in remote viewing. This study was done in four seg-
ments corresponding to the four days of the experiment. Judgment of the prog-
ress and validity of the experiment was evaluated at the end of each day.
FIRST DAY
The experiment started at 11 a.m. on July 9, 1974 at Stanford Research
Institute (SRI). The experimenters (Russ Targ and Hal Puthoff) told
that the target was a geographical target selected from the Times of London
World Atlas. The coordinates of the target were given as 50?9'59"N and 78?22'22"E;
51. wrote these coordinates down. It was emphasized that this was a "real
target" as opposed to a sample target. Using several maps, the experimenters
showed the target location at 60 miles WSW of Semipalatinsk. The target
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as described as a scientific military research and test area. To help orient
Si , he was told that the target was 25 to 30. miles SW of "this river," pre-
sumably labeled correctly on the maps as the Irtysh River. was told to
start with a view of the general area as'seen from 50,000 ft. and get the layout
of any complexes or buildings, or whatever.
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When the coordinates were given, 5said he was getting a picture that
they (the Soviets) have done a lot of rocket launching and recovery out of that
area. As he starts viewing, he says it's dark over there at the present time,
quite a cloud cover, and a full moon. He immediately sees the river and heads
SW from the river to the institute (as he calls it).' He says the area he's look-
ing at has low one-story buildings that are partially dug into the ground giving
the effect (as seen at ground level) of very short, squatty buildings, whereas
they are actually fairly roomy on the inside. This description could very well
describe a first look at the Operations Area at URDF-3.
He then finds that he is looking at "a guy in a very peculiar type of
helmet." He tends to get bogged down in the specifics of the purpose of this.
helmet and shifts his attention to look at the cosmonauts (that were currently
in orbit) to compare helmets. He says they (the Soviets) are running some tests
on some equipment that currently has to do with their space program. Then he
backs off from this specific subject and says, "I'll look around and come back
to that"'- but he never does.
was then asked to describe the general terrain and perhaps the
building layout. He drew a sketch (Fig. 1) in which he correctly identifies
the complex as being about 30 miles south of theIrtysh River (this information
had been given to him earlier). However, he incorrectly says the road from the
river passes through a gorge. The layout of the buildings and area they cover
as shown in his sketch are incorrect for URDF-3. Although there are some an-
tennas at URDF-3, none are as tall as the 500-ft. antenna he described.
He pondered over the dimensions of the outdoor pool he saw because "that's
in meters - they have it." He then translates it to feet (60' x 150'). He said
they use the pool for underwater testing and orientation studies but in reality
there is no outdoor pool at URDF-3.
In Fig. 2, he drew a military complex three-eighths of a mile NE of the
scientific complex shown in Fig. 1. Actually there is a military complex at
URDF-3, located about 2 1/2 miles NW of the Operations Area, but this data was
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given to him earlier when the target was described as a scientific military
research and test area. He said the military complex looked like it had been
there for two to three years, when in fact it's been there for over a decade.
Also in Fig. 2, he described a radar/communications building north of the
scientific complex. The description of the building and its location relative
to the military complex fits the description of the probable laboratory-admini-
stration building located about 2 1/2 miles northwest of the Operations Area at
URDF-3. When he is specific about what he sees'inside the building, one of the
experimenters asks whether one of the specifics he mentioned might well be some-
thing else. He takes another look and changes his mind saying, "You may be
right," giving the impression that he could be led to see what the experimenter
suggests. The experimenter quickly informedithat "we really don't know
what this thing is," and wreplies with, "I'll come back to that," but
again never does. S1
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saw an array of telephone poles about 400 yards SE of the scientific
complex (see Fig. 2), but there is no such array of poles at or near URDF-3.
He was then asked to go up to 50,000 ft. to look again and describe the
layout. Centering himself over the scientific complex, he scanned in a clock-
wise direction; the view he saw is sketched in Fig. 3. Nothing in this figure
is correct except that the area is arid and has low hills to the south. Speci-
fically, he is incorrect in his locations of a small village, an airstrip, a
cluster of pine trees, and a city 60 miles to the SW. There is, however, an
airfield at the Main Support Complex 30 miles north of URDF-3.
was asked if he saw a railroad anywhere. The closest railroad to
the target that he could see was about 60 miles north running roughly NW and
SE and he didn't see any spur tracks in a direction toward the target. In
reality, there is a railway in the Main Support Complex (about 30 miles north
of URDF-3) with a railway spur under construction down to URDF-3. There is also
grading-for -a rdi?lway'spiir?near. the military complex at URDF-3.
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became specific in looking at a scope trace at the airstrip nd
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claimed it made him nauseated. At this time the experimenters and decided
to have lunch so said he would come back to this later, but as he randomly
elevated himself, he noted the area was under high security and had a cyclone
fence. He could read the troop markings and buttons on a Colonel and then said
he could come back to the security and military designations. In reality, the
Operations Area of URDF-3 has 4 security fences, not just one cyclone fence. They
stopped for lunch at about 12:14 p.m.
After lunch, at 2:22 p.m., picks up with the scope trace at the
airstrip. He concludes that the trace indicates the pulse of someone who is
nauseated - that's why it caused nausea in him.
He was asked to indicate again where the telephone poles were and to map
out the perimeter of the area. He drew in the telephone-pole grid with a circle
of trees around the grid (see Fig. 2). There is no telephone-pole grid like
this at or near URDF-3.
Upon spotting several low-boy trucks and a gantry crane (for very heavy
lifting) in the vehicle area (Fig. 1),Mwas asked if he could tell where
they took the heavy things from the low-boy trucks. This question led him to
a look at the area near'Building 1 in Fig. 1. He saw a sign in front'of the
building that said something to do with Zone 4. He said he would get. back to
that but never did.
When describing Building 1, he said it had three stories above-ground
plus a basement with meteorological equipment on the flat roof and then looked
inside the building at the top floor. He started to get too specific as to what
he saw inside the building and was reminded that the type of thing the experi-
menters could best check him on was the outside appearance of the buildings.
They asked him the dimensions of Building 1 and he had a very difficult time
establishing them when he finally settled on 80' x 160'. He then described
the other buildings in the scientific complex. He said Building 1 was the
dominant building due to its height and-central location; everything seemed to,
pivot off of it. There is no building at URDF-3 that matches the above descrip-
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They decided to stop the experiment for the day but asked M to look
at the target at different intervals that evening. (Due to the difference in
time, all of his viewing during this formalized part of the experiment - on
this first day - had been at nighttime locally at URDF-3).
aid he was beginning to labor anyway and, "if you.start laboring
at it, you start mocking-up things." He was then reminded that he was going
to draw a perimeter, or would he rather save that for tomorrow. He said he
would rather save that since he's starting to labor a bit. It was unfortunate
that they didn't pursue the perimeter earlier in the day because it certainly
has a unique shape. They quit at 3 p.m.
Summary of the First Day
The controlled session taped at SRI lasted a total of about i hour
and 52 minutes. It consisted of the experimenters defining the target as a
"real target" as opposed to a sample target. With the use of several maps, a
S1 4 was given coordinates of the target and told that it was a scientific
military research and test area about 25 to 30 miles SW of the Irtysh River.
When the coordinates were given,immediately biased his
thinking that this area was related to the Soviets' space-launching and recov-
ery areas. Since this is not true, he may have inadvertantly and unknowingly
biased himself into an incorrect target relationship.
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described the target as a military and scientific complex
about 30 miles SW of the Irtysh River but there is nothing in this description
that wasn't already given to him. He then gives what is almost a perfect de-
scription of someone's first look at the Operations Area of URDF-3. He describes
it as low one-story buildings that are partially dug into the ground giving the
effect (as seen at ground level) of very short, squatty buildings, whereas they
are actually fairly roomy on the inside. Unfortunately, as he later describes
the specifics of buildings in the scientific complex, he never again mentions
earth-covering of partially-buried buildi.n.gs.. It seemed he had the perfect
description of URDF-3, but never came back to that again. In fact, his later
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description of the most dominant building (a large three-story building) doesn't
match any building at URDF-3.
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tends to get bogged down in specifics and then says something
like, "I'll come back to that," but seldom does. He said the military complex
looks like it's been there for two to three years when in fact it's been there
for over a decade. At one point when describing the specifics of the "radar/
communications building," he demonstrates that he could possibly be led to see
what the experimenter wants him to see.
He sees some landmark-type items that simply don't appear at or
near URDF-3. They are:
1) the road from the river to the target area
passes through a gorge,
2) a 500-ft. tall antenna,
3) an outdoor pool (60' x 150'),
4) an array of telephone poles surrounded by trees
about 500 yards.SE of the scientific complex,
5) an airstrip on a plateau 12 miles NW of URDF-3,
6) a small village NE of URDF-3,
7) a city 60 miles SW of URDF-3,
8) a cluster of pine trees west of URDF-3, and
9) a three-story building (with a basement) as
the dominant building in the scientific complex.
It doesn't seem fair to grade him on landmark-type objects he failed to see at
the target because his attention may not have been directed on them. However,
it does seem fair to question the existence of those objects he claims to have
seen.
The most positive evidence of valid remote viewing far the first day (1
hour and 52 minutes) was his init'ia'l view of the *target as "low-bne-story build-
ings that are partially dug into the ground..." Unfortunately, he never con-
sidered that description again. The only other piece of positive evidence that
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To summarize the first day's.session accurately described
the location and type of target (but that was given) but failed on the layout
and type of buildings. He tended to spend too much time on specifics only to
say, "I'll come back to that," but seldom did. He successfully evaded drawing
a perimeter of the area even though he was asked to do this twice. This was
unfortunate because the shape of the perimeter is unique. My conclusion is
that nothing positive to validate remote viewing resulted from this first day's
session.
Additional Contact on the. First Day 5
Hal Puthoff talked to by telephone that evening at 5:25 p.m.
to give him further instructions for his scanning that night. He was told that
there were some specific areas he had mentioned that the experimenters were most
interested in. Specifically he was asked "for an exact, as possible, drawing
of the crane (that was in the rear of Building 1) and exactly what its relation-
ship is to Building 1." Further, they wanted to know "anything about Building 1
in relation to the surrounding buildings, like whatever forms of connection or
communication or transportation that exists between Building 1 (the main building)
and the ones that are nearby." They especially wanted "as much detail as possible
on the gantry crane and its relation to'. 1."
He was told that the second thing they were most interested in was
the security fence around the perimeter. They wanted any detail on that - even
a drawing of exactly what the fence looked like. It was emphasized that the
crane was really top priority, especially what it looked like in relation to
the main building (Building 1).
SECOND DAY
The remote-viewing experiment resumed at 11 a.m. on July 10, 1974. It
was mentioned that the previous night had turned in drawings of a fence
and a crane. _'s first comments had to do with an observation of the immense
size of the gantry crane. He said he didn't realize how large the gantry crane
was until he saw a man walking by one of the crane.wheels. Assuming the height of
the man as 6 ft., he realized that the dimensional data he had derived the day b6-
fore was underestimated by at least a factor of 3.
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He commented on the security fence as being electrified, but never men-
tioned the unique shape of the perimeter fence or the fact that there are
really four perimeter fences at URDF-3. Figure 4 is his sketch of a small sec-
tion of the fence.
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was again told that the experimeters wanted more information on
exactly what the relationship was between the crane and the major building
(Building 1); specifically, how did the crane interact with Building 1 or any-
thing surrounding the building. M said the gantry crane interacted with
Building 1, the outdoor pool and the telephone pole array. He drew a sketch
showing the relative locations of buildings as he saw them that day (Fig. 5).
He said the crane was so heavy that it left tracks in the ground and that,
"the crane tracks go to the building and where this sunken building is." Un-
fortunately, the experimenters did not ask him to identify the "sunken building."
This was important because in reality the gantry crane at URDF-3 operates on
rails over a sunken building (designated as Building l by NPIC).
AsW continued to look at the area, he said, "I'm seeing a lot of
things today I didn't see yesterday... I can see some very heavy... looks like
railroad track, but they're spread much too wide so it looks like a riding gan-
try." That description compares quite closely with one of the most distinctive
observables at URDF-3 - the gantry crane that operates on rails over the three-
story underground building (Building 1 at URDF-3).
However, his description of the interaction between the crane and Building
1 is incorrect. He describes two gantry cranes that enter into his above-ground
Building 1 whereas the single gantry crane at URDF-3 operates on rails above the
underground Building 1. His description of this building is also wrong in
several respects as compared to the actual Building 1 at URDF-3. The major dif-
ferencesis that Building 1 at URDF-3 is an underground building rather than above
ground asiescribed it. He was asked, "Are there any windows in the build-
ing at all?" At this time, he realizes for the first time that the building is
actually five-stories tall rather than three-stories as he had originally thought.
He saw windows on the second, third and fourth stories on the north side of the
building and said there were no windows on the other three sides. The session
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