PROPOSAL FOR RESEARCH SRI INTERNATIONAL NO. ESU 83-147

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Proposal for Research
SRI International No. ESU 83-147
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GEOPHYSICAL FACTORS/ELF/RV CORRELATION STUDY (U)
Part.One--Technical Proposal
Prepared for: Prepared by:
Client Private Harold E. Puthoff
Senior Research Engineer
Edwin C. May
Senior Research Physicist
Marsha H. Adams
Consultant
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I INTRODUCTION (U)
(S/CL-3/NOFORN) In response to discussions with INSCOM personnel
on 7 and 8 September 1983, SRI International submits this proposal to initiate
activity concerning a study of potential correlation between RV performance
and ambient ELF/geophysical activity.
(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 following section.
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II STATEMENT OF WORK (U)
1. (U) GENERAL
1.1 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) The objective of this effort is to investigate the
possible effects of ambient geophysical/low-frequency electromagnetic (ELF)
factors on RV performance.
1.2 (U) MAJOR GOALS
a. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Phase I:: Search and summarize the
literature on geophysical/ELF effects on biological organisms, especially
as they relate to the degradation of human performance skills at a
behavioral level.
b. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Phase II: Examine the statistical correla-
tion between RV performance in the historical SRI RV data base and ambient
geophysical/ELF factors.
c. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Phase III: Explore the statistical
correlation between RV performance and ambient ELF fluctuations specifically,
on the basis of real-time ELF monitoring.
d. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Phase. IV: Provide an evaluation report
as to whether measurement of ambient geophysical/ELF factors can be used as an
indicator of expected RV performance, and whether optimum performance
windows can be identified.
2.1 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) SRI International will conduct a literature
search to collect and summarize up-to-date knowledge in the field of
bio-electronics. The literature search will be carried out in the following
categories:
(1) Bioactive frequencies for ELF/VLF at the gross
anatomic and behavioral levels.
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(2) Effects of ELF/VLF frequencies at the biochemical (hormonal,
ionic, molecular) level.
(3) Effects of ELF/VLF at the neuronal membrane level.
(4) Natural sources of ELF/VLF
(5) Man-made sources of ELF/VLF.
(6) Artificial generation of ELF/VLF.
(7) Propagation characteristics of ELF/VLF.
(8) Detection and measurement of ELF/VLF.
This will be accomplished by means of both references to literature on hand,
and by computerized key-word searches.
2.2 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) SRI International will carry out an analysis
to determine whether correlations between RV performance in historical data
(data from previous experiments) and factors in the ambient geophysical
environment exist. Data from previous studies conducted under controlled
conditions will be analyzed by means of epoch, bivariate and multivariate
analysis (when possible) against the following geophysical variables:
(1) Weather (temperature, relative humidity, barometric
pressure etc.).
(2) Geomagnetic indices (Ap, Afr. Aa)
(3) Solar electromagnetic emissions
(4) Sunspot number
(5) Ionospheric conditions
(6) Solar magnetic field
(7) Lunar cycles
Further, since it is hypothesized that the mechanism by which geophysical
factors could play a role in RV performance is by changing the ambient ELF
environment) SRI International will examine this hypothesis as well.
An ELF data base spanning a year and a half (from May 1982 to present) was
monitored by a field station in Los Altos,California. Data was taken
twice daily. The same analysis techniques used for the geophysical analysis
will be applied to the ELF data. Positive results from these tasks could
yield a rough index of expected RV performance given prevailing geophysical
factors.
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2.3 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) SRI International will implement a program of
real-time ELF monitoring. Little information is available on the variation
of the ELF environment from location to location, although it is known that
ELF frequencies generated by geophysical means tend to vary simultaneously
over the globe. Therefore, local variations may exist due to both man-made
sources, and to the geologic structure of the area. For this reason, two
ELF stations will be set up, one in SRI premises in the RV laboratory, the
other at a field station 17 km distant. Data from the SRI station will be
compared to the field station to determine the variability due to location
and distance. This comparison may also help show whether RV performance is
influenced by global, local, or both sources of ELF disturbances. Particular
attention will be paid to bioactive frequencies found as a result of the
literature search in Task I. Statistical correlations will be sought between
RV performance (on an appropriate series of trials carried out in the RV
chamber) and the ambient ELF fluctuations to determine whether measurement
of ambient ELF can be used as an indicator of expected performance, and
whether optimum performance windows can be identified.
(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) A progress report (2 copies)--a written
evaluation of findings (within 10 days of completion) of the Phase I
literature survey.
4.2 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) A progress report (2 copies)--a written evalua-
tion of findings (within 10 days of completion) of Phase II, investigation
of the statistical correlation between geophysical/ELF factors and the
historical RV data base.
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4.3 (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Following Phase III, an investigation of the
statistical correlation between ambient ELF fluctuations and RV performance,
a final report (3 copies) will be furnished within 30 days which include
overall evaluation of the Geophysical Factors/ELF/RV Correlation Study Task.
5. (U) ACCESS TO MATERIAL
(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 on Identification of Selected Personnel,
dated 2 August 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 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 and testing of electron-beam focusing
systems for use in microwave tubes
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
B.E.E. (1958) and M.S.E. (1960), University of Florida; Ph.D. in electri-
cal engineering, Stanford Universit_y (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. 1974), 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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EDWIN C. MAY
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 nebio feedback tectechnology
and applications, and cardiac blood flow p oi
India and laboratory research at Maimonides Medical Center onsyho_
soaring
energetic phenomena, aerodynamic analysis from fixed wing, powerless
aircraft
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE atmospheric Theoretical calculations in radiation transport;, 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 D. in B.S. in physics, University of Rochester (1962); Ph. D. University of Pittsburgh (1968)
PUBLICATIONS
Author or coauthor of eleven scientific papers in experimental nuclear
physics research;
Author or coauthor of numerous scientific papers in psychoenergetic
research;
Author or coauthor of eleven research abstracts in nuclear physics
for professional meetings
Author or coauthor of ten abstracts in psychoenergetic research for
professional and meetings
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement Parapsycho-
logy .Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
logy Association, The American Society for Psychical Research
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