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Prepared by:
A.
Introduction
Tasks 1 and
B.
Background
facility and we have confidence that Mr. Swann had no prior knowledge
of either the apparatus or of our intended experiment.
The experimental
results were carefully scrutinized and were unlike any data previously
produced with thi's apparatus.
Proposal for Research SRI No. ISU 72-134 (Biofield Measurements Program)
in your possession.
C.
Protocol
A rigid protocol for experimentation in the area of psychoenergetic research has been instituted in order to carry out the
assigned tasks.
1.
To
a) which
are totally under the design and control of the experimenter rather
than the subject, and
to be cheatproof.
Therefore, we
a) can be carried
II
The
A.
9-1/8" x 4-5/8" x 4-9/16" x 1/4" thick wooden boxes, and the choice
of target container for each trial was determined by a random number
generator.
The experiment was not carried out in a double blind fashion
in this particular case (i.e., the experimenter in the room knew of
the target location).
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position that he could not observe the choosing process on the part
of the subject until after the choice was made.
In a follow-on
process.
The results are shown in Figures 1 and 2.
The experiment
was repeated ten times per day over a five-day period yielding a
total run of fifty trials.
= 1/3
= 16.6.
expectation by
= 0.005.
The
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B.
a copper-constantin 30
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The target
thermocouple sealed in a
(Helium
was chosen at the request of Mr. Swann who described an affinity for
helium following the original magnetometer experiment which involved
cooling by liquid helium.)
Mr. Swann's task was to learn to control the temperature
registered at the thermocouple junction as it was being monitored
by a Hewlett-Packard Model 425A DC microvoltmeter and displayed .on
a strip chart recorder.
Mr. Swann.
The
C.
Our hypothesis is
se
the subject can learn to recognize those states of mind in which he can
correctly choose the target.
He does not
We consider this
ignorant of the machine's state until the subject has made his choice;
thus, the experiment is of the double-blind type.
Because the user obtains immediate information feedback as
to the correct answer, he may be able to recognize his mental state
at those times when he has made a correct response.
If the information
was terminated and the number of hits/run (excess trials over 20)
were recorded.
= 0.35
(due perhaps to Mr. Swann's expressed distaste for working with machines).
However, the general increase in the number of hits/run over the sevenrun period indicated a learning trend as in the target location experiment
of Section A.
0.07 significance
level).
D.
Exan~les
If such observa-
tions can be brought into a pattern and correlated with objective measurements, significant insight into extraordinary human functioning could
be expected.
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III
A.
The orientation
of the die inside the box was unknown to the experimenters at that
time.
Mr. Geller would then look at the box without touching it and
two occasions the subject said his perception was not clear and he
was allowed to pass.
B.
associated with the research would place the cans in a random position
and put the target object into one of them.
all the cans and leave the experimental area, notifying the experimenters
that the experiment was ready.
which can contained the object, would then enter the room with Geller
(i.e., the experiment was carried out in a double-blind fashion).
The subject would either pass his hand over the row of cans or simply
look at them.
empty 9 and the experimenter would remove them from the row.
When
only two or three cans remained, Geller would announce which one he
thought contained the target object.
This
The
C.
and placed in a safe for which the experimenters did not have the
combination.
possibilities.
'
a magazine cartoon
A double
D.
Laboratory Balance
a bell jar.
This balance,
The balance
had a one-gram mass placed on its pan before it was covered with a
bell jar.
mon~tored
the force
chart recorder.
Also, day-long
E.
Magnetometer Experiment
The instrument
The subject would
F.
Further Observations
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serialized rings of brass and copper which were measured to require 150
lbs. force to bend them.
Our final
IV
The data gathered to date with the aid of consultants Swann and
Geller point to the existence of an as yet unidentified mode of
extraordinary human functioning.
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