ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY (OF FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT CONTRACT 77F 104420)

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This report provides an analysis of the experimental methods used in Remote Viewing research. The findings suggest that there are inaccuracies, inconsistencies, and methodological weaknesses in the research conducted so far, which raises concerns about its validity. The report emphasizes that further research is needed to definitively study remote viewing. The authors recommend specific research designs to enable a scientific assessment of remote viewing's applications in intelligence collection.

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 ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY
 The purpose of this report was to provide a stringent analysis of
 the experimental methods-and procedures used by the leading researchers
 in the area of Remote Viewing.                              The result is an even handed, thorough
 analysis of the principal U.S. research on the topic.   The findings set
 forth by the authors can best be said in their own words; "Research
 conducted and reported to date has a number of inaccuracies,
 inconsistencies, and methodological weaknesses sufficient to cause
 concern over its validity.   If all results are accepted without question,
 on balance, the fidelity of the remote viewing channel appears to be of
 limited value."
 Effectively, these results indicate that the research efforts
 evaluated in this report must be considered as exploratory.  Definitive
 research on remote viewing is still to be accomplished.  The authors
 have set forth a series of research design recommendations that if
 followed by future research efforts should enable a truly scientific
 assessment of remote viewing applications to intelligence collection to be
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 accomplished.
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