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