PROJECT 1002, SESSION NUMBER: 1, VIEWER: 025

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The document is from the CIA's Stargate program and is titled "PROJECT SUN STREAK." It provides details of a training session conducted on May 10, 1988, as part of Phase 1 training. The session took place at Crater Lake and focused on decoding the mountain gestalt and the challenges presented by the lake. The viewer, identified as 025, successfully decoded the mountain but had difficulty with the water due to perspective and decoding errors. The trainer noted that the ideogram kept coming back, indicating its self-correcting nature. The document also mentions that 025 still exhibits a tendency to search for information prematurely and analyze the ideogram. Ideogram drills were planned as part of the training.

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 SECRET/NOFORN - HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY
 PROJECT SUN STREAK  (U)
 WARNING NOTICE:   INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED
 PROJECT NUMBER:   1002                       SESSION NUMBER:   1
 DATE OF SESSION:   10 MAY 88                 DATE OF REPORT:   10 MAY 88
 START:   1503                                END:      1534
 METHODOLOGY:    CRV                          VIEWER IDENTIFIER:   025
 1.  (S/NF/SK)   MISSION:  Stage 1, Phase 1 training  (but a Phase 2 site
 was attempted).   Site was Crater Lake       (mountain/water interface).
 3.  (S/NF/SK)   COMMENTS:   025 correctly perceived and decoded the
 mountain gestalt.   It was pointed out by the trainer that the
 (excellent)  representative ideogram "went away" as soon as it was
 correctly decoded. The water  (lake)  presented a problem of
 perspective;  the viewer had not yet been trained to produce a circular
 ideogram  (i.e.,  a horizontal  perspective),  consequently decoding
 (horizontal vs vertical)  was difficult and AOL resulted.   But the
 trainer pointed out that the ideogram kept "coming back", reinforcing
 the self-correcting feature of the ideogram.
 025 still exhibits a tendency to "search" for a B_ prematurely,  i.e.,
 before gathering an adequate amount of percepts  (after several
 iterations of the coordinates).   Also,  there is still a residual
 tendency to analyze the ideogram.   These errors are easily
 correctable,  however.
 Ideogram drills will follow this training session.
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 Deep-blue Crater Lake occupies the cavity created by the loss of Mazama's crown
 S E\'ENTEEN cubic miles of the mountain van-      Jagged cliffs imprison the glassy surface, a 20-
 ished in the cataclysm, leaving a caldera six                                                                                 square-mile mirror (below). Wate'r's depth, 1,932
 miles wide and 4,000 feet deep (above). Years                                    feet, surpasses that of any other lake in the United
 passed before the crater cooled. Rain and snow                                   States. Even so, its surface lies 500 to 2,000 feet
 gradually filled the basin to about half its depth.                              below the caldera's rim.
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