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state-of-the-art psychoenergetic technology drawn from academic institutions, scientific laboratories, and research establishments around the world. It is an eclectic approach, using those methods which have applications potential. Orientation testing is designed to determine if new personnel have aptitudes which would be of operational value and could be developed through training. This oriefttation testing consists of a series of controlled exercises in psychoenergetic functioning. New personnel may be*asked to attempt to perceive, communicate with, and/or perturb characteristics of a designated target, person, or event remote in space and/or time from that individual. Orientation training is composed of practical exercises in Remote Viewing, lectures, literature review, and observation of others. It ineludes the use of locally significant sites, as well as more remote geographical locations as targets, A target pool consists of a controlled group of sites or targets and their associated targeting information. Prior to the beginning of a training session, a target is randomly selected from this target pool. Information available concerning the target is kept from the trainee until after the session. (6) Training Session Preliminaries: Before a first training session is scheduled, the person being trained is oriented fully to the procedure to be followed by the monitor. The trainee is instructed that he or she should state only raw perceptions, since experience has shown that specific definitions are quite often wrong while initial raw perception tends to be correct. Personnel being trained are always encouraged to express their feelings and ideas for enhancing all aspects of the psychoenergetics collection process. Approved For Release 2004/07/09 R J 6-00788R001500090010-7 whe --- PAGE 8 (OCR) --- 3h RDP96:00788R001500090010-7 (7) Training Session Dynamics: During the 30-60 minutes prior to the agreed-upon time of a training session, the monitor offers some encouragement to the trainee in the same manner that a coach might give a pep talk to his team, During the 15 minutes immediately before the session the trainee and monitor are gencrally silent, Experience has shown (unpublished data) that this quict time enhances the training process, The training room is homogeneously-colored, acoustic-tiled, and featureless, with light controlled by a dimmer, so that environmental distractions can be minimized. During the entire process the trainee and monitor function as a team. The monitor provides encouragement with words of reassurance that the task is, in fact, possible. At no time is the session conducted by the trainee in the absence of all other persons, If the trainee does not have any immediate sensory impressions, the monitor applies no pressure. Rather, the monitor reassures the trainee that there is no time limit for the training session. Tf it appears to the monitor that the impressions are in some way contradictory or inconsistent, the monitor may then attempt clarification by asking questions in order to verify what the trainee first describes. All sessions are tape-recorded, and pen and paper are available for the trainee to sketch his or her perceptions. Expericnce has shown that some trainees prefer to combine written and oral descriptions, while some prefer to work sequentially. The average training session for orientation is approximately 15 minutes of actual perception. Trainees generally are not permitted to go beyond 30 minutes as this leads to perceptual confusion and eventual loss of the training affect. (8) Post Session Dynamics: After the training session is over, the trainee and monitor obtain specific information about the target, either in picture descriptive form for remote geographic sites, or-~-as in the case of local sites-~by actually visiting the target site. ‘The trainee and monitor then discuss the session resuits, The purpose of this post-session activity is to provide the trainee with the satisfaction of knowing how well he or she did while mental perceptions of the targeted site are still fresh in mind. be (S/CL-3/NOFORN) CRV. Training: (1) Purpose: To provide trainees with the requisite skills necessary to perform certain psychoenergetic applications. (2) Administered by: Contractor and subcontractor personnel. . (3) Location: SRI-I Menlo Park, CA; SRI~I New York, NY; SRI~I Washington D.C.; and other mutually agreed locations as required. Approved For Releasé Zphdin ioe fieRipPoe-ooresro0tsc0090010-7 --- PAGE 9 (OCR) --- , - ’ dsoabor! ay Approved For Releage d0o4io7) Gee opce oreano01soooo01 0-7 (4) Duration: 12 to 18 months. (5) Description of Procedure: CRV training is a contracted service provided by SRI-I. The training involves lectures on theory coupled with practical exercises and drills. Particularly effective instructional procedures include active participation wherein the trainee interacts with the curriculum materials by responding, practicing, and testing each step of the material to be mastered; information feedback, wherein the trainee finds out with minimal delay whether the response is correet; and individualized instruction, wherein the trainee moves ahead at his or her own rate. The training procedures have been broken down into several stages representing various elements of CRV phenomena. These stages both facilitate training and actually follow the predictable’ course of increasing perception which builds itself in specific increments and impact. Stages 1 through 3 appertain to general site features, which become increasingly refined as individual competency with Stage 3 techniques develops. Stage 4 involves perception of specific site elements, a good portion of which may not be available to any other intelligence techniques, save for actual penetration of the site. Stage 5 allows the trainee in a sense to reverse the procedure and “interrogate” his perceptions, allowing clarification of various specific or subtle features of the site. Stage 6 permits the construction of 3-dimensional models of major site characteristics, with increasing refinements in detail. Bxperience and theory extension indicates that additional increments exist beyond Stage 6. Research is underway to develop and define the parameters and potentials of these additional fields, (6) Session Dynamics: In conducting a CRV session, a remote viewer or trainee and a monitor begin by seating themselves at the opposite ends of a table in a special remote viewing room equipped with ‘paper and pens, a tape recorder, and an overhead TV camera which allows either recording for documentation, or monitoring by individuals outside the room. The room is homogeneously-colored, acoustic-tiled, and featureless, with light controlled by a dimmer, so that environmental distractions can be minimized. The session begins when the monitor provides targeting information, in the form of specific site coordinates, to the trainee, For training purposes the monitor is allowed to know enough about the site to enable him to determine when accurate versus inaccurate information is being provided. The session then proceeds with the monitor repeating the targeting information at appropriate intervals and providing necessary feedback. The feedback procedure was designed to reinforce the trainee's contact with the site but not to assist him by random cuing. The remote viewer generates verbal responses and sketches, until a coherent Approved For Release 2004/07/00 ged a lar aad -7 we --- PAGE 10 (OCR) --- 4 : in Ropbe-00788R00150009001 0-7 Approved For Release 2004/0z/b9 response to the overall task requirement emerges. The use of the quick reaction-response procedure has been found useful in minimizing imaginative embellishment. (7) Post Session Dynamics: After the training session is over, the trainee and monitor obtain specific information about the target. As in the case of orientation training, this is presented in picture descriptive form for remote geographic sites, or in the case of local sites, may involve actually visiting the target site. The trainee and monitor then discuss the session results, again with the purpose of providing the trainee with the satisfaction of knowing how well he or she did while mental perceptions of the targeted site are still fresh. c. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) : (1) Purpose: To enable advanced trainees to integrate and expand acquired skills for psychoenergetic applications. (2) Administered by: CENTER LANE Project personnel. (3) Location: Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. (4) Duration: Continuous. (5) Description of Procedure: Procedures for applications training are essentially identical as _ those previously presented except in the style of target presented, Applications targets are actual t&rgets of military interest, such as US facilities or USSR sites from which data are available or can eventually be obtained. Targets of this type provide a basis for judgements regarding utility, accuracy, calibration, and depth of detail for any given trainee in a real world environment. a. (8/CL-3/NOFORN) Advan ndividual Trainta (1) Purpose: To provide experienced sources with advanced individual training to meet applications requirements, (2) Administered by: CENTER LANE Project personnel and selected contractors and subcontractors, (3) Location: Fort Meade, Maryland and various contractor locations, (4a) Duration: Continuous. - (5) Description of Procedure: Individualized advanced training programs are developed to meet specific applications needs. Such programs may involve training in biofeedback, Approved For Release, 2004/07/09; GIA-BDP96-00788R001500090010-7 OL UNE --- PAGE 11 (OCR) --- aati Tae Approved For Release 2004/07/09 + asrbPss-bo788R00150009001 0-7 communications skills, perturbation techniques, discrete state, hemi-sync, search, Neuro-linguistic Programming, and alternate target acquisition methods. One program of particular interest is hemi~sync training conducted hy the Monroe institute of Applied Sciences (MIAS), Faber, VA: The MIAS hemi~syne techniques are used to teach sources to control highly specialized mental states conducive to psychoenergetic performance. This form of advanced individual training is only used with sources of proven performance and a recognized degree of maturity. Training is accomplished in four essential phases; (1) application of the Montoe "Discovery" series done at Fort Meade to screen personnel and prepare for phase two; (2) Attendance at the MLAS Gateway program for qualified personnel, conducted in a seminar atmosphere; (3) One-on-one training sessions with Robert A. Monroe at MIAS, which are designed to “customize” individual techniques for specific individual needs; (4) use of specialiy designed hemi-syne environments during applications training done at Fort Meade. 8. (S/CL-2/NOFORN) PSYCHOENERGETIC APPLICATIONS: CENTER LANE sources can be used to perform psychoenergetic applications in support of intelligence and counterintelligence requirements (see paragraph 3, above). The dynamics of applications sessions parallel those of training sessions. The sequence of events consists of the following: (1) tasking; (2) development of a collection plan; (3) conduct of psychoenergetic session(s); (4) reporting; (5) evaluation. Applitations sessions are always conducted under the control and management of CENTER LANE personnel. Sessions may be conducted at Fort Meade or other locations as deemed necessary. Psychoenergetic consultants/contractors may be employed when required to meet applications requirements. 9. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS a. Selected personnel may use the hemi-syne environment in conjunction with psychoenergetic applications/training. b. Sources and trainees may be monitored using appropriate non-intrusive biological monitoring equipment. ec. The maximum number of applications sessions for each source will not exceed ten per week.