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Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8 LN734-85 the strictness of the monitoring are all intimately related. © Test Material Manufacture Techniques Generally speaking, a complete set of test_materials for an experiment in_ "psychic recognition of characters" should include two parts - test objects and a sealed container. The objects are what the subj tries to identify with “psychic vision. They may be characters, shapes, or real objects. They may be black and white, or they may be colored. The test material sealed container is that which is used to hold the test objects. It serves to cut off any sensual reaction to the test object by any normal sensory organ. At the same time it serves to protect the test object. For the past several years it has been popularly believed in China by psychic researchers that leaving a small opening in the sealed container is an aid to the manifestation of psychic vision. Therefore, a number of sealed containers have siight openings. Of course, this kind of opening would not be vulnerable to known’ sensory organs. Therefore, some psychic vision research uses sealed containers with a small opening, some use containers with no opening. A test object and a sealed container is called "a complete test material", and with only a test object and no sealed container is called "incomplete test materials". These complete test materials may be further divided into cracked and uncracked sealed containers. Guaranteeing the Strictness of the Test Material The strictness of the test material is its "blocking ability" against known sensory channels and its "elimination ability" against "logical reasoning" and "guessing". What must be done to ensure that the test materials have reliable "blocking abilities" and "eliminatiing abilities"? As has been mentioned earlier, the following strictness procedures must be adopteds 1. Opaque: After the sealed container is made it must not be allowed the light to pass through to allow the subject being tested to see light through the container and directly determine what the test object is. 2. Irreversible: The container must be made in an irreversible manner. 3. Uniqueness: The container and the test object must be marked in a unique manner. 4+ Double Blind: The test object must be of a double blind nature. 5. Impossibility of Guessing: The probability of the test object being guessed must be what is termed in probability and statistics as the "event of least probability". Only when these five measures are adopted will an experiment have reliable "blocking ability" and "elimination ability". Otherwise, it is not reliable or -49- Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8