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Approved For Release 2004/08/02 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000600350001-3 CONFIDENTIAL DST-1810S-387-75 September 1975 PART IV OUT-OF-THE-BODY PHENOMENA SECTION I — REMOTE VIEWING (U) Remote viewing refers to the ability of some individuals to project themselves mentally to remote or inaccessible locations and observe and report on details of terrain, structures, and other salient features. This ability is also referred to as astral or mental projection. It differs from telepathy in that the percipient does not piece together information bits to form an image, but rather, has a vivid sense of leaving his body and personally observing the target area in toto. (U) Remote viewing has been investigated in the US at Starford Research Institute (SRI), Menlo Park, California. Psychically gifted subjects were tested for the ability by presenting them with map cocrdinates randomly selected on a double blind basis. The subjects were required to respond immediately with a description of the target area and were tested both with and without feedback as to their accuracy. According to the SRI report on this study, there were at least some categories of information in which the results exceeded any possible statistical bounds a of coincidental correlation and precluded acquisition of data by known means. SG1B (C) SRI reports of remote viewing research have not been publicized, but other SRI research on the psychic abilities of an Israeli (Uri Geller) and a British (Ingo Swann) subject has been widely cited in the US news media. Geller has been quoted many times on his avowed ability to trans-— port himself mentally to any place of his choosing. Soviet parapsychologists are aware of Geller's claims (he has,in fact, been invited to the Soviet Union SG1 for tests) and continuing US interest in this phenomenon, nevertheless they 8G1 have reported very little similar research of their own. 53 Approved For Release 2004/08/02 | CIN HBP96-00792R000600350001-3