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Remote Viewing

A curated collection of research papers focusing on remote viewing. Explore the methodology, key findings, and ongoing debates in this field.

Total Papers 16

Year Range 1974 – 2024

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Dunne, Brenda JPuthoff, Harold ETarg, Russell

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Exploring the Correlates and Nature of Subjective Anomalous Interactions with Objects (Psychometry): A Mixed Methods Survey

Simmonds-Moore, Christine A • 2024 • Frontiers in Psychology

A convergent mixed methods online survey (N=164) investigated how autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) and synesthesia relate to psychometry — the experience of receiving information about a person by touching objects. Psychometry experiencers scored significantly higher on ASMR (t(159)=-3.06, p=0.003, d=0.5) and on anomalous experiences with paranormal attribution (d=1.2). Synesthetes scored higher on ASMR and anomalous experiences but were not significantly more likely to report psychometry (p=0.078). Thematic analysis of 47 descriptions identified five themes: contextual framing, flash of imagery, intense emotions, noetic knowing, and perspective-taking/empathy. The author concludes ASMR-related sensitivity may partly underpin psychometry phenomenology.

#psychometry #anomalous_experiences #asmr #synesthesia #mixed_methods

Follow-up on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Remote Viewing Experiments

Escolà-Gascón, Álex; Houran, James; Dagnall, Neil; Drinkwater, Kenneth; Denovan, Andrew • 2023 • Brain and Behavior

A quasi-experimental forced-choice replication of the CIA-funded SAIC remote viewing experiments using 634 participants (347 nonbelievers with coordinate targets, 287 believers with image targets) across 20,288 trials. Emotional intelligence was measured via the MSCEIT. Group 2 (believers/images) scored significantly above chance (M=10.09/32, d=0.853, BF₁₀=60.5), exceeding the average SAIC effect size of d=0.447. The experiential area of EI predicted 19.5% of RV hit variance in Group 2. Participants with low experiential EI (<89) scored below chance. A triple-blind protocol with SEM invariance analysis addressed prior criticisms by Hyman (1996) and Utts (1996). Authors conclude RV is statistically but not empirically verified.

#emotional_intelligence #cia_stargate #forced_choice #structural_equation_modeling #sheep_goat_effect

The Location and Reconstruction of a Byzantine Structure in Marea, Egypt, Including a Comparison of Electronic Remote Sensing and Remote Viewing

Schwartz, Stephan A • 2019 • Journal of Scientific Exploration

An applied remote viewing experiment at the buried ancient city of Marea, Egypt, in which two experienced viewers — George McMullen and Hella Hammid — independently located and described a 6th-century Byzantine structure under triple-blind conditions before excavation in April 1979. Viewers predicted wall depths (confirmed at 3 ft 4 in vs. predicted 3–4 ft), three rooms, doorway and corner positions, the color green, and marble mosaic tiles; all major predictions were confirmed by excavation. A direct comparison with a 1976 electronic remote sensing survey (proton precession magnetometer, satellite imagery) by Prof. Mahmoud Sadek showed the electronic survey found no sub-surface structures at this location, while remote viewing produced the only positive predictive data.

#archaeology #applied_rv #field_study #triple_blind #alexandria_project

Greg Kolodziejzyk's 13-Year Associative Remote Viewing Experiment Results

Kolodziejzyk, Greg • 2012 • Journal of Parapsychology

Thirteen-year single-operator ARV study (1998–2011): 5,677 trials across 285 project questions, primarily futures market predictions. Modified protocol: self-judging with confidence scores (0.1–4.0), computer-managed randomization, consensus from nested trials. Results: 52.65% trial accuracy (z=4.0, p<0.00003); 60.3% project questions correct (z=3.49); confidence filtering (>3.25) achieved 78.1% accuracy. Automated trading (2010+) blinded operator to market identity. 181 trades with capital at risk: 60% profitable, $146,587 net profit. Cumulative z-score steady over 13 years without decline.

#associative_remote_viewing #precognition #futures_trading #consensus_method #automated_trading

Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence: The Case of Non-Local Perception, a Classical and Bayesian Review of Evidences

Tressoldi, Patrizio E • 2011 • Frontiers in Psychology

This mini-review presents quantitative evidence from 7 databases covering 6 non-local perception (NLP) protocols, analyzed using both frequentist and Bayesian meta-analysis. Protocols include: ganzfeld free-response (108 studies, 3,650 participants), anticipatory psycho-physiological responses (37 studies, 1,064 participants), forced-choice ESP without ASC (72 studies, 69,726 participants), free-response with ASC (16 studies, 427 participants), free-response normal consciousness (14 studies, 1,026 participants), and remote viewing (Milton 1997: 78 studies, 1,158 participants; Dunne & Jahn 2003 PEAR: 366 participants). Frequentist analysis rejected null for all protocols (effect sizes d=0.007-0.28). Bayesian analysis showed strong evidence for H1 in 3 protocols: ganzfeld (BF=18,861,051), remote viewing (BF=25,424,503,838), anticipatory responses (BF=2.89×10^13). Normal consciousness protocols favored null (BF=0.003-0.029). Quality-effect size correlations were modestly positive (r=0.05-0.36). Total: 200+ studies, 6,000+ participants.

#non_local_perception #bayesian_meta_analysis #frequentist_meta_analysis #remote_viewing #ganzfeld

Remote Viewing as Applied to Futures Studies

Lee, James H • 2008 • Technological Forecasting & Social Change

Reviews remote viewing protocols — Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV), Associative Remote Viewing (ARV), Extended Remote Viewing (ERV), and Virtual Time Travel — as potential tools for technological forecasting. Summarizes key findings from Targ and Puthoff's SRI experiments (p < .05 in 5 of 6 experiments), Targ's ARV silver futures application (9/9 and 11/12 correct predictions, p = 0.003), Honorton and Ferrari's meta-analysis of 309 forced-choice precognition experiments (87.5% significant with all four success factors present), and Spottiswoode's discovery of a 340% increase in anomalous cognition effect size at 13.5h local sidereal time (p = 0.001). Concludes remote viewing merits further exploration as a futurist tool.

#associative_remote_viewing #coordinate_remote_viewing #futures_studies #applied_psi #sidereal_time

Information and Uncertainty in Remote Perception Research

Dunne, Brenda J; Jahn, Robert G • 2003 • Journal of Scientific Exploration

Presents the complete results of 25 years of remote perception research at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory, comprising 653 formal trials by 72 volunteer participants. Percipients attempted to describe unknown geographical targets visited by agents, with 24 analytical scoring methods applied across binary, quaternary, and distributive descriptor formats. The composite database yielded z = 5.418 (p = 3×10⁻⁸), confirming anomalous information acquisition with no attenuation by distance or time. However, progressive refinement of scoring methods correlated with declining effect sizes, suggesting a complementarity between analytical precision and the subjective process generating the anomaly.

#analytical_judging #pear_laboratory #precognitive_remote_perception #uncertainty_complementarity #descriptor_scoring

Apparent Association Between Effect Size in Free Response Anomalous Cognition Experiments and Local Sidereal Time

Spottiswoode, S. James P • 1997 • Journal of Scientific Exploration

In 2,483 free-response anomalous cognition trials from 41 studies spanning 20 years, effect size showed a striking dependence on local sidereal time (LST). The original dataset (1,468 trials, 21 studies) revealed a 340% increase in effect size within one hour of 13.47h LST (p = 0.001). An independent validation set (1,015 trials, ~20 studies) confirmed the peak at identical LST with a 450% increase (p = 0.05). Combined data yielded ES = 0.467 at peak versus 0.122 overall (gain = 3.82x, t = 3.85, p = 0.0001). Monte Carlo permutation testing gave p = 0.0014. Clock-time distribution and inter-experiment artifacts were tested and rejected as explanations.

#local_sidereal_time #free_response #anomalous_cognition #physical_correlate #ganzfeld_autoganzfeld

An Assessment of the Evidence for Psychic Functioning

Utts, Jessica • 1996 • Journal of Scientific Exploration

Commissioned by the CIA at Congress's request, this systematic statistical review examines two decades of government-sponsored remote viewing research at SRI International (1973-1989) and SAIC (1990-1995). Across 770 SRI sessions (effect size 0.209) and 445 SAIC sessions (effect size 0.230), anomalous cognition exceeded chance with remarkable consistency. Expert viewers replicated effect sizes of ~0.35 across institutions and years. Independent ganzfeld replications at four laboratories yielded consistent 32-37% hit rates against 25% chance. Utts concludes that psychic functioning is well established by standard scientific criteria and recommends redirecting resources from proof-oriented experiments toward understanding the underlying mechanism.

#stargate_program #anomalous_cognition #effect_size_analysis #sri_international #saic_experiments

An Evaluation of Remote Viewing: Research and Applications

Mumford, Michael D; Rose, Andrew M; Goslin, David A • 1995 • American Institutes for Research

Commissioned by the CIA, this report evaluates the government-sponsored Star Gate remote viewing program through two components: a blue-ribbon research review by statistician Jessica Utts and psychologist Ray Hyman, and an operational assessment based on end-user interviews and feedback data. Both reviewers agreed that laboratory experiments demonstrated a statistically significant effect (effect size ~0.385 across 196 SRI sessions with expert viewers), but disagreed on interpretation — Utts concluded psychic functioning was well-established, while Hyman argued methodological issues (particularly single-judge evaluation by the principal investigator) prevented unambiguous attribution to paranormal phenomena. The AIR team concluded that adequate evidence for remote viewing had not been provided and that the phenomenon never produced actionable intelligence, recommending program discontinuation.

#star_gate_program #program_evaluation #intelligence_applications #government_sponsored_research #cia_review

Advances in Remote-Viewing Analysis

May, Edwin C; Utts, Jessica M; Humphrey, Beverly S; Luke, Wanda L. W; Frivold, Thane J; Trask, Virginia V • 1990 • Journal of Parapsychology

Fuzzy set technology is applied to automate analysis of remote-viewing data from SRI International's government-sponsored program. The technique encodes target and response material as fuzzy subsets of a 131-element Universal Set of Elements, then computes accuracy (percent of target correctly described), reliability (percent of response that was correct), and a figure of merit (FM = accuracy × reliability). Tested on 6 RV trials from a photomultiplier experiment against ground truth from 37 independent analysts, the FM values showed good agreement with subjective assessments. Combined result: z = 1.633, p < .05, r = 0.67. Cluster analysis of 200 targets yielded 19 visually distinct groups, providing a quantitative definition of target orthogonality for constructing balanced decoy sets.

#fuzzy_set_analysis #remote_viewing_methodology #free_response_scoring #target_orthogonality #figure_of_merit

Remote Viewing Revisited: Well-Controlled Experiments Don't Find the "RV Effect"

Marks, David F • 1982 • The Skeptical Inquirer

David Marks examines the SRI remote viewing (RV) experiments by Targ and Puthoff with subjects Pat Price and Hella Hammid. He documents data suppression—Targ and Puthoff refused to release raw transcripts—then demonstrates that the Hammid transcripts contain 24 identifiable sensory cues (dates, experimenter names, temporal references, cross-session comments) enabling correct ordering without ESP. Independent judges in New Zealand (12,000 km away) used only these cues to achieve p=.001 in blind transcript matching, equaling the original SRI judge's performance. A systematic review of replication attempts finds a clear pattern: all well-controlled RV studies fail (Allen 1976; Karnes 1979, 1980), while positive results appear only in flawed designs. Marks concludes remote viewing is a cognitive illusion produced entirely by methodological artifact.

#remote_viewing #sensory_cues #methodology_critique #skeptical_analysis #targ_puthoff_sri

A Preliminary Survey of the Eastern Harbor, Alexandria, Egypt, Including a Comparison of Side Scan Sonar and Remote Viewing

Schwartz, Stephan A • 1980 • Mobius Group

Preliminary archaeological survey of Alexandria's Eastern Harbor combining a consensual remote viewing methodology (11 independent viewers) with side-scan sonar (Harold Edgerton, MIT). Viewers, blind to the project's Egyptian location, marked target sites on sanitized maps; all materials were notarized before fieldwork. Identified probable locations of the Emporium, Poseidium, Timonium, Cleopatra's palace complex, and Antirrhodus. Key discovery: the ancient seawall extending ~65 meters further seaward than previously known. Stone 'beads' at the Pharos site, predicted by viewer R3 before diving, were confirmed underwater. Side-scan sonar yielded only one clear hit due to particulate; remote viewing proved the more productive search technology.

#applied_remote_viewing #underwater_archaeology #alexandria_project #sonar_comparison #consensus_methodology

Precognitive Remote Viewing in the Chicago Area: A Replication of the Stanford Experiment

Dunne, Brenda J; Bisaha, John P • 1979 • Journal of Parapsychology

Eight precognitive remote viewing trials tested whether two untrained volunteer percipients could describe randomly selected Chicago-area target locations before the targets were determined. Percipients recorded their impressions during a 15-minute window while an agent traveled to a site chosen from 100+ locations via sealed-envelope random selection. Three independent judges, blind to trial-target pairings, ranked all transcripts against photographs of the eight sites. The sum of ranks was 20 (p < .008, one-tailed), with four of eight transcripts receiving first-place rankings. Results replicate Puthoff and Targ's (1976) Stanford SRI findings using an improved precognitive protocol with untrained participants.

#precognitive_remote_viewing #stanford_replication #blind_judging #cia_stargate_declassified #untrained_percipients

A Perceptual Channel for Information Transfer over Kilometer Distances: Historical Perspective and Recent Research

Puthoff, Harold E; Targ, Russell • 1976 • Proceedings of the IEEE

Fifty-one double-blind remote viewing experiments at Stanford Research Institute tested whether individuals could perceive and describe remote geographical or technical targets. Six subjects (experienced and learners) plus visiting scientists generated tape-recorded descriptions and drawings of randomly selected target locations while closeted with a blind experimenter. Blind rank-order judging yielded highly significant results for experienced subject Price (p = 2.9 x 10⁻⁵) and learner Hammid (p = 1.8 x 10⁻⁶). Faraday cage shielding did not degrade performance. Four precognitive trials, where descriptions were completed before target selection, were matched without error by three independent judges. The authors conclude that remote viewing is a latent, widely distributed perceptual ability predominantly involving non-analytic (shape, form, color) information consistent with right-hemisphere processing.

#sri_remote_viewing #free_response #faraday_cage_shielding #precognitive_remote_viewing #right_hemisphere_hypothesis

Information transmission under conditions of sensory shielding

Targ, Russell; Puthoff, Harold E • 1974 • Nature

Researchers at Stanford Research Institute conducted experiments investigating anomalous information transfer under sensory-shielded conditions. Three main experiment series were reported: (1) drawing reproduction by Uri Geller in an electrically shielded room, where two independent judges achieved perfect target-response matching; (2) remote viewing by Pat Price, who described distant geographical targets visited by an outbound experimenter, with blind judge matching yielding P = 3 × 10⁻⁴ across nine trials (24/45 correct matches vs. 5 expected); and (3) EEG experiments showing alpha-blocking in one subject correlated with remote strobe stimulation. The authors concluded that a perceptual channel exists for information transfer about remote locations through an unidentified modality.

#sensory_shielding #blind_judging #drawing_reproduction #eeg_correlates #sri_program

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