Deep Dive — Remote Viewing
A chronological journey through the remote viewing literature, from the original SRI experiments to modern replications and CIA follow-ups.
Information Transmission Under Conditions of Sensory Shielding
Targ & Puthoff (1974)
The founding paper, published in Nature. Describes the first controlled remote viewing experiments at Stanford Research Institute.
A Perceptual Channel for Information Transfer Over Kilometer Distance
Puthoff & Targ (1976)
Extends the SRI work with additional experiments and historical context. Solidifies the claim that distance does not degrade the signal.
Advances in Remote-Viewing Analysis
May et al. (1990)
Introduces improved analytical methods for scoring remote viewing trials. Shows how the field matured its methodology.
Decision Augmentation Theory: Toward a Model of Anomalous Mental Phenomena
May et al. (1995)
Proposes that micro-PK results are actually anomalous cognition biasing decisions, reducing all psi to a single information-transfer mechanism. Developed within the Stargate program, DAT reframes how RV-adjacent PK effects should be interpreted.
An Assessment of the Evidence for Psychic Functioning
Utts (1996)
Jessica Utts's statistical evaluation for the CIA Stargate review. Concludes that remote viewing produces reliable, replicable results.
Evaluation of a Program on Anomalous Mental Phenomena
Hyman (1996)
The skeptical half of the Stargate review. Hyman concedes real effects but argues they do not establish anomalous cognition: the program used a single judge (the PI) across all experiments, has not been independently replicated, and parapsychology lacks even one exemplar experiment. Read back-to-back with Utts for the full debate.
Information and Uncertainty in Remote Perception Research
Dunne & Jahn (2003)
The definitive archival publication of the PEAR remote perception program — 653 formal trials over 25 years at Princeton. Represents the other major RV research program alongside SRI/SAIC, and introduces the 'uncertainty complementarity' thesis: that increasing analytical precision in scoring paradoxically inhibits the anomalous effect.
Greg Kolodziejzyk's 13-Year Associative Remote Viewing Experiment Results
Kolodziejzyk (2012)
A single practitioner's 13-year longitudinal study using associative remote viewing. Unusual for its duration and real-world (financial) application.
Explicit Anomalous Cognition: A Review of the Best Evidence in Ganzfeld, Forced-choice, Remote Viewing and Dream Studies
Baptista, Derakhshani & Tressoldi (2015)
Comprehensive review covering RV evidence from SRI/SAIC through 2014, showing consistent medium effect sizes (ES = 0.16–0.27) with experienced viewers achieving ES = 0.385 requiring only 33 trials for 80% power.
The Location and Reconstruction of a Byzantine Structure in Marea, Egypt
Schwartz (2019)
Applied remote viewing in archaeology: two viewers independently locate and describe a buried 6th-century Byzantine building at Marea, Egypt, before excavation. The paper's defining feature is a direct head-to-head comparison with a 1976 proton precession magnetometer survey of the same site -- the electronic sensing found nothing; remote viewing produced the only actionable location data. A concrete test of RV utility against the best conventional alternative technology available.
Follow-up on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Remote Viewing Experiments
Escola-Gascon et al. (2023)
A modern follow-up (N=634, triple-blind forced-choice) using CIA declassified protocols with SEM invariance analysis. Believers with image targets scored d=0.853 above chance (BF10=60.5); experiential emotional intelligence predicted 19.5% of hit variance. The first study to link a specific cognitive ability (EI) to RV performance.
Exploring the Correlates and Nature of Subjective Anomalous Interactions with Objects (Psychometry): A Mixed Methods Survey
Simmonds-Moore (2024)
Contemporary mixed methods study of psychometry (object reading) — a phenomenon closely related to remote viewing. Links psychometry experiences to ASMR sensitivity, bridging parapsychology with mainstream sensory processing research. Important for understanding the phenomenology of anomalous cognition. --- --- ## How to use this path - If you are an AI agent: Each paper is cited with its catalog ID in backticks. Cross-reference with `_CATALOG.json` for full bibliographic information and methodology data. - If you are a human reader: Follow the papers in order for a deep dive into the remote viewing literature. - To update: When new papers are added to the library that advance this path's purpose, add them in order and renumber all subsequent entries. Back to [Reading Paths Index](_INDEX.md)
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