Remote Viewing

   Remote viewing is the ability of an individual to describe, in detail, a distant location or environment of another individual.  Remote viewing emerged and set protocols designed to make clairvoyance a more scientific process.  In the 1970s the Stargate Project was created, the project name was a code name created to cover "remote viewing programs".  The project was eventually terminated, according to the official report at the time, because there was insufficient evidence of the utility of the intelligence data produced.

   In 1995 the project was transferred to the CIA and a retrospective evaluation of the results was done. The CIA contracted the American Institutes for Research for this evaluation. An analysis conducted by Professor Jessica Utts showed a statistically significant effect, with gifted subjects scoring 5%-15% above chance, though subject reports included a large amount of irrelevant information, and when reports did seem on target they were vague and general in nature.  Professor Ray Hyman concluded a null result.  Based upon both of their collected findings, the CIA followed the recommendation to terminate the 20 million dollar project.  In 1995, Time magazine stated that three full-time psychics were still working on a $500,000-a-year budget out of Fort Meade, Maryland, which would soon close up shop.

   In 1973, the Standford Research Institute (SRI) conducted experiments of remote viewing in which high hit rates were recorded.  Criticism followed the experiments, stating that notes were given to the individuals attempting remote viewing, referring to the previous days targets or that the date of the session was written at the top of the page.  Considered clues, it was eventually asserted that these clues were the reasons behind the high hit rate.  Additionally, the information from remote viewing sessions can be vague and include a lot of erroneous data. The 1995 report for the American Institute for Research "An Evaluation of Remote Viewing: Research and Applications" by Mumford, Rose and Goslin, contains a section of anonymous reports describing how remote viewing was tentatively used in a number of operational situations. The three reports conclude that the data was too vague to be of any use, and in the report that offers the most positive results the writer notes that the viewers "had some knowledge of the target organizations and their operations but not the background of the particular tasking at hand."  Many have disputed these criticisms, stating that there are those that simply choose not to believe the human mind is capable of such a thing.

   Many Psychics use remote viewing today to assist in police investigations.  Many of these individuals use Psychometry to assist their ability to find, retrieve and point the investigators in the appropriate direction.