Reply to article by: Todd Lemire <tlemire@nospam.com>
Date written: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:29:23 -0400
MsgID:<7p6dnTKd09DzgJHcRVn-pQ@comcast.com>

The recently acquired 14 CD ROM - CIA STARGATE Remote Viewing 
Government document collection is now available for purchase. 
Details can be found here:

http://www.michiganufos.com/stargate.html

Why would anyone want to view the results of a failed experiment? The remote
viewing (RV) experiment was a complete flop since the whole entire goal of the
RV program was to see if RV had "any utility for intelligence collection" (AN
EVALUATION OF REMOTE VIEWING: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, by Michael D Mumford,
Andrew M. Rose, and David A. Goslin, pg E4-5). In 22 years of study, it had (and
still has) no utility whatsoever and was "unpromising"...

   "As mandated by Congress, CIA is reviewing available information and past 
   research programs concerning parapsychological phenomena, mainly 'Remote 
   Viewing' to determine whether they might have any utility for intelligence 
   collection. - CIA sponsored research on this subject in the 1970s -- At that 
   time, the program, always considered speculative and controversial, was 
   determined to be unpromising" (CIA STATEMENT ON 'REMOTE VIEWING', by the CIA 
   Public Affairs Office, 6 September 1995)

And no wonder it was so unpromising, as the the experiment was completely
flawed: their 'data' was determined to be sloppy, vague, and supported only by
alot of wishful thinking, therefore it could prove nor disprove anything
factually...

   "It is unclear whether the observed effects can unambiguously be attributed 
   to the paranormal ability of the remote viewers as opposed to characteristics
   of the judges or of the target or some other characteristic of the methods 
   was used. Use of the same remote viewers, the same judge, and the same target
   photographs makes it impossible to identify their independent effects" (AN 
   EVALUATION OF REMOTE VIEWING: RESERACH AND APPLICATIONS by M. D. Mumford, A. 
   M. Rose and D. Goslin, published by AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH, pg E3)

  "The information provided was inconsistent, inaccurate with regard to 
   specifics, and required substantial subjective interpretation" (AN EVALUATION
   OF REMOTE VIEWING: RESERACH AND APPLICATIONS by M. D. Mumford, A. M. Rose and
   D. Goslin, published by AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH, pg E4)

   "In no case had the information provided ever been used to guide intelligence
   operations" (AN EVALUATION OF REMOTE VIEWING: RESERACH AND APPLICATIONS by M.
   D. Mumford, A. M. Rose and D. Goslin, published by AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR 
   RESEARCH, pg E4)

The Sage

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