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Statement of Work: Anomalous Cognition Program Tasks

This single-page Statement of Work, part of the CIA STAR GATE collection released via the CIA Reading Room, specifies six tasks in support of an ongoing anomalous cognition (remote viewing) activity, all due by 31 December 1994. Task 1 calls for a retrospective review and technical analysis of operational data produced since 1979, including protocol descriptions and ground-truth analysis, to determine which categories of operational tasking yield successful versus unsuccessful results and to compile the best prima facie examples with supporting material. Tasks 2 and 3 require constructing and maintaining online computerized databases for that Task 1 information and for the analysis of continuing operations. Task 4 involves workshops with operations user-communities to identify real-world requirements for anomalous cognition technology, suitable data forms, and logistics for tasking and ground-truth feedback. Task 5 convenes physiology, physics, and psychology researchers to design experiments improving data quality and understanding of the mechanisms of anomalous mental phenomena. Task 6 calls for operational test-bed experiments with total ground-truth, including technical analysis of the accuracy and reliability of current practitioners. The document was approved for release on 2000/08/08 and bears the handling markers SG1B.

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Description

A CIA Statement of Work outlining six tasks supporting an ongoing anomalous cognition ('remote viewing') program, to be completed by 31 December 1994. Tasks include a retrospective technical review of operational data since 1979, construction of computerized databases, user-community and research workshops, and operational test-bed experiments with full ground-truth.

Claims

  • An operations section has produced anomalous cognition data since 1979 warranting a retrospective technical and ground-truth analysis.

    60%

  • An operations section has produced anomalous cognition data since 1979 that can be retrospectively reviewed for successful and unsuccessful operational tasking.

    60%

  • There exist practitioners currently associated with the program whose accuracy and reliability can be evaluated through operational test-bed experiments with total ground truth.

    55%

  • Practitioners currently associated with the program can be evaluated for accuracy and reliability via ground-truth test-bed experiments.

    55%

  • 'Anomalous cognition technology' has current real-world operational requirements per user communities.

    50%

  • Anomalous mental phenomena have identifiable underlying mechanisms that research could clarify.

    30%

Events

  1. Dec 31, 1978

    Retrospective review of operations data since 1979

    Task 1 requires technical analysis of data produced by the operations section since 1979.

  2. Dec 30, 1994

    Completion deadline for Statement of Work tasks

    All six tasks were required to be completed by 31 December 1994.

  3. Aug 7, 2000

    CIA approval for release

    Document approved for release under the marking 'Approved For Release 2000/08/08.'

  4. Dec 30, 1994

    Deadline for Statement of Work tasks

    All six tasks required to be completed by 31 December 1994.

  5. Aug 7, 2000

    Approved for release

    Document approved for public release through the CIA Reading Room.

Dates mentioned

19791994-12-312000-08-08

Keywords

anomalous cognitionremote viewingSTAR GATEground truthstatement of workCIAparapsychologyanomalous mental phenomenaoperations sectiontest-bed experimentsoperational tasking

Entities

Extracted text (OCR)
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789RO0300021, NNN floss

STATEMENT OF WORK

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In support of on-going activity, we require the following tasks to be completed by 31 December 1994:

Task 1

Construct a retrospective review and technical analysis of the data that have been produced by the op-
erations section since 1979. This should include a description of protocols and, where possible, ground
truth analysis. The objectives are to determine categories of operational tasking that lead to successful
and unsuccessful results and to collect into a single document the best prima facie examples together
with their supporting material.

Task 2

Construct and maintain an on-line, computerized database for the information from Task 1.

Task 3

Construct and maintain an on-line, computerized database for the analysis of continuing operations.

Task 4
Conduct workshops with representatives of the operations user-communities to identify:

a. Current real-world requirements for anomalous cognition technology.
b. Forms of data that are best suited for user-community analysis.

c. Logistics for significant liaison for responsive tasking and ground-truth feedback for performance
analysis.

Task 5
Conduct workshops with representatives of the physiology, physics, and psychology research communi-
ties for the purpose of determining specific experiments that would be likely to yield the most produc-

tive insights into improving the quality of the data and the understanding of the mechanisms of anoma-
lous mental phenomena.

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Task 6

Conduct operational test-bed experiments in which total ground-truth is available. This should include

a complete technical analysis of the accuracy and reliability of practitioners currently associated with
the program.

SG1B

Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R003000210001-5

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