A compilation of declassified manuals and practitioner guides detailing the structured methodology of Controlled Remote Viewing.
CRV: Controlled Remote Viewing Manuals (Collected Papers and Guides)
Daz Smith
2013 (compiled from earlier training documents and practitioner materials)
A compilation of training manuals, instructional notes, and practitioner commentary related to Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV), a structured methodology developed within U.S. military–intelligence research programs during the late 20th century. The collection draws from declassified documents and materials associated with early CRV trainers and students influenced by Ingo Swann’s coordinate remote viewing framework.
The manuals outline procedural stages, target cueing methods, ideogram recording, sensory data acquisition, and protocols designed to separate spontaneous impressions from analytical interpretation. The work serves as both archival preservation and practical reference for those studying or practicing CRV methodology.
“Controlled Remote Viewing is a structured, disciplined process designed to access and describe information about a target that is otherwise inaccessible to the ordinary senses.”
Controlled Remote Viewing originated within classified U.S. government research programs beginning in the 1970s and continuing through the early 1990s. After declassification in the mid-1990s and the termination of formal funding, official evaluations described the results as inconsistent and insufficient for operational intelligence use.
Following program closure, CRV materials dispersed into private archives, practitioner networks, and small publishing circles. Without institutional endorsement and amid broader scientific skepticism toward anomalous cognition research, the manuals did not enter mainstream academic or commercial publishing channels. As a result, collections such as this circulate primarily within specialized communities rather than formal scientific or military training environments.