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category: Research Methodology
created: 2025-07-22
description: Outbound Remote Viewing is a remote viewing methodology where an experimenter
  visits a target site while the psychic attempts to perceive their surroundings.
location: Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California
start: 1972
summary: Outbound Remote Viewing is a Remote Viewing methodology where an 'outbound'
  experimenter visits a target site while the psychic, typically back at a laboratory,
  attempts to perceive and describe the experimenter's surroundings.
tags:
- concept
- remoteviewing
- methodology
title: Outbound Remote Viewing
updated: 2025-07-22
---

[Outbound Remote Viewing](/concepts/outbound-remote-viewing/) is a [Remote Viewing](/concepts/remote-viewing/) methodology where an "outbound" experimenter visits a target site while the psychic, typically back at a laboratory, attempts to perceive and describe the experimenter's surroundings. This method allows for richer feedback, as the psychic can later visit the actual site to compare their impressions with reality.[^1]

This protocol was used in early remote viewing experiments at [SRI](/organizations/stanford-research-institute/). For example, [Hal Puthoff](/people/hal-puthoff/) and [Earle Jones](/people/earle-jones/) served as outbound experimenters for [Pat Price](/people/pat-price/), who accurately described their location at Hoover Tower. Similarly, [Skip Atwater](/people/frederick-atwater/) used this method in early sessions with [Mel Riley](/people/mel-riley/) at [Fort Meade](/places/fort-meade/). The technique was also employed in experiments with [Hella Hammid](/people/hella-hammid/), where she demonstrated precognitive abilities by accurately describing a site even before it was randomly selected for the outbound experimenter.[^1]

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[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.