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    RemoteViewing

    TheNina

    Reiser

    Case

    July

    2008

    TheAuroraRemoteViewingGroup Version 4.2

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    piece of considerable interest. You can scour the Internet or the 30+ books about the

    subject,andfindmuchdiscussionaboutitshistory,andmanyclaims,butfewactualremote

    viewing sessions,much less a remote viewing project from start to finish. (As an aid to

    lookingmore intoremoteviewing,wehaveappendeda listofresources.)Therehasbeen

    quite

    a

    bit

    of

    teaching

    done,

    often

    offered

    at

    a

    high

    cost,

    by

    viewers

    who

    were

    part

    of

    the

    militaryprogramafteritbecamepublic,butonthewholeverylittledisplayofactualremote

    viewing sessions.This ismostunfortunate.Weoffer thisaccount in thehope that itwill

    begintofillthelargegapbetweentheclaimsthathavebeenprevalentinthefieldandthe

    expectationsthathavebeencreated.

    Aswepresent themain featuresof thisunfortunate saga,wewill interpolateadditional

    informationaboutremoteviewing.

    TheDisappearanceofNinaReiser

    Let'sbeginwithwhathappenedonSunday,September3,2006inthehillsabove Oakland,

    California.

    On

    that

    day,

    Nina

    Reiser,

    age

    31,

    a

    recent

    Russian

    immigrant,

    was

    dropping

    off

    hertwokidsatthehousewhereherestrangedhusband,HansReiser,lived.Thehousewas

    ownedbyHansReiser'smother;BeverlyPalmer.

    HansReiserwasfamousintheLinuxsoftwarecommunityastheinventorofthewidelyused

    Reiser FS file system. He had founded a company called Namesys and had hired

    programmersinRussiatofurtherdevelopthesoftware.WhileinRussiahimself,hehadmet

    NinaSharanovaandthetwohadfalleninlove,hadbeenmarriedin1999andhadhadtwo

    children,RoryandNiorline. However,forafewyearsnowtheyhadbeeninthemidstofa

    divorcewhichhadbecomeverycontentious.HansReiserwaslivingathismother'shousein

    theMontclairDistrictofOakland at 6979 ExeterDrive.Hismother,Beverly Palmer,was

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    away thatweekendat thecounterculturalBurningManFestival inNevada.Reiserwould

    havethehousetohimself,alongwiththetwochildren,afterNinadroppedthemoff.

    After leaving thekidsatBeverlyPalmer'shousearound2:20p.m.onSeptember3,2006,

    NinaReiserdisappeared.

    HerlongtimefriendEllenDorenwasthefirstpersontobeawarethatsomethingwasamiss,

    sinceNinawasscheduledtohavedinnerwithherthateveningatabout5:30.WhenNina

    didnotshowup,DorenbecamealarmedandphonedNina'scellphoneseveraltimes.There

    wasnoanswer.DoreninformedNina'sboyfriend,AnthonyZografos.Alarmed,hetoocalled

    Nina'scellphoneseveraltimesbutgotonlythemessageontheansweringmachine.

    FollowingtheMemorialDayholidayonMonday,EllenDorennotifiedtheOaklandpoliceon

    September6,2006thatNinaReiserwasmissing.Thepolicebegantoinvestigateandsoon

    focused

    on

    the

    estranged

    husband,

    Hans

    Reiser.

    Some

    of

    the

    circumstantial

    evidence

    that

    ledthemtodothiswillbementionedlateron.(Forextensivedetailaboutthehistoryofthis

    case,pleaseconsultthewebsiteslistedattheendofthisreport.)

    Good friendsofNinaReiser, including teachersat the local schoolwhere theReiser kids

    wentfordaycare,formedacommitteetohelpsearchforher. Theysetupawebsitewith

    picturesofNina andoffered a rewardwhich eventually totaled $25,000. Thepublicwas

    urgedtosubmittothepoliceanyinformationtheyhadthatboreonthecaseandapolice

    phonenumberwasgivenforthatpurpose.

    Next,beforediscussingtheworkofourremoteviewingteamonthiscase, let's lookabit

    moreatwhatremoteviewingisaswellassomeofitshistory.

    WhatIsRemoteViewing?In the early 1970's the US intelligence community was worried about longtime rival

    superpower,theUSSR.InparticulartheywereworriedthattheRussiansmighthavemade

    significant progress in the use of psychics or clairvoyants, in what the Russians called

    psychotronics.Afterall,Bulgariahadhadagovernmentpaidpsychic(VangaDimitrova)and

    some

    Eastern

    European

    countries

    had

    utilized

    clairvoyants

    for

    military

    purposes

    during

    WorldWar II.AbookbySheilaOstranderandLynnSchroeder,PsychicDiscoveriesBehind

    theIronCurtain,hadbeenpublishedandhadmadeanimpressiononUSintelligencewithits

    accounts of supposed psychic spying and other 'paranormal' feats. Could it be that the

    Russianshaddevelopedsecretpsychicweaponscouldtheyreadsomeone'smind,could

    theyinjureorkillatadistance?Ifso,fromthepointofviewofUSintelligence,the"psigap"

    neededtobenarrowed.

    As itturnedout, two laserphysicists,RussellTargandHalPuthoffhadbeen investigating

    whatcametobecalledremoteviewingattheStanfordResearchInstitute(SRI)inCalifornia.

    PuthoffbroughtanaturalpsychicnamedIngoSwannfromNewYorkCitytotheWestCoast,

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    and SRI was testing his and others' remote sensing abilities. In one such series, an

    "outbounder"wouldopenasealedenvelopehehadbeengivenanddrive20minutesorso

    awayfromthelabtothelocationspecified.Hewouldthenstayatthesiteforafewminutes

    andlaterreportbackwhathesaw.Theremoteviewerbackinthelabwoulddescribewhat

    was

    at

    the

    scene

    where

    the

    outbound

    person

    was

    and

    often

    do

    so

    successfully

    and

    this

    couldbedoneeveniftheviewingweredonebeforetheoutboundergottothedestination.

    Inremoteviewing,timewasnotwhatitseemed.Norwasspace:remoteviewerscouldview

    locationsatanydistance,includingtheplanets.

    TheCIAverifiedtoitssatisfactionthattherewasagenuinephenomenonandenteredintoa

    contractwith StanfordResearch Institute todevelop amethod thatworkedand to train

    remoteviewers.Swanntooktheleadinthiseffort.Overmanymonthsheevolvedasetof

    procedures which was termed Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV). This is a detailed

    methodology

    using

    pen

    and

    paper

    which

    the

    remote

    viewer

    follows

    to

    produce

    impressions

    ofthetarget;i.e.,whatisatthelocationorplace.

    Themilitary itself laterbecamedirectly involvedandran itsownprograms,usingSwann's

    method,inthemain.Theprogramwentbymanynamesoverthe20yearsofitsexistence

    e.g., Grill Flame, Sun Streak, Center Lane and the most famous one, Star Gate. (This is

    distinctfromtheTVseriesofthesamename.)Duringthattimehundredsifnotthousands

    ofremoteviewingsessionsweredone.Thedatafromthosesessionswassubmittedaspart

    ofthe intelligencemixoneformofhuman intelligencetogowithSignal Intelligenceand

    otherintelligence"products".Itwasfoundthatremoteviewingwasusefulbutbynomeans

    flawless. Accurate data was nearly always mixed with inaccurate data. Nonetheless the

    programsurviveduncertainroundafterroundoffundingovertheyearsandcontinuedto

    produceinformationutilizedbyUSmilitaryandintelligenceagencies.

    In1996theCIAdecidedtounburdenitselfoftheprogramandsponsoredareportthatsaid,

    ineffect,eventhoughthetechniquehadbeenusedandwasfundedandrefundedfor20

    years, Really, there is nothing to it. Their claim was that remote viewing had not

    demonstrateditsusefulnesstotheintelligencecommunity.Thiswasamisstatement,tosay

    theleast.

    After the programwas (ostensibly) disbanded in 1996, several remote viewerswho had

    been in military intelligence began teaching remote viewing to the public and some

    launched remote viewing companies. These included Sergeant First Class Lyn Buchanan,

    MajorPaulSmith,CaptainDavidMorehouseandMajorEdDames.F.Holmes"Skip"Atwater

    joinedtheMonroeInstituteinVirginiatoexplorethepossibilities.JoeMcMoneagle,viewer

    001,undertookextensiveworkinlaboratoriesaswellasclientwork.McMoneagle,virtually

    aloneamongthegroup,hasrepeatedlydemonstratedhisexceptionalabilitiesontelevision,

    includingmanytimesonJapanesetelevisionandiswidelyconsideredtheworld'sforemost

    remoteviewer.IngoSwanncontinuedhisworkinthelaboratoryandwrotecopiouslyonthe

    subject.Inthesucceedingyears,manyciviliansweretrainedinremoteviewingandentered

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    the scene, mainly teaching RV, but also forming businesses. These included Angela

    Thompson Smith, Courtney Brown, Prudence Calabrese, Wayne Carr, and Simeon Hein.

    Mostofthese individualshavewrittenbooksaboutremoteviewing. Inadditiontherehad

    beena longexistingseparatecivilianstreamofremoteviewingwhichhaddoneextensive

    practical

    and

    scientific

    work.

    Stephan

    Schwartz

    is

    a

    leading

    such

    viewer

    and

    practitioner.

    So,what is this remarkable thingcalled remoteviewing?Howdoes itwork? It iseasy to

    describeit,butnotyetpossibletosayhowitworks.Nooneknows.Thatis,nooneknows

    theunderlyingscientificprinciplesbehindremoteviewing.Remoteviewingcontradictsthe

    knownlawsofphysics.However,weknowthekindsofthingsremoteviewerscandotoget

    data and improve its quality over time although opinions vary about methods and

    protocols.

    First,tobecomeproficient,aviewerneedstobelieveitispossibletodoit.Orbetteryet,as

    JoeMcMoneagleput itTogofrombelievingyoucantoknowingyoucan isperhapsthe

    mostsignificantstepyoucantake.

    Skepticismcandiminish remoteviewing results,although some skepticsvisiting Stanford

    Research Institutewereput to the teston the spotand to theiramazement found itdid

    workafterall.

    Next, a cooldownmay help such as a short period of relaxationormeditation. Some

    viewers use CD's specially designed to foster certain brain rhythms, particularly theta

    rhythms.Nodrugsareused,norhypnosis.Theviewerisawakeandusuallyhashis/hereyes

    open.

    Therearetwobroadapproachestopracticalremoteviewing(asopposedtoviewinginthe

    lab).ThefirstisadvocatedbyRussellTargandJoeMcMoneagle.Inthismethod,togreatly

    simplify,youask for the target tobepresentedand thenwait for the information,visual

    information inthemain,toappear inyourmind'seye.Youdrawandwriteasyoureceive

    theimpressions.Thisistheinformalmethodorapproach.

    The other approach uses one of several highly structured methods. The predominant

    methodwasthatdevelopedbytheStanfordResearchInstituteandIngoSwannandiscalled

    CoordinateRemoteViewing(CRV). AlaterbranchwastermedControlledRemoteViewing,

    and there are other variants as well. Others methods include SRV (Scientific Remote

    Viewing)andTDSstyle/Knosomatics.

    Allthesemethodsinvolveaviewerorviewingteam,andatasker,thepersonwhoassignsan

    arbitrarynumberor alphanumeric (setofnumbersplus letters), conventionally 8, to the

    target.Thisisgenerallytheonlyinformationtheviewerisgiven.Theviewerundertakesthe

    sessionknowingnothing(or little)aboutthetargetorobjective,whichcouldtheoretically

    be

    anything

    in

    the

    universe.

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    Inpractice,therearevariousfactorswhichmayleadaviewer'sconsciousmindtosurmise

    somethingabouttheobjective.Ataskermaybeknownorsuspectedtoselectcertainkinds

    ofobjectives, forexample.But thegoal is tokeep theviewer"blind" tothe target. If the

    viewerknowsanythingspecificabouttheobjective,he issaidtobe"frontloaded".This is

    not

    desirable

    because

    accurate

    remote

    viewing

    data

    does

    not

    come

    from

    the

    conscious

    mindbut from somewhereelse referred tovariouslyas thesubconscious,unconscious,

    Jung'sCollectiveUnconscious,theMatrix,theAkashicrecords,andthelike.

    The taskermay also be blind to the targetorhe/shemay have some knowledgeof the

    target.Forexample,thetaskermayknowwhotheclientisandwhattheclientislikelytobe

    interestedin.Oraclientmaysimplytellthetaskerwhatisbeingsought,say,amissingchild,

    whereavaluableobject,howtosolveacertainproblem. Inanycase,thetaskerdoesnot

    communicatethisinformationtotheviewers.

    Theremaybeaseparateanalystwhoanalyzesthedata,orthetaskermaydosohimself.

    Theremay ormay not be a separate ProjectManager. There is debate in the field and

    varying practices about setting up and doing remote viewing,whether for clients or for

    practice.Thereisinfactdifferenceofopinionaboutvirtuallyeveryaspectofremoteviewing

    andhowitiscarriedout.(Wewillnotenterintothatdebatehere,butwillsetforwardour

    practiceofremoteviewinginthiscaseasweproceed.)

    Usingthemorestructuredmethodology,theviewerthushasonlythe8digitalphanumeric

    togoon.Aftercoolingdown, theviewerusually reads the tag (as it iscalled)aloud,and

    makes a quick small "scribble" on the page. This is usually one of a predefined set of

    graphic marks called the ideogram. One set of ideograms uses basic lines for water,

    mountain,land,structure,subject,etc.Waterorliquidisawavyline,drawnveryquickly.A

    mountain or/peaked shape is the obvious ^ shape. Land or a flat surface is a straight

    horizontal line.These ideogramsare thought to contain someorpossiblyall information

    abouttheobjective, inminiatureorembryo,as itwere.However,remoteviewingmaybe

    practiced successfully without ideograms as done by Joe McMoneagle and Gary

    Langford (the latter an early coworker at Stanford Research Institute). The tag may be

    repeatedduring the session, gettinganew impressionof the siteeach time.The viewer

    thenusesothertechniqueswhicharebeyondthescopeofthispiecetoproducegraphicand

    verbal data relevant to the objective. It is not an easy process and takes considerable

    training.Some,like LynBuchanan,refertoitasamentalmartialart.

    Asmentioned,thisdata isvirtuallynever100%accurate.Someuseascoringmethodand

    claim accuracy rates from 60% to 80% or above.However, others do not use a scoring

    method,foravarietyofreasons.Forexample,somedata issymbolicormetaphoricaland

    suchdataisveryhardtoscoreobjectively.

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    The viewerwill then do her session, generally taking between 15minutes and 2 hours,

    dependingonthemethod,typeofobjective,importanceoftheobjective, viewer'sstamina,

    orotherfactors.

    Once done, the session is then sent to the analyst or projectmanager. Remote viewing

    worksbestwitha teamofviewersand theanalystmay retask several timesand receive

    severalsessionsfromeachviewer,dependingonthescopeandprogressoftheproject.

    Theanalystthenscrutinizesthedatausingskillsandmethodsdeveloped inthatschoolof

    remoteviewing.Theviewersmaybetaskedagaintolearnmoreaboutaspecificobjective.If

    so, theyaregivennew tags foreach retasking.They thenmaybe told toutilize specific

    techniques or undertake certain maneuvers, such as "View the objective from 100 feet

    overhead"or "Move toonehourearlier."Thismayhelp theviewer focus inonwhat the

    clientneedstoknowwithouttellingthevieweranythingspecificabouttheobjective.Inthe

    military and elsewhere, an additional person, amonitor, has been used to facilitate the

    processofexploringtheviewer'sresponses.

    Thisinbriefishowremoteviewingworks,onpracticalprojects.Inthelaboratory,different

    andtighterstandardsandmethodsareofcourseapplied.

    AnAbandonedVanIsFoundLetusnowreturntotheReisercase.

    OnSeptember9,2006,nearlyaweekafterNinaReiser'sdisappearance,herHondaOdyssey

    minivanwasfoundintheThornhilldistrictoftheOaklandhills.Shehadbeenshoppingwith

    her twokidsonSunday,September3attheBerkeleyBowl inthenearbycityofBerkeley

    andthegroceries,nowrotting,werestillinthevan.Herpursewasalsostillthereaswasher

    cellphone.Thebatteriesfromthecellphonehadbeendisconnected.

    Nina's van was found 3 miles from Beverly Palmer's house, the house where she had

    droppedoffherkidsandwhereshehadlastbeenseen.Thequestionwas,WherewasNina?

    Hadsheabandonedhervananddisappearedtoescapefromherexhusbandandthenasty

    situation,

    or

    had

    there

    been

    foul

    play?

    TheAuroraRemoteViewingGroupBeginsViewingTheAuroraRVGisagroupofdedicatedremoteviewerswithmembersonthreecontinents

    (UK,USAandAustralia).Oneofthemembers,KenGardner,happenstoliveinOakland.In

    the fallof2006heheardabout theReisercaseanddecided to task thegroupwithNina

    Reiser'sdisappearance.(Auroraviewersrotateintaskingtheteam.Inthisinstanceviewers

    knewthatKenwasthetasker.Auroranowusesablindtaskingmechanismsoviewersdo

    notknowwhothetaskeris.)

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    Therewereseveralreasonstodoundertakethisobjective.Awomanhaddisappearedand

    thepolicewere seekingassistance from thepublic.A coupleof large searcheshadbeen

    undertakenwithoutturningupaclue.TheAuroragrouphadbeenformedin2004withthe

    goalofdoingusefulandproductivework,e.g.helpfindmissingpeople,helpsolvehistorical

    or

    current

    problems

    or

    puzzles,

    and

    the

    like.

    Since

    Ken

    lives

    in

    Oakland,

    he

    would

    have

    the

    advantageofbeing able to follow the caseup close. This is not generallypossible since

    remote viewersmost often view an objectivewhich is far fromwhere they live, and/or

    remote in time. Theymay never get close to the location or be able to find sufficiently

    specificinformationabouttheobjective,onlineorotherwise.Inaddition,manycasesdonot

    getthekindofmediacoveragetheReisercasewaslikelytogetandifremoteviewingcould

    proveusefulinthecase,thatwouldbeaverygoodthing.

    October and November 2006 went by and Nina Reiser was still missing. Searches by

    hundreds

    of

    policemen,

    fireman

    and

    volunteers

    had

    turned

    up

    nothing.

    On

    October

    10,

    2006,HansReiserwasarrestedforthemurderofhiswife.Heproclaimedhisinnocence.

    InDecember 2006 the first taskingon the casewas given to theAurora team. The first

    objectivewas"ThepersonorpersonswholeftNinaReiserofOakland,California'sminivan

    inOakland'sThornhillneighborhoodinSeptember2006.Viewerwilldescribethepersonor

    personsindetail."

    A tasking should containamain focus (personorpersons in thiscase),aplace (Thornhill

    neighborhood)andadate/time (September2006).Thatallows theviewer's subconscious

    (orwhateverthesourceoftheinformationis)tofocusonaspecificplaceandwhatwenton

    thereataspecific time. Ifthedate/timeperiod isnotspecified, theviewermayview the

    locationatanothertimeandthusmissthedesiredinformation.

    Again, recall that this is what the tasker has in mind, but the viewer receives only an

    alphanumeric.InthiscaseKenchosethemadeupword"Nordor"asthetag.Thetagcould

    havebeen,say8332BRRB,oranyotheralphanumeric.Thetagisanarbitraryalphanumeric

    withnomeaningotherthantoserveasabookkeepingtool.

    So,torepeat,theviewerisgiventhetagandaskedtoproduceasession.Theyhavenoidea

    whattheobjectiveis.ItcouldbeanavalvesselofftheRossIceShelfinAntarcticaonJuly30,

    1922, the firstperformanceofBeethoven'sNinth,apersonunder investigationbytheUS

    Senate on August 8, 1991, Yankee Stadium at 12 midnight July 15, 2008. It could be

    anything. The Aurora RVG, as presumably all remote viewing groups, wish to limit the

    temptationtoguesswhatanobjectivemaybe.Sotaskersareaskedtoproducevariedand

    unpredictableobjectives.

    Ateamofviewerswasutilizedforthisproject,withsomedoingmoresessionsthanothers.

    TheAuroraGroupismadeupoftrainedandexperiencedviewers,includingsomewhohave

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    doneprofessional(paidandunpaid)workforclientsontheirownoraspartofapreviously

    existingorganization.Auroraisagroupstillindevelopment.

    Unlikemostothergroups in the field,Aurora consistsofviewers from several schoolsor

    methods, e.g. CRV, TDS and SRV. It has been a challenge to work together given the

    differentmethodsandapproaches,butoveraboutfouryearswehavedevelopedamodus

    operandiandhaveworkedtogetherwithsuccessfulresultsonavarietyof inhouseanda

    fewoutsideprojects.

    Thegroup isnot infalliblenor is itsdataeven95percentaccurate,nor isanyRVgroupor

    individual,despitethehyperinflatedclaimsofafewinthefield.

    Asmentionedabove,wepresentthisreportonourworkasacontributiontothefield,and

    hopefullytohelpbringfurtherawarenessofRVtothepublic.Someaspectsofthisproject

    were

    successful

    and

    one

    was

    not.

    We

    will

    present

    both

    facets

    of

    the

    work

    and

    lay

    out

    the

    projectindetailsothatnewcomersandthosewithinthefieldcanfollowtheinsandoutsof

    aspecificprojectasitdeveloped.Asmentioned,thiskindofworkislargelyunpublishedand

    unobtainable. We think the positive and accurate data we have obtained shows what

    remoteviewingiscapableof.Atthesametimewedonotshyawayfromindicatingwhere

    andhowwefellshortinakeyarea.

    FirstTasking:NordorTag:Nordor:

    "Thepersonorpersonswho leftNinaReiserofOakland,California'sminivan inOakland's

    Thornhillneighborhood inSeptember2006.Viewerwilldescribethepersonorpersons in

    detail."

    LetuslookatthefirstsessiondonebyaviewerwhogoesbythecodenameAthena. (Some

    viewersprefertouseacodenametoprotecttheirprivacy).SheusesavariantoftheTDS

    method,whichwastaughtbyagroupthatnolongerexists(TransDimensionalSystems).In

    thismethodtheviewerstartsbyproducingthree"scans"threepagesoforganizeddata

    about

    the

    objective

    following

    a

    certain

    format.

    In

    each

    of

    her

    scans

    for

    this

    target,

    Athena

    getsa"subject"(asubjectbeingaperson,animal,orotherlivingcreature.)

    In scan2 shedescribes the subject in the followingway,alongsidea cartoon sketchofa

    person:

    Fragmented, unyielding, manic, artificially happy, precise, clinical, masculine, cheerful,

    smiling, lightskinned, thin, short hair, youngish (looking), nonmilitary bearing, civilian,

    outside,lotsofclotheson.Shesaysshedoesn'ttakehimveryseriously.He'remindsmeofa

    guyfroma'30sor'40smoviewithhatandtrenchcoathappygolucky.

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    Again,recallthattheviewerknowsnothingatallabouttheobjective.Itmightbeanobject,

    aplace,anevent,oritcouldbeaperson.Sheimmediatelyisdrawntoaperson,andamale

    whichonthefaceofitisentirelyrelevanttothisobjective.

    Shegoesoninscan3togivefurtherdetailsaboutthisman:

    Chainsmoker, thin,masculine, something 'madeup'orartificialabout this subject,nota

    welldeveloped body, teasing personality, charmer, thin, carefree demeanor, nonchalant

    withhisposture,laughlinesaroundhiseyes.Doesn'tseemlikea'modern'guysomekindof

    'throwback'toanotherera.Sheadds,Youngguywho'sfeelinghiswayinlifeandisnaveor

    inexperienced.

    Athenasumsupthesubject:

    Thin,averagebuild, tallish (5'10"),younger looking thanhe is,30's,blondishhair, round

    face,nofacialhair,facehasan'openlook'toit,likeable,amiable,doesn'tsaymuchabout

    himself,just'oneofthegroup',drabcoloredclothing(tan),wearsahat,lookslikeaguyin

    spymovie inthe30sor40s,smarterthanhe looks,cultivatesthehappygoluckypersona,

    levelheaded, laughseasily,smokesa lot,goodeyesight,unattached,heterosexual,makes

    friendseasily.

    Sheconcludes:Subjectknowsa lot,discreet,acts innocentbutheknowswhat'sgoingon,

    notkeepingsecretsfromanyone,butkeepsmostofhisthoughtstohimself,athisphysical

    (peak).

    When Ken saw this session, his immediate impression was that Athena may have been

    describingNinaReiser'shusband,asthepersonwhocausedNina'sminivantobeleftinthe

    Oaklandhills.SincethepolicehadalreadyarrestedHansReiser, itwaslogicaltosee ifthe

    datamatchedthissuspect.

    HerearesomepicturesofHansReiser:

    DoattributesinAthena'sdescriptionmatchHansReiser? Quiteafewdo,yetsomedon't.

    Reiserisofcourseamale.Heisabout5'9"andweighsanestimated190200(basedonhis

    appearance in2008).Hewasayounglooking41years in2006.Somemightsayhehasan

    openlooking face this isa subjective judgment.Hehad little facialhair at the timeof

    viewing(2006).Heisacivilian,heisheterosexual.Theseandotheraspectsmatchwiththe

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    exceptionof thinandblondishhair.Reiser isnot thin.He isheavilymuscled inhis lower

    bodyandlegsandhasstrengthinhisupperbodyascameoutlater,hepracticesyoga.His

    hair isdarkbrown/black.NotmuchwasknownatthetimeaboutReiser'spersonalityand

    someofthoseattributescouldnotbematched.

    Especially interesting is the assertion that he knows a lot, discreet, acts innocent but he

    knows what's going on. The implication is that Reiser may know a lot about the

    disappearance (he certainly knowsa lot about Linux and file systems).Heacts innocent.

    Then Athena asserts that he is not keeping secrets from anyone, which counters the

    previousimpressionthatReisermayhavebeeninvolvedinthedisappearance.

    ItishardtosaywhetherReiserisathrowback.Thisisaparticularimpressionbytheviewer

    basedonhowsheperceiveshispersonality.AthenaassertsthatReisersmokes, isachain

    smoker. Nothing about this had been published in the media at the time so this was

    unknown.

    ReflectingonwhatAthenahasarrivedat,totallyblindtotheobjective shehasproduced

    datasuggestingthatthepersonresponsibleforleavingtheminivanonThornhillDrivewasa

    malewithsomedistinctresemblancestoHansReiser,alreadyarrested inconnectionwith

    thedisappearanceofhiswife.

    Next, let's lookatthedataofanothermemberoftheteam,Daryl(Daz)Smith.Dazusesa

    variantoftheCRVmethod.Asnoted,this isthepredominantmethodatthistime.Also,it

    shouldbenotedthatasviewersbecomeexperienced,theytendtomodifythedetailsofthe

    methodtosuittheirownviewingstyleandpreferences,whichDazhasdone.LikeAthena,

    Dazisahighlyexperienced,professionalviewer.

    Daz'ssession is lessfocusedonasinglepersonorpersons.Thissometimeshappens the

    team may produce data as if there were a division of labor behind the scenes. It also

    happensthatviewersmaybe"off"onagivendayanddonotgetmuchabouttheobjective.

    InthissessionDazproducesanumberofdatabitssuggestiveofthegeneralsituationthatis

    being targeted, yet not focusing as Athena does on the person who may have been

    responsibleforleavingthevan.

    One might argue Wait a minute he is off target. He didn't focus on one person (or

    several).Well,let'stakealookatthedataandseeifyouagreethattherearepartsofitthat

    doindeedrelatetothiscase.

    TheCRVmethodbuildsslowly,goingthroughsixstagesinwhichlimitedbitsandpiecesof

    the scene (target) are first produced, and then later more fully formed impressions are

    rendered.

    Earlyon,Daz'sideogramindicatesthereisastructure.Onpage2hewritesstructure,land,

    life.Hegetsanimpressionaswellofmissing.ThisislistedasanAOL(whichmeans"Analytic

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    Overlay"andreferstothepossibleimpositionbytheconsciousmindofitsusuallyflawedor

    erroneous impression).Onpage3,Dazwritesdistressalongwith feminine.Onpage4he

    assertsthatlifeisthekeyelementandstructureissecondaryfocus.

    Onpage5Dazmoves toStage2of theCRVmethodandwritesAOL'sofurban (correct),

    injury (aswe later learn,correct),andmissing/lost (correct).Onpage6herelateswhat is

    calledan"AestheticImpression"(AI)offeellonely/dark/cold.Page7containslinedrawings

    of some structures. On page 10 he has impressions of small, compacted, hidden. Also,

    female,small,notold.Confusedthought.Heady.Dehydratedillnessheadproblem.

    LaterDazoffersstructure,abandoned,alone,broken,gray,urban.Missing,stop,gone.And

    anAIofafeelingoflost/gonealostrunaway?

    Further on:Anger, fear, regret.AI: an argument overmoney?And anAOL: search for a

    missinggirl which

    hits

    the

    nail

    on

    the

    head.

    Dazconcludesthissessionwiththefollowingdrawingandthecaption:aroadsignwithtall

    treesbehindcurvingtotherightintothedark.

    Once

    again,

    it

    is

    important

    to

    remember

    that

    this

    objective

    could

    be

    anything

    at

    all

    in

    the

    worldoruniverse.NorwasitthecasethatAurorahadbeendoingalotofmissingpersons

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    cases (althoughwe,andDaz inparticular,havedonea lotmore since thiscase).Quitea

    varietyofobjectiveshadbeengiventotheviewers.

    Thewordingofthetaskingandthewordingisimportantandmustbecarefullycrafted

    was "The person or persons who left Nina Reiser of Oakland, California's minivan".

    DescribingeitherHansorNinaReiserisconsistentwiththiswording,ifbothwereinthevan.

    Asitturnsout,andwillbeevidentlateroninthereport,itisunlikelythatNinaReiserwasin

    the van when it was left in the Thornhill area. It is remotely possible, but not likely.

    However,ithappensthatviewersdoinfactascertainaspectsofanobjectivethatmaynot

    bespelledoutinthetasking.

    WesubmitthatthedatafromDaz'ssessionisverysuggestiveindeedandclearly relatesto

    thiscase.Hehasamissing"girl"(Ninawasayounglooking31).Henotesan injurytothe

    head (laterconfirmed).Anger, fear.Anargument (reportedby theboy,Rory).Asbecame

    evident later as the case developed, Daz's drawing of the curving road, pines and an

    entranceareawasspoton.

    TherewasalsoasessionbyanotherveryexperiencedAuroranwhogoesby thenameof

    Mrs.Bun. She also uses a variant of the TDSmethod.One drawing from that session is

    especiallynoteworthy:

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    ComparetheabovewiththefollowingGoogleEarthimagelookingdownfromtheOakland

    hillswestward toward thehighrises indowntownOakland,out to theSanFranciscoBay,

    withmanywindingstreetsleadinguptowardtheOaklandhills(and6979ExeterDrive).

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    Althoughtheviewerindicatedthatthewindingareasandcurvedlinesinherdrawingwere

    belowgroundlevel,theoverviewofacityonthehorizon,thecurvinglines,alongwiththe

    carsdrawn,suggestedtoKenthatperhapstheviewerwasdepictingthegenerallocationof

    thehillsofOakland.Sometimesaviewerwillhaveaccurateorsuggestivegraphicdata,but

    the accompanying words or labels may be inaccurate. Remote viewing, although it

    encompassesallof the senses, isahighlyvisualprocess,andverbaldata,especiallydata

    thatattemptstonameasopposedtodescribetheobjective,maybeoffbase.Ontheother

    hand,sometimesrarely thevieweractuallynamestheobjective.(InDaz'sdataabove,

    hisAOLconveysthe specificsituation (missing female)but,as isunderstandable,nother

    name.)

    Thesecondtasking: LincashAtabout the same time, inearlyDecember2006, the viewerswere taskedwithanother

    objective:The tagwas"Lincash" (anothermadeupword)and theaccompanyingwording

    was:"Thepresent locationofNinaReiserofOakland,California,orherremains" .Forthis

    objectiveKenwantedtofocusonthe locationandsotheviewerswereaskedtodelineate

    salientfeatureswithina10miledistanceoftheobjective.Thisisamildformoffrontloading

    and is sometimesused inaproject tohelporient theviewer. Inanycase,virtuallyevery

    objectiveisassociatedwithsomelocation,whetheritbeaperson,event,objectorjustthe

    locationitself.

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    Fiveviewersundertookthistasking.SinceAthenaappearedtobe"on"withthefirsttasking,

    letusseewhatshecameupwithforthissecondtasking.ShedidherviewingonDecember

    6,2006andproducedthissketchofthelocation:

    The drawing consists of a scenewithmountains or high hills, trees, and a road or path

    leadingtoasquarestructureapparentlymadeofbricksorstone.Itisnotclearifthewavy

    linesareliquidorvegetationorsomethingelse.

    Athena uses the following words to describe the setting: shadowy, darkened, evening,

    earthysmells,notwelllit,moist,cool,closedin.Later,darksurroundings,lowluminance,on

    unevenground,gravel,ruralarea.Shealsodepictsanoldermale,whodoesn'thavegood

    posture.

    Further about the location: peaceful, outdoors, dusk or nighttime, cool, clear air, higher

    elevation,notmanysubjects(people)around,windy,isolated.Shesumsup:anisolatedarea

    withfewpeoplebutabundantinnaturalresources.

    The structure she sees is tucked away or protected by a large natural landmark, like a

    mountain.There is lotsofgreenerywhichsuggestsrainfall,butthere'ssignificantdryness.

    Eveningisthemostpotenttime.Theareahasanationalparkfeeltoitnatural,notabused,

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    appreciatedbutnotwellknown.Thesubjectmaynotbeassociatedwiththestructureheis

    justtypicalofthesubjectswholivecloseby.

    Nexttherewasasessionfromanotheraccomplished,professionalviewer,Lapis.Lapisalso

    usesavariantoftheTDSmethod.

    Hissessionalsoreferstoanoutdoorsetting,dirt,gravel,scenic(?)hilloverlookingwater.

    HewritesthatitmaybetheBayArea(California).Lapishasimmediatelyzoomedinonthe

    areawherethecaseistakingplace.

    Lapisalsogetsasignificantstructure,butitisquitedifferentfromAthena's.Hereferstoa

    large structure, whichmany people enter. He suggests it is an intellectual place; higher

    learningisrelevant.ButaswithAthena'sdata,itisinasceniclocation.

    Hereishissummary:

    Thisappears tocenter/focusonaplace/location that issurroundedbynature,more than

    highlyurban.Itmaybeonhillyorelevatedterrain,andnearthecoast.

    There's a large structurewith a few descriptive elements. The structure (one of them) is

    rather largeand complex. It'saccessedbya fairly largenumberofpeople. There'smuch

    concreteandmetalhere.Thestructurehasinternalspacesforpeopletogointo.Thefeelof

    theplacewas thatof 'intellectual',white collar. There's at leastone large curvingmetal

    structure.The locationseems tohaveaconcretesetofstairs that leadsdownor into (it).

    Thereseemstobeglass,muchglassbuiltintotheexteriorarchitecturehere.There'sarather

    long(tall?)metalverticalpostwithacoilaroundit,andaratherindustrialredglowinglight

    there.Theremaybeacomponentofmusicandreferencetoafemale.

    Hethennotes,Palomarwhy?

    Mt.PalomaristhesiteofanastronomicalobservatorylocatedinSouthernCalifornia,where

    Lapis lives. It is29miles from thePacificcoast.Lapishad said the structureheviewed is

    "nearthecoast".IsthereanequivalentobservatoryintheBayArea,sinceLapishasreferred

    totheBayAreaasthepossiblelocationofthisobjective? Therearetwomainones:TheLick

    ObservatoryonMt.Hamilton inSan Jose (SouthBay)and theChabot SpaceandScience

    CenterintheOaklandhills.NotonlyistheChabotCenterinOakland,theabovedatafitit

    well.

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    HerearethreepicturesoftheChabotCenter

    TheCenterissituatedinalargeparkonacrestofthehillsabovethecity.

    Chabotcontainslargeamountsofmetalandglass,andmanypeoplevisititfor'intellectual'

    pursuitsastronomy.

    Abovearetwo"largecurvingmetalstructure(s)".

    Inaddition,TheChabotCenterislessthanonemilefromthehousewhereNinaReiserwas

    lastseen.Itistheonlymajormanmadestructurewithinaonemile radius.Isitcoincidence

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    thatLapishasreferredtoanastronomyobservatoryandthatoneexistswithinonemileof

    theReiserhome?Kendidnot think so. Just as inordinary vision the eyes aredrawn to

    objectsthat'popout'inthefieldofvision,soremoteviewersgravitatetosalienttargets.It

    iswellknown,forexamplethatitiseasiertoviewstrikingorwellknownobjectivessuchas

    the

    Eiffel

    Tower

    or

    Grand

    Canyon

    than

    more

    mundane

    ones.

    In

    this

    instance,

    Lapis

    accessed

    themostsignificantlargestructureclosetowhereNinaReiserwaslastseenwithinamile.

    ThissuggestedthatperhapsNinaReiserorherbodywasinfactstillcloseby.

    Lapisandanotherviewerhaddataaboutapole or towerlikeobjectwitha red lightor

    flameon top.Note the tower in thedistancewith the red light on top in the following

    picture takenatnight from theChabotCenter.This turnsout tobea transmission tower

    withawarning lighton top.Ken surmised that thismightbe the light thatviewerswere

    depicting,althoughitisnotattheChabotsite.

    The Chabot setting is compatible with Athena's drawing as well. The Chabot Space and

    ScienceCenter lieswithinavery largewoodedpark,on theridgeofsomehighhills,with

    furtherhillsandvalleys beyond.

    WhetherOaklandisclosetothecoastdependsonwhatLapismeantbyclose.Itisabout21

    milestothebeachinSanFranciscoonthePacificOcean.OaklandborderstheBayandfrom

    theChabotSpaceandScienceCenteritis8milestothebeachinthetownofAlameda,the

    closestpartoftheBay.

    WenextturntoviewerDaz'ssessionforthisobjective.Hewrites:Igettheimpressionthat

    the'land'placeiskey/importantasifittellsastory!Healsogetsdarkness,land,darkand

    writesanAOLofhole!

    ThissessionalsocontainstheAOL:abduction!andonthenextpage:Feelsdarkoratnight.

    Lifearoundmovingbutshapesnotcleartome.Doingsomethingcarrying/fetching.A

    processor processing.Somethinginternal.Aneedtofinalize.

    Also:remote,isolated,lonely,expanse.AndAOLofRoad.

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    Further, on the next page: Intact, opening, wider. Slashing movement. Trickle. Expense.

    Problems.Anger,guilt,arrangement.Timeconstraints. Amess!

    Herewehaveanumberofelementsthatclearlypertaintotheobjective.AbductionNina

    Reiserismissing,insuspiciouscircumstances.Aswithothersessions,theimpressiongivenis

    that something importantoccurred atnight. Theneed to finalize isominous, although if

    Ninahadrunaway, itcouldrefertofinalizingherdivorceorseparationfromHansReiser.

    Expense,problems,amess,andthe likearealsoaccurate.ItbecameknownthatNinaand

    Hans had quarreled about large sums of money. His company Namesys was in serious

    financial straits. He accused Nina of not spending wisely and also embezzling from the

    company.

    Slashingmovementandtricklesuggestsaknifemayhavebeenused.

    Thus

    after

    only

    two

    sessions,

    viewer

    data

    suggests:

    AmalewithadescriptionapplicabletoHansReiserwasthepersonwholefttheminivanin

    theThornhillneighborhood.Oneassumptionbehindthetaskingwasthatwhoeverleftthe

    van in that location was either responsible for Nina Reiser's disappearance or was an

    accomplicetosame.IfthedescriptionhadmatchedNinaReiser,andotherdatafit,thenit

    wouldhavesuggestedshehaddisappearedonherown.Unfortunately,fromthedata,that

    wasnotthescenariothatwasshapingup.

    Second,astothelocationofNinaReiserorherremainsasofDecember2006,threemonths

    aftershedisappeared,theviewershadsuggested:

    An elevated hilly place, parklike, outdoors. The Bay Area is the only geographical area

    mentioned.TheChabot SpaceandScienceCenterappears tobe relevantas the location

    itselforcloseto it,fromPalomarandotherdata.Theremaybeasmallerstructurewhich

    sheisinside,aliveordead,butfromthethrustofthedata,dead.

    From this point on, the analyst focused onHans Reiser as the personmost likely to be

    responsibleforherdisappearanceandontheOaklandhillsastheprime localeto lookfor

    herorherremains.

    Thepolicehadhadthisopinionforsometime.HansReiserremainedinjailwhilesearches

    were conducted for Nina Reiser in the large parks atop the Oakland hills and beyond.

    Oakland in facthasoneofthemostextensiveparksystemsofany largeurbancity inthe

    country.Theseparkshavedeepcanyonsand theparks stretchat least10milesnorth to

    south.Itisquitealargeareaandoneveryhardtosearch,giventhesize,steepnessandthick

    forest cover.Asmentioned,BeverlyPalmer'shouse,whereNinawas last seen, ison the

    outskirtsofOakland,closetowheretheRedwoodRegionalandconnectingparksbegin.

    The

    following

    image

    from

    Google

    Earth

    conveys

    the

    size

    of

    these

    parks.

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    (GoogleEarthandsimilar imagingsoftwareconstitutemagnificentnewtools, inparticular

    for remoteviewingwork. Inmanyurbanareasnotonlyare therecustomizableoverhead

    viewsbutalsoa"streetview"with360degreephotostakenbygroundlevelcamerasona

    highpercentageofthestreets.)

    Aswinterpassed, theOaklandPolice continued their investigation.Nina's lastboyfriend,

    Anthony Zografos was among those who had been questioned early on as a possible

    suspect.HehadbeeninstrumentalinsettinguptheFindNinaReiserwebsiteandhadbeen

    energetic in placing ads and taking part in searches for Nina. He reported that he had

    reached

    out

    to

    Hans

    Reiser

    following

    the

    disappearance,

    but

    Reiser

    had

    not

    responded.

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    AnthonyZografoswithoneofthemanyFindNinaReiserbillboardsontheright

    Incontrast,HansReiserhadactedsuspiciouslyfromtheoutset.Hehadnottakenpartinany

    searches. Hehadimmediatelyconsultedalawyerafterthedisappearance,sayinghemight

    become a suspect.He did not initially cooperatewith the police.His small CRX carwas

    missingandhedrovehismother'scaruntilaftershereturnedfromBurningMan.Hetriedto

    avoidpolicesurveillance,drivingsoastotrytoshakethem. WhenhisCRXwasfound,the

    rightfrontpassengerseatwasmissingandthefloorboardofthecarwaswet.Alsofoundin

    the vehicle: socket set used to remove the front seat, roll of trash bags,masking tape,

    siphonpump,absorbenttowels,tracesofblood,andtwobooks:"Homicide:AYearonthe

    KillingStreets"and"MasterpiecesofMurder."TheformerisabouttheBaltimorehomicide

    squad

    and

    the

    latter

    is

    about

    notorious

    murder

    cases.

    Reiser had also beenobserved by aneighborwashingdownhisdrivewaywhilewearing

    heavyclothesonawarmnightshortlyafterNinaReiserdisappeared.

    WhenpolicesearchedtheExeterhouse,theyfoundspotsofbloodonapillar,blood which

    matched bothNinaandHansReiser.

    Inshort,therewasabundantcircumstantialevidencethatHansReiserwasresponsiblefor

    Nina'sdisappearance,andonthisbasistheOaklandpolicehadarrestedhimonOctober10,

    2006.

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    In late December 2006, Ken attempted to get more specific information about the

    geographicallocation.HedrewupablankgridandlaiditoveramapofNorthernCalifornia.

    Theviewersdidnotknowthescalenortheareaofthegrid.Theywereshownonlytheblank

    grid.Threeviewersproducedlocationsonthegrid.Theselocationsrangedfrombetween50

    to

    100

    miles

    from

    the

    Exeter

    Drive

    address.

    Since

    Hans

    Reiser

    had

    traveled

    as

    far

    as

    Reno

    afterthedisappearance,itwaspossiblethatNina'sremainswerelocatedsomewhereinthis

    hugeregion,andnotintheOaklandhills.Orifshehadvanishedonherown,shecouldbe

    far fromOakland. The attorney Reiser had engaged opined thatNina Reisermight have

    gonebacktohernativeRussia.

    Anotherexperiencedviewer,River,wasgivenagridofjusttheBayAreaandproducedtwo

    locations,oneacrosstheBay,southofSanFranciscoandanotherabout10milesnorthof

    Oakland.Allof these locationswere among theplaceswhereNinaorher remains could

    conceivably

    be

    found.

    AsFebruary2007camearound,withHansReiserslowlyheadedtowardatrial,Kentasked

    the team once again, focusing on another aspect of Nina's disappearance. The team

    remainedblindto theobjectivetheydidnotknow itwasaboutthedisappearanceofa

    woman,aboutherhusband,whereorwhenthistookplace,etc.

    ThirdTasking: JornobaTag:Jornoba. "ViewerwilldescribewhathappenedtoNinaReiserofOaklandonSeptember

    3,

    2006

    after

    she

    dropped

    off

    her

    kids

    at

    her

    estranged

    husband's

    house

    in

    Oakland,

    CA.

    Subcue: Viewer will describe the route she/her body traveled on September 3 and any

    travelshe/itdidinthefollowingweek."

    Fourviewersviewedthisobjective.Therewasamixofdata,whichisalwaysthecase.Some

    ofthesessionmaterialdidnotseemrelevanttotheobjectiveandsomedid.

    Oneviewer,Dom,hadhiddenpathwayonpageone.Alsoonthesamepagedark,ridged,

    piney.Thethemesofdark/darkness,night,pines,aridge(orhill)were appearinginmany

    ofthesessions.

    Domalsohas:feverish,worried,blame, love,careandnearby:horrendousandautopsy.As

    wellas:annoyed,anxious,trailhide!

    Autopsy ItwasbecomingincreasinglylikelyfromthedatathatNinaReiserwasnolonger

    alive.

    ViewerDazsummeduphissessionthisway:

    Land:Hard,solid,regular,rough,compact.Linear,stacked,grey.

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    Life:Felt feminine.A life formplus something/doing something.The life formandmotion

    seemtobeone. Lifein,under,surrounded!Thelifeisstrong,confident,movingwiththe

    flowofmovementagainsther.

    Linesandlinearmarkingsareimportanttothistarget."Followthelines"cameuptimeafter

    time.Theoverallenvironmentfeelswarm/hoteven,verysunnyandlotsofnature/feelclose

    butalsostructures.(HereisoneexampleofthelinesDazdrew)

    Stacked,compressed, linear,surfacesfeelimportanthere IhadstrongAOL's of layersof

    soil,andsomethingburied. I feel the target issomethinghidden/missingand thequestto

    findit.

    Atall,stronglinearmanmadestructureisthenearestthingover150feettothetargetarea

    Ifeltthiswas5milesaway(linear)movingsouth/southeast.

    ThetargetplacefeltAmerican,andthecolour/heatfelt likeCaliforniabutthis isfeelings

    morethandirectknowledge.Overall, I feelthat formaboveaconfigurationof lines/linear

    componentswouldleadtothetarget.

    ThemotionseemstobefluidbutIfindithardtosaylikewaterasitdidn'tfeellikeliquid.It

    feltandmovedslowerbutstillinawavelikemotionlikesand/marshorsomething?

    Conclusion: I would say the target is a life, lost probably buried and the life is

    buffered/movedby thenaturalenvironment. Ina remotebut close to structures location

    wherelinearcomponentsclearlyleadtothetargetarea(seenfromabove).

    This session further supported themain thrustof the information thathad comebefore.

    Here,stillquiteblindtotheobjective,aviewerwasassertingthatthefemininelifeformwas

    dead and buried. From 6000 miles away in the UK, Daz said it felt American and like

    Californiainparticular.

    Hefurtherindicatedthattherearelines,asseenfromoverhead,whichwillleadonetothe

    objective.Thesecouldberoadsorotherlinesontheground.Therearemanytwistingroads

    in

    the

    Oakland

    Hills

    (recall

    page

    16

    above),

    and

    a

    particularly

    twisting

    road

    which

    descends

    sharplyintoacanyonnotfarfromthePalmer/Reiserhouse.ThisisPinehurstRoad.

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    ThefollowingimageshowsPinehurstRoad(thesharplycurvingroadbottomleft,unlabeled)

    inGoogle Earthwith the "Roads" feature turned on. This brings out the street patterns

    whenseenfromabove.

    Infact,theravinebelowPinehurstRoad,whichisextremelysteep,wassearchedearlyon,

    butthesearchteamscouldnotcovermorethanasmallfractionofthehillsidesandhadto

    limitthemselvestoareaswithinbetween50and200feetfromtheroad.Also,thereareno

    parkingplacesatallonthisextremelynarrowroadasitsharplydescendsandtwists.Hence

    itwasveryunlikelysomeonewouldtrytoparkbythesideoftheroadandthentransporta

    bodyintothesurroundingthicketsandhillsides.

    Butthereareplentyofotherareasintheadjacentparkswhicharelesssteep,areaccessible

    byroad,andwhereonecouldpark.

    KenthenturnedtoGoogleEarthforfurtherviewsoftheregionfromtheair.Hespentover

    20hoursscrutinizingmanysites intheBayArea,particularlythosenearwater,sincethere

    wasquiteabitofdataaboutwater,riversandthelikeinthesessions.Waterorariverwas

    saidtobeverynearthesite.TheBayAreaisquitelarge,hasalonginternalcoastline,andis

    fedbyonemajorriver.Alsotherearesmall lakes,pondsandreservoirsspacedacrossthe

    dryCalifornia landscape.SomeofthereferenceswerelikelytotheBayitself,butwasthat

    alltherewastothewaterdata?

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    With the large amount of session data already gathered (not all of which has been

    presentedhere),many locations intheBayAreaandoutside it remainedpossibilities.

    SinceKen lived intheBayAreahewasabletovisitafewofthemore likelyones, looking

    particularlyatlinesonthegroundvisiblefromtheair.Healsokeptinmindthattherewould

    likely

    be

    woods/trees

    in

    the

    vicinity,

    hills,

    and

    water.

    At

    least

    two

    kinds

    of

    structure

    had

    beenmentioned(Palomar/Chabotandasmallerstructure)sohekeptaneyeoutforthese

    aswell.

    Onedatabitofnotewas thatDazhad indicated theclosestmanmade structureover150

    feet tallandwithin5mileswasa tall square tower.TheSatherTower,moreoftencalled

    "the Campanile," is such a structure. It is on the Berkeley campus of the University of

    California,just5milesfromthePalmer/ReiserhouseonExeterDrive.

    HereisDaz'sdrawingofthisstructure,withthecaption: Sketchtargetlocationandnearest

    manmadestructureover150'highinrelationandslightlybelowgroundlevel

    ThiswasaveryclearmatchandprovidedRVevidencethatNinaReiserorherremainswere

    likelytobefoundwithin5milesoftheCampanile.Giventheothersessiondata,itwasless

    likely the sitewould be duewestordue south of theCampanile. East, SE andNEwere

    betterpossibilities.ThePalmer/ReiserhouseisslightlysoutheastoftheCampanile.

    Thequestionthenbecame,Canwepinpointthespecificlocation?Theauthoritieshadbeen

    unabletodoso,althoughseveralsearcheshadbeenconductedwithscoresofvolunteers

    anddozensofpolicemenand firemen.Thearea to searchwashuge, just in theOakland

    Hills.

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    Inaddition,astheOaklandpolicereleasedinformationonReiser,itbecameknownthatin

    theweeksbeforehewasarrested,hehaddrivenouttotheDeltanortheastoftheBayArea,

    andhadgoneasfarasTruckeenearLakeTahoe,andthenonuptoReno,Nevada,180miles

    away.Hehadalsobeenstoppedbyapolicemanforatrafficviolationinthewestbay,inthe

    opposite

    direction,

    on

    the

    San

    Francisco

    side.

    The

    policeman

    remembered

    that

    Reiser

    seemednervousbutnothing (otherwise)suspicious.Bytravelingtoalltheseareas,Reiser

    hadconsiderablywidenedthescopeofanysearchforNinaReiser,atleastanyinwhichhe

    wastheprimesuspect.

    Usingremoteviewingtofindaspecificgeographicallocationisquitedifficult.Findingwhat

    isatthesceneorplaceisonething.Findingtheexactlocationonamapissomethingelse.It

    has reportedly been done by remote viewers at times, although published evidence is

    scanty.Aurorahadalsonotattempted todevelop thisparticularskill,due to its inherent

    difficulty

    and

    other

    priorities

    we

    had.

    FourthTasking:KromachInMarch2007,withnosubstantiveevidentiarydevelopments inthecase,Kendecidedto

    attempt toobtainmore informationabout the locationby taskingviewersas follows.An

    explicitinstructionwasgivenregardingthelocation.

    Tag:Kromach

    "Instruction:Dodetaileddrawingsfrom500feetaboveand100feetabovetheobjectiveas

    wellasatgroundlevel,waterlevelorothersurfacelevelwithin500feetand50feetofthe

    objectiveandlookingdirectlytowardwheretheobjectiveis.Thatis,kindlydo4drawings,2

    fromabove,2frominfront."

    Theobjectivewasthecurrent(March2007)locationofNinaReiserorherremains.Sinceit

    waspossibleNinawasaliveandhad traveledor that shewasdeadandher remainshad

    beenmoved,itwasimportanttospecifythedate.

    Threeviewersdidsessionsonthistarget.Therewasagainaconsiderablemixofdata,with

    water

    being

    prominent

    or

    mentioned

    in

    all

    three.

    DazmentionedthatanLshapedstructureiscloseorimportanttoyourtarget.ThisIfeelis

    closetoaroad. InongoingGooglesearches,Ken lookedforLshapedstructuresclosetoa

    road,alongwithlinesonthegroundthatwouldleadtothelocation.

    KenagainusedGoogleEarthandother imagingsoftwareto inspectthemanysites inthe

    Bay Area thatmight fit the data. However, after extensive searching, no single location

    emergedasalikelycandidate.

    At

    this

    point,

    Ken

    decided

    to

    see

    if

    another

    methodology

    dowsing

    could

    be

    of

    assistance.

    Dowsing(usingrodsorpendulumstofindwaterandothermaterialsorobjects)hasalong

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    andvenerablehistory ithasbeenusedeffectivelyover thecenturies to findwater, for

    example.Kenwasespecially impressedbyStephanSchwartz'sTheSecretVaultsofTime,

    whichdetailedtheuseofdowsingandother psimodalitiestoexplorearcheologicalsites.

    Youdigwherethedowsersays,anditiseitherthereoritisn't.Often,itwas.

    Ken got in touch with members of the dowsing community in the Bay Area and one

    particular dowser in the Northwestwas highly recommended. In April, 2007 Ken got in

    touchwiththisgentlemanandhiredhimtofindNinaReiser'slocation.

    Unlike the situation in remoteviewing, thedowserpreferred toknowallabout thecase.

    Afterbeinginformedaboutwhatwasknowntothatpoint,thedowserpinpointed specific

    geographicalcoordinateswithhisdowsingrods,thenrefinedthattotwositesclosebyeach

    otherhefeltherbodywasintwolocations.ThelocationwasAntioch,about23milesfrom

    ExeterDriveinOakland.AntiochisasmallcityintheDeltaregionnortheastoftheBayArea.

    As it turnsout,HansReiserhad in factbeenout thatway toManteca,50miles eastof

    Oakland,wherehehad lookedintorentingstoragespace.Antioch isalsoalongaroutehe

    mighthavetakentodrivetoTruckeeandReno.Antioch is32milesfromManteca,where

    Reiserwasknown tohavebeen,andwas thusa reasonablecandidate for the locationof

    NinaReiser.

    The sites thedowser chosewereplaceswhereone couldeasilyburyabody.Onewasa

    smallfencedoffgovernmentwetlands,withonlyalowgateatitsentrance.Asignindicated

    thewetlandswereoff limitstothepublic,butitwouldbeeasytopark inthesmallgravel

    area in frontofthegate,climboverthe3footbarrierandcarryorotherwisetransporta

    bodyintothewetlands.(Ninaweighedonly114pounds.)Therewerenohomesinthearea

    anditwasnotwelllit.Thereweretwolargeindustrialplantsadjacenttothewetlands,and

    someoftheRVdatafitquitenicelywiththeseplantsandwiththeideaofaburialsitenear

    withinawateryarea.Therewasbrushandsometrees,butverylowhills,andthosewerein

    thedistance.

    ABizarreDevelopmentInApril2007thosefollowingthecasewerestunnedbywhatamannamedSeanSturgeon

    hadtosay.HewasalongtimefriendofHansReiserandhadinfactbeenbestmanatHans

    andNina'swedding.HewasunusualevenforBerkeleyasbestmanhehadcometothe

    weddingindrag.AfterHansReiserandNinaseparated,andHanswasspendingalotoftime

    inRussia,SeanSturgeonandNinahadanaffair. Theybrokeupafterawhile,allegedly in

    partbecauseNinawasn'tintoS&MasSeanwas.Theyhadremainedfriends,however.Then,

    shockingeveryone,Sturgeonannouncedthathewasaserialkiller,andhad infactkilled8

    peoplebut,hesaid,notNinaReiser!!Never!Thisseemed likeverygoodnews forHans

    Reiser'sdefense.ButSeansaidthatwithregardtothiscase,he,SeanSturgeon,wasjusta

    "red

    herring".

    That

    got

    a

    laugh

    in

    this

    otherwise

    grim

    affair.

    The

    District

    Attorney's

    office,

    whichwasnowhandlingthecase,wasunimpressedwithSurgeon'sconfessionandlittlewas

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    ever said about it. The authorities kept their focus on Hans Reiser. (To this day, Sean

    Sturgeonhasnotbeenchargedwithanymurder.)

    OfferingOurDatatotheAuthoritiesAsnotedearlier,theOaklandpolice,throughtheFindNinaReiserCommittee,hadsought

    tips and information from the public that might help with their investigation. Having

    conductedseveralremoteviewingsessionsandobtainedconsiderabledata indicatingNina

    Reiser was likely dead and that Hans Reiser was the likely murderer, and with a good

    possible locationof thebody, itwas time tosee if theauthoritieswouldbe interested in

    receiving information from such an unorthodox source. Some police departments are

    knowntoworkwithremoteviewers,whileotherswillnot.

    HowtoapproachtheDistrictAttorney'sofficeandpresenttheinformation,then?Kenhad

    anacquaintancewho leadsa teamwhichhasextensiveexperienceprovidingpolicewith

    information about missing persons. In fact, some members of the team are retired

    policemen.Theacquaintancenotedthatitisbestiftheauthoritiescontactyou.Thisistrue

    andeasy tosay ifyouhaveachievedapositionwhere thepoliceknowofyourworkand

    seekyouout.Nextbest,theacquaintancesuggested,wastofindsomeonewhohadtheear

    oftheD.A.andwouldvouchforyou.

    Withthatinmind,KenapproachedtwoprominentmembersoftheCommitteetoFindNina

    Reiserandasked iftheywouldbewillingtoreadthereportthathadbeenwrittenand, if

    they

    found

    it

    worthwhile,

    suggest

    to

    the

    D.A.'s

    office

    that

    they

    take

    a

    look

    at

    it.

    The

    two

    Committeememberswereinitiallyquitecoolabouttheideaanddidnotseeminterestedin

    thissuggestion.Overtime,however,astheweekswentbythesemembersandotherson

    theCommitteebegantofeelmoreneededtobedone.Nofurthersearcheshadbeenmade.

    Therewasvery littlepublicityabout thecase tobring inadditional information from the

    public.Thecaseseemedstalled.Withthatbackground,thecommitteemembersbeganto

    takeadifferentattitudetowardourwork.

    ItwasduringthistimethatKencalledtheDetective inchargeofthecaseandasked ifhe

    wouldbewillingtolookatthereportthathadbeenprepared.Hisresponsewas:"Makeme

    abeliever."Withthisencouragement,thereportwaspassedontotheDetective.

    Meanwhile inthesummerof2007onefurther largescalesearchoftheOaklandHillsand

    "otherareas"wasinfactundertaken.Itwasdescribedas"exhaustive".ButnotraceofNina

    Reiser was found. It was not made public whether areas as far away as Antioch were

    searched.

    MeanwhileHansReiserremainedincarcerated,asthewoodenwheelsofthelawlumbered

    slowlytowardatrialdate.

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    InAugust2007, the FindNinaReiserCommitteememberswere contactedbya localTV

    stationwitharequesttodoaninterviewonNina'sdisappearance.TheCommitteemembers

    didnotwantpublicity for themselves,onlyabout thecase,andsotheygot intouchwith

    Kenandasked ifAurorawouldbewillingtodothe interview.Kencontactedothers inthe

    Aurora

    group

    and

    we

    discussed

    the

    situation.

    On

    the

    positive

    side,

    we

    were

    being

    asked

    to

    help in the serious matter of a missing person; it could be an opportunity for remote

    viewingtobepresentedtoabroadaudience;we feltwehadsomeverygooddataanda

    goodpossiblelocation.Onthenegativeside,wehadn'tworkedwiththedowserbeforeand

    were not sure whether the location in Antioch was the correct one. Also, the Oakland

    authoritieswouldlikelynottakekindlytosuchmediapublicity.Onbalance,though,Itwas

    decided to do the interview, given the overall circumstances and the request by the

    Committee.Lapis, oneofthemainviewersonthisproject,flewupfromSouthernCalifornia

    andonAugust29,the localCBSaffiliatesentareporterandcameramantoKen'shousein

    Oaklandfortheinterview.

    KenandLapisthoughtthereportermightstay15to20minutes.Kenhadplacedabout20

    booksonremoteviewingonthediningroomtableandthereporterfoundtheseofgreat

    interest.Heseemedgenuinelycuriousaboutthetopicandstayedforanhourandahalfas

    wediscussedthecase.Soasnottointerferewiththepoliceinvestigation,wedidnotreveal

    thespecific location thedowserhadarrivedatandwhichsomeofourdatasupported. It

    wouldnotdotohavethemediaandthepublicgoingoutandtramplingonapossiblecrime

    scene. (For the same reasonwedidnotgooutanddigourselves,as several friendshad

    suggested!)

    We

    did

    mention

    that

    our

    suspect

    location

    was

    not

    in

    the

    Oakland

    hills,

    but

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    minutesawaybycar,inAntioch.Thereporterwasdisappointedwewouldn'tgivetheexact

    locationbutsaidheunderstood.Heinformeduswewouldhearwhenandiftheinterview

    wouldbebroadcast.Itwasuptotheproducer.

    The rest of the summer went by, and then September and October as well. We heard

    nothing fromtheDetectiveaboutourreport,despiteacoupleof inquiriesKenmade,nor

    didwehearwhetherCBSwasgoingtobroadcastthe interview.Wedid learnthatCBS'48

    Hours crewwasworking on a documentary on the Reiser case. The local interviewwas

    neverbroadcastasfarasweknow.Anhourlongdocumentaryonthecasewasbroadcast

    byCBSin2008.

    TheTrialofHansReiserandtheSurprisingAftermathFinally,onNovember6,2007,ajuryof12jurorsand4alternateshadbeenselectedandthe

    trial ofHans Reiser began,with lengthy opening statements byAlameda CountyDistrict

    AttorneyPaulHoraandDefenseCounselWilliamDubois.Thetrial lastedfiveandonehalf

    monthsgrueling forthe12 jurorsandalternates andwaswellattendedbythepublic

    andcoveredindetailbythemedia.Withnobody,ProsecutorPaulHorawantedtotakehis

    time,makethecaseasconvincingashecould,crosseveryTanddotevery i.Andhedid.

    (Fordetailedaccountspleaseseetheresourcelistattheendofthispiece.)

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    OnApril7,2008.Reiserconcluded10daysoftestimonyonthestand .Hehad insistedon

    testifyinginhisowndefense,againstthewishesofhisattorney,andbyallaccountshehad

    donehimselfnogood.Itwasrumoredthejurycametodislikehim someseemedtolaugh

    covertlyorsmileathismeanderingcommentsandfarfetchedexplanations forexample,

    Why

    had

    he

    removed

    the

    front

    seat

    of

    his

    CRX?

    To

    be

    able

    to

    sleep

    better

    in

    the

    car,

    he

    asserted.Whensleeping,heneededtohavehisfeetelevatedduetoanankleinjury,want

    toseethescars?Allthewhile,too,ReiserhadsparredwithJudgeGoodman,D.A.Hora,and

    hisownattorney. DefenseAttorneyDuboisseemedtodespairofhisownclienthislackof

    any social skills including in the courtroom, his lengthy often unresponsive answers, his

    refusal to abide by customary courtroom demeanor and behavior such as constantly

    whispering intoDubois'earwhileDuboiswastryingto followtheremarksofawitnessor

    the prosecutor. Goodman warned Reiser several times that the Court was not going to

    tolerateanymoreofhisbehavior.Reiserwasreportedtohaveaphotographicmemorybut

    his answersdidnotbear thisout.During the courseof the trialReiserwent frombeing

    describedasa"genius"whohad inventedanadmiredandwidelyusedLinux file system,

    Linuxtobeingconsideredmentallyincompetentbyhisownattorney.

    Perhaps desperate, toward the end of the trial, Defense Attorney Dubois offered the

    "explanation"thatHansReiser is indeedodd veryodd,reallybut, itdoesn'tmeanhe

    killedhiswife.Duboissaidheislikeaplatypus,anoddmammalthatlayseggs,hasaduckbill

    andabeavertail,andwasthoughttobeaboguscreaturewhenfirstdescribed.Reisertoois

    odd,butharmless,really,Duboisintoned.

    EversharpD.A.Horahadacomebackforthatone.Heinformedthejurythattheplatypus,

    far from being benign, is one of the very few poisonous mammals. It has a spur on its

    hindfootwhichcandelivervenomtoitsadversary.

    OnApril28,2008afterthreedaysofdeliberation,thejuryconvictedHansReiserofmurder

    inthefirstdegree,basedonlyonthe(considerable)circumstantialevidence.Therewasstill

    no body and Reiser had maintained his innocence throughout. It is unusual but not

    unprecedentedinCaliforniaforapersontobetriedformurderintheabsenceofabody,an

    eyewitnessorothercertaintytheallegedvictimwasno longeralive. IntheUnitedStates,

    thejurymustbeunanimousforconviction.Evenwithnobody,thevotewas120.

    As the verdictwas read,Reisermumbledonly: "I'vebeen thebest father I knowhow."

    ProsecutorHora took that lame responseasaclear indication the juryhadbeen right to

    convict andofcoursethattheDistrictAttorney'sofficehadbeenrighttoprosecute.

    That iswherethecasestood foracoupleofmonthswhileadate forsentencingwasset.

    Duringthistime,arumorcirculatedthattheDistrictAttorney'sofficewasnegotiatingadeal

    withReiserandhisattorneys: ifReiserwouldproduceNinaReiser'sbody,hewouldgeta

    lessersentence.

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    In fact, to the consternationof some, that iswhathappenedwhenon July7,2008Hans

    Reiser,handcuffedtohisattorney,ledauthoritiesdownasteepravinetotheholewherehe

    hadburiedthebody.InafewhoursTVhelicopterscircledoverheadasthecrimescenewas

    forensicallyexamined.

    Atapressconference,theprosecutiontoldthepublicithadagreedtothedealbecausethat

    wouldbringmuchneededclosuretothefamilyandfriendsandwouldendallspeculation

    aboutwhetherReiserhadinfactdoneit.Itwouldmean,amongotherthings,therewould

    benofalsesightingsofNina inRussia(wherethedefensehadrepeatedlyallegedthatshe

    hadfled).

    Asof thiswriting (late July2008), thedealhasnotbeen finalizedandsentencinghasnot

    occurred.JudgeGoodmanexpresseddoubtthatReiserwouldfullyliveuptohispartofthe

    deal,whichincludestellingauthoritiesindetailhowhecommittedthemurderandgivingup

    therighttoappealhisconviction.

    D.A.Horasaidthatthedealincludesreductionofthefirstdegreemurderconvictiontothat

    ofseconddegreemurder.Thedifferenceis25yearstolife(firstdegree)vs.15yearstolife

    (seconddegree).Some in theblogospherewereupsetby thisdeal, includingat leastone

    memberof the jury.However,D.A.Horapointedout thatconvictedmurderers rarelyare

    releasedundereitherthe25or15yearconvictionandthatthefamily(Nina'smotherand

    relativesinRussia)fullysupportedthedeal.

    Wherein

    fact

    had

    Nina

    Reiser

    been

    buried?

    After theauthoritieshad finishedtheir forensicexaminationof thesiteandsurroundings,

    publicaccesswasonceagainpossibleandKenwasabletohikealongthetrailanddownthe

    ravineandtakepictures.First,aGoogleimageoftheentireregion:

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    Below isaGoogleEarth closeupof thenearby roads, the trail,andamarkerwhere the

    hole/graveislocatedbeneaththefoliage,justabovePinehurstRoad(whichwasmentioned

    earlier).

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    Notethewoods(whichincludepinetrees),thehillyterrain,thenearbyroads(Pinehurstis

    theoneontheextreme left),the"parklikesetting",and"linesontheground"(recallthe

    datacitedonpages17and26).

    ItturnsoutNinaReiserhadbeenburiedlessthanonehalfmilefromthehousewhereshe

    waslastseen.HerbodywasnotinAntiochbutintheOaklandHills,whichiswheremostof

    thesearcheshadbeenconducted.

    In retrospect,wehad considerableaccuratedata,ashasbeendetailedabove:about the

    locationandaboutitssurroundingswithin5milesoftheCampanile,within1mileofthe

    ChabotCenter,ontheedgeofacity,ahillyarea,parklikeplace,woods,pinetrees,nearby

    curving road, near a path or trail, buried in a hole, etc. We also had some other data,

    especially

    about

    industrial

    plants

    and

    nearby

    water,

    which

    seemed

    to

    corroborate

    the

    dowser'slocationinAntioch;however,thisprovednottobethecase.

    Hereare someadditionalphotosof the location.Below is the spoton the8200blockof

    SkylineBlvd.whereReisermostlikelyparkedhisCRXbeforetransportingNinaReiser'sbody

    intothepark.(CompareDaz'ssketchonpage13ofacurvingroad,andtalltrees.)

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    Another photo (taken by Ken) of the same entrance to the park. There are no houses

    oppositethispointonSkylineBlvd,soReisercouldhaveenteredtheparkundetectedhere.

    After

    walking

    200

    feet

    or

    so,

    you

    come

    to

    the

    hill

    below.

    The

    path

    part

    way

    up

    the

    hill

    goes

    offtothelefttoanarrowdirttrail.

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    The50footdescentfromthetrail.Thepathhasbeenclearedandismuchsteeperthan it

    appearsinthisphoto.

    Police

    said

    they

    would

    never

    have

    found

    the

    actual

    spot

    if

    Reiser

    had

    not

    led

    them

    to

    it.

    Evenwhentheywereveryclose,Reiserhadtodirecttheirattentiontothepit.Searchers

    hadnotcomenearthesitebecauseitwasabout50feetoffthetrail,hiddenonthesideofa

    steephillwith lotsofunderbrush,andtherewasa lotofpoisonoak inthevicinity (recall

    Reiser's heavy clothes when washing down his driveway). It would have taken several

    searcherswalking inparallelalong the steep slope through theunderbrushand covering

    severalmilesofsuchterrain,tohavehadachancetodiscoverthespot.

    BelowisaphotooftheholewhereNinaReiser'sbodywasburied.Itmeasuredabout4'x4'

    x6'.Policehaveclearedalotofbrushfromtheareaandalsomuchdirtthatwasinthepit.

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    HereisDaz'ssketchofthepitdoneblindmanymonthsbeforeReiserledpolicetothesite:

    (Thecaption reads:Close toa road.Hole, rocky,dusty,bushesandTrench like leading to

    hole.)This isamongthebestrenderingsyouare likelytofind inanRVsession. Itappears

    therewasanexistingholewhichReiserusedanddugmoredeeplyinto.HehadburiedNina

    headdownabout3to4feetbelowthesurfaceandwrappedinlayersofmaterial(whichis

    preciselyhowviewerLapishaddescribedthebody).

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    OtherRVdatasuggestingthataknifewasusedhasnotbeenabletobeverified.Dazand

    Lapisbothindicatedtheneckareaaswhereaninjurywasinflicted.RumorhasitthatReiser

    toldpolicehehadchokedNinatodeath.ThestoryofhowReisercarriedoutthemurderhas

    notbeenmadepublic,ifhehasinfacttoldtheauthorities.

    Attheendofthislongsadcase,itturnsoutthatyoungRoryReiserhadhaditright:Hesaid

    hesawhisdadcarryingalargesacklikeobjectoutofthehouseandreported:"Hanshides

    Nina."

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    CONCLUSIONThistwoyeartragedyhasnowcometoaclose.Nina'sbodyhasbeenfoundandthefamily

    and friendscanhaveclosureregardingwhathappenedtothisengagingyoungwomanon

    September

    3,

    2006.

    An

    arrogant,

    unrepentant

    Hans

    Reiser

    has

    been

    convicted

    of

    the

    crime

    andlikelywillspendtherestofhislifeinjail.

    Asanotherindicationofhismindset:heblithelytookhistwoyoungchildrenoutforawalk

    inthosesamehills"tolookfordeer"thedayafterhehadkilledtheirmother,draggedher

    intothewoodsandstuffedherintoaholeonthesideofaravine.

    Astoourworkonthiscase withalltheaccuratedatawehad,howwas itthatwewere

    unable tocomeupwith theexact locationgiven theway thecaseunfolded, the single

    mostimportantpieceofinformationwecouldhaveprovided?

    As we have shown in this report, the Aurora team developed a large amount of data

    congruentwiththelocation fromthesurroundingregion,tothesalientlandmarksnearby,

    towhatwasintheimmediatevicinity,downtothespecificspotthattherewasahole,it

    wasnearapath,neararoad,ontheedgeoftown,woodedarea,inapark,etc.

    However, as we have mentioned, finding a specific geographical location with remote

    viewing is extremely difficult. As noted above, the police reported that evenwhen they

    wereintheimmediatevicinity,theywouldnothavebeenabletopinpointthesitewithout

    Reiserbeingtheretoshowthem.Itwasintheiropiniona"cleverplace"tohideabody.In

    short,getting thisvitalpieceof informationwasanextremelydifficult taskwhichnoone

    wasable toaccomplish, searchers,policeorourRV team.Wedidnotofcourseknow in

    2006,going in, that finding the locationwouldbe sodifficult.Also,asdescribed,wehad

    sought the assistance of an accomplished and highly recommended dowser to get

    coordinates.Unfortunatelyinthisinstancethedowser'slocationwasnotaccurate.

    Wewereabletoarriveatcorrectconclusionsaboutvitalaspectsofthecaseand included

    theseinourreporttotheauthorities thatNinaReiserwasdeadandthatHansReiserwas

    thelikelymurderer,andthathedidnothaveanaccomplice.Wehad agreatdealofdata

    supportingtheseconclusions,aswellastheaboveregionandsitedata.

    Partofthedifficultyfortheanalystwasthat,aswehavenoted,inremoteviewingthereisa

    mixofdatawhichisaccurateandthatwhichisdiverting.Thathappenedinourworkonthis

    case,andtheanalystmustsortthroughthedatatoascertainwherethetruthlies.Wehave

    omittedmuchof theunrelateddata since it turnedoutnot tobe relevant.On theother

    hand,plentyoftheaccuratedatawasrepeatedandbeggedtoberecognized,makingthe

    analytictaskeasier.

    Towrapup:

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    To thosewho areunfamiliarwith remote viewing wehopeourworkon this casehas

    offeredsufficientevidencetoconclude: "Wow,remoteviewingisreal!'

    An excellent web site to see further examples of remote viewing sessions is

    tenthousandroads: http://www.dojopsi.info/forum

    Infact,this istheonlyplaceontheentirewebwherethere isa largesamplingofremote

    viewingsessionsondisplay.Toourknowledge,there is,unfortunately,nocurrentwebsite

    norpublishedmonographwhereyoucanfindadetailedreportofanextensiveprojectlike

    theonewehavepresentedabove.

    Towhosewhoareimmersedinthefieldofremoteviewingasweare,wehopethisreport

    tothecommunity,asitwere,hasprovenofinterestandwillbeofvalue.Wehopeothersin

    the field will post examples of their practice and real world work (the latter carefully

    selected

    and

    sanitized

    as

    needed

    of

    course

    to

    allay

    client

    privacy

    and

    confidentiality

    concerns).

    Thefieldhasdevelopedfartoolongwithverylittledisplayofwhathasbeenaccomplished

    behindthescenes.Anoutsiderornewcomerhasexcellentgroundsforshouting:"Where's

    the beef??" Much is claimed in this field, some of it outrageous, but little is shown. If

    remoteviewing is toadvanceandmakeheadwaywith themainstreampublic,publishing

    theresultsofpracticalworksuchaswehavedonehereneedstobecomethenorm,notthe

    exception.Remoteviewinghasbeenrepeatedlydemonstrated inthe labscientistsneed

    tostartpayingattention!Demonstrationsofthepracticaluseofremoteviewingcanhelp

    bringitsaccomplishmentsandlimitations,anditsimmensepromise,intothepubliceyeand

    eventuallythemainstreamofsociety.

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    ResourcesontheHistoryandPracticeofRemoteViewingTenThousandRoads(TKR),acomprehensiveRVportal:http://www.dojopsi.info/forum

    Mostofthefollowingauthorshavewebsitesaboutremoteviewing:

    Leonard(Lyn)Buchanan,TheSeventhSense:TheSecretsOfRemoteViewingAsToldByA

    "PsychicSpy"ForTheU.S.Military

    JosephMcMoneagle,(1)TheStargateChronicles:MemoirsofaPsychicSpy,(2)Remote

    ViewingSecrets:AHandbookand(3)MindTrek:ExploringConsciousness,Time,andSpace

    ThroughRemoteViewing

    StephanA.Schwartz,OpeningtotheInfinite:TheArtandScienceofNonlocalAwareness

    Paul

    H.

    Smith,ReadingtheEnemy'sMind:InsideStarGate America'sPsychicEspionage

    Program

    IngoSwann,NaturalESP ALayman'sGuidetoUnlockingtheExtraSensoryPowerofYour

    Mind

    RussellTarg,Ph.D.andHaroldPuthoff,Ph.D.,MindReach

    RussellTarg,Ph.D.andJaneKatra,Ph.D.,MiraclesofMind

    CourtneyBrown,Ph.D.,RemoteViewing:TheScienceandTheoryofNonphysicalPerception

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