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The chair back blocking most of the front view was fortuitous. Without her knowing it, two lab helpers had placed Dr. Silfen’s box on two folding chairs instead of a table. But Dr. Silfen KNEW that the target arrangement was supposed to consist of THREE colored targets. Neither Janet nor I knew anything about the box or targets in advance. The chair back DID block a visual frontal view, and if I had reported three targets from that viewpoint, then a problem would have come up regarding getting the target "telepathically" from Silfen. Analysis of the experiment showed that I saw only a corner of the first target painted red -- and this eliminated explanation via telepathy. With regard to the bulls-eye target, although I first reported the black square and three concentric circles, I then said, "vision disappears." This has to do with intensity of albedo reflection of light, and which, if too strong, wipes out even eye vision. One literally cannot see something from which light is reflecting too strongly. One sees only the light, but vision of the object disappears. This is completely understood by perceptual researchers. Drs. Silfen, Osis and Schmeidler were extremely excited by the results of this experiment -for it was highly suggestive that indeed a point or vehicle of perception exterior to the body DOES assume "at a different location the functions performed by the visual system and the brain in the body." The report’s final comments stated: "Factors of light reflection, arc of measurement, size of target perceived in relation to point of perception, etc., suggest that for the first time out-ofbody perception can be taken out of the realm of `claim’ into the realms of physics and mathematics. It is hoped that this type of experiment will be replicated soon to support this first occurrence."