The Assigned Witness Program was heralded with much fanfare at the RV Conference in Mesquite Nevada last May. The idea was a good one, a noble and practical application of remote viewing; to employ remote viewers and psychics and coordinate their skills to solve missing children cases. The idea was the brainchild of Lyn Buchanan, former Ft. Meade remote viewer and head of Problems>Solutions> Innovations.

Unfortunately Buchanan calls progress on the project "pretty bad."  He says after two years they’re still waiting for government approval of the paperwork. Buchanan’s goal this year is get the paperwork done to make the AWP legal.

In the meantime they are building a base of training targets focusing on real world situations. "The fact that a person can view a picture in an envelope," Buchanan says, "doesn’t necessarily mean that he or she will be a good viewer of the emotionally laden targets which police departments give, or the sometimes crushing diagnostics of severe medical cases." To calibrate viewers’ capabilities AWP will give volunteers introductory training in forensic targets and establish track records of individual viewers.

Buchanan’s goal is to no longer rely on "anecdotes or occasional news clippings" but rather on scientifically regulated track records which will stand up to scientific scrutiny.  Buchanan sees the AWP as a "clearing house" for matching the people with the talent to the people who need them most.  He says "this will allow people who are now asked to do all kinds of work, from finding missing cats to heavy espionage work to be able to specialize in what they want to do, and do best."

Good luck on getting the AWP up and running in 2001. Viewers who want to help this worthwhile endeavor can contact Lyn Buchanan.