BG Scanlon Briefing For INSCOM Project CENTER LANE

--- PAGE 1 (OCR) --- ae Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 I am LTC BuzBy, PROJECT MANAGER FOR INSCOM PRovect CENTER LANE. 1 Would like to introduce you to my operations officer. Fred Atwater. The purpose of this briefing is to orient you to a Unique intelligence collection project that uses the CENTER LANE Technique. I will discuss the history of the program, training, Operations, and our plans for the future. Following the Briefing, i would like to give you a tour of our operational Building. The overall classification of the briefing is secret. CENTER LANE Level 4. Sir, CENTER LANE is a registered department of the army special Access program. That status and the sensitivity of the center Lane mission require US .to adhere to strict security Procedures. As part of those procedures, we ask all personnel Who receive a CENTER LANE briefing to complete a security Briefing certificate that acknowledges an acceptance of the Sensitivity of CENTER LANE information. General scanlon, you Already completed the certificate under the auspices of the GRILL FLAME project. (Chart 1) sir, the INSCOM CENTER LANE project involves the use Of psychoenergetics for intelligence purposes. Psychoenergetics Are the processes by which an individual may psychically Interact with objects, locations, organisms or events. This Includes such disciplines as psychokenesis, remote viewing, and Remote communications. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 BE scAvcov BRIEF --- PAGE 2 (OCR) --- SG1C SG1C SG1C Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 Since 4972, the US government, including the department of Defense, has been involved in examining potential uses of Psychoenergetics. In the early 2970's serious consideration for Psychoenergetics, primarily in the form of remote viewing as an Intelligence gathering tool, received great impetus from what Can only be described as astounding successes in remote viewing Research by two laser physicists at sri international. Remote Viewing is an sri international coined term which is defined as The acquisition and description by mental means, of information Blocked from ordinary perception by distance shielding or Time. Using several apparently gifted psychic subjects, the Scientists conducted a review of CIA-sponsored tests. Much Detailed, accurate information, some of it previously Unreported, was provided about a secret NSA facility, the soviet R&d facility in semipalitinsk (semi-poly-tinsk), guerrilla Training bases in libya Because of these original tests, The last decade of work centered on remote viewing, since those Original tests, the CIA suspended their active role in Psychoenergetic activities for "political' reasons, but have Continued to maintain a high state of interest in all on-going Work because of obvious defense applications. During the same Time frame, the military services and DIA have. At one time or Another, been involved in numerous psychoenergetics tests, most Of them applications oriented. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 2 --- PAGE 3 (OCR) --- a AN Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 The US army's interest in psychoenergetics goes back to l972, When the surgeon general through the medical intelligence Information agency (miia), together with DIA, published studies Of soviet block work, in%7976, the missile intelligence agency (Mia) informally expressed interest in US replication of claimed Soviet experiments in psychokenesis. Sri developed a small Program for them and in august 4977, mia awarded sri an $80k One-year r&d contract. During the same time, another darcom Agency, the army material systems analysis agency was involved In the investigation of remote viewing concepts with sri. These Efforts continued through fy 4980. In march l980, william j. Perry, then under secretary of defense for research and Engineering, ordered curtailment of all p6 monies supporting the Programe but posed no objection to continuance of non-r&d Intelligence applications efforts. This action eventually Caused darcom to cease all activity. (Chart change) the US army intelligence and security command 's Involvement with psychoenergetics began in september“l977. At That time, an INSCOM element implemented the gondola wish Program which was designed to integrate the soviet and east European psychoenergetic intelligence collection threat into the All-source operations security copsec) support scenario. Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 3 --- PAGE 4 (OCR) --- Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 By spring of 4.978, the army acsi concluded there was sufficient Evidence to warrant the development of a comprehensive program To explore military applications of psychoenergetics. He Cancelled the gondola wish effort, placed a complete security Envelope over army's interest in psychoenergetics, and Implemented a new program directed towards intelligence Collection using remote viewing, the new effort was given the Unclassified nickname GRILL FLAME. In october 4978, acsi tasked INSCOM to establish a program using psychoenergetics for Intelligence applications utilizing remote viewing. By spring $979, Project personnel had been selected and training Initiated. The march “l980 perry memorandum withdrew the program 6 Monies supporting psychoenergetic r&d efforts, but it did not Put US out of business. In £98l- the acs] transferred total Management responsibility for the project to INSCOM. Also in 199L. A joint services GRILL FLAME committee, consisting of DIA. The air force and army was formed. The navy expressed no Interest in participating in any discussions, and later the air Force chief of staff directed that the air force withdraw from The committee and all psychoenergetic programs. This joint Services effort was formed to implement a 3~-year comprehensive Program designed to determine the operational parameters and Usefulness of psychoenergetics. And assess the threat these Phenomena posed to national security. Within this joint Services program, the roles of DIA and army were distinct. DIA Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 4 --- PAGE 5 (OCR) --- Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 Was r&d oriented and INSCOM's GRILL FLAME project was to use Remote viewing as an operational technique to collect Intelligence and to determine if remote viewing could be learned By professional intelligence personnel who were not “established Psychics.” INSCOM participated in this joint services effort Until the end of fy 82 when the budget subcommittee of the Senate select committee on intelligence (senator wallop) Curtailed all psychoenergetic operational activities conducted By the army in the national foreign intelligence program (Nfip). The congressional conferees agreed, however, to let DIA Complete the third year of their effort and directed that future Funding -- if any -~ of this psychoenergetic activity be Budgeted outside the nfip, so in the fall of 4982, in keeping With these congressional desires and wishing to maintain the Momentum of effort already established, the cg, INSCOM decided To continue INSCOM's project and provide funding with security And investigative activities (s&ia) monies. INSCOM terminated Formal involvement with GRILL FLAME at the end of fy 82, and Continued its efforts under a provisional special access program Nicknamed CENTER LANE. Next i want to provide you with an over view of INSCOM's Operational efforts over the past five years. (Chart on) During 1.979, we conducted 79 operational missions, 43 of which Were dedicated to assisting the intelligence community during The iranian hostage crisis. During 4980, after we acquired Approved For Release 2003/09/09 Tere ECE Cnt --- PAGE 6 (OCR) --- Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 Operational experience, our own separate facilities, and Increased manpower, we were able to increase our production to 386 Operational missions, l54 of which were still dedicated to Iran. Personnel losses subsequently resulted in a sharp decline Of operational missions, a situation that currently exists Overall, in the past five years we have conducted more than 700 Operational intelligence collection missions. A considerable Portion of these (over 200) were in support of the iran Situation, which the joint chiefs of staff rated as being Qualitatively equal to those of other intelligence sources Available to them. Because of the turmoil that historically has been associated With the project, we have not had a stable personnel situation. (Chart change) in 4979, cg INSCOM formed a task force Consisting of 5 personnel; a project manager, an Operations/training officer, a secretary, and two sources (Rvers). In £980, two additional operational personnel were Assigned. By 1980, two additional operational personnel were Assigned. By l98l, we were ready to expand and recruited 2 new Personnel for training in the project. But by the end of a98l, Pcs moves severely hampered our operational capability. Having Been denied nfip funding and, therefore» a tda under the gdip by Congressional action, cg, INSCOM has provided out-of~hide Personnel spaces in support of CENTER LANE since the loss of This funding at the end of fy 82, the fy 85 gdip initiative was Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : GIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 --- PAGE 7 (OCR) --- Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 Postponed in late august (29 aug 83). And—now--acst—does-not Amtlcipate-—the~possible—aprroval~of—nf ip funding unt-il-fy--86 THAT Mey Therefore, CENTER LANE will continue to operate within INSCOM as A task force without a tda, we are currently working on the fy 36-90 Pom submission, and plan to recommend the establishment of An organization that will support 20 remote viewers. Our Current full-time strength is as shown on the chart. We have Four additional trainee sources assigned to US by next spring And plan to have three more by the following winter. (Chart change) our mission statement requires US to train Personnel to perform remote viewing, training actually began in 1979, With our in-house effort to introduce selected INSCOM Personnel to the remote viewing process. During ‘2979, we Integrated the sri contracted orientation training technology Into our in-house training program where it is still in use Today for new personnel, our in-house training developed from The practical application of state-of-the-art psychoenergetic Technology drawn from academic institutions, scientific Laboratories, and research establishments around the world. We Took an eclectic approach; using those methods which had Applications potential to our operational requirements. In-house training is composed of practical exercises, lectures, Literature review, and observation of others. By the end of 1980, We began an advanced training program using the Hemispheric synchronization (Hemi-Sync) process developed by Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : GA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 --- PAGE 8 (OCR) --- Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330001-8 Robert A. Monroe and used at The Monroe Institute of applied Science in virginia, this training enables source personnel (Rvers) to achieve states conducive to psychoenergetic Awareness. This advanced training is being further refined and Continues to be used today. In mid l982, we began a new Training program in coordinate remote viewing with sri. This New coordinate remote viewing or cry training process subdivides The detection and decoding of psychic impressions into discrete. Achievable skill levels. This process holds great promise for Refining RV and gives US a method by which we can bring new Source personnel up to an operational performance level with