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1. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) The total cost for INSCOM's use of
psychoenergetics for intelligence purposes, less personnel
salaries for FYs 1979 through 1983 was $686K. In 1979, the
total cost to INSCOM was $87K, $75K of which went to
SRI-International for orientation training. In 1980, INSCOM's
costs for the project were only $32K and there were no external
contracts. In 1981, funding levels were increased to permit
INSCOM to participate in the Joint Services GRILL FLAME Program
with DIA. O£ the $205K spent in 1981, $190K went to external
contracts with SRI-International in support of the joint
services program. 1982 was the second and last year of INSCOM's
support to the joint services program due to Congressional
restrictions placed on the use of NFIP funds. Of the total
$242K costs for 1982, $125K was spent in support of this joint
services effort and $99K spent on word processing equipment.
The $121K FY 1983 budget saw the beginning of the new coordinate
remote viewing training at SRI-International at a cost of $36K,
expansion of advanced training under a consultant services
agreement with Mr. Robert Monroe of the Monroe Institute of
Applied Sciences, Faber, Virginia at a cost of $24.4K, and the
expenditure of $40K for additional word processing equipment.
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2. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) In FY 84 CENTER LANE received $496.5K in
P-6 funds through the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research,
Development and Acquisition) and $315K INSCOM S&IA funds to
continue the project's efforts. The P-6 funds were used in
these areas:
a. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Purchase of biomonitoring equipment to
be used to determine physiological changes during the conduct of
psychoenergetic tasks. (Effort cancelled, $26.5K returned to DA)
b. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Development of a state-of-the-art
psychological screening/selection profile for use in identifying
potential sources. Such a profile would identify personnel who
may have some psychoenergetic talent or who could be trained to
perform psychoenergetic functions. The profile will be used to
assist in the recruitment of new sources.
c. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Determine the countermeasures potential
of extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic radiation.
This effort will examine the possibility that certain as yet
unidentified ELF radiations have a detrimental effect on mental
states critical to psychoenergetic performance. This study may
also provide information on BLF environments conducive to
optimum psychoenergetic performance. The logical follow-on to
this effort would be the development of local counter-
countermeasures environments for CENTER LANE sources.
d. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Development of a new psychoenergetic
technique for use in "search problems." Over the years, sponsor
agencies have asked for assistance in locating lost or missing
equipment or personnel. Because this is not a conventional
remote viewing task, we have had little success at providing
timely usable intelligence in these cases. That is not to say
that information we provided was inaccurate, just that it was
not directly usable to resolve the intelligence problem at
hand. If in fact a new psychoenergetic "search problem"
technique is developed, source personnel will likely be trained
in this technique, since "search problems" continue to be
priority tasks received by this office.
e. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Continuation of coordinate remote
viewing training (CRV) at enhanced levels for one source.
f. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Initiation of CRV training for four new
source personnel.
3. (S/CL-1/NOFORN) INSCOM awarded a contract to
SRI-International on 15 November 1983 to perform work described
in para 2b-f above. The INSCOM S&IA money was used to pay for
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travel costs associated with our training programs, Project
Manager's travel costs in performance of his COTR and management
duties, and office administrative costs. $51K S&IA monies have
been allocated to CENTER LANE for the first quarter of FY 85.
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SUBJECT: GRILL FLAME Evaluations (U)
ISSUE: (S/CL-1/NOFORN) To Provide the Director, DIA with a
summary of evaluations conducted on GRILL FLAME/CENTER LANE
activities.
FACTS:
1. (S/NOFORN) In June 1979, Dr. LaBerge, then Under Secretary
of the Army, suggested that a scientific evaluation committee be
appointed to review the Army's parapsychological activities. In
early July 1979, Dr. Ruth Davis recommended that because of the
special interest of the Secretary of Defense, that the committee
review the total DoD posture. The mission of the committee,
known as the "GRILL FLAME Scientific Evaluation Committee" was
as follows:
a. (S/NOFORN) To review the parapsychological research,
investigations, and applications within DoD and the Intelligence
Community.
b. (S/NOFORN) To assess the validity of claims made for
the alleged existence of the PSI phenomena, with particular
emphasis on the experiments which were instituted to approach
the "proof of principle."
c. (S/NOFORN) To recommend a course of action for DoD in
future parapsychological activities.
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The Committee, chaired by Mr. Manfred Gale, published their
report in December 1979. Among the recommendations made by the
Committee was the following:
"Operationally-oriented RV activities aimed at determining
the empirical value of RV to intelligence should continue."
2. (S/NOFORN) On 23 August 1982, Rep. Edward P. Boland,
Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
(HPSCI), requested that a comprehensive report be prepared
documenting the results of the DoD three year GRILL FLAME
project and that it be submitted to the HPSCI not later than 15
October 1983. In response to this request, the Assistant Deputy
Director for Scientific and Technical Intelligence, DIA,
assembled an independent Scientific Evaluation Team. The team
was to produce a report that would:
a. (S/CL-2/NOFORN) Discuss the methodology and findings of
the research effort to include all relevant statistical analyses
on remote viewing trial applications.
b. (S/CL-2/NOFORN) Address appropriate recommendations for
future research or operational applications of parapsychological
phenomena. INSCOM has not received a final copy of the report,
but did receive a copy of the final draft of the report.
Although the Scientific Evaluation Team did not examine INSCOM'S
operational program, the following extracts from their
recommendations seem appropriate:
"The evidence shown to us is too impressive to dismiss as
mere coincidence. Certain similarities between the SRI and
Princeton results, obtained in very different circumstances
by unrelated investigators, are particularly compelling.
...Exploration of the phenomenon should not be restricted
to specific applications. ...It is our conclusion that Dr.
Puthoff's team (SRI International) warrants cautious
continued fiscal support."
3. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) The Defense Intelligence Agency published
the results of their three year, $1.5 million psychoenergetic
research effort on 19 October 1983, with significant
recommendations that INSCOM'S operational remote viewing project
continue.
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SUBJECT: CENTER LANE Personnel Selection Procedures (U)
ISSUE. (U) To provide the Director, DIA with a history of
CENTER LANE personnel selection procedures.
FACTS:
1. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) In December 1978 and January 1979, 251
INSCOM personnel in the greater Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area
were considered for participation in the INSCOM GRILL FLAME
Project (IGFP). These 251 individuals were experienced in the
intelligence disciplines of SIGINT, PHOTINT and HUMINT and
represented more than 8 units/organizations within INSCOM. Of
the 251 individuals considered, 117 were interviewed by IGFP
management personnel under the guise of a "survey" to determine
attitudes about the possible use of psychoenergetic phenomena
(parapsychology) in the intelligence field. The large
difference between number considered and number actually
interviewed was due to the following elimination factors applied
by IGFP personnel:
a. (U) Commander's evaluation.
b. (U) Retainability - at least 20 months.
c. (U) Health.
d. (UU) Not hand available (programmed TDY, schools,
etc.).
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During the selection process, IGFP management personnel were
looking for individuals who were open minded, adventurous, above
average intelligence, mature and stable, "artistic" in character
and personality, successful, well thought of by self and
co-workers articulate, sensitive, and had an ability to
"in-flow" data. These characteristics were provided by Stanford
Research Institute (SRI) International, Menlo Park, CA. SRI-
International personnel stated essentially that no definite
profile had been established, but that their experience showed
that successful subjects (remote viewers) normally possess some
of these characteristics. During the interview phase of the
selection process, consideration was also given to individuals
who related their own previous psychoenergetic experiences.
Individuals who had objections to the military use of
psychoenergetics were not considered for final selection for the
IGFP. Additionally, individuals who displayed an unreasonable
enthusiasm for psychoenergetics, “occult fanatics", and
"mystical zealots" were not considered for final selection. Of
the 117 individuals interviewed, one refused to talk about
psychoenergetics at all, three thought that most of what they
had heard was nonsense or trickery, three were opposed to the
investigation of psychic phenomena on religious grounds, and 110
had favorable opinions towards psychoenergetics and the possible
use of psychic phenomena in the military. With 94% of the
people interviewed showing favorable attitudes for the IGFP, it
was obvious that further screening was necessary to reduce this