(TMI-ARMY Files) 1984 - CENTER LANE Information Papers

WARNING NOTICE: E SPELIAL ACCESS PROGRAM RESTRICT DISSEMINATION TO THOSE WITH VERIFIED ACCESS TO CATEGURY THREE (3) SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED NOT RELEASABLE 10 FOREIGN NATIONALS CLASSIFIED BY: CG, INSCOM vated Aba . 2 DECL: OADR Approved For Release 2005/03/0 9: 14 oP96-00788R001500070003-7 TAB D --- PAGE 14 (OCR) --- Approved For Release 2005/03/99, ; DP96-00788R001500070003-7 ye gh culidst LAGPA-F-SD 23 Feb 84 SUBJECT: CENTER LANE Funding (U) 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 $235K INSCOM S&IA funds to continue the project's efforts. The P-6 funds are being 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. b. (S/CL=3/NOFORN) Development of a state-of-the-art ps chological 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. ec. (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 ELF 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, there has been limited 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 cirectly usable to resolve the intelligence problem at hand. If in fact a new psychoenergetic "search problem" technique is developed, we would anticipate that source per- sonnel will be trained in this technique because “search problems" continue to be priority tasks received by this office. e. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Continuation of coordinate remote viewing training at enhanced levels for one source. ff. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Initiation of CRV training for four new source personnel. INSCOM awarded a contract to SRI-Internation- al on 15 November 1984 to perform work described in para 2b-e above. Biomonitoring equipment will be purchased as soon as it becomes available. The INSCOM S&IA money is used to pay for Approved For Release 2005/03/08 i GIA;RDP96-00788R001500070003-7 ie yee eer tae 7 --- PAGE 15 (OCR) --- ‘Approved For Release zane ee ne wil TAGPA-F-SD 235 Feb 84 SUBJECT: CENTER LANE Funding (U) travel costs associated with our training programs, Project Manager's travel costs in performance of his COTR and management duties, and office administrative custs. As of 17 February 1984, CENTER LANE support costs for FY 84 have been $16,983.18. The balance of the FY 84 S&IA money will be used for continuing travel costs and to purchase additional training programs for the three new personnel that are scheduled to be assigned to the project by 15 July 1984. LTC Buzby/AVN 923-2656 CEE Approved For Release 20s phidg aa oP2s-o07eeR001500070003-7 --- PAGE 16 (OCR) --- Approved For Release 2005/03/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001500070003-7 TAB Approved For Release 2005/03/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001500070003-7 --- PAGE 17 (OCR) --- res x er eis ee a ean a ‘Approved For Release zone 14 ail 3 ae it INFORMATION PAPER IAGPA-F-SD 23 Feb 84 SUBJECT: GRILL FLAME Evaluations (u) ISSUE: To Provide the ACSI with a summary of evaluations conducted on CENTER LANE 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. To review the parapsychological research, investigations, and applications within DoD and the intelligence community. b. 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 "“proff of principle." c. To recommend a course of action for DoD in future parapsychological activities. WARNING NOTICE: CENTER LANE SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM RESTRICT DISSEMINATION TO THOSE WITH VERIFIED ACCESS TO CATEGORY FOUR (4). SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED NOT RELEASABLE 70 FURELGN NATLONALS CLASSIFIED 8Y CDR, .NSCOM FeTARDPS6-bd78BROb 1500070007 ha Approved For Release 2005/0 hed TARE --- PAGE 18 (OCR) --- F 3DP96-00788R001500070003-7 IAGPA-F~SD 23 Feb 84 SUBJECT: GRILL FLAME Evaluations (U) The Committee, chaired by Mr. Manfred Gale, published their report in December 1979. Among the recommandations made by the Committee was the following: "Qperationally-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 Director, Scientific and Technical Intelligence, DIA, assembled an independent Scientific Evaluation Team. The Team was to produce a report that would: a. Discuss the methodology and findings of the research effort to include all relevant statistical analyses on remote viewing trial applications. b. 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/NUFORN) The Defense Intelligence Agency published the results of their three year, $1.5 million psychoenergetic research effort on 19 October 1983. Significant is the recommendations that INSCOM'S unit that utilizes remote viewing to respond to operational requiremnts continue operations. LTC Buzby/AVN 923-2656 Approved For Release 2005/03/09 2CIA-RDP96-00788R001500070003-7 --- PAGE 19 (OCR) --- Approved For Release 2005/03/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001500070003-7 TAB Approved For Release 2005/03/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001500070003-7 --- PAGE 20 (OCR) --- H : Approved For Release 2O0RER LEP For ae cn7eencotso007 0008-7 ay INFORMATION PAPER IAGPA-F--SD 23 Feb 84 SUBJECT: CENTER LANE Personnel Selection Procedures (U) ISSUE. (U) To provide the ACSI with a history of CENTER LANE personnel selection procedures. FACTS: i. (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 f Ianagement 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. Commander's evaluation b. Retainability - at least 20 months c. Health d. Not readily available (programmed TDY, schools, etc.) LANE SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM WARNING NOTICE: C RESTRICT DISSEMINATION TO THOSE WITH VERIFLED ACCESS (3) SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS TNVOLVED NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATLONALS iat CLASSIFIED BY: CG, INSCOM DECL: OADR On ry Approved For Release 2008/03/08 ) 48 ROP96-00788R001500070003-7 TAB F --- PAGE 21 (OCR) --- swt IAGPA-F- SUBJECT: Approved For Release 2005/03/09 CIA-RDP96-00788R001500070003-7 sD 23 Feb 84 CENTER LANE Personnel Selection Procedures (U) During the selection process, IGFP management personnel were looking average for individuals who were open minded, adventurous,’ above intelligence, mature and stable, "artistic" in character and personality, successful, well thought _of by self and co-worke articulate, sensitive, and had an ability to “in-¥low" 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 owncprevious psychoenergetic experie nées> 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 te pees for psychoenergetics, zealots occult fanatics. and_mystical. nal selection. Of the 117 isidered for tadiviauelé interviewed, 1 refused to talk about psycho- energeti es at all, 3 thought that most of what they had heard was nonsense or trickery, 3 were opposed to the investigation of psychic phenomena on religious grounds, and 110 had favorable opinions towards psychoenergetics and the possible use of psychic intervie obvious phenomena in the military. With 94% of the people wed showing favorable attitudes for the IGFP, it was that further screening waS necessary to reduce this number to a manageable amount. IGFP screened the interviewees ' to ensur SIGINT, intervie’ However, e equal participation across the intelligence fields of PHOTINT and HUMINT, and after an extensive review of the ws, 15 individuals were selected as prime candidates. it was the opinion of IGFP personnel that approximately 30-35 indiviauals possessed the requisite potentials desired for the 1GFP. 2. (S/CL~3/NOFORN) In early 1980, IGFP participants were tested by the INSCOM Command Psychologist in an attempt to determine a suitable profile by which further participants could be identified. ‘The tests administered were: ae b. ce (FIRO-B) d. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory YS Gordon Personal Profile Inventory // Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior oe California Psychological Inventory , 2 Approved For Release 2005/03/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001500070003-7 --- PAGE 22 (OCR) --- Approved For Release 2005/03/09 } CIA-RDP96-00788R001500070003-7 te shin d IAGPA-F-SD 23 Feb 84