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      MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
      SUBJECT: Trip Report, 18-28 September 1980 (U)
      1. (U) 'From 20 to 28 September 19809 the undersigned attended a training
      seminar at the.Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences (MIAS), P.O. Box 946,
      Faber, VA 22938. The seminar was conducted at the MIAS International Training
      and Conference Center (ITCCI The ITCC is located on a plateau in the roothills
      of Virginia's scenic Blue Ridge. The site was selected by MIAS because it met
      the basic requirement of a tranquil pastoral environment conducive to physical
      and mental relaxation* a major factor in the successful process of an intense
      learning or cogitative experience.
      2. (U) MIAS offers training in relaxation and concentration methodology. The
      goal of this training is to teach individuals self-control of their own physical
      and mental activity. It was thought that such an ability of self-control might
      be of benefit to the INSCOM Grill Flame Project (IGFP). The purpose of this
      trip was to assess the applicability of the MIAS training to IGFP.
      3. (U) During the eight day training seminar, fifty separate relaxation/
      concentration exercises were conducted. Each of these exercises lasted from
      50-60 minutes, and were followed by lengthy discussion periods. The exercises
      were progressive in that in the beginning they were quite simple, and as the
      program continued the exercises became more difficult, requiring more and more
      physical. relaxation and mental concentration. The training exercises consist
      of well established techniques of progressive relaxation, breathing exercises
      and guided imagery. The majority of training exercises are done lying in a
      soundproof booth while listening, via stereo headphones, to surf sounds
      combined with a beat frequency oscillation of tones at four hertz. The,theory
      is that the sounds will provide a frequency following response pattern conducive
      to intense concentration and hemispheric syncronization. Once -the desired state
      of relaxation/concentration has been experienced several times under these
      conditions, it can be regained without the aid of the training environment,
      much like the well-known biofeedback training effect. In fact$ as the training
      seminar progressed, several exercises were conducted without the conducive
      training environmentt simply sitting in the conference room at the ITCC.
      4. (S/NOFORN) Of particular interest to IGFP are those exercises on a level
      of concentration which MIAS calls Focus 10. It is at this level that Remote
      Viewing is enhanced. Additionallyp MIAS personnel believe that when an
      out-of-body state occurs from Focus 10, the out-of-body exporience will occur
      in real world space/time and not be surrealistic in nature.
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      5. (SAOFORN) Also of interest to IGFP is the use of what MIAS calls a Time
      Wheel in the level called Focus 15. Through -the use of the Time Wheel one can
      focus his attention either to the future or to the past while Remote Viewing.
      6. (S/NQFORN) As a result of this trip it is recommended that experienced Remote
      Viewing personnel from IGFP be scheduled for attendance at MIAS training seminars.
      Such training will provide them with another aspect from which they can increase
      their operational value to IGFP.
      7. (SAOFORN) Robert A. Monroet Executive Directorp MIAS9 has a SECRET security
      clearance. He has signed a consultant security agreement and has agreed to
      keep confidential his contact with IGFP personnel. As Executive Director of
      MIAS, Monroe has agreed to MIAS working with US Army Intelligence. No other
      personnel at MIAS are aware of this agreement. All contact with MIAS has been
      on a "shallow cover" basis. Monroe has not been "read"in" on IGFP and remains
      unaware of the extent of the program.
      FREDERICK H. ATWATER
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