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            MEMORANDUM FOR: ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE 8 October 1980
  ATTENTION: MAJOR JOHN F. HAY
  SUBJECT: INSCOM Input to GRILL FLAME Briefingfor Under Secretary of the Army
  1. (U) Reference: BG Wilmot/DAMI-IS message, DTG 20152OZ Aug 80, subject:
  Grill Flame (U).
  2. (S/NOFORN) Following information is forwarded as requested by reference
  message. Data is keyed to format contained in reference:
  a. SHORT BACKGROUND: In September 1978, INSCOM was tasked by ACSII DA, to
  establish a training familiarization program usingspeoially selected INSCOM
  personnel, establish RV intelligence collection techniques, and to establish a
  system for responding to intelligence collection requirements so that RV produced
  data is quickly and efficiently used. Screening/selection of prospective INSCOM RV
  personnel was accomplished during the period December 1978 to February 1979
  employing a general sketch of personality traits which had been observed/compiled
  by SRI. 251 INSCOM personnel in the Baltimore-Washington area were considered.
  117 of these were interviewed. Of 30-40 highly prospective candidates, 12 were
  finally selected based solely an their respective future assignment availability.
  In February, SRI researchers in conjunction with IGFP management selected six of
  the final 12 candidates for training based on personal interviews conducted at
  Ft Meade, MD. Of those selected, a cross section of professionals from the three
  general intelligence collection disciplines (HUMINT@ PHOTINT2 and SIGINT) was
  achieved. In-house (INSCOM) familiarization/training of the RV personnel in SRI
  RV protocol to prepare for their SRI training sessions began in February 1979.
  During the period April-October 1979, 170 RV training sessions were conducted.
  During the period April-June 1979, six RV personnel were progressively cycled to SRI
  for 5 consecutive RV training days each, during which they received training in RV
  "beacon" technology. During the period July-December 1979, five of the original
  six RV personnel were returned to SRI for two weeks each for further "honing"
  of individual abilities observed during their earlier training sessions. During
  this training cycle, emphasis was placed variously on "beacon", geographic
  coordinate, 35mm slide and precognitive 35mm slide techniques. Commencing
  September 1979, IGFP initiated operational sessions directed against "real world"
  intelligence gaps at a low level, and concurrent to ongoing training activities.
  This posture was abruptly modified in November 1979 with the onset of the US hostage
  situation in Iran and a JCS request for IGFP collection assistance. Since then,
  IGFP has been fully operational in its response to "real world" US intelligence
  needs, and has conducted 385 operational sessions toward that end. Of these 385 RV
  sessions, 171 have been performed in direct support of JCS requirements stemming
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 from the US hostage situation. The remaining 214 RV sessions have been in support
 of NSC, CIA, ACSI, DA, AF, and INSCOM analysts. (See Inclosure 1 and 2 for
 overview of program development and summary of sessions.)
 b. DATE OF YOUR EFFORTS: We have been operating in a training-mode since
 late February 1979 and responding to operational tasks since September 1979.
 (See Incl 4)
 c. NUMBER OF PERSONNEL INVOLVED: B-13
 d. FUNDS EXPENDED: See Inclosure 3.
 e. NUMBER OF TESTS ATTEMPTED: See Inclosure 2. As far as methods go, we
 have used the following for "targeting" the Remote Viewer: geographic coordinates,
 UTM, pictures (of individual or place), geo coord/time/event, sealed envelope
 containing target data, unit ID codes, pictures of objects, time, and street
 address/name.
 f. TEST RESULTS: See Inclosure 2.
 g. OBJECTIVES OF PROGRAM: As stated in para 2a.
 h. CONCLUSION(S): RV as an intelligence gathering tool, has provided
 useful and timely information involving numerous operational situations.
 We still cannot explain the how's and why's of RV, but believe we have sufficient
 data base to demonstrate that RV produced information is useful to decision-makers.
 Therefore, work in this very sensitive and unique area must continue.
 i. RECOMMENDATIONS:
 (1) Continue working in conjunction with DIA, to establish a system to
 respond to intelligence collection requirements.
 (2) Continue work designed to identify and define and exchange, if
 possible, individual RV capabilities.
 (3) Continue work to define parameters of operations, to include
 accuracy, reliability, and repeatability.
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