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CO*LOD GROUP APPROVAL/RELUSE SHEET
SUPJECT Establishment of INSCOM Human Use Review Committee OFFICE SYMBOL
IAFM-OPS-	DATE
(GRILL FLAME) (U)
HU-SA	10 March 1980
ACTION REQUIRED To obtain approval for establishing a Human ACTION-OFFICfR-PHOME
Use Review Committee for in-house Project GRILL FLAME LTC Watt,(AV)923-7829
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD (Descvib* briefly the requirement, background and action taken or recommended. Must be sufficiently detailed
to Identify the action without rerourse to other sources.)
1. REQUIREMENT:'To establish a Human Use Review Committee to oversee the activities of
INSCOM's GRILL FLAME Project. This committee will meet on a quarterly basis to review
the status of the program and to provide recommendations/observations as appropriate.
Proposed membership of this committee is indicated at TAB A.
2. (S) BACKGROUND: a. In mid-January 1980, the DCG-I directed that a formal review
of the G L FLAME Program be provided NLT@l July 1980 (TAB B).
b. On 20 November 1979, the Surgeon General's Human Subjects Research Review
board made the recommendation that "credible Human Use Review processes or committees
in action agencies for review of protocols" be established (TAB C).
c. In June 1979, Or LaBerge, then Under Secretary of the Army, appointed a
Scientific Evaluation Committee to review the Army's parapsychological activities. In
July 1979, membership on this committee was expanded to give it the authority of being
a DOD Review Committee.
d. By creating a Human Use Review Committee to oversee the INSCOM GRILL FLAME
Program we will insure that our work is being monitored by the most appropriate echelon
of DOD.
3. (U) RECOMMENDATION: That the DCG-I, USAINSCOM, approve this proposed Human Use
Review C ittee as indicated at TAB A for immediate implementation by signing this
Form 32.
RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS YES NO
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B. Space Authorixotion 0 0
C. Operating Costs (OMA) 0 0
D. Invostmertt Costs (OPA & MCA) 0 0
E. RDTE Costs n 0
F. Environment 0 0 (if "YES" coordinate action thru the Command Environmonta list ODCSLOG)
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DEPAn
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OFFICE OF THE SURGEON Gr-NERAI-
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20310
2 January 1980
SUBJECT: Minutes of Meeting of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee of Tho Surgeon
General's Human Subjects Research Review Board - 20 November 1979
The Surgeon General
Headquarters,,Department of the Army
Washington, DC 20310
1. Under provisions of AR 70-25 and OTSG Reg 15-2, a special meeting
of an Ad Hoc Subcommittee of the Human Subjects Research Review Board
(HSRRB) was convened,at 0900 hours in Room 3Z368 in the Pentagon on
20 November 1979 to consider human use issues represented in protocols
presented by SRI International.[Proposed Grill Flame PrOtOC01:-r-Task 11
(U) Pn-`r.11,PLFRRHONREPNTS (U) - 15 November 19791 and the US Army Missile
Comma-. (MICOM) CRPT (U) - 7 November 19791.
a. Members present were:
COL Edward L. Buescher, MC, Chair,-nan,.HSRRB.
COL Harry Holloway, MC, Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry,
USUHS,,.@,,@'!J Hoc Member, HSRRB
Dr. K. C,F-:-@,so@, Ph.D.,, Consultant Ad Hoc Member, HSRRB
Dr. Herbert, M.D., Crr,---.ultant Ad Hoc Member, HSRRB
Dr. Chris J. D. larafonetis --.D., Consultant Ad Hoc Member, HSRRB
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Ms. Annie L. Young, System s Analyst, AMSAA, Ad Hoc Mt--iber, HSRRB
LTC Richard W. Severson, MSC, C, Human Use Review Oi.-@.ce, USAMRDC, Recorder
CPT (P) Steven M. Porter, JAGC, Ju@dge Advocate, USAM"RUC, and Member, HSRRB
b. Observers/Investigators resent were:
Dr. Billy Z. Jenkins, Ph.D., Grili Flame Principal Investigator, USAMICOM
Dr. Edward May, Ph.D.., Grill Flame :.,,.-oject Leaderl sai International,
Menlo Park, CA (contractor)
Dr. Hal Puthoff, Ph.D., SRI Internat!.,-,nal, I'lenlo Park, CA
Dr. Russell Targ, Ph.D., SRI Invernat.,:f@@nal, Menlo Park, CA
Mr. John Kramar, Assistant Director, -iny Materiel Systems Analysis
Activity, Aberdeen Proving Ground, i-ID
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SUBJECT: Minutes of Ileeting-of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee of The Surceon
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General's Human Subjects Research Review Board - 20 November 1979
2. Mr. Kramar presented a resume of the progress to date on the AMSAA
Grill Flame Protocol [PBAAADREVGPL] (U) -23 March 1979] dealing with
phenomenological validation of technology to be transferred by SRI. T'lle
AMSAA effort began in March 1979. The following summarized committee
views of the review and discussions:
a. The study has accomplished the initial objective outlined in
Protocol PBAAADREVGPL (U) - 23 March 1979 and is now exploring new Jissues.
it is clearly exceeding the validation of technology, and appears to be
beyond the work scope originally examinediby HSRRB and approved by TSG.
The basis for this expanded scope is unclear and the current effort appears
to involve human experimentation. The concerns of the ad hoc subcommittee
as detailed in the previous minutes are now more relevant: "Army sponsors
and action agencies are presently unprepar-4 to address all antic `.@.-at.ed,
problems. Specifically, the concerns incl,@da:(I) provision for a'-.,uate
scientific review of research protocols, (2) provision for collab@@-itirig
behavioral scientists in execution of protocols, and (3) provision L,-"
credible Human Use Review processes or committees in action agencies r
review of protocols."
b. There clearly is no `ixed and formally appointed professional
oversight for work being don(,-! tinder 11C-1.11 Flame"; rather, oversight
appears to be ad hoc, incomplate and by multiple groups, resulting in
inadequate continuing assessment. Conclusions and decisions based on
data generated from the research will be divergent, depending on which
ad hoc group is evaluating the data; evaluating emeraing evidence and.
deciding which evidence is worth pursuing will be an uncoordinated
effort.
c. The.. subcommittee recommends the,@--! hoc supervision of the
Grill Flamr,-,-zogram be discontinued and @`,a command responsibility for
the program identified.
3. Dr. May presented the SRI Internatio@nal protocol to the Ad Hoc
Subcommittee. Dr. Jenkins presented the 41COM variations of the same
protocol. Subsequent to discussions, the following is the unanimous
consensus of the subcorunittee membel.-s;
a. The SRI lnter=ational and MICOM protocols do indeed constitute
research LL-,I-ilving human subjects. The immediate risks to the subjects
appear to minimal; there are potential latent. related effects
which deserve ex I nation In Lhe subject cor-@nt form. Recommend the
consent form be amended to include:
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2 January 1980
SUBJECT: Minutes of Meeting of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee of The Surgeon.
General's Human Subjects Research Review Board 20 November 1979
(1) #You nay lose the d'steem or respect from certain colleagues
because of the nature of Grill Flame activities since some may consider
participation in such activities as indicating a belief in the"Occult
or magical!. To ft" knowledge no-one has suf f ered
such career damage from a Grill Flame-related activity, but the potential
for such is brought to your attention.
(2) "Some participating subjects may come to believe that they
can possess the capacity to use and/or powers for
personal profit in risk-taki-hg situations'(Example: participating in.
games of chance or speculative investrnent)."'Some individuals wh-o have
served as subjects in this kind of experiment have acted on such as-
sumptions to their apparent disadvantage. Thus, the risk axists that
you may come to believe that you have a power that you do not possess.
You are advised of this risk and warned chat you assume responsibility
for any assumptions which you make about your personal powers or capa-
cities."
b. The concerns expressed in the minutes of March 1979 (ref.
paragraph 2a above) concerning.the Grill Flame program are also appr@o-
priate for these protocols and should be addressed. Responsibility
seems to be aivided between multiple principal investigators and
direction q
_f_._the._progr@am, is vague and needs deinition. The reviewing
gubcommittee felt the Army sponsors and action agencies should,-address
the following concerning the Grill Flame program because of the pi_jLic
and political sensitivity of human subjects participating in such a
classified project:
(1) Scientific review.
(2) Command and control of the Grill Flame program needs to be
delineated and liability concerns properly addressed.
(3) Public Information Offices for DA and DoD need to be
knowledgeable of the ongoing and proposed work.
(4) The Chain of Command (and responsibility) for the Grill
Flame program (this protocol) from DA to DoD needs to be identified.
(5) Security classification of the s@tudias under the Grill Flame
program is perceived to be a major impediment to continued credible
scientific pursuit. If the actual R&D effort is biomedical/behavioral
science, as it has been published in the open literature, the need for
classification is in question. Classification of -the military appli-
cation of the specific science woNild seem appropriate.
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4. In addition, it was recommended that pregnant women should be ex-
cluded from participation in the work carried out under this protocol.
This recommendation is in keeping with the generally prudent policy of
excluding any group of subjects that might be especially sensitive to
the effects of stress.
5. The ad hoe subcommittee recommends approval of the protocols
pending rece@ptof a new revised consent form which addresses the an-
ticipated risks mentioned above.
6. There being no further business, i-1he meeting was adjourned at 1550
hours.
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APPROVED/DTSAVYOVED:
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EDWARD L. BUESCHER
Colon@21., MC
Chairman, Human Subjects
Research Review Board
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CHARLES C.
Lieutenant Gv_.@@.Xal
The Surgeon General
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