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DEPARTMENT OF THE. ARMY
US ARMY INTELLIGENC E AND SECURITY COMMAND
FORT GEORGE G. NIFEADF, MARY LAND 2075S
IAOPS-FI-S
INSCOM GRILL FLAME PROJECT PROTOCOL
I (S/NOF-ORN) GENERAL:
I Julle 1,981
This pr(.A,ocol contains the procedute for INSCOM GRILL FLiVE Project (IGFP)
sponsored remote viewing. It is in effect for the periad required Lo accomplish
Lhe scope of' work. Rcmot.e viewing (RV) j@, an intolJectual process by which an
individual perceives charocteri,,.Aics of a dosiqnated Larqet remote in sp,,A,-,a
and/or time from Lhat individual. RV does not -involve any electronic sensing
devices at or focused at the tarqeL site, nor does it involve classical pAnoto
interpretation of phoLographs obLained from overhead or oblique means. The
individual performing RV (the remote viewer) if, provided with a unique identi-
Fier to allow him to focus his at1k, cnLion on ti-io designated target. This
identifier may be stationary map coordinates, a specific structure, an idc'nti-
fiable vehicle (aircraft tail numher) or a spi@cific individual (nLaTno, ploce of'
birth, age, and/or photograph). The task of the remote viower is to d .6
designated aspects of the specified tirget. "Tito Lask is achievable I
% i J'0 t' 0
No drugs or hyplIOSiS Will be USed ill thiS RV I- . ((I.
2. (S/NOFORN) MILITARY OBJFCTIVE-:
it is the objective of this protoeol to standardi70 the process Of 1."73MOtO
Viewing so that it may become nn t,@@tahlished ta:fl< iri Lhe spectrum of' intulii-
U011C."o 1111d informaticifi gu@horing fLJlhAion,-, and for LLrget acquisition applications.
(S/NOFURN) MIT IIARY APPLICAF10\1S:
Remote viewing can be used to: (1) Largel.. on key enomy military individuals from
coverL agents to key battle cornmandi- rs; (2) detect the change in stal' e of militavy
units, (3) monitor hostile military L(Ws. US Army personnel Units, ffl3teriel
@Tld operations are vulnerable to ho:_-,Li.1c RV. Countermear3ures must be devised to
eliminate or rodLW0 LhiS VL.Ilnerab@lit,,
11. (S/NOFORN) APPROVAL HISTORY:
The Commander, US Army Materiel Development and Readiness Com-mand (DARCOVI)
z.ipproved, in principle, the US Army MnLericl SyAems Analysit@, Activity (AfISAA)
involvement in project GRILL FBMI. in April 1978. IF) flay 1978, the IssistariL
Chief of Staff I-.oi' , Intelligence (AC51) accepted luad L-esponsibilit 'y i'or CHILL
[ LAML applicationt;. Effective 1-4 January 1981, by 2pprOV,11 Of' Under Secretary
of Army, INSCOM became the only :-mll.We operation3l GRILL 1-1-AME elealos 'it'ill the
Ar[i-iy. Program management for GRILL FLAME wzis transferred to Commander, INSCOM
effective 11 FebrLlary 1.98.1. 0AC131, DAM1-IS1i remaills the Army focal ooint for
policy matters and interface, at the national level. Ovorall Doi) responsibility
resides with the Def'onsc Agency (DIA).
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5. (S/NOFORN) DEFINITIONS:
a. Remote @icwinq 'RV): An :iritclIcetual. proccos by which a p(,rson
a lou,; Lion remote from th.,-At person. 1. does riot
perceives charactcri.sLic@s C -1 1
involve any electronic sc@nsing i-Juvices at or forused at the Larijot nor does i.t.
involve classical photo -interprot,ji-ion of photographs obLaincd frori overhead
or obliqUe means.
1.). Remote @/iouinci Session. A n r fLNnotc) vlevo.@r to
_)lo at Lempt by a
perceive of' a desiqlated target.
c. liemote Vi-ower- The indj,@,,i@AJLRJI who perforuo rumul'u view.ing,
d. Interviewo, r: The individual who intcracLs wi.th L-he remote viewer
!)ef'ore' (FuF11-191 @-Xter the RV !,Cssion.
e - 3j-:- The b v i dual who i i i L e rac Ls u W-A oui si.de agenci.es.
f". Of`1-,.c,,r: The individuai who UtiliZItiOrl
of NV ass7t-s.
g. Ll@pject Frain incj/Concept!, Offif-er: The, indivIL(AlAal who Lrni.-'Is personnel
o do I@V aiid dcvclop"; opul'ation@d. Concepts appl.lcat-ion by thr- operations
off icer.
h. @ro lar iy r: The inJividua.l. who coordinatOS f)Mj0Ct zic-Livities.
i. LlrojL.(-L Uf f@icer: Thc everill, resporisihle j.ridividual for ,Jl
a - 'r--'E---.
,
spects of the projoc .
J . Requestor: A reqUCstor is @-iri Army or non-Army consui;ior or produc.-r
,ig
eficy u, ho and submitz a L WSk (Sue TA13 A for Ta@;kii ig Fluw Chart
k. Task: A Lask is &i operational request f'or infurm"),Lion, co-,ential
oluments @-fii-ntolli.gcnce or tai,cet requiremoriL.
1. TarQ2(L- Specific Lasl ', uhi.ch may bt@ it) the form of a coordinate.
picture of an ubje&, or drowing, etc.
(1;,/NOFO11N) NMCMURI':
Q. I roinir q:: To provide. a I ri!me,.,@ork for -@Laiidardizinq Lhr task of [IV,
:-i series of Lrain@,.nq se-,,.ions, will be. i:-,(jridUCt.0(J. 1110 OIOWL'rlt-@- Of a treii.ning
'3C'-,'-3ioii are: (1) tnrgnL @';-,Joct.iorj; (2) remoLe vickifer session 1@relirriiriaric,,;;
(3) P(,,moLe viewing scosion, and (@i) Jhc proc,)dure will
be cjc,-=ibed LJS@.nCj coc1vdjn,-d@(--,-. as t.lio remot,u iucrALif"or.
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(1) . jara e T rain Lno targets are developed in @.esponse Lo
ooerational needs. The G`a-s@iic-traii@Jnq, package include,,; the ur3e of geographical
coordinatesas well as the modifications outlined in paragraph 7 below. In the
c;-joe of geographical coordinates, v target pool is construcLed by an individual
not' involved in interviewing or remote viewing. A target pool consistt; of U
group of similar sealed envelopes which designate a specific target by geo-
graphic coordinate. Prior to the beclinning of a session, an envelope is
randomly selected from this target pool by the interviewer. At this time, only
Jif,@.@ coordinate is provided the intcrviewer who then reafds the coordinate to
I.he remoLe viewer at the buginning of the session. Other information available
conc\erning the target is revealed on@y after the session during the post-session
anal.ysis. A specific target is presented only one(,, to Lhe remote viewer.
(2) Remote Viewer Session Preliminaries: Befc,re a firsL RV sessioll
.i-S scheduled, remote viewer is oriented to the procedure to be Followed by
1-he interviewer. The remote viewer needs to undorotand that. he or she should
state raw perceptions; experience has shown]. that specific definitions are
quite often wrong while the initial. raw perception tend,,-, to be correct. Remote
Vlewers are always encouraged to express their feelings and ideas For enhancing
a' I aspects of' the RV process..
(3) Remote Viewinq Session:
During the -50-60 minutlc,@s prior to the agreed-UpOn start time Of a
,3ussion, the interviewer offers sonte encouragement to Lhe remote viewer in the
manner of a coach giving a pep talk to hi!3 tearf).
During the P) minutes immedi,@Lely before the se@3sion Lhe remote
vAewer and interviewer are generally sile-it. Experience has shown (Unpubli-Mied
_jata) that this "quict time" ei L . :, f7
-ihancec: 'he RV procesi.
During the 15 minutes the rt!mote viewer oiid the intcrvie@uer
Function as a team. The interviower provides encouragcment with words of
reassurance that the task is, in fact, po!-13sible. At no time is the ses-,ion
eanducted by the remote viewer in Lhe absonice of aII other persons.
If the remote viewer dues not have any immediate sensury images,
Lhe inLoi, viewer appL.es no pressure. Rather, the interviewer reassures Lhe remote
Viewer that they have Lill. Lho, time in Hit, world. When the remoto viewer has an
imiage, experience suggests O.-;npubli!3hed data) Lhal, the remote viewer often
inf-ellcctually transports himself or herself to the remote target ,.;ite. The
interviewer, in conversation with thc;' remote viewer, may then suggest that the
Yemate viewer int(:,,JIecLuaIly move arOW-1d ot the sA"te and describe the site more
tFUILly (e.g., buildings, terrain features, people, activities, machinery, etc).
If it uppears to the interviewer that the iniages are in some way
ccnLradictory or inconsistent, the interviewer may then.attempt clarification
1)), asking questions in order to verify uhit- the remote, viewer first dONSCribed.
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The RV sossJon .1 t@ipe-recordod and pen and paper are available
for the remote viewer to sketch hi.s pcreeptions. b(perience has shownl that
some remote viewcrs, profer to combine written ond oral description,;, while some
prefer to work sequentially.
rhe average PV ses@3.ion J.s approximately 30 minutes an(] never
cxceeds 60 minutes, not Lo incliude drLivjings, LAc.
(4) Post,-Sesoion Aft-or the U session is over, the remote
viewer and inLerviewer obtain sp(-@-ifiu information abouL the target and Compare
Lheir session results with this dal-a. The remoU., v.iowor and the inLerviewer
diSCUSS the session resulL@;. The purpose of Ll-&_-, post-session analysis is to
provide the remote viewer with the satisfac-tion of" knowing how well he or she
did.
@Lons_: The elemenLs of an operational remote viewing session, in
b . @ L)e
general, are simii_,@r to tho elements of the training remote viowing session.
The sequence consists of the followino: (1) Utrgot (2) remote viewing
session preliminaries; (3) the remote'viewing session; and, (4) POSt-SCSSiOfI
analysis and reporting.
(1) Tarqot SclectJoll: lllryot sclcction or Lasking is initiated by
-a requr.-@E;tor thruugh IJSA INSCOM staff whore it-, subsequently passed to the
RISCOM, ANSOPS-fAMINT, Special A(J,ions (SA) 13)canch. Within SA, Lho Lusk is
logged by the opcrations officov and assignod Lo a project analyst. The project
G-or creates the
LIMIllyst working with Lho, reques' (fific t,isk EEI. Subsequently,
I:t)c project analyst. roqueoLs Lh--, operati-ofis off'icpr schedule RV S013sions against
H)e task.
(2) RemoLe Viewinq SC3Sion Pr(-liminaries: This aspect consists of
two phzises: (a analyst-int.erviewer prepar,-jtion; -ind (b) interviewer-
romote viewor preparation.
j(@@-t Anal Ys LJn 1-.ervicue r Preparation: Prior to a session
(a) L@o
the project analyst and the int@.@rviowor discuss the purpose of' the session,
EEI required, line of questioning most appropriate for successful
mission accomplishment, ind.whether the session will be monitored.
(b) lnterviever-[@emote Viewer Propiration: This pha.-@;e of the
sequence is similar to. that US0d ir) a training 11V spsgion. The romot-e viewar
is oriented to the procedure to be followed by. the interviewer; reminded that
he/she should stato raw perccption@,; nnd, enCOUraged to e@xpress their feelings
and ideas for enhancing all aspueLs of the rornate viewing process.
s i on - This phaso of' the sequence iF,, nearly
(3) I@omoLe Vicvipq._,§ :
idonLic,al to t@'e training H se:@;sion with the exception (if the following:
(a) The project -'intlysl@ and/or the requestor may monitor the
PV session f'rom the controi room ai-id provide on-line guidanC,C to the interviewer.
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(b) The project ,inalyst_ -midflor the roelucstor may require draviing@
of specified descriptions, and may prOvide post-scosiun debrief ing/analy tic
guidance.
(4) Post-Session Analysi,_;: UPM Conclusion of the remote viewing
the interview, j.(l accol'WA11C
a wit-h gui-drniue received from the.project
analyst, discusses the session re"MlLs @Ath tile remot.c viewer. The purpose or
this discussion is to provide the [Nor with Feedback in Lho form of positive
reinforcement concerning hi_s,/her ;A-)dlity durinq the session. However, it should
be noLed that dUc Lo the L`Ziskin@-J p1,'JC'Cd Upon the interviewer by the
project. analyst or opcraLions, o@Fficer there may I)c no po-t-snssion analysis
feedback to ilie Her.
7. (S/NDFORN) VARIATIONS IN HM-LDURE FOR RV TRAINING:
a. The foregoing h3s focused on the use of coordinates to Obtain from a
remote, vieuer the description o"' LhCat isite. Another approach to the same goal
.is to use a person in place of a coordinate. For example, the remote viewer, is
provided some porsonal informol: 'Lon and then pioreeds to describe, the location
of tile individual. Thus, the individual serves as a beacon to locate the target.
by RV. To standardize Lhis approach, tile procedure described in paragraph 6 is
mo di f i ed,
Ij. The elements of' this p;,ocedure consist of: (1) target selc'cLion;
(2) remote viewer session preliminaries; (3) E,cl-ivity of person who servos as
bcacon; (4) remote viewing scs,;Joi); and (5) posl_-@;cssion analysis.
(1) I'aract Selection- A targeL pool _j.@; selectod b,
y an individual not
involved in viewing. lh(-. targeLs chosen will. be distinctive,
LO iFlClUde more than one example of each. This procluden the remot.c viewer from
climinating a targot because oil(.- example was, uoud before. Thc i' emal.e vievier is
informed that the target pool consif@,ts of' similar a,%; well as different types of
t a r ge L 5 .All. other ci@-,pects of' Lhe tar-geL SCICCLjOll elCIM(Nit of thE) procedure
remain the same.
(2) RorioLe Vjcl,@er Session Protiminarics: This cloment. is identical to
@Alat of the b Gic
urc.
(3) Activity or Person Uho Sprvcs a!-, Beacon: At the beginning of the
RV session, tile remote viever and interviewer are given one or morc! items of'
hiographical information or may even incot bric-Fly', for 3-5 M.-inutes, Lhe_indivi-
dual serving as tile heacon. If the latter is the case, the beacon individual
departs the meeting and obtains Lhe torget. JIAS Pr0C(XJL1rC (@lifllill@tes tile
poss'ibility -of th:,, beacon individual divulginij rany hint, of the Larcict. The
beacon individual travels to the target, arriving there at tile pj' ovj,7)usly specified
time. Ile or she then intleracts. %rlth the E;ite for the predeteumined longth of
time or the RV se,i;sion.
(4) Remote Viewinq This, elomcnt is idmitical to Lhat of the
hasic RV procedure.
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(5) - PosL--Scssion Analvcl;i@-.,: This Clement is identical to Ulat of' the
basic H
8. (5/1NOFOM) SCOPU OF 1ARGFTS FOR Iff"MOTE VILEIVING: USAINSCOM fic)unsorcd [W
-MM,'J, or n ou t r al
will exclude US, lic ciLi4en.,.3 as targets exr,epL when
,r.,xpro,s,,;ly authorized by appropriate lc(@al authority.
9. (S/NOFORN) FERFORHING ORGANUAIJON: USAIN'33COM is Lhu performing organizza-
Lion.
10@ (S/NOFORN) FTOJECTU) MUFL.Irl NUMOU'R OF UBOTE ViLUE11S AND INTEl"TIEWCHS:
Unformation classified beyond F;copc of this paper.)
11. (S/NOFORN) SELECHON OF REMOT['. VILWHS AND INTE"[WILWERS:
a. Historical Perspective. In December 1978 and January 1979 two hundred
and fifty-one I STOM personnel in the greater D.C. area Wc-re
considered for parL,icipaticn in Lne lGFP. The,.jc two huriclj@cd and f-Sty-one indi\ii-
duals were experienced in the int,.:@lligence di@-@ciplincs of SIGINT, OHOTINT and
HUMINT and rep.-resented more Lhan edght. unit,,.i/cirt -janizaLions, uifA-,hin -Nscom. (If the
Lwo hundred and fifty-onc individuals consideted, one hundi,cd and ,;(;vcntetn were
interviewed by IGH man-aclement persomel under tho quise of' a to determine
aUiLudcs abouL the poss.ible use oi' psychocnergeLic pherlofflerVi (r)"araps Y Clio 10 gy)
in tho intelligence field. The large difference boLwern number com;idcred and
number ClCtUally intcr@,,j.cxc-.,d was clue Lo Lhe following factors applied
by 1GFP personnel.
(1) Commanders evaluaLi.on.
(2) RetninaOil.Uy - at lcuA 20 munths.
(3) Health.
(4) Not readily available (prOUT'aMMed IDY, schools, ct-c.).
EiLjrjrig the selection proccss, IGFT :Management pl-.,r@-,onncl wore lookirig for individuals
viia were open minded, a&cnturOLIS, @nbove average intelli( *y@nco, matUro and stable,
1@arLis[.ic" in churacLer ar@d per.,;mality, succus'sful, well thought of' by self and
co-workers, arLic,Ulate, ond had an nhiliLy to "in-flow" data. These
c,haract-cristics wore provided by Stanford Research InstituLe (SH) InLernaLional,
Ilenlo Park, CA. S)RI personnel si.L)ted es,,;cni-Jally that no del'init 'c profile lias
been establishod, LmL that Llj(.@ir expcirience jj@.js silou, thLit -,Ur-Cc,,sf`u.1 subjects
Memotc Viewers) norf',Ially posSeS@,@ @,)ome of' the,-.c., characteruAL-1jrs.
Piuring the interview phasc of the. ;election procc@-@_,, considej,,@J.ion uas also given
to indiVidUalr, WhO _rCiNtEld Lheir own previOLIS psychopnergel-ic, experiunces.
JHd..iVddL1alS Who [),)d objecLions to t1W 11ilitaFy USe Of' P@,Y(A)Oehergeties WCfe Jjot
COW';idered for firml uclection fou Lhe TUP. iAddiLionally, indivicluals who
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displayed an unreasonable enthusiusm f'or psychoonergetic,,;, OCCUIL F@WUIUCS
and mystical zealots, were not i@,on,@ickred for final selection. Of Uie 117
ir@idividuals inLervievied, one ref'uscd to tn1k nbout psychoeriergetic!3 at allt
three thought that most of what th(@y had heard wa,,; nonsen,@(- or trickery, three
were opposed to the investigation ut psychic phonom(.,,,na an religious grOUnds, and
110 had favorablc,, opinions towardf; psychoonergetdc,.3 and tile POSSible use of
psychic phenomena in the military. With 94,10' of the people interviewed showing
favorable attitudes For the IGFPY it ua,, obvious Lh,,jt further screuning was
necessary to reduce this nuimber to a manageable CIMOML. IGFP screeiied the
int-erviewees to crisure equal ptirtic-ipat,ion acro,.-,P, the in!clligence fields of
SIGINT, PFIOTINT and HUMINT, and ui'Ler an extensive i,cvicw or the int.arviews,
15 indiVidUalS WCre selecLul as prime candidates. However, it was, L.he opinion
of' IGF'P personnel that al-.1proximately '50-3')' indiMLMIGG po,,,,sessed th(-'I rcqUiSitC
potenLials deoired for the IGFP.
b . CUrrent Activities: After over a year of work in RIP, participants
were Psychologist in an aLtcmpL to determine a
,uitahle prof ile by which FUrther part icipar)Lu could be identif ied. The tests
administered were:
(1) Minne-_;otla MulLiph&sic Per@3onali(..y Invontury
(2) Gordon Peri.-@onul Profile InvenLory
(3) I`LllidamonUal Int.orpersonal I@elatiorv-, (FIRO-B)
(4) California Psycholir.lical Inventory
(5) Edwurds Parz@@onal Preference 5chudule
(6) Per,,.,,onal OrientaLion Jn\,cntory
For thc most part, the gi-oup presun@ed as, emotionally stable with no marked
trends. There does appear La be an int@cresting similarity in defensive sLyle,
a tending Loward aestheLiL', CUltural interests, and an introversive
@3tyle of emotionaJ expression. @I-rom these test results the Command F'Sychologi-st
has constrUCted a Le5t Hiat may Do used as an init-ial screening tool in the
oclection of now IGFP participants. Plans, arc to administer thii-i test to
populotions such as the MI Offiec.r's Advance COLIrSO .It- Fort. Huachuca, Arizona.
Individuals \10110 score within pararn,.Jers specified by the Comm-@ind Psychologist,
would then receive personal interview IGFP if@)anelgerl)cnt Per'sonflel. Vi OITI
these intlorviews, new IGFP partiCIPE)FIt.0 Would be selected.
.12. (S/NOFOPN) REPLICATION OF THI: [W , PROCES5: For each pacticipant, thu,
7T
maxinIUM VILIMbUr of I scs-Jons will be two per day no miol,e than Lhree per
week.
13. (S/NOFORN) JUDGING:
a. r
Trainin Se@;sions will I)t-' jU(JqCd USiny Lhe foiJowiny TarycL. Cou'ri-It. o I
Di_u
L'hart:
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TARGET CORKLATION CHART (TCC,)-*
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..'5SIGNED VALUE D1_._.SCRIPTION RATING
.1. Absolutely no target correlation. None (00%)
2 Drauings, tiarrative, and feedback reaction Low (15%)
have minimal target correlation.
3 .1-nc@reasod 1.@ar(;ct corvelaLion, idenLity of Low-Moderate
target Could noL be determined. ( 3000' )
4 Many target". correlation factors readily Moderate
Q')
r (-,, c n gn i z ab I e .Target identity possibiliLics, (5010
narrowed.
5*-X- RV (13ta ShOWL; UDINisLakable correlation to Moderate-High
tj')
@ho target. I'argot pos@Abilities can now (70,0
be typified.
6 Little or no extraneous RV data puesont. High (60%')
TI-Ir-clut identity can be readily matched.
7 L-ori,ect naniii@g of the Larget. Direct Hit
(1001,13)
I'argel. Correlation C'huvt, (TCC) vas established 11ot 'to prove or disprove
Remote Viewing (RV). Rathor, it wos desiqnDd to measurv KIV lenrning trends and
to provide Project Management pertionnel a readily available management tool.
k* Current state-of-the-art indicoles this level of expertise is the norm for
,rin experienced Remote Viewer.
h. j@pLrat:L(@@s: Sesoians will be judged in relation to int.e.1ligence
useJ"u1.ncss by the7equesting agency.
14. (S/NOFORN) CONFIDLNUALITY: Iiidividuals performing as remote viewel-s and
interviewers undol, tho USAJNSCOM GRILL FLAME program will not. be identified
outside of their parent organization without their prior consent, and they will
be reforred to in project records only by an alpha-numeric designator. Products
of remote viewers and interviewers such as tapes, drawings, transcripts, rosters,
or other materials which i;Aght reve-al the identity of the remote viewer will be
coded to assure the protection of thcJr identity.
15. (S/NOFORN) PHYSICAL ENVIRONFICNT.- RV sessions will be conducted.in 8n
ordinary room at ambiork Lemperatureandhumidity during the normal waking hours
of the part icipants,. The only lirdLat-ions on theso parameters will be security
from electronic eavesdropping and olimination of ordinary dist--racting noises
SUCH as a radio and office machinery.
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