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 ,MEMORANDUM FOR !U9=Rf
 FROM Dr, J. Vorona, ChaIrman,.GRILLFLAME Working Group
 SUBJECT-. Comments on "Repori By: The GRILL~LAME S i-
       Connittee" c entific Evaluatian
 The GR14LAME Working Group (GFWG) has formulated the following
 conime ts Of note on the substance and tone of the above report. -The
 GRILF
       RAME Scientific Evaluation Committee (SEC) report -on PSI investiga-
 tiOns contains serious factuil errors, an inordinate num'ber of ambiguities,
 is incomplete and narrowly focused. Beda.use of the aforementioned
 difficulties, there is a genuine danger the'.report will pr'ovide w4,ef-
 W6"er_M*fMry guidance to. policy makers and planners responsible for
 these types of investigations, arid. applications. (S)
       2. Although the difficulties. in the SEC report have Ljc0i considpred
 in detail by the GFWG and arO available upon reqUest, it was 'felt the
 first priority was to provide clear. consi'stent guidance to those not
 well acquainted w1th these areas of investigation., Using tho collectiVe
 experience and knowledge of the GRIG, a c4A44et-"t restatement ~of the
 most important conclusions and reconviandatio.ris was develo'ped and is
 +tra$m offered. We first emphasize those 'aspects of the SEC's report
 which we strongly support. We support: (S)~-.
           CONCLUSIONS,
 o Unexplained, observat'ions of human.capabilities~ to gerie'rate da 1~ a
 of potential utility to intelligence have been documented.
 * Scientific acceptancO of the unexplained data generation capa-
 .bilities or other claimed "PS!".effects have not occurred
 because of inadequate investigatibns, and their possible non-
 existence.
 NOTE: The GFWG adds the~posslbility ths't the unexplained capabilities
 are intrinsically non-scientific, i.e., 'they could be
 inherently statIstical have intripsic observer,
 effects, ate.
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 e Exploratory testing of~,the intelligence-related utility
 unexplained capabilities is justified and should be j~Kpa~ftled
 beyond current progrqms.
 9 Because of our elementary state of knowledge,'lt it'not ~b1siblia-
 tn-predirt the likelihood of swccess of investigating the
 e4istence, -characteristics or Vtil ity of these da:1jaffY1
 H6wever, simple prudence dictates some such investigattQns...are
 noeded,'perhaps, in proportion.,,to the apparent utility of the
 ut)explalned capabilities. Ob-~-~y '60 order and priority of
 these1nvestigationsis Utility determination, then, if possible,
 existence proofs, anO finally characterization studies.
 o Iffi(.ievicy' demand,; a centrAl aut ,hority to manage and
 hind tk,:)o (i.xplot-'fito
               ry investioatiotis for the
 C.01i(murifty 'and perhaps the entice Covernment.
 o Foreign I ntel i g(-nce abalysis on'. claims of unexplained human
 capabil,ities: should continue.
      The GFWG strongly disagrOs with ce-Irtain viewpoints expressed in
 the SEC's report. Th6e are-
                a The recori:viiendationAto'~~termina,te ~the Army's Missile Intelligence
     Cloi-i-imand's [,K atid Ma!i~py-_JjkL~",ystenis Analysis Ac,1Jy.j,t-ie's RV
 1:1 q a t I Uri sC4 r, ~1 ~,c) n and s 1 h1erpre ation of
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 0 lfi~cc~ the most-succe-ful currerit exploitation filvr~,tigzIl'i F
 thOsc, UticXplaIncd hwi an CapabilitiCS LISO a datd (1(~,;icn-ation
 technique darived In close conjunction with SRI 1 nternational'
 researchers, Puthoff and Targ, Ul'
 VZZI,2~~-~, is ndt undersLuod or acce ptable without further
 explanation.
 The.GFWG offers to provi4e more in-depth and detailed connents
 on the SEC's report. . Many of the difficulties in the report, especially
 those of fact and incompletenoss could have been avoided -if the report
 had been collectively.rovieweo, in draft* rather than allowing only
 individual inputs without review of the final record or analysis.. We
 regret not having had the proper opportunity to contribute to-this first
 attempt at a comprehensive evaluation of an area of high potential -
 importance to intelligence and other Government responsibilities, and
 wish to assure.this situation'does not re-oc.cur,
 Dr. J. Vtrona
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