Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788 Roo 150007464 F /36 0 -A GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY SG1J w/4 OPERATIONS OFFICER, HORE~-TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON INSCOM'S ACTIVITIES LINDER THE CENTER LANE PROGRAM. THE THRUST OF THE BRIEFING WILL BE ON THE PROGRAM'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS) SINCE YOUR LAST BRIEFING BY PROJECT PERSONNEL IN NOVEMBER 1981. WHILE I WOULD LIKE TO START THE BRIEFING BY DISCUSSING OUR ACCOMPLISHMENT,'), I AM PREPARED TO ELABORATE ON` OTHER TOPICS A"') YOU DESIRE. (INSERT 01-HER SUBJECTS AS REQUIRED) THE CENTER LANE MISSION HAS BEEN TO USE REMOTE VIEWING AS AN OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUE TO COLLLCT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION TO ENHANCE OTHER INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEMS, AND TO DETERMINE IF REMOTE VIEWING COULD BE LEARNED BY PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL WHO WERE NOT ESTABLISHED "PSYCHICS". FROM THE PROGRAMS START IN OCTOBER 1978 INSCOM HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT REMOTE VIEWING IS AN EFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION COLLECTION TOOL., AND PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS CAN BE TRAINED IN REMOTE VIEWING. VALIDATION OF REMOTE VIEWING BY INSCOM WAS INITIALLY ACCOMPLISHED WITH A HIGHLY CONTROLLED, OBJECTIVE IN-HOUSE PROGRAM OF TRAINING FOR Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-R' 88ROO1500070002-8 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-F .90 r~~D,Pqfi. 0788R001500070002-8 ASSIGNED PERSONNEL. OVER A. FOUR YEAR PERIOD APPROXIMATELY 350 OF THESE CONTROLLED REMOTE VIEWINGS WERE CONDUCTED. SUCH VALIDATION CONTINUES TODAY INDEPENDENT OF CONTRACTOR'S EFFORTS. SINCE THE FIRST OPERATIONAL INTERVIEW IN SEPTEMBER 1979, PROJECT PERSONNEL HAVE CONDUCTED 726 OPERATIONAL REMOTE VIEWING INTERVIEWS IN SUPPORT OF 96 INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION PROJECTS FOR A NUMBER OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY CUSTOMERS. THis CHART SHOWS OUR RESULTS FROM THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL SOURCES WE HAD AVAILABLE. (1979: 7; 1980: 41; 1981: 20; 1982: 11; 1983: 15; 1984: 2; 6) SINCE WE LAST BRIEFED YOU IN NOVEMBER 1981 WE HAVE CONDUCTED 31 PROJECTS. SEVEN OF 'THOSE PROJECTS ARE ON-GOING. THIS CHART DEPICTS THE INTELLIGENCE VALUE OF THE OTHER 24 PROJECTS AS REPORTED TO US BY THE PROJECT'S SPONSORS. I WILL USE A T11REE PHASE APPROACH TO ILLUSTRATE TO YOU OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CAPABILITIES. FIRST I WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS OF SEVERAL PROJECTS. NEXT I WILL ASK YOU TO EXAMINE IN DETAIL THE RESULfS OF SIX PROJECTS. FINALLY I NILL EXPLAIN OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES, Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RlDP96 00788R001500070002-8 1) SG1A Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 Now I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REVIEW SOME OTHER PROJECTS IN DETAIL. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO DISCUSS OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES. As I HAVE ILLUSTRATED, ("'ENTER LANE RESPONDS TO TASKINGS FOR 'THE ENTIRE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, A PROJECT BEGINS WHEN A "CUSTOMER" CONTACTS THE CENTER LANE PROJECT MANAGER DIRECTLY TO DISCUSS THE FEASABILITY OF USING PSYCHOENERGETICS TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-007,84RO9159OQ70002-8 5 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 Approved For Release 20ppt.O8tO6- :,,CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF INSCOM MUST RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM OACSI TO TASK CENTER LANE, IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN CENTER LANE PERSONNEL AND THE CUSTOMER IN ORDER TO DEVELOP NECESSARY CUING DATA AND EEI. ONCE THE PROJECT MANAGER DETERMINES CENTER LANE IS AN APPROPRIATE TASKING AGENCY, HE ACCEPTS THE PROJECT, NOTIFIES HIS CHAIN OF COMMAND OF THE TASKING, PROCESSES THE PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVELY, AND ASSIGNS THE PROJECT TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES. ONE PROJECT MAY HAVE SEVERAL SOURCE INTERVIEWS. EACH IS STRUCTURED BY A MONITOR WHO PREPARES THE SOURCE FOR THE INTERVIEW, PROVIDES THE CUING DATA, GUIDES THE SOURCE'S EFFORTS TO RESPOND TO THE EEI, RECORDS THE DATA, AND PREPARES THE REPORT. EVERY INTERVIEW IS RECORDED AND TRANSCRIBED. FROM THE INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION THE MONITOR PREPARES AN AGENT REPORT. AFTER THE REPORT IS PREPARED, THE CUSTOMER IS CONTACTED- AND TOLD THAT A REPORT IS READY F70R REVIEW, AGAIN THERE IS DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE CUSTOMER AND THE CENTERLANE OFFICE. AT THIS TIME, THE CUSTOMER REVIEWS THE TRANSCRIPT AND RECEIVES A COPY OF THE REPORT. 00070002-8 Approved For Release 2000/08/08: ClA-RDP9001'8AR Approved For Release 2000/01YO-8 CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 THE PROJECT IS CLOSED WHEN ALL EEI HAVE BEEN SATISFIE-D AND REPORTS DELIVERED. CENTER LANE MANAGEMENT REQUESTS A WRITTEN EVALUATION FOR EACH REPORT AND FOR THE PROJECT. THOSE EVALUATIONS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE ACCURACY OF 'THE SOURCE AND THE INTELLIGENCE VALUE OF THE INFORMATION DEVELOPED. SIR, I WILL NOW DISCUSS OUR FUTURE. CENTER LANE IS AN OPERATIONAL COLLECTION ACTIVITY CONDUCTED WITHIN INSCOM IN A COOPERATIVE EFFORT WITH DIA. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PERSONNEL STRENGTH OF EIGHT. THAT INCLUDES MYSELF, THE OPERATIONS OFFICER, ONE FULLY OPERATIONAL SOURCE, THREE SOURCES IN VARIOUS STAGES OF TRAINING, AND TWO SECRETARIES. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE THREE MORE INDIVIDUALS BY THIS SUMMER. THEY WILL BE TRAINED AS INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVE'S. OUR EFFORTS FOR FY 84 ARE FUNDED WITH P-6 FUNDS 013TAINED THROUGH THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION AND PROGRAMMED INSCOM SUA FUNDS. R[:-SOURCES REQUIRED FOR FY-85 WILL BE CONTINGENT UPON THE CONTINUATION OF DIA'S R&D EFFORTS. STOP (SUGGEST FUNDING) THE DIA HAS RECEIVED APPROVAL TO USE P-6 FUNDS TO FINANCE FURTHER PSYCHOENERGETIC RESEARCH STUDIES, BUT BECAUSE OF Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 7 Approved For Release 2Q-001.08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 CONGRESSIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE USE OF NFIP RESOURCES IN THE INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOENERGETICS, DIA, WHICH IS ALMOST ENTIRELY FUNDED UNI)Ef~ NFIP, CAN NOT ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. BECAUSE THE CENTER LANE PROJECT MEETS THE CONGRESSIONAL GUIDANCE, DIA ASKED OACSI IF THE ARMY WOULD BE WILLING TO CONTINUE DIA RESEARCH EFFORTS UNDER CENTER LANE, INSCOM AGREED TO THE DIA REQUEST AND OACSI DAMI-ISH INITIATED ACTION TO ACCOMPLISH DIA'S REQUEST. D1A COORDINATED THEIR AREAS OF INTEREST IN PSYCHOENERGETIC RESEARCH WITH INSCOM TO ENSURE THEIR RESEARCH PROJECTS WOULD SUPPORT INSCOM's CENTER LANE- PROGRAM. THE SPECIFIC TASKS THAT DIA WILL CONTRACT FOR ARE AS SHOWN ON THIS CHART. THESE DIA INITIATIVES WILL COMPLEMENT INSCOMIS EFFORTS. INSCOMIS ACCEPTANCE OF THE USDRE FUNDING TO SUPPORT WORK WHICH DIA HAD INTENDED TO PURSUE DURING FY 84 WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES. A. ELIMINATE INSCOMIS NEEL) 1-0 OBTAIN FY 85 USDRE FUNDING TO CONTINUE PSYCHOENERGETICS RESEARCH. B. ENABLE 113RI-INTERNATIONAL TO CONTINUE ITS PSYCHOENERGETICS RESEARCH WELL INTO FY 85, Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 8 Approved For Release 2006108109f: CIAADP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 C. ESTABLISH INSCOM As EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR PSYCHOENERGETIC ACTIVITIES WITHIN DOD, APPROVAL OF THIS NEW FUNDING INITIATIVE WILL NOT ELIMINATE INSCOMIS NEED TO FUND ALL PSYCHOENERGETIC ACTIVITIES BUT WILL ALLOW CENTER LANE TO USE LIMITED RESOURCES ON OPERATIONAL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. SIR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 THIS SECTION OF THE BRIEFING WILL COVER THE FUNDING OF THE PROGRAM FROM 1979 TO THE PRESENT. THE CHART SHOWS OUR COSTS LESS PERSONNEL SALARIES FOR FYs 1979 THROUGH 1983. IN 1979, THE TOTAL COST OF INSCOM WAS $87K, $75K OF WHICH WENT TO SRI FOR ORIENTATION TRAINING. IN 1980J. INSCOM'S COSTS FOR THE PROJECT WERE ONLY $42K AND THERE WERE NO EXTERNAL CONTRACTS. 1 N 1981 FUNDING LEVELS WERE INCREASED TO PERMIT INSCOM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JOINT SERVICES GRILL FLAME PROGRAM WITH DIA. OF THE $201K SPENT IN 1981, $19OK WENT TO EXTERNAL CONTRACTS WITH SRI IN SUPPORT OF THE JOINT SERVICES PROGRAM AND OUR OWN TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. 1982 WAS THE SECOND AND LAST YEAR OF INSCOM's SUPPORT TO THE JOINT SERVICES PROGRAM DUE TO CONGRESSIONAL RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON 'THE USE OF NFIP FUNDS. OF THE TOTAL $245K COSTS FOR 1982, $128K WAS SPENT IN SUPPORT OF THIS JOINT SERVICES EFFORT. THE $128K FY 1983 BUDGET SAW THE' BEGINNING OF Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RI)P96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 THE NEW COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING TRAINING AT SRI AT A COST OF $36K, EXPANSION OF ADVANCED TRAINING UNDER A CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MR. MONROE AT A COST OF $24.4K, AND THE EXPENDITURE OF $40K FOR ADDITIONAL WORD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT. (CHART CHANGE) IN FY 84 WE RECEIVED $1496.5K IN P-6 FUNDS AND $235K INSCOM SUA FUNDS TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS. THE P-6 FUNDS ARE BEING USED IN THESE AREAS: PURCHASE OF BIOMONITORING EQUIPMENT TO BE USED TO DETERMINE PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES DURING THE CONDUCT OF PSYCHOENERGETIC TASKS. DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE-OF-THE-ART PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING/SELECTION PROFILE: FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SOURCES. SUCH A PROFILE WOULD IDENTIFY PERSONNEL WHO MAY HAVE SOME PSYCHOENERGETIC TALENT OR WHO COULD BE TRAINED. WE PLAN TO USE THIS STUDY TO ASSIST US IN RECRUITING NEW SOURCES. FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR BOTH SRI AND SRI SUBCONTRACTS. DETERMINE THE COUNTERMEASURES POTENTIAL OF EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY (ELF) ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. THIS EFFORT WILL EXAMINE THE P03SIBILITY THAT CERTAIN AS YET UNIDENTIFIED ELF RADIATIONS HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON MENTAL STATES CRITICAL TO PSYCHOENERGETIC PERFORMANCE. THIS STUDY MAY Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-PDP96-007,98 ROO 1500070002-8 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON ELF ENVIRONMENTS CONDUCIVE TO OPTIMUM PSYCHOENERGETIC PERFORMANCE. THE LOGICAL FOLLOW-ON TO THIS EFFORT WOULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL COUNTER-COUNTERMEASURES ENVIRONMENTS FOR CENTER LANE SOURCES. FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT. DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PSYCHOENERGETIC TECHNIQUE FOR USE IN "SEARCH PROBLEMS." OVER THE YEARS SPONSOR AGENCIES HAVE ASKED US TO ASSIST IN LOCATING LOST' OR MISSING EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A CONVENTIONAL REMOTE VIEWING TASK, WE HAVE HAD LITTLE SUCCESS AT PROVIDING TIMELY USABLE INTELLIGENCE IN THESE CASES. THAT'S NOT' TO SAY THAT INFORMATION WE PROVIDED WAS INACCURATE, JUST THAT IT WAS NOT DIRECTLY~ USABLE TO RESOLVE THE INTELLIGENCE PROBLEM AT HAND. IF IN FACT A NEW PSYCHOENERGETIC "SEARCH PROBLEM" TECHNIQUE IS DEVELOPED, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE TRAINING SOURCE PERSONNEL IN THIS TECHNIQUE BECAUSE "SEARCH PROBLEMS" CONTINUE TO BE PRIORITY TASKS RECEIVED BY THIS OFFICE, FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI. CONTINUATION OF COORDINATE REMOTE- VIEWING TRAINING AT ENHANCED LEVELS FOR ONE SOURCE. FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT. INITIATION OF CRV TRAINING FOR THREE NEW ~SOURCE PERSONNEL. FUNDS NOTED ARE FOR SRI AND A SRI SUBCONTRACT. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 OIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-~IDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8 THE INSCOM SUA MONEY IS USED TO PAY FOR TRAVEL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS, PROJECT MANAGER'S TRAVEL COSTS IN PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES, AND OFFICE OVERHIRE. As OF 17 FEBRUARY 1984, CENTER LANE SUPPORT COSTS FOR THE FY HAVE BEEN I THE BALANCE OF OUR FY 84 SUA MONIES WILL BE USED FOR OUR CONTINUING TRAVEL COSTS AND TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE THREE NEW PERSONNEL THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE PROJECT BY 15 JULY 1984. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788 ROO 1500070002-8