hRproved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 d0i ... wo January 1983 tog DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY PROJECT FLAME (U) GRILL Prepared ?'E-m:s by SGU Defense Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20301 H. E. Puthoff, Ph.D. E. C. May, Ph.D. B. S. Humphrey L. A. Lavelle Radio Physics Laboratory SRI International Menlo Park, CA 94025 SRI/GF-0225 This document contains 47 pages CLASSIFIED BY: DT-5A REVIEW Copy No. ON: January 2003 NOFORN WNINTEL Approv For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO180006000011--77 Approved For Release 200010MOMM -6-00788ROO1800060001-7 __U~ %.0-M L_T- CONTENTS low ow I PROJECT GRILL FLAME HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II PSYCHOENERGETICS, PSI, "ESP" (DEFINITION) . . . . . . . . . . 3 III 5 INTELLIGENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. USSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . B. People's Republic of China . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . C. Other Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . D. Other Successes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . E. Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . IV 11 GRILL FLAME REMOTE VIEWING (RV) PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . A. RV Phenomenon--Definition . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . B. RV Phenomenon--Example (Ascherslebon, East Germany, CW Storage Facility) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . C. RV Phenomenon--Scientific Support . . . . . . 15 . . . . . D. RV Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . E. Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . F. Product of RV Technology . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . G. RV Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . H. RV Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . I. Value of Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . J. Future Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . K. Finances/Tasks . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . 44 . . . . . . L. RV Enhancement and Intelligence Support Program 45 . . . . 1. Data Base Management . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . 2. RV Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . 3. Location/Tracking Search . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . ii ipgm n r mir Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000108108 96-00788R001 800060001-7 To: Bob Jachim 26 January 1983 From: SGU Subject: "Fact Book" I am sending this publication to you as a friend and interested party, not as a participant in the Grill Flame Program. I hope you find it interesting and useful. Your comments and suggestions will be welcome. U I I CED WH EN SEPIA!' Hr-!N! CLASSIFIED ENCL0,'~J:',.',1-J Approved For Release 2000/08/08 WMIN-f- f%0788RO01 800060001-7 17CUTTE-T- Approved For Release 200"59"UE~ 96-00788ROO1800060001-7 I PROJECT GRILL FLAME HISTORY Project Grill Flame is a DoD/Intelligence program set up for the following purposes: To assess the potential for U.S. applications of ff developments in parapsychology ("ESP, psip Psychoenergetics). To determine the threat potential of corresponding Soviet/East Bloc efforts. Major Decision Points 0 1972 - Startup of a continuous effort, still ongoing, involving SRI International as major contractor, and a number of agencies as sponsors (CIA, FTD, MIA, DIA, etc.).* 0 1978 - Effort compartmentalized under codeword GRILL FLAME a 1979 - In-house applications program set up by Army's Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). 0 1980 - Joint Services Integrated Program set up under single-agency (DIA) management to handle external contracts. See funding chart, next page. 1 low o- Am% ft# MW 1%0 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/0wwL, P96-00788ROO1800060001-7 DOD/INTELLIGENCE PSYCHOENERGETICS PROGRAM FUNDING (SRI) SG1B Budget Date Organization Thousands of 1971-75 CIA 1975-76 NAVELEX 74 1976-79 FTD, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB 300 1977-80 MIA, REDSTONE ARSENAL 281 1978-80 AMSAA, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND230 1978-80 DIA 228 1979-80 105 1979-80 ARMY INSCOM 75 JOINT PROGRAM FY 1981 DIA 300 ARMY INSCOM 130 FY 1982 DIA 330 ARMY INSCOM 185 FY 1983 DI 340 SG1 D 2 nrZ Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/0.... qu%WW-MI 111-0 1 f6-00788ROO1800060001-7 II PSYCHOENERGETICS, PSI, "ESP" (DEFINITION) Psychoenergetic phenomena are a class of direct interactions between human consciousness and the physical environment that, although as yet unexplained as to mechanism, can be observed and recorded. Psychoenergetic phenomena include: 0 The acquisition of information not presented to any obvious sense. These are perceptual processes that act as information input to an individual. Examples include: - The (mental) viewing of the contents of a safe, or a distant military site (clairvoyance). - "Pickup" of the thoughts of another (telepathy) - Direct foreknowledge of a future event, -such as the firing of a missile (precognition). 9 The production of physical effects not mediated by any obvious mechanism. These are perturbation processes that act as action output from an individual. Examples include: - The physical movement of an object by a (mental) effort of the will alone (psychokinesis). - Perturbation of an electronic or mechanical component, such as a microchip or a gyro, by mental effort. - Perturbation of a basic physical process, such as the decay rate of radioactive material, by mental effort. A more complete breakdown of psychoenergetic processes is given in the chart on the following page. Application of psychoenergetic processes to military/intelligence objectives include use of the perceptual processes in data collection (verified), and the use of the perturbation (psychokinetic) processes to influence weapons systems (potential). 3 e V 01" n rM or MW Approved For Release 2000108/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 t tApproted FdV Relelse 20&/08/d : CIA-tRIDIP99-0078AR0040060801-7 (U) BREAKDOWN OF THE VARIOUS PSYCHOENERGETIC PROCESSES (U) PSYCHOENERGETIC PROCESSES C: PERCEPTUAL PROCESSES (information input) SPATIAL TEMPORAL (Remote (Precognition, Viewing) Retrocovition) F ANIMATE INANIMATE PERTURBATION PROCESSES (Action Output) ANIMATE INANIMATE t t REMOTE REMOTE RANDOM DIRECTED BEHAVIOR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES PROCESSES MODIFICATION PERTURBATION, HEALING TELEPATHY MEDICALCLAIRVOYANCE, PSYCHOMETRY DIAGNOSIS DOWSING (Temporal History) CLASSICAL MECHANICAL NOISE FORCES DISTRIBUTION (Electronic Noise, Brownian TEMPERATURE Motion, etc.) E FIELD GENERATION (Electric, Magnetic QUANTUM Gravitational, etc.) MECHANICAL STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION (Radioactive Decay, Zero-Point Fluctuations, etc.) C: z > tA Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/ fflV-%PP6-00788R001 800060001-7 III INTELLIGENCE A. USSR MW Beginning in the mid-1970s, Soviet psychoenergetics research became sub- ject to increasingly more stringent controls by both the government and the military. In 1975, a high-level commission -was officially established in moo the USSR to review psychoenergetics research. The commission was under the direction of the vice president of the USSR Academy of Sciences and included several institute directors and deputy directors as well as Party officials. ow After a 3-year review period, this commission's recommendations led to an integrated approach to the study of psychoenergetics in the USSR. A A0 centralized coordinating and review group was identified which had several Ministry of Defense (MOD) representatives, a member of SKB VYMPEL (the antiballistic missile design bureau), and at least one laboratory leader am who is believed to be KGB affiliated. There is also backing from high-level officials in the Communist Party, probably at the Council of Ministers level. The review group is closely associated with a new psychoenergetics laboratory (Bioelectronics Laboratory), which reviews and integrates psychoenergetics research performed at other laboratories and also performs its own research. Such research ranges from long distance experiments in information transmission to psychokinetic influence on physical devices and biological systems. In addition, the laboratory also serves a screening function'for identifying people from the general population, throughout the USSR, who can perform well on psi tasks. In general, it is known through intelligence data that applications oriented research is being pursued. Application goals are no doubt of high interest to MOD and Party officials who support and monitor this work. Specifically, there is evidence of a strong interest in applying ESP/remote viewing phenomena in accessing secure data, in information transmission Now (i.e., long distance communication), and in locating lost or hidden material or people. so Although it is difficult to assess the advances in Soviet psycho- energetics research, the high-level sanction by both the government and the military would indicate that progress in this area is sufficient to merit 00 its continuation. The scope and magnitude of this support would also tend to indicate that intelligence and/or warfare applications of ESP/remote viewing have most likely been attempted and will be continued in the future. 1W 5 Approved For Release 2000108/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 DQj_n Approved For Release 2000/ '%r'QA nn788ROO1800060001-7 Won,% Ma B. People's Republic of China Since 1979, a rapid increase of interest and mobilization of resources has occurred in psychoenergetics research in the PRC. In this short period large segments of the population have been screened and a number of indi- viduals identified as possessing psychoenergetics skills. Some of the major universities and research institutes are currently involved in psychoenergetics research. The skills catalogued are essentially identical to those observed by psychoenergetics researchers in the West and in the Soviet Union: various forms of acquisition of information that are inaccessible by normal sensory means (e.g., identifying written Chinese characters sealed in a box), and the generation of small-scale physical effects on shielded targets (e.g., the fogging of film). There are, however, certain differences in research directions that reflect their scientist,s efforts to correlate research findings with certain unique Chinese concepts, such as the search for pos- sible relationships between psychoenergetic skills and martial art practices. Since 1979, investigations have moved from the public media to the universities (e.g., Beijing and Yunnan Universities), to research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (e.g., Institute of High-Energy Physics), and to the national laboratories involved in space/military research (e.g., institute of Space Medico-Engineering, and an unnamed Air Force Institute). The sigus of increasing research activity and steps toward legitimization and official sanction indicate steady progress at a relatively rapid rate. At this time, there is no direct evidence of PRC interest in psycho- energetics phenomena for military or intelligence purposes. However, the pursuit of this research at national laboratories and mllitary-related institutes, and the leadership role for this research by a leading rocket expert (H. S. Tsien), would indicate that PRC interest in military appli- cation potential of psychoenergetics phenomena is a good possibility. 6 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/0~"-&""-Q IMP96-00788RO01 800060001-7 C. Other Countries A "Free World" study, which would focus primarily on psychoenergetic research in the United States, Britainp and possibly Japan, among other countries, has been recommended as a possible intelligence project for FY '83. Such a study is warranted by the increased activity in psychoen- ergetics research taking place worldwide as evidenced by the expanded effort at SRI International (Menlo Park, CA) and by new research programs at Princeton University, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company (Huntington Beach, CA), Bell Laboratories (Columbus, Ohio) and elsewhere. SRI is currently awaiting instructions from DIA as to the scope and format of such analysis and the time-frame for its commencement and completion. Other institutions in the United States include: 0 American Society for Psychical Research, New York, NY 0 Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 0 City College of New York (Department of Psychology), NY 0 Duke University (Electrical Engineering Dept.), Durham, NC a Eastern Michigan University (Dept. of Sociology), Ypsilanti, MI 0 Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man (FRNM), Durham, NC 0 Institute of Noetic Sciences, San Francisco, CA a Menninger Foundation, Topeka, KS a Midwest Psi Research Institute, Chicago, IL 0 Mind Science Foundation, San Antonio, TX 0 Parapsychology Foundation, New York, NY 0 Psychical Research Foundation, Durham, NC Psychophysical Research Laboratories, Princeton, NJ Science Unlimited Research Foundation, San Antonio, TX ~ Stanford University (Psychology Department), Stanford, CA 0 St. John's University (Psychology Department), Jamaica, NY ~ St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, PA 0 Syracuse University (Communications Studies Lab), Syracuse, NY 0 University of California, Davis (Dept. of Psychology), Davis, CA 0 University of Virginia (School of Medicine Dept. of Psychiatry), Charlottesville, VA 0 Washington University (Physics Dept.), St. Louis, MO 7 now 1~ Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 SG1 B Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/Ocb*fwno%~Aw-jmmr!km96-00788 ROO 1800060001 -7 J-6 %,o 1% 16 1 MW E Plans The principal aim of the FY 183 DoD/SRI intelligence program is to bring to completion the archival effort for all intelligence data and materials that have been collected to date. This objective will be accomplished primarily through the completion of a simple intelligence database management system. In order to achieve this end, SRI intends to implement new, updated software, to write the necessary applications programs for easy data retrieval, and to provide a readily understandable manual for the end-user. This system will enable us to inventory, in the most effective manner possible, the intelligence gains acquired during the SG1 B three-year DoD/SRI program. Now %PAL 10 r r -~. n r lir 00 _. A -ML:-M k 10 -M Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 mug Approved For Release 2000/ Pq6-00788ROO1800060001-7 No No ali IV GRILL FLAME REMOTE VIEWING (RV) PROGRAM A. RV Phenomenon--Definition Remote viewing (RV) is the ability of certain individuals to access so and describe, my means of mental processes, information blocked from ordinary perception by distance or shielding. Targets for remote viewing have ranged from small objects in nearby light-tight cannisters to remote technical facilities at intercontinental distances, from numbers generated at random in a computer, to nuclear tests in a foreign country. Successful viewings for the DoD/intelligence communities include: 6 A secret NSA facility, including codeword retrieval. 0 Soviet R&D facility at Semipalatinsk (PNUTS). 0 Static tests of Minuteman and Poseidon solid-propellant missile firings in the Western United States. SG1 B Aim go SG1 B e rM 0" r% 1" 9F I%# sm 1%0 11% 16 1 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 'Circumstances surrounding release of Iranian hostage, Queen (obtained prior to release). SG1 B Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 7 Approved For Release 2000/Blfde*&UP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 C. RV Phenomenon--Scientific Support High-quality anecdotal reports of such phenomena can be traced back through millenia of history by scholarly research.' Such reports are not low confined to history, however, but have continued to persist into the modern age, even when brought under scientific scrutiny with the founding of the British Society for Psychical Research in 1882, a date that in a certain Md sense marks the beginning of formal investigation of psychoenergetic phenomena by the scientific/academic communities.2 MW Beginning with a seminal paper on remote viewing published by SRI researchers in 1976 in the Proc. IEEE,3 well over a dozen major similar studies have been carried out and reported in the literature, the bulk of which have been successes. (For a summary, see recent review article by R. Jahn, Dean of the School of Engineering/Applied Science, Princeton University.4). As a result of this work, carried out over a number of laboratories, a scientific data base has been established from which certain conclusions can be drawn: MW (1) Descriptive material about remote locations can be obtained which exceeds chance correlation. 3_4 (2) The quality of description appears to be relatively insensitive to distance. 3-4 (3) Detailed analysis of the patterns of correct/incorrect response elements indicates that the laws governing remote viewing are not askew to, but correlate with those laws governing (a) Cerebral (brain) functioning, specialization, and cognitive processes in general.6 Mimi (b) Subliminal perception in particular. 6 (4) Although the mechanism of transmission is as yet Md undetermined, the observed results are not necessarily incompatible with electromagnetic7 or quantum models,a and thus a rapprochement with physical theory cannot be no ruled out. 113. Inglis, Natural and Supernatural: A History of the Paranormal, Abacus Press (1979). so 2J. Arthur Thomson, The Outline of Science (in 4 Vols.), G. P. Putnam's Sons (1922). 15 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2WqQAC%tfHEDD0788ROO1800060001-7 Old =i Mi ON 3H. Puthoff and R. Targ, "A Perceptual Channel for Information Transfer over Kilometer Distances," Proc. IEEE, Vol. 64, pp. 329-354 (March 1976). 4R. Jahn, "The Persistent Paradox of Psychic Phenomena: An Engineering Perspective," Proc. IEEE, Vol. 70, pp. 136-170 (February 1982). 6J. Ehrenwald, "Cerebral Localization and the Psi Syndrome," J. of Nervous and Me'ntal Disease, Vol. 161, No. 6, pp. 393-398 (1975). N. F. Dixon , Subliminal Perception and Parapsychology: Points of Contact, Proc. 27th Annual International Conference of the Parapsychology Foundation, New York, NY (1978). 71. M. Kogan, "Is Telepathy Possible?" Radio Eng., Vol. 21, p. 75 IAW January 1966); F. Blau, Telepathy, private publ. (April 1981). 8E. H. Walker, "Foundations of Paraphysical and Parapsychological Phenomena," in Proc. Conf. Quantum Physics and Parapsycholog Parapsychology Foundation, New York, NY (1975). 16 UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000 -Laynne niff- tDP96-00788RO01 800060001-7 47160 OW D. RV Process No To carry out a remote viewing (RV) session, a "remote viewer" and WIN an "interviewer" begin by seating themselves at the opposite ends of a table in a special remote viewing room equipped with paper and pens, a ad tape recorder, and an overhead TV camera to permit recording for documen- tation, or monitoring by individuals outside the room. The room is homogeneously-colored, acoustic-tiled, and featureless, with light con- trolled by a dimmer, so that environmental distractions can be minimized. The session is begun by the interviewer providing to the remote viewer whatever targeting information is appropriate to the task at hand, such as the coordinates of a military site, or a picture of an individual. Under normal testing or operational conditions, the interviewer is typically kept blind as to the site, etc., so as to prevent inadvertent cueing or leading. The session then proceeds with the interviewer repeating the targeting information at intervals, posing questions, etc., and the remote viewer providing quick-reaction responses, both verbally and by means of notes and sketches, until a coherent response to the overall task requirement emerges. (The use of the quick-reaction-response procedure has been found useful in minimizing imaginative embellishment of basic raw-data signals.) There is no use of drugs or technology to produce an "altered state of consciousness," session time at a single setting rarely exceeds an hour, and th6 ambience of the session is kept as natural and stress-free as possible. 17 r ir Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 VOW "Mlle Approved For Release 2000. - NQ41"DP96-00788R001 800060001-7 E. Yersonnel Historically, the search for medical/psychologicAl/personality measures that might provide a quantitative "psychic profile" has been unsuccessful. Several years of observation by workers in the field hast however, led to an informal guide based on subjective evaluation of the personality traits of successful viewers. This rule-of-thumb guide is based on the observation that successful remote viewers tend to be confident, outgoing, adventurous, broadly successful individuals with some artistic bent, and possessing "middle-of-the-road" views about psychoenergetic functioning. Neither "total skeptics" nor "true believers" tend to do well on psycho- energetic tasks. Rather, good remote viewers seem to come from the ranks of generally successful photographers, engineers, mathematicians, artists and businessmen who have a relaxed interest in the phenomena and are challenged by it. MW Recently, SRI researchers cooperated with a private group (Mobius Group, Los Angeles, CA) to conduct a mass RV screening test, with psycho- MW logical profiling, through a major magazine publication. The data base of several thousand entries is sufficiently large that profiling infor- mation may be forthcoming from this test. Out AW S. A. Schwartz and R. DeMattei, "Psi-Q Test II , OMNI, p. 136 (October 1982). 18 S"nr Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 NMI Approved For Release 2000/,-Z-,ZC-P96-00788ROO1800060001-7 F. Product of RV Technology The steps in producing a product from remote viewing (RV) sessions is as follows: (1) The individual designated a "remote viewer , in conjunction with an interviewer, generates raw data in the form of a tape-recorded transcript of verbal comments, along with notes, sketches and drawings. On occasion a videorecor ding of the session may also be made. (2) The raw data is summarized in a one- or two-page cover sheet(s), and affixed to the typed transcript and associated notes, sketches and drawings, and the data package turned over to the consumer for analysis. (3) Following preliminary analysis, the above procedure may be iterated a number of times to produce mw additional data in response to analyst questions. (4) Finally, the analyst fills out an evaluation sheet covering the usefulness of the RV product (see following pages), and the data is integrated into the overall intelligence mix in whatever way is appropriate. lei .MW 19 Aft OM A" W% rM Mr #J 16 lhao 1% So I Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 aft Ism 11111b Approved For Release 200 DP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 (S) INSTRUCTIONS TO ANALYSTS (U) (U) The information provided as enclosure to this report was obtained in response to a collection requirement provided by This information was acquired from a new and potentially valuable source of intelligence. Work is currently being pursued to determine the accuracy, reliability, and improvement potential of this source. Your remarks and attention to the evaluation sheet will be the basis for our assessment of this low new collection technique. Therefore., the effort you expend will greatly assist us and will ultimately result in you receiving more data of increasing accuracy and reliability. (U) While formulating your judgements concerning the data, the following comments concerning this new source of intelligence may be helpful. (U) Foremost., the data is likely to consist of a mixture of correct and incorrect elements. Specifically: (1) (S) The descriptive elements are generally of higher reliability than judgements or labels as to what is being described (recreational swimming pool may be mistaken for water purification pools, an aircraft hull may be mistaken for a submarine hull., etc.). Therefore,, seemingly appropriate descriptive elements should not be rejected because of mislabeling. (2) (S) The data often contain gaps (in a 3-building complex, for example, perhaps only two of the buildings may be described, and an airfield may be added that isn't there). Such gaps or additions should not be taken to mean that the rest of the data is necessarily inaccurate. (S) Therefore, a recommended approach is to first examine the entire information packet to obtain an overall "flavor" of the response., reserving final judgement even in the face of certain errors, and then go back through for detailed analysis. (U) If you have questions regarding the data you have received or on its evaluation please feel free to contact me at any time. Thank you. DIA (DT-lA) SG1J c/o L. Lavelle - Bldg. 44 SRI International Menlo Park, CA 94025 20 no ftf Approved For Release 2000108108: CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 aw I (T, StZT " EVt'--',TICC- I 1 1, IEEJ. _ ) k I t t I I t check the followingboxes as the curacy of the mittedmaterial. Forltne summary evaluation, to ac sub please ACCURACY Site Contact., > Little with Not C orrespondence Good Excellent Unknown Mixed Results Applicable 0 0 1 2 3 0 < M (S) Geographical locale descrip- -n - CL 0 - tion (terrain, water, etc.) ED F ID F-1 I n -0 (S) Large-scale manmade elements X (cities buildings, silos, - docks railroad lines P ED 1 F airfields etc.) W M (S) Small-scale manmade elements CD M (antennas computers, tanks, Q Q CD .9 -1 -1 D CD missiles, CD offices, etc.) Q 00 Q (S) General target ambience (re- CD 00 search, production, adminis- 00 CD tration, storage, troop move- 0 l -1 -1 V~. ments > J. naval activity, air 0 activity, weapons testing 1 , etc.) > , X G (S) Relevant specific activities 0 ~ (nuclear testing., missile a 0 to _U firing., CBW storage., ELINT ID ED ED 0 F-I F-I a) to a) monitoring., etc.) 6 CD 4 CQ (S) Personality information 00 00 -4 (physical descriptions,, - - X 00 r7 00 actions., responsibilities., F ED 1 D ID CD 1 F X plans etc.) CD Q .1 _L CD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 - _ Cannotbe de- CD 00 __ CD (S) Overall utility None Marginal Useful Very termined CD UsefulF at I j this I time - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CD Q (U) Definitions for the accuracy CD scale: 0 - Little correspondence . Self explanatory. -4 0 0 * * I - Site contact with . . . Mixture of correctand incorrect of former to . . . . elements19 the but enough mixed results indicate source probably the target has accessed site. 2 - Good . . a . 0 * a 0 0 Good correspondencewith several incorrect . 0 0 0 elements information. matching,, but some 3 - Excellent . . . . 0 Good correspondencewith unambiguous unique matchableelements and relatively little incorrectformation. in t t t (q) I "IRY PHII It4EU. - I I t t t C"' LUA[--_T t S11 t C t t check the following the material, Vottrne summary evaluation, boxes as to accuracy piease of the submitted ACCURACY Personnel > -0 Little Contact, Not with C orrespondence xed ResultsGood Excellent Unknown Mi Applicable 0 0 1 2 3 0 M (S)Geographical locale description -n CL F~ F~ F-I F-I F-1 o n -n (S)Dress appearance (uniform, 0 - - - % F F formal, casual, etc.) F I 1 F F~ I (S)Physical appearance (height, W (D F-1 F-1 F-1 F-I go weight, scars, hair color etc.) (D (S)General health characteristics El F-I E Q D Q (S)Nationality Q l D 00 Q Q 00 (S)Personality characteristics 00 Q (mental, state, demeanor, etc.) F-1 F-I CA 0 .W (S)Relevant past responsibilities/ 0 D M 7 -1 -1 ~ activities 0 W (S)Relevant current 0 0 l ~ ) a responsibilities/activities to 6 T (S)Relevant planned -4 Q -1 l ~ :1 00 Q responsibilities/activities 00 -4 X 00 00 (S)Governments, agencies, persons Q Q responsible to/associated with M Q F7 El F F Q 00 & - - - - - - - - - - - C)6.- - - - - - _ Cannot Q 00 (S)Overall utility None F-1 MarginalFl Useful M Very be E CD Useful de- Q termined at this time Q -- ------------------ --------- ------- --- --------- --- -------- - C6 (D - - Q Q Q U) efinitions for the accuracy Q scale: 4 0 - Little correspondence Self explanatory. I - Site contact with Mixture of correct and incorrect of former to elements, the but enough mixed results indicate sourceas probably the target h accessed site, 2 - Good . . . . . . . . . Good correspondence with incorrect . . . . several information. elements matching, but some 3 - Excellent . . . . . . . Good correspondence unique matchableelements . with unambiguous and relatively little incorrectinformation. Approved For Release 200(m=n P96-00788ROO1800060001-7 wo DETAILED EVALUATION SHEET (U) mw Specific Transcript/Drawing Items Evaluation Reference 2. 3. ww Mol 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. G) 10. 11. 12. mw 0 to 3 point scale of previous page. 23 Approved For Release 2000/GMJ;-Lj" DP96-00788 ROO 1800060001-7 kW 1. %w 1% 16 1 WON ON goo Approved For Release 2000WAM QftQQP96-00788RO01 800060001-7 *j 1% 0. N (S) Additional information desired? Yes F-1 (S) Priority Urgent ED date No Routine F-1 Items 1. 2. 3. 4. SG1J Return to: DIA, DT-lA) c/o L. Lavelle - Bldg. 44 SRI International Menlo Park, CA 94025 24 r% ra or Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 SRI Internationai 333 Ravenswood Ave. - Menlo Park, California 94025 LTC Robert Jachim U.S. Army - Bldg. 4553A HQ INSCOM - Det. G Ft. Meade, MD 20755 IFIF-0118"T MAN SRI 2913 EGISTERED MAIL .--... R R 013 067 l6qq Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 " is n Approved For Release 2000MGMSO DP96-00788RO01 800060001-7 G. RV Trends SRI International was tasked with a 3-yr evaluation program (FY 181- 183) to assess the potential of remote viewing (RV) for intelligence applications, both to enhance the potential for U.S. applications, and to provide data that would be useful in assessing the threat potential of corresponding Soviet/East Bloc applications. Special emphasis was placed low on the possibility that enhancement techniques could be developed that would significantly increase levels of accuracy and reliability. There- 40i fore, a major part of the 3-yr evaluation program focused on (1) The development of techniques to enhance the accuracy and reliability of RV, and the transfer of these techniques to DoD personnel. (2) The application of RV to operational tasks. (3) The evaluation of such techniques and applications. (4) The integration of RV intelligence into the overall intelligence mix. To fulfill these requirements, SRI, in conjunction with its sponsors, chose to develop and codify a promising RV training procedure that had emerged from earlier work, developed by RV consultant/practitioner Mr. I. Swann. The procedure focuses on improving the reliability of RV by con- MW trolling those factors that tend to introduce noise into the RV product. The basic components of this procedure consist of Repeated target-address (e.g., coordinate) presentations with quick-reaction response by the remote viewer (to minimize imaginative overlays). (2) The use of a specially-designed, acoustic-tiled, featureless, homogeneously-colored viewing chamber (to minimize environmental overlays). (3) The adoption of a strictly-prescribed, limited interviewer patter (to minimize interviewer overlay). 25 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 - - N M Approved For Release 2000/0 %WUPUU_WTYr96-OO788 ROO 1800060001 -7 With the above procedures in place, it is found that data in an RV "Ni session tend to develop in a natural pattern from the general to the particular, from the overall ambience or gestalt of the site to the aw specific analytical and quantitative aspects. This development, shown in the table below, appears to progress through six stages of increased No contact with the target site. Table--STAGES IN RV no Stage Example (1) Major gestalt Land surrounded by water, an island (2) Sensory contact Cold sensation, wind-swept feeling (3) Dimension, motion, mobilityRising up, a panoramic view (4) Quantitative aspects Three large buildings, clustered together as a facility. (5) Special qualitative aspectsScientific research, live organisms (6) Significant analytical aspectsBW preparation site Over the 3-yr period, in-house and client remote viewers are being trained to become proficient in handling each of the stages in turn, thereby resulting in greater detail in and utility of the overall RV product. 26 n Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 20OG-"-O"A"m-OO', --P96-00788ROO1800060001-7 H. RV Data The current state-of-the-art in remote viewing is that the most- accomplished remote viewer in the SRI program (Swann, the originator of the technique) has developed to the point of differentiation and identification of technological facilities, considered as a Stage IV process in the nomenclature of the previous section. Examples of the level of detail and discrimination attained in this research/training phase are shown in the following four figures. (An operational example is shown in the following section.) Results of this quality are seen on a relatively routine basis and, therefore, at a rate well exceeding chance expectation. As of this date, additional viewers exposed to the training procedure, both within the contractor organization (SRI and its consultants) and within the DoD (Army INSCOM remote viewers) have progressed through various stages of the procedure up through Stage III. 27 C Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 el > LID 00 CPYRGHT Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 04~ (b) RV RESPONSE FIGURE 1 (U) GLEN CANYON DAM, UTAH Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 ILA Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 3,y " q , q,5 - qq 2 "A) CPYRGHT c z > ILA (A ie~ A r3 bl"-~ 41 (b) RV RESPONSE FIGURE 2 (U) RADIO TELESCOPE ARRAY; SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 11.1-~j - A/Vt C4 LAA0. c, rl~ cl~ -4,a 41t ~t-f %~V Lf,> (b) RV RESPONSE FIGURE 3 (U) SAHARA OILFIELDS Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 r.PYPr~HT CPYRGHT Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 (b) RV RESPONSE FIGURE 4 (U) ANTENNA ARRAY; LOST HILLS, CALIFORNIA Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 ILA ILA UNCLASSIFIFD (a) SITE Approved For Release 200 DP96-00788RO01 800060001-7 MA 1. Value of Data in the FY 181-FY 183 RV evaluation program, SRI in conjunction with its DoD sponsors (DIA, Army INSCOM) has investigated U.S. capabilities in applied intelligence applications, both to determine the potential for application in U.S. efforts, and to provide data useful in assessing the threat potential of corresponding Soviet/East Bloc applications. To carry out this task, SRI pursued application tasks that were of interest to the intelligence community, and have responded to quick-reaction requirements set by DoD representatives monitoring the progress of the work. A sample SG1A task 0 is shown on the following pages, including the final DIA evaluation sheet. The investigations have shown that remote viewing, both by SRI and tog Army INSCOM personnel, has in many cases provided meaningful descriptions of, e.g., East-bloc targets of interest to the intelligence community. Evaluation by appropriate intelligence community specialists indicates that a remote viewer is able by this process to generate useful data corroborated by other intelligence data. As is generally true with other human sources, the information is fragmentary and imperfect, and therefore should not be relied on alone but-is best utilized in conjunction with other resources. Although efforts to establish the precise degree of accuracy and reliability are not yet complete, the data generated by the RV process appears to exceed any reasonable bounds of chance correlation or acquisition by ordinary means and therefore constitutes an exploitable information source. 32 5% 16 W Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/0'.O'ff"'"m'w "196-00788R001800060001-7 EVIL; 1,-, International 1&0 Date 9 April,ig8i; 0853- 0919 Series DIA Session No. Target No. JS #17 SG1A Target Remote Viewer #002 Interviewer H. Puthoff Beacon(s)- CRV (Coordinate Remote Viewing) Tape Casette 115 Comments: 1 SG1A 3. Pre- and post-session calibration experiments with Nat'l Geographic target material (Mount Kilimanjaro and Canyonlands Nattl Park, Utah, respectively) yielded good results, indicating with high probability that remote viewer was "on-line" throughout operational viewing. 4. Remote viewer described biological warfare facility with human experimentation. clr~ 77f SRI International H. E. Puthoff, Ph.D., RaAi`~ Physics Laboratory 333 Ravenswood Ave. * Menlo Park, CA 94025 * (415) 326-6200 * Cable. SRI INTL MNP * TWX: 910-373-1246 33 e, P A"-n -47-In %w 9% 16 1 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 2. Remote viewer and interviewer blind as to target location and target activity of interest. I^ APINW-10" r%1 or Approved For Release 2000--4,., P96-00788 ROO 1800060001-7 aw ow am Mai ez~ a/) mini 34 r r o" n i~ or ,now% a. 0 H: Today is April 9, 1981, Remote Viewer 002 and Hal Puthoff monitoring. J.S. #17. It is 8:53. SG1 B Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/08U"WP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 C~ C/ T- Vd-V COYUMA4Ak LVA-f ~--f jail AOL - Analytical overlay; images thought to be erroneous, being triggered by imagination. Possibly relevant, but not taken to be primary data. 35 r% I- 9r Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 OW 11 ^ 114fin Approved For Release 20VVI%~IffV-%W -lRMW96-00788RO01 800060001-7 ow aw ow No MW SG1 B H: V: This is a terrible place for some reason. I am having words like medical, biological, research, human use, human guinea pigs rather, prison facility. V: Chemicals and gas, a biological warfare place. This is like a decompression chamber. Maybe those are contamination chambers. Oh dear, what did we find. Who gave this coordinate? I came across it seems to be five rather complex chambers in a very large hangar like building. They remind me of the decompression chamber that we saw down at that marine research base on Catalina. A decompression place where people went if they came up from diving too fast. A complex chamber made of reinforced steel and concrete and things and SG1 B It has tanks. They have tanks of various kinds leading into them. aw , 4 V Cf 5 v C, cttIm, a Wco jall; 5 *AOL - See previous page &-4~3 6 Approved For Release 20000&6'r. Dim r%096-00788ROO1800060001-7 dro V- AOR n r- qr ftf am VAO eq7~&~9918ooopoqoifij V: APwqveOhFq;m9qlqas~i99PMPN9P 'AIAI~RP~j%-p purp e ig OW OW lavendar light, inside this large hangar like building. The floor seems wet. People wear boots, very large rubber boots. There seem to be inside stairs going down. This place is maybe 40 ft high at least. There are these chamber units there, but there are stairs and an elevator going down. And a ramp and lift forks, so this is underground too. It's funny, there seem to be windows on the outside, but there aren't any windows on the inside. Fake windows. I seem to see what looks like a guard cubicle because it has all glass around, it is inside the building, It has, by comparison to the other cold lavendar lights, it has yellow illumination in it. There are six men there. There is a big panel, it seems to be a voltage control panel for some sort of electronics system. Down the ramp are very long corridors. It looks like storage. There are signs everywhere. I can't read the characters but the phoenetics is sort of pra noy usnetzov. There are blinking red lights over some doors here and there. I think these are exist markers. I ~ 0 ONO WO Approved For Release 2000/08/0C CIA-RDP96-00788RO01 800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/n" CMIEgPP96-00788RO01 800060001-7 W~ MW -IV M-T- V: Outside the ground isn't flat, it is sort of like there are hills or artificially made mounds that sort of divide up this compound in a way. Buildings that look like barracks. A whole series of buildings that look like prefabricated boxes, that are sort of all stacked together. Water tank on the hill. Large tower I think and in the area there is an airstrip. It is about 2 miles to the NE I think. I am going to end there. I don't like this place. At that Class A site there was a tall thing that I couldn't make out, I bet that that is a chimmney. I bet those are large furnaces. 38 I- ^ r% lvl~-] Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/noMrAorrqrr%m96-0078%7"800060001-7 W (S) INSTRUCTIONS TO ANALYSTS (U) (U) The information provided as enclosure tained in response to a collection requirement provided by Dr A /* This information was acquired from a new and potentially valuable source of intelligence. Work is currently being pursued to determine the accuracy, reliability, and improvement potential of this source. Your remarks and attention to the evaluation sheet will be the basis for our assessment of this new collection technique. Therefore, the effort you expend will greatly assist us and will ultimately result in you receiving more data of increasing accuracy and reliability. (U) While formulating your judgements concerning the data, the following comments concerning this new source of intelligence may be helpful. (U) Foremost, the data is likely to consist of a mixture of correct and incorrect elements. Specifically: (1) (S) The descriptive elements are generally of higher reliability than judgements or labels as to what is being described (recreational swimming pool may be mistaken for water purification pools., an aircraft hull may be mistaken for a submarine hull,, etc.). Therefore,, seemingly appropriate descriptive elements should not be rejected because of mislabeling. (2) (S) The data often contain gaps (in a 3-building complex, for example, perhaps only two of the buildings may be described, and an airfield may be added that isn't there). Such gaps or additions should not be taken to mean that the rest of the data is necessarily inaccurate. (S) -Therefore, a recommended approach is to first examine the entire information packet to obtain an overall "flavor" of the response., reserving final judgement even in the face of certain errors, and then go back through for detailed analysis. (U) If you have questions regarding the data you have received or on its evaluation please feel free to contact me at any time. Thank you. am mw 39 SG1J DIA (DT-1A) c o L. Lavelle - Bldg. 44 SRI International Menlo Park., CA 94025 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 MW t I t I I t I I t (S) SUMMARY EVALUATION SHEET (U) (U) For the summary evaluation, please check the following boxes as to the accuracy of the submitted material. ACCURACY Site Contact Little with Not 0 0 0 < C orrespondenceMixed ResultsGood Excellent UnknownApplicable 0 1 2 3 (D i1 -n -n 0 (S)Geographical locale descrip- _n 0 0 tion (terrain water etc.) r7 X .9 J, M D? D M ID (S)Large-scale marmade elements (cities buildings, silos, W I W M docksP railroad lines., ED M CRr M airfields , etc.) Q , Q Q CD S) Small-scale manmade elements Q Q Q (antennas., computers tanks Q 00 .9 M 1;:7,4M 00 missiles., offices , etc.) Q . Q 00 00 S) General target ambience (re- search., production, adminis- 0 tration, storage, troop move- > > ments I na al ti it i ~u v X ac v r y, a , 0 activity, weapons testing, 0 etc.) T (S)Relevant specific activities (nuclear testing, missile Q 6 firing, CBW storage, ELINT Q Q -4 4 monitoring, etc.) 00 00 00 00 (S)Personality information X X Q Q (physical descriptions, Q Q -A A ctions, responsibilities, -1 D :3 00 00 plans etc.) Q Q .0 Q Q - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - m- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Q - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - Cannot (S)Overall utility None 1=3 Marginal Useful C5j~ Ver be Usef de- l d u termineat this -- -------- y time ----- -------- -------- --- - ------ m -m -- ------- -- -4 (U)Definitions for the accuracy scale: 0 - Little correspondence Self explanatory. 1 - Site contact with . . . Mixture of ect and incorrect of the . . . . corr elements former , but enough to mixed results indicate sourcehas probably . accessed the target site. 2 - Good 0 : : : : : , . & Good correspondence with , several elements 3 matching., ~ but some incorrect information. - Excellen Good correspondence with unique matchableelementsand relatively unambiguous little incorrect information. "" """, '111"11 Approved For Release 200UIU - P96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Aw DETAILED EVAIAJATION SHEET (U) mw Specific Transcript/Drawing Items Evaluation Reference Will 2. C. I S; ti f-'ftf- ~6, 'r 3. r LC CA 1-i mw ti 4. 41 mw (c %.tr woce 6. f OWN 7 4 . 14*JLA Of I j 9 . 10. mw 12. Ow 0 to point scale of previous page. 3 41 mw Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/nirIW R"DP96-00788RO01 800060001-7 47_10~ J. Future Efforts Before remote viewing (RV) technology finds its niche as a routine intelligence collection tool, it would be desirable for a number of elements to be solidly in place. These range from a remote viewer screening/selection procedure at the front end, to a countermeasures technology at the other to prevent the effective use of RV against U.S. interests. These elements are: (1) Screening/selection (2) High-accuracy, high-reliability multi-purpose RV, including (a) Complete knowledge concerning alternative targeting strategies, such as targeting by coordinates (CRV), pictures, ID numbers, etc. (b) Before-the-fact indicators of success, such as the use of physiological measures (e.g., audio analysis of session tapes), calibration trials, etc. (3) Location/tracking search problem (4) Training (5) Routine operational procedures (6) Evaluation techniques (7) Data base management and manipulation techniques (8) Intelligence concerning foreign use (9) Countermeasures, including (a) Passive intrusion detection MW (b) Shielding and/or jamming The RV program has survived as a viable entity to date because of the progress made with regard to items (2) and (4) through (8), although clearly additional refinement is required. However, little has been done with regard to items (1), (3) and (9), and therefore these require focus in the near future. For the longer course, supporting research on the physical, psycho- New logical, environmental and other factors needs to be pursued, as detailed in the chart, next page. 42 r 01" r% V_90_~ Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 UNCLASSIFIED (U) ACTION ITEM AREAS UNDER INVESTIGATION IN PSYCHOENERGETICS (U) EXPERIMENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF P~YCHOENERGETIC PROCESSES CHARACTERISTICS. ANALYSIS AND THEORY F_ CHARACTERISTIC~: MECHANISM -INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS MECHANISMS INFORMATION THEORY. PSYCHOPHYSICS CODING (B,, R-. R~d-d -y R- T---.... Jdq~.q ANALOGS TO ORDINARY PERCEPTIO lPe"c,.Ptwi T.,k~ P-11eh.9 O"j'_'y CORRE LATES I PHYSIOLOGICAL OGICAL, ENTALEDUC IONAL PSYCHOL ENVIRONM CORRELATE PROCEDURES S MEDICAL FACTORS (EEG, GSR. EMG1 PROFILING (S..-'y Dm,.-... AlWed Sta-. S-s E~-ntw ERmts [Psychotogi~i . Fa ors PsifAI1,-p,, Syd,ome I SCREENING TRAINING :Chikk- IF-b-k. dentical Fte.'fo-~ T."' T,qM 1h, BI'.d) ~__<:STIIAIN GAUGE EXPERIMENTS BRAIN-HEM11PHEIRIC NOISE PERTURBATION LOCALIZATION lRad"...- D-Y. Electo,.c No-I ELECTROMAGNETIC QUANTUM MECHANICS MULTI-DIMENSIONAL EFFECTS ..'. :Non-l~fity. Qua,ju- (Compl- Sp.-IT-0 EFL~ B`- -eco--d-,. S4h-bl, Sh.~Id q. zzaph.d P P"'Jal." V"I"c"y) APPLICATION ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION MONITORING ALTERNATE COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES GENERATION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SECURITY PROCESSES ENHANCED HUMANfMACHINE INTERACTIONS CREATION OF NEW INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS NEW APPLICATIONS IN SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY ECONOL41CS POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS TO SATEL LITE AND INTERPLANETARY COMMUNICATIONS ALTERNATE MEDICAU PSYCHOLOG CAL TREAT. MENT STRATEGIES SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL 'JusotuTION R, R-. ApplrbVbd RELIABILITY TARGETING IG~~.Pl- H For Relea4LE'2000/08/08 SHIELDING ROLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS 011'...) 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Finances/Tasks SG1 D Date Organization Budget Tasks 1971-75 CIA RV exploration; operational RV; screening feasibility study 1975-76 NAVELEX $ 74K Measure physiological (EEG) correlates to RV 1976-79 FTD $300K Operational RV; distance, Wright-Patterson resolution, shielding studies AFB 1977-80 MIA, Redstone $281K RNG electronic equipment Arsenal interactions study 1978-80 AMSAA, Aberdeen $230K Location/tracking search; Proving Ground repetitive RV on military exercises 1978-80 DIA $228K RV enhancement; operational RV 1979-80 ~ SG1 B $105K Operational RV 1979-80 Army INSCOM $ 75K RV training FY 1981 DIA $300K RV enhancement; intelligence assessment; operational RV; countermeasures feasibility study; data base management feasibility study FY 1981 Army INSCOM $130K RV targeting; RV transcript audio analysis FY 1982 DIA $330K Intelligence assessment; RV evaluation; Data base manage- ment; operational RV FY 1982 ArmyJNSCOM $185K RV enhancement; RV training FY 1983 DIA $340K RV enhancement; intelligence assessment; data base management; operational RV; location/ tracking search 44 r% rN Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 Approved For Release 2000/ rwmr~ &"Am 96-00788ROO1800060001-7 -ftva.-. NZ IM CUPT-P L. RV Enhancement and Intelligence support Program Within the context of the Grill Flame remote viewing (RV) enhancement and intelligence program, separate projects have been initiated to provide support. These are briefly described below. 1. Data Base Management SRI is implementing a computerized data-base management (DBM) system to handle the large amount of material being generated on the RV and intelligence projects. The system, programmed on a dedicated stand- alone LSI 11/23 microcomputer, utilizes a "user friendly" front-end format (PERFORMIX) and a relational DBM package (INFORMIX) which permits essentially untrained personnel to enter and manipulate data. With regard to the RV data base, the system provides a library/catalog function of data-base readout by date, site, viewer, etc., as well as higher-order manipulation functions such as trend analysis. In the intelligence files, cross- correlation of personnel biographies, institutes, publications, etc., are easily retrievable. 2. RV Evaluation Protocols for RV evaluation have been developed which allow a task coordinator to define the type of evaluation required for specific applications. (For example, the type of evaluation required for an RV demonstration/validation experiment is different from that required for an RV intelligence assessment.) The protocols include instructions on how to apply objective rating scales to the data, along with various ways to analyze the results statistically. 3., Location/Tracking Search Investigation into methods applicable to the search problem is in its preliminary stages. Pilot efforts to date using various strategies have not yet converged on a high-reliability procedure, so the effort continues. 45 EM Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 t I t 1 1. t t 1. 1 t Approved l!or Release A00/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7 4. PROJECT/ PR6POSAL NO. 5. FROM 1. DATE SENT 2. P. 0. REG. NO. 3. COURIER (1113 ow 6" 4MB ~L. Lavelle =6" 6. SRI CONTROL NO. 7. COPY NO OF COPIES 8. CLASS 9. TITLE OR DESCRIPTION OF THE MATERIAL SRIAW-0225 #5 SINFA 1 "Fact Book" Project (W dated Jamary 1983 lasrt iten 10. SENT TO: LTC Robert Jachim U.S. Army - Bldg. 455M aq MCM - Det. G Ft. Meade, MD 20755 CUSTODY RECEIPT FOR CLASSIFIED MATERIAL: SRI 1802RI: UNCLASSIFIED WHEN SEPARATED FROM CLASSIFIED ENCLOSURES Us. Leslie Lavelle P.O. &= 941 MeWo Park, CA 94025 SIGNATURE R DATE RECEIVED 2- Fct, B NAME - PRINTED 'R 31--) (JA k TITLE RECIPIENT'S COPY Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800060001-7