oved For Release 2036158MPTU 9M!6SY89hdAh66&bo02-5 WASHINGTON. D C. 20301 OtCSEARC" AND CNGINECIVING NOV 1984 MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE AP14Y (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENTo AND ACQUISITION) DIRECTOR, DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SUBJECT: GRILL FLAME Activ'ity (U) (SINF) In USDRE memorandum of 19 January i983, subject as abovei Program 6 resources were permitted to be used on' GRILL FLAME activities to.maintain the Army INSCOM capability and to supplement the FY 83 DIA evaluation effort. (S/NF) To enable me to decide on further sponsorship of GRILL FLAME or related activities, please provide me an accounting of all FY 83/84/85 funding sources/amounts applied on any GRILL FLAME effort, as well as a summary of program results. This information should be available for my review no later than 27 November 1984. cc: ACS/Intell, U. S. Army 6q 3E 1006 CLASSIFIED BY USDRE DECLASSIFY ON OADR "D821 DE, Ris E, 8 4 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800070002-5 Approved For Release 2000/04): M7" 0 4 DEC 1984 GRILL FLAME and Follow-on 40 (S/NF) GRILL FLAME was a Joint 3-year project between DIA and HQ WINSCOM that investigated the threat and application Potential of psychoenergetics phenomenon. Aspects of the project included: Joint HQ DA/INSCOM DIA contractual effort with SRI to investigate remote-viewing phenomenon. * DIA sponsored SRI investigation of foreign research on psychoenergetics. HQ DA/INSCOM in-house effort addressing intelligence applications to remote viewing. The project began in FY 81 and was terminated in FY 1983. (S/NF) Key findings and recommendations from the GRILL FLAME project were submitted to congressional committees and to key intelligence and R/D community pirsonnel via the GRILL FLAME PROJECT REPORT, dated 19 October 1983. A detailed briefing was given to r. R. DeLauer (DDR&E) on 3 October T583. (S/NF) Key findings of the project were: * Remote viewin is a real phenomenon, and is not degraded by dis- tance or shieqding. e Remote viewing ability can be itiproved by appropriate training procedures. s Remote viewing has potential for US intelligence applications. However, at this stage of development, descriptive content (e.g., sketches, configurations) is more reliable than analytic content (e.g.. function, complex-4echnical data). e A potential threat to U.S. national security exists from foreign psychoenergetics research, which appears to be well funded and receives high-level government support. (S/NF) There were several key recommendations that resulted from the 3- year GRILL FLAME effort: # Basic research in both remote viewing and psychokinesis phenomena should be initiated. * Applied intelligence applications research in remote viewing should be continued and be under the overall management of DIA. R~ M0 ME I Q C& R-. D I S S E M WARNING NOTICE - INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS Irij-'awro ----------- Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800070002-5 Approved For Release 20001081080in- e Close coordination between the basic and Intelligence application research must be maintained. e Continue to evaluate foreign research efforts. (S/NF) These recommendations were supported by an independent science review panel called on to evaluate the validity of the SRI external assistance effort. (S/NF) Subsequent to these recommendations, three aspects of psychoenergetics were pursued in FY 84: e Basic research into improving remote viewing for developing training techniques (to reduce training time), for developing personnel screening and selection methods, for initiating research into energetic (PK) phenomenon, and for developing an improved data evaluation procedure. * DIA contractual review of new foreign psychoenergetic research. # HQDA continuance of in-house remote viewing applications and the continuance of in-house personnel training in remote viewing skills. (S/NF) FY 83 congressional language directed that future parapsychological experimentation be conducted outside the WFIP. Consequently, R/D funds for accomplishing these tasks in 1984 were obtained from R/D source as shown on Table 1. Some R/D funds were also used in 1983 to cover short-falls in ant4cipated GDIP funding for that year. Details on HQDA funding for previous applied efforts are being sent via a separate response. (S/NF/WN) InJ985. DIA received formal congressional committee approval to continue in a management role in DoD for psychoenergetics investigations, provided funding from outside of the NFIP were used. Consequently, DIA established the frame-work for an integrated DoD research effort, and developed terms of reference and agreement for candidate participants from the R/D community. In addition, DIA is planning to detail the operational remote viewing unit from HQDA/INSCOM to DIA. (SINFIWN) The main thrust of this new integrated effort will be to improve utility of remote viewing so that reliable applications can be pursued in the Intelligence Community, to evaluate the application potential of energetics QK), and to examine threat potential of new foreign research, This new effort ' will require a strong basic and applied research effort in order to identify functional parameters and explanatory mechanisms, and to identify the best training methods for enhancing remote'viewing data. A consistent applied effort is also required fn order tofully evaluate application potential and to determine remote viewing data reliability and utility. For 1985, it is estimated that at least $2,ODOk would be required for initiating a solid, WARNING NOTICE - INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND IdETHODS INVOLVED _01MIG P hl DYSSFP.; Approved For Release 2000/08/08: CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800070002-5 snow AW& 00% IMM4917- "I 01jr! JJISSEM Approved For Release 2000/08/0 L well-integrated Rn effort in both remote Viewing and energetic phenomena. It is anticipated that this funding level will be provided by HQDA/SGRD in FY 1985 for pursuing basic and applied R/D efforts. Basic requirements for this support were defined in a letter requesting new research from DIAIM to HQDA/SG on 9 November 1984. (S/NF) In FY86 DIA plans to request con .gresilIonal approval to return funding for GRILL FLAME intelligence-orientid applications to the NFIP. Funding requirements could be somewhat greater in FY 1986 due to anticipated in-depth application pursuits,, and for further expansion of basic research. DIA is currently developing detailed plans in anticipation of continued R/D support for accomplishing both research and applications. Without this support, DIA would be unable to evaluate the threat significance of foreign achievements in psychoenergetics,* and- a potential new intelligence data collection tool would fail to be developed. trARNIING NOTICE - MMLIGENCE SOUVES-AND MFTPDDS INIMI-VrD cam F01"EIGN DISSEm __0 CAJ r% Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800070002-5 Approved For Release 2000/08/ 800070002-5 '"DREIGN IDISSEM TABLE I PSYCHDENOMTM FUNDING Fr-ganization runoing Styh, 1983 1984- DIA 439M 79(2) DDRE 200(3) 600M HQDA/SGRD (Anticipated) 79(2) 2.000(3) (1) GDIP funds (2) For Evaluation of Foreign Research Only (GDIP funds) (3) R/D funds DIS EEM WAP-NINIG NOTICE - INTEMIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED ............. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1800070002-5