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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
20310
DAMI-ISH
10 October 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR GRILL FLAME SCIENCE EVALUATION GROUP
SUBJECT:
INSC0M Project
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1.
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History.
a.
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Tasking:
In the fall
1978,
the Intelligence and Security
Command
(INSCOM)
,
Fort Meade,
MD,
was tasked to establish a program to
examine potential use of psychoenergetics for intelligence purposes.
Initially,
specific interest has focused on that element now called
Remote Viewing
(RV)
.
The INSCOM project
(IGFP)
has been and will be
evolutionary in nature:
(1)
Establish
a training familiarization program utilizing
specially selected INSCOM subjects
(RVers)
.
(2)
Establish RV intelligence collection techniques.
(3)
Establish a system mechanism for responding to intelligence
collection requirements
(tasking by intelligence producers like DIA)
so
that RV-produced data
is quickly and efficiently used.
b.
(S)
Selection of RVers
:
(1)
To accomplish the mission it was necessary to locate people
who might possess requisite psychic
talent.
The approach here was to
match a large body of candidates against a number of subjective traits
observed by SRI over the years
(an RVer profile).
(2)
251
INSCOM personnel
in the Baltimore/Washington area were
considered.
117 were interviewed in a "survey" which purported to
determine attitudes about possible use of psychic phenomenon in intelli-
gence collection.
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(3)
IGFP managers/interviewers were alert for individuals who
were:
well thought of by peers and supervisors,
above average intelligence,
self-confident,
articulate,
adventurous,
open-minded,
career successful,
mature,
and "emotionally stable."
Additionally,
artistic ability was
desirable.
Those who displayed unreasonable enthusiasm for or against
psychoenergetics were eliminated from consideration.
Also culled were
those who,
for personal
or professional reasons,
were uncomfortable with
the concept of collecting foreign positive intelligence by psychoenergetics.
c.
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Lessons Learned During Selection Process
:
(1)
Of the
117 interviewed,
30-40 met the basic criteria outlined
in paragraph lb(3)
above.
However,
it was impossible to reduce this number
further based only on the RVer Profile.
Another round of factoring down
was done by application of a criterion based on assignment availability
(relative permanence
in the area).
The number of candidates dropped to
12.
The lesson here is that should an expansion of the IGFP be required,
it
will not be difficult to locate people who will
do well
in RV
.
(2)
More than 90% of all those interviewed considered psychic
phenomena to be real,
and of practical value.
2.
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Training.
a.
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At the time the
IGFP began,
SRI was the only major serious
organization exploring psychoenergetics.
INSCOM was directed to conclude
with SRI,
a contract which called for a certain number of RV specialists
to undergo SRI familiarization training.
b.
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In February 1979,
SRI researchers intimately familiar with the
subject matter selected six of the final twelve candidates to train.
This
phase began in April and
is expected to end in December 1979.
In-house
familiarization and training at Fort Meade started in February 1979 and is
expected to continue indefinitely.
c.
(S)
INSCOM has generally followed the RV protocol first established
by SRI,
with an orientation toward collection of foreign positive intelli-
gence.
(Note:
The Army Surgeon General's Human Use Review Panel for GRILL
FLAME found this protocol
to be "technology transfer" rather than ROD.)
As
of
Oct
79,
more than 150 RV tests have been conducted at Fort Meade.
Project personnel assess the results as moderately successful
.
Some of the
RV cadre now routinely provide useful intelligence data with the RV technique.
These individuals have progressed far beyond so-called "beacon"
and basic
geographic coordinates work,
and are now engaged against real world intelli-
gence targets—a kind of OJT
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d.
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Lessons Learned During Training
:
(1)
There are a number of factors which appear to help successful
RVers.
First,
they must sense a "seriousness of purpose" for the on-hand
task.
Frivolous,
coffee table
tests seem to produce less usable data.
The RVer must know and be motivated by the knowledge that his information
is important,
and that the reason for conducting a test goes beyond merely
proving
("one more time")
his ability to perform RV.
(2)
The physical
and social environment has
a significant impact.
The individual must feel
that
it is "OK"
for him to perform this unique
task;
that he
is not somehow considered an aberration or "kook."
Physical
surroundings must be comfortable,
pleasing to the senses,
and offer privacy,
security,
and quiet.
(3)
If the RVer knowns or believes that the viewing task
is the
most important event of his
day,
he
is much more likely to develop good
intelligence information.
Outside influences
(e.g.
,
family problems,
illness,
job related conflicts)
have detrimental effects on his ability
to do well.
The bottom line
is that the RVer must be totally committed
to achieving positive results and allowed to achieve absolute mental con-
centration.
(4)
It cannot,
at this point,
be said that familiarization train-
ing improves one's ability in RV.
The collective data show# no training
improvements,
possibly because the whole organization
is
in a learning
curve.
Individually,
however,
there
. is noticeable improvement
in specific
RV abilities following such training.
(5)
All persons involved in doing RV say they feel
that they
have learned much about the "process";
and are beginning to be able to
distinguish between relevant
(presumably psychoenergetic )
target impres-
sions and noise
(fantasy,
"analytical overlay" or whatever).
(6)
Experience shows that a major problem
is lack of suitable
physical
space.
The project's present location is such that high levels
of noise influence or abort RV sessions.
Also,
due to lack of appropriate
office space,
operational
flexibility has been somewhat constrained.
(7)
A serious problem surfaced during this phase:
the availability
of "Sunday hire" RVers to engage in sessions.
The IGFP essentially operates
on an ad hoc basis,
with little or no promise of even minimal permanence.
Existence or demise of the
IGFP in fact rests on which way the winds that
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