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Intelligence Potential
(U)
(S/N0F0RN/0RC0N/WN)
Remote
viewing
for
the
intelligence
community was
begun
in
1972 when
SRI
was
contracted
by
CIA.
A
number
of
sites
were
viewed
from
this
time
to
19SD
and
the
data were highly variable.
That
is,
some
good
data were
mixed with much extraneous
or
inaccurate
information.
In September
of
1980,
a
joint
DIA-Army
project
was
initiated
to
Improve
the
quality
of
the
remote
viewing
data
and
to
assist
in
the
preparation
of
threat
assessments.
This
project,
GRILL
FLAME,
examined
several
methods
for
improving
RV
data
quality.
For
instance,
patterns
in
verbal
data
were
examined
to
see
if
accuracy
correlations
could
be
found
and
several
methods
of
site
targeting
were
investigated.
The major
exphasis
of
the
GRILL
FLAME
project,
however,
was
to
develop
a
training
method
that
would
increase
the
accuracy
of
the
remote
viewing data
and establish
that
it
is
a transferable
skill.
When
this
project
was
begun.
Army
INSCOM
had
already
established
an
in-house
unit
and
had
been
producing
data
on
operational
sites
since
1979.
The Army
INSCOM
viewers
have
detected
the
remote
site
successfully
in
percent
of
their
projects
(89
sites). The Army sent two people to
SRI
in
1982
to
be
trained
in
the system
of
remote viewing being
developed
there.
One was
removed
from the program due
to
illness.
The
remaining
viewer
received
additional
training
in
FY
1983
with
non-NFIP
funds.
He
is
now
only
several
weeks
away from being prepared
to view
operational
sites.
The
Army
plans
to
send
two
new trainees
to
SRI
during
FY
84 under non-NFIP funding.
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To
determine
whether
progress
in
RV
training
carried
over
to
operational
tasking,
the
most
advanced
viewer
at
SRI
was
at
various
times
targeted
on
sites
of
operational
significance
throughout
the
program
to
find
out
if
he
could
collect
information
of
intelligence
value.
This
viewer
was
given
operational
targets.
Using
the
accuracy
rating
scale
defined
in
Table
I,
intelligence
analysts
assigned
ratings
of
good
to
excellent
to
approximately
percent
of
the
RV
responses.
The
effect
of
the
RV
training
procedures
can
be
seen
in
the
data
from
this
series.
The
accuracy
rating
average
for
the
last
five
targets
was
2.2
on
the
three-point
scale; ;the
average from the first five
(before training)
was
1.4.
(S/NOFORN)
A
statistical
analysis
of
the
last
five operational
tests
from this
series
also
was
performed.
A
person
who
did
not
know
which
set
of
RV
data
corresponded
to
the
correct
target
was
able
to
correctly match
the
data
with
the
appropriate
target
site
for
all
of
these
five
tests.
The
probability
of
this
result
occurring
by
chance
is
less
than
one
in
a
hundred.
This
statistical
result
provides
additional
support
for
the
validity
of
RV
under
operational
conditions.
(S/N0F0RN/0RC0N)
Other
less
experienced
SRI
viewers
also
were
also
given
targets
of
operational
significance
during
this
orogram.
However,
these
viewers were
not
as
advanced
as
the
prime
SRI
viewer,
and the RV sessions were
carried
out
under
exploratory
conditions
(different
targeting
techniques,
greater
target
variety).
Consequently,
results
of
these
sessions
were
not
as
successful,
although
they
did
provide
insight
useful
for
understanding
operational
problems
in general.
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In
terms
of
over-all
success,
the
advanced
SRI
viewer
and
the
experienced
INSCOM
viewers
achieved
different
success
levels
on
operational
tasks.
These
differences,
though
not
large,
probably
resulted
from
a
basic
variation
in
approach
between
SRI
and
INSCOM.
The
SRI
efforts
were
primarily
exploratory
and
developmental,
with
emphasis
on
understanding
the
RV
process,
on
improving
analytical
content
of
RV
data,
and
on
developing
RV
training
procedures.
The
experienced
INSCOM
viewers
were
mainly
concerned
with
operational
problems,
especially where
intelligence
data
or
intelligence
inferences could
be obtained from configuration
aspects of RV data.
(S/NOFORN/ORCON/WN)
Other
variables
that
influence
RV data content
include
the
nature
of
the
RV
session
(e.g.,
targeting
method
used,
session
timing),
type
of
data
desired,
degree
of
viewer
motivation,
significance
of
the
operational
task,
and
background
of
the
individual
viewer.
Sometimes
operational
tasks
cannot
be
evaluated
fully
since
knowledge
of
operational
target
data
may
be
limited
or
even
unavailable.
Overall
results
between
the
SRI
viewer
and
the
INSCOM
viewers
were
consistent
(40
percent
and
percent
accuracy
levels).
These
results
clearly
indicate
that
the
RV
phenomenon
has
intelligence
application potential,
especially where configurational
aspects
of
RV
data
can
be
of
value.
However,
improvement
in
RV
data
reliability
for
both
configurational
and
analytical
content
is
still
required before
application
of
RV
data
to
intelligence
tasks
can
become
routine.
Training
proceedures
that
were
developed
by
SRI
in
FY
1983
show
promise
for
increasing
RV
data
reliability.
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Keeping
these
factors
in
mind,
one
nonetheless
finds
that
data generated
by remote
viewers
are
often
of
high
quality
and,
provided
they
are
appropriately
integrated
into
the
intelligence
data
mix,
can
be
of
significant
utility.
Examples
of
successful
remote
viewings
are
given
in
appendix
IV.
d.
Other Project Results
(U)
(S/NOFORN/ORCON)
Following
is
a
summary
of
other
results
obtained
during
the
GRILL FLAME project:
o
Evaluation Techniques
A concept
evaluation
technique was
developed
for
assessing
the
accuracy
of
RV data.
Details are given
in Appendix
II.
o
Data Base Management
(DBM)
A
data
base
management
system
was
developed
to
store
and
sort
remote
viewing data
and intelligence data.
o
Countermeasures
Literature
searches
regarding
the
underlying
psychological
foundation
and
physical
mechanisms
of
remote
viewing
were
performed.
However,
a
sufficient
data
base
for
identifying
these
important
issues
was
not
available
from
the
current
research.
A
scientific
understanding
of
RV
phenomena
should
help
enhance
the
potential
for
US
applications,
and
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o
Location/Tracking/Search :
Although
some preliminary remote
viewing
studies
and
operational
tasks
have
shown
limited
success
with
locating missing
objects
or
people,
this
area
is
weak
in comparison
to remote viewing
of fixed
locations.
Since operational
requirements
often
exist
for
locating
missing
objects
or
people
an
R&D
effort to develop this capability
into
a reliable tool
should be pursued.
o
Remote Viewing Data Enhancement
One
potential
method
of
isolating
valid
from
invalid
RV
data
was
examined
in
this
project.
This
method,
audiolingustic
analysis,
evaluates
the
possiblity
of
correlating
valid
RV
data
with
speech
patterns
that
occur
during
an
RV
session.
Preliminary
results
suggest
that
such
an
approach
has potential.
o
RV Targeting methods
Methods
for
designating
the
RV
target
were
examined.
It
was
determined
that
several
methods
were
suitable,
including
targeting
on
people
and
various
forms
of
abstract
targeting
(e.g.,
coordinates).
However,
individual
preferences
were
noted.
Most
viewers
performed
better
with
targeting techniques they preferred.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
(S/NOFORN)
Based
on
key findings
of
the
GRILL
FLAME
project,
it
is recommended
that:
o
Applied
intelligence-oriented
research
in
remote
viewing
effort
be
continued.
o
Basic
research
in
both
remote
viewing
and
psychokinesis
phenomena
be
initiated.
(S/NOFORN/ORCON)
It
is
further
recommended
that
the
application-oriented
effort
be
centralized,
with
overall
management
provided
by
DIA,
and
that
a
close
interaction
with
basic
research
be
maintained.
Should
the
quality
of
operational
remote
viewing continue
to
improve,
it
is recommended
that
a joint
service
remote
viewing
unit
be
established
in
FY-85
to
respond
to
DoD
requirements.
(S/NOFORN/ORCON/WN) Army
INSCOM
has,
since before GRILL
FLAME,
had
an
in-house
remote
viewing
staff
to
respond
to
operational
requirements.
It
is
recommended
that
this
unit
be
continued
in
its
present
status.
This
capability
permits
operational
testing
of
concepts
and
experimental
results
arrived
at
by
SRI.
It
also
serves
as
a
proving
ground
for
the
SRI-trained
remote viewers.
(S/NOFORN) A follow-on research program should have the following objectives:
1.
To
improve
utility
of
remote
viewing
applications
when
both
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configurational
and analytical
data
are
important.
2.
To
identify
and
evaluate
the
feasibility
of
remote
viewing
for
search
and
location tasks.
3.
To examine
a wide variety
of psychokinetic
(PK)
effects
so that
validity
of
the
phenomenon
can
be
evaluated
and
its
potential
for
military applications.
4.
To
evaluate
(via
replication)
known
and
suspected
foreign
psychoenergetics
research
to determine
the
credibility
of
the
work
and
to
assess
the
potential
threat
of
its
applications
to military
weapon systems
and other US national
security interests.
5.
To
examine
those
aspects
of
psychoenergetics
that
show
promise
for developing countermeasures.
6.
To
pursue
basic
research
for
phenomena
understanding.
It
is
likely
that
PK
effects
offer
the
best
chance
for
phenomena
understanding,
since
a
wide
variety
of
scientific
instrumentation
and
sensors
can
be
applied
to this problem.
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Activities that can help achieve these objectives
include:
1.
Further
development
of
RV
training
methodologies
for
a
variety
of
applications,
to
include
those
suitable for enhancing
analytical
content
of
the
data.
Methodologies
for
selection
and
identification
of
people
who
have
psychoenergetics
talent
and
for
skill
development,
in
both
RV
and
PK
phenomenon,
would
also
be
developed.
2.
Development
of
suitable
experimental
and
operational
data bases
to
permit
adequate
statistical
evaluations
so
that
RV
phenomena
repeatability,
and
application
reliability,
can
be
quantified
in
detail.
3.
Further
development
of
the
most
promising
evaluation
methodologies
identified
during
the
GRILL
FLAME
project,
and
expanded to include PK phenomena.
4.
Thorough
identification
of
all
aspects
of
investigation
protocols
and
safeguards
required
for
each
of
the
research
and
application projects that would be pursued.
5.
Evaluation of the factors
and techniques that affect
psychoenergetics performance
and utility.
Methods to minimize
effects that decrease reliability and to enhance effects that
improve reliability would be identified.
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REMOTE VIEWING SESSION DETAILS
1.
The Session
(U)
(U)
To
carry
out
a
remote
viewing
(RV)
session,
a
"remote
viewer"
and
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 tape recorder,
and
an overhead TV
camera
to
permit
recording for
documentation,
or
monitoring
by
individuals
outside
the
room.
The
room
is
homogeneously-colored,
acoustic-
tiled,
and
featureless,
with
light
controlled
by
a
dimmer,
so
that
environmental
distractions can be minimized.
(U)
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 to prevent
inadvertent cueing.
The
session
then proceeds
with
the
interviewer
repeating
the
targeting
information
at
intervals
and
posing
questions.
The
remote viewer
generates
verbal
responses
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.
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Normal
methods
for
achieving
the
proper
mental
state
are
used,
session
time
at
a
single
setting
rarely
exceeds
an
hour,
and
the
ambience
of
the
session
is
kept
as
natural
and
stress-free
as
possible.
2.
Remote Viewing
Data
(U)
(U)
The
steps
in
producing
a
product
from remote
viewing
(RV)
sessions
are
as
follows:
a.
The
a
"remote
viewer"
generates
raw
data
in
the
form
of
a
tape-
recorder
transcript
of
verbal
comments,
along
with
notes,
sketches
and
drawings.
On
occasion,
a videorecording
of
the
session may
also
be made.
b.
The
raw
data
is
summarized
in
one-
or
two-pages
and
affixed
to
the
typed
transcript
with
associated
notes,
sketches,
and
drawings
from
the
RV
session.
This
data
package
is
turned
over
to
the
consumer
for
analysis.
c.
Following
preliminary
analysis,
the
above
procedure
may
be
iterated
a number
of
times
to
produce
additional
data
in
response
to
analyst
questions.
d.
Finally,
the
analyst
fills
out
an
evauation
sheet
covering
the
usefulness
of
the
RV
product
and
the
data
is
integrated
into
the
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overall
intelligence
mix
in
whatever
way
is
appropriate.
Statistical
analysis
is
also
applied,
depending
on
the
nature
of
the
task
and
on the availability of
a suitable data base.
3.
Personnel
(U)
(U)
Historically,
the
search
for
medical,
psychological,
and
personality
measures
that
might
provide
a
quantitative
"psychic
profile"
for
identifying
remote viewers has been unsuccessful.
(U)
Several
years
of observation
by workers
in
the
field
has,
however,
led to
an
informal
guide
based
on
subjective
evauation
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,
and
adventurous.
They
are
successful
individuals
with
some
artistic
bent
and
with
"middle-of-
the-road"
views
about
psychoenergetics.
Neither
"total
skeptics"
nor
"true
believers"
tend
to
do
well
on
psychoenergetic
tasks.
Successful
remote
viewers
come
from
the
ranks
of
photographers,
engineers,
mathematicians,
artists
and
businessmen
who
have
a
relaxed
interest
in
the phenomenon
and
who
are challenged by
it.
(U)
Recently,
SRI
researchers
cooperated
with
a
private
group
(Mobius
Group,
Los
Angeles,
CA)
to
conduct
a
mass
RV
screening
test,
with
psychological
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through
a
major
magazine
publication.!
The
data
base
of
several
thousand entries should assist
in
identifying valid profiling information.
4.
The Ta-get
(U)
(S/NOFORN) The
term
"target"
refers
to
a geographic
location,
a photo
of
that
location,
or to some other
type
of data which the viewer
is
asked to describe.
Target
descriptions
generated
by
viewers
are
usually
sketches
and
verbal
descriptions
of
geometric
features
that
they
perceive
to
be
present
at
the
target
location.
Viewers
sometime
provide
judgments
of
the
function
or
purpose
of
the
target
area.
These
targets
can
vary from
near-by
locations
to
very
long distances from the viewer.
(S/NOFORN)
To
help
evaluate
remote
viewing
phenomenon,
several
types
of
targets
a'-e
used:
o
Practice
and
calibration
targets
-
these
are
selected
at
random
from
a
large
group
of
diverse geographic targets.
They are
used
to acquaint
the
viewer
with
remote
viewing
and
for
training.
They
enable
preliminary
judg-ents
on data accuracy.
1 $.
A. Schwartz
and
R.
DeMattei,
"Psi-Q Test
II," OMNI
,
p.
136
(October
1982).
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Evaluation
targets —
these
are
also
chosen
from
a
large
group
of
possibilities,
and
are
used
in
tightly controlled
sessions
for
technical
assessment
purposes.
They
enable
judgments
on
accuracy
of
the
viewer's
data
and
help
in assessing potential
of the phenomenon.
o
Operational
targets
-
these
are
actual
targets
of military
interest,
such
as
US
facilities
or
USSR
sites
from
which
data
are
available
or
can
eventually
be
obtained.
Targets
of
this
type
provide
a
basis
for
judgments
regarding
utility
of
remote
viewing
phenomenon
in
a
real
operational
environment.
5.
Targeting Methods
(U)
(S/NOFORN)
"Targeting"
refers
to
the
method
used,
during
the
remote
viewing
session,
for
specifying
or
designating
where
the
target
for
that
session
is
located.
Some
type
of
"targeting"
method
is
needed
to psychologically
assist
the viewer
in accessing the desired
data.
(S/NOFORN) Two basic targeting methods
are used:
o
Beacon
Person
Method —
a
person
known
to
the
viewer
is
present
at
the
target
location
(or
is
looking
at
the
target
picture)
during
the
remote
viewing
period.
The
viewer
is
then
asked
to
describe
what
this
person
(beacon
person)
is
observing
at
that
time.
The
beacon
person
can
be
located
at.
any distance from the viewer.
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