Approved For Release 2004/0900; CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9 explored methods to input RV data into a computer for storage and manipulation. Additionally, efforts were begun to develop a comprehensive training program for RV. USAINSCOM, on the other hand, was looking for ways to improve the quality of data from its in-house capability, researched audio analysis, and means of targeting remote viewers. -- The FY 1982 research was primarily an extension of the tasks begun in the. previous year. One new area was initiated, however, involving one of the most difficult problems in RV research--how to evaluate RV-derived data. Although evaluation of RV data had been investigated for many years, this was the first identification of evaluation as a separate and special task. -- All but one of the areas researched during FY 1983 were follow-on efforts to the FY 1982 work. The one new task was an attempt to develop a search methodology for finding lost items or people. This was clearly an effort to improve the intelligence application of RV. -- The follow-on program covering FY 1984 and 1985 filled the gap between the end of the Joint Service Program and the U.S. Army 5-year program. The lines of research were extensions of work in the past fiscal year and focused on research needed to enhance RV to the point where it could be applied to intelligence problems. Training, evaluation, and search were emphasized. An additional effort concentrated on screening and selection of personnel. (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL) In January 1985, Project GRILL FLAME was transferred to DIA and was placed under the staff cognizance of the former Directorate for Scientific and Technical Intelligence. Moreover, a 5-year psychoenergetics program (FY 1986-1990), using Army medical research and development funds authorized by the then U.S. Army Surgeon General, was begun at SRI. The new program emphasized the medical and biological aspects of psychoenergetic phenomena. The stated objectives were to document that psychoenergetic phenomena are real and reproducible, to determine the underlying mechanisms, and to bring psychoenergetics research into the mainstream of human performance research. To accomplish these objectives, SRI began work to identify explanatory neurophysiological mechanisms and specify phenomenological properties. In addition, the Army medical program sought to determine physical, physiological, and psychological correlates of RV and to develop optimal application strategies. (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL) The FY 1991 Congressional language directed DIA to initiate a new program in anomalous mental phenomena (AMP). As a result, Project SUNSTREAK, former codeword for this project, was renamed Project STAR GATE and restructured as REPRODUCTION REQUIRES WARNING NOTICE~INTELLIGENCE APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY FURTHER DISSEMINATION LIMITED DISSEMINATION ONLY AS DIRECTED BY PAG OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY SECRET NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS STAR GATE 4 Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9
Approved For Release 2004 Nee CY RDP96-00789R002900010001-9 a LIMDIS program vice its former SAP categorization. The program objectives and accomplishments are as follows: . -- Funding of $2 million received and obligated ($1.5 million R&D, $0.5 million O&M). Sole source R&D contract ($1.5 million) with the Cognitive ' Science Laboratory (CSL), Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) on line by July 1991. -- Objectives included formulating a long-range. comprehensive plan, developing an integrated foreign data base, publishing foreign assessments, developing proper documentation, and obtaining external assistance. -- Project STAR GATE established on 31 January 1991. -- Published Foreign Assessments, Long-Range Comprehensive Plan by 30 May 1991. -- Published or documented all other project requirements by June 1991. -- Emphasized foreign data base development; initiated select basic research/application research projects. -- Magnetoencephalograph (MEG) brain-wave measurement work at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Analysis of results was reported to be inconclusive. -- Planning completed for a new significant research project scheduled for 30 March 1992 that may isolate transmission mechanisms. (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL/SG/LIMDIS) The FY 1992 Congressional Authorization directed that the following be accomplished: -~ DIA realign 10 civilian billets. Realignment completed and Project STAR GATE personnel placed in civilian billets. -- Prepare a 2-year architecture report within 120 days and provide it to the Committees on Appropriations. The report, Project Architecture, ODT-S-1042-SL, 30 March 1992, was delivered to the Committees. -- Operational users should be identified in DoD and the Intelligence Community....and that a tasking relationship be developed with the Department of Defense Special Operations Command. The "Project Architecture" report REPRODUCTION REQUIRES WARNING NOTICE-INTELLIGENCE APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY FURTHER DISSEMINATION LIMITED DISSEMINATION ONLY AS DIRECTED BY PAG OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY | SECRET NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS STAR GATE 5 Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9
: = - 002900010001-9 Approved For Release 2004/09/09 SFA RDP 96 00789R identified over 12 users to include USSOCOM, USCENTCOM, and Joint Interagency Task Forces East (formerly JTF-4) and West (formerly JTF-5), and JTF-6. Projects also initiated with DIA analytical elements. SG1B -- An even balance between foreign assessments operational activities and research....such that the three areas are related to and enhance each other. The "Project Architecture” report developed approaches that were implemented for achieving this program balance. -- An additional Congressional plus up of $2 million dedicated for R&D. | The contract was with the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory (CSL), SAIC. The focus of the research effort was to develop an integrated 5-year research plan, provide research support for applications development, and conduct basic research leading to an understanding of the mechanisms for AMP. (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL/SG/LIMDIS) | The FY 1993 Congressional direction authorized $0.6 million for STAR GATE and directed the DIA Director to determine the feasibility of transferring the project to the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center (AFMIC), Fort Detrick, Maryland. The study was undertaken and a decision was made to retain the project at Fort Meade. Major accomplishments included: SG1B -- All research initiated by the $2 million funding received in FY 1991 completed. Major findings related to factors important in target/task selection, data enhancement methods, and exploring select application areas. REPRODUCTION REQUIRES WARNING NOTICE-INTELLIGENCE APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR | SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY FURTHER DISSEMINATION LIMITED DISSEMINATION ONLY AS DIRECTED BY PAG OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY SECRET NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS STAR GATE 6 Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9
Approved For Release 2004/09/09 ‘ GIARDP96-00789R002900010001-9 ~- R&D funding ($2 million) received in FY 1992 put on-line and most of the research/support objectives initiated. An additional $131 thousand of R&D funding was programmed for the remainder of FY 1993. Emphasis placed on psychophysical correlates, potential mechanisms, improved analysis methods, foreign data base development, and expanded foreign assessment support. (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL/SG/LIMDIS) The FY 1994 Congressional language requested that the Director of DIA prepare a program plan and submit an appropriate budget request for a research effort, over several years, to determine whether the STAR GATE program can show results that are cost-effective and that satisfy reasonable performance criteria. The plan and any research under this program was to be subject to peer review by neutral scientific experts. The Director of DIA was also alrected to prepare the research and peer review plan within existing program unds. ~- Project STAR GATE Research and Peer Review Plan, PAG-TA-1068-SL, was published in June 1994. With the receipt of FY 1995 Congressional language, the plan initiatives were not completed along with other DIA unfunded production requirements. -- SAIC R&D program funds expired in May 1994. SAIC was put on two "no- cost-to-the-government" extensions with final expiration of the contract on 31 December 1994. -- Customer base expanded through visits to USSOCOM, USCENTCOM, Joint Interagency Task Force-East, JTF-6, £1 Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), and with in-house DIA elements. -- Intelligence requirements in support of the Foreign Assessment Program were briefed to key CONUS-based interagency and DoD collection elements. ~~ Forty five SRI/SAIC contract-generated R&D project reports were approved by DIA for declassification. (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL/SG/LIMDIS) Since FY 1980, the manpower structure devoted to Project STAR GATE remained constant (10 billets). During the same period O&M and R&D dollars fluctuated. REPRODUCTION REQUIRES WARNING NOTICE-INTELLIGENCE APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR . SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY ; FURTHER DISSEMINATION LIMITED DISSEMINATION ONLY AS DIRECTED BY PAG OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY SECRET NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS STAR GATE 7 Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9
Approved For Release 2004/09/09 & GIBERDP96-00789R002900010001-9 The funding summary, extracted from DIA documentation, is as follows: FY Year Other (O&M/R&D) Remarks ($ in thousands) 1980 450 None 1981 250 None 1982 175 None 1983 750 None 1984 1,300 None 1985 -- 1986 1,900 Army Surgeon general 1987 2,300 Army Surgeon Genera] 1988 1,150 Army Surgeon General 1989 1,000 Army Surgeon General . 1990 -- 1991 2,000 Congress +up 1992 2,000 Congress +up 1993 600 DIA 1994 500 DIA 1995 650 (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL/SG/LIMDIS) The technical analysis presented below is drawn from SAIC supplied data. SAIC drew three primary conclusions from the overall efforts of the external Cognitive Science Program R&D effort with SRI and SAIC for the period 1973 to present: ~- The evidence for a valid information transfer anomaly (anomalous cognition (AC)) meets all recognized statistical and methodological criteria. This means the anomaly cannot be explained by poor experimental design, incorrect protocols, faulty analyses, or fraud. The magnitude of this anomaly is considered to be medium-to-large when compared to other known human behaviors. SG1A REPRODUCTION REQUIRES WARNING NOTICE-INTELLIGENCE APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY FURTHER DISSEMINATION LIMITED DISSEMINATION ONLY AS DIRECTED BY PAG OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY SECRET NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS STAR GATE 8 Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9
Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : GEA RPP I6-00789R002900010001-9 SAIC-supplied data shows that the applied research focus for the period 1973 to present was as follows: , -- Regardless of the final use of any research (applications or academic understanding), the problems are similar. To improve the quality of the results, it is necessary to: - Identify individuals (called receivers) who possess skill in AC. - Develop training methodologies to improve AC performance. - Create protocols that are optimized to elicit AC. - Invent sensitive and efficient analyses of AC data. (S/NOFORN/SG/LIMDIS) These topics and their supporting activity (e.g., data base construction) are included in what is defined as applied research. (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL) i A summary of applied basic research results for these four topic areas are as follows: -- Approximately 1 percent of the general population appears to meet strict statistical criteria for exhibiting a robust AC ability. -- While a number of training methodologies have been developed, CSL observed only limited success. However, in analyzing the results of a number of receivers, they found that these receivers do not lose whatever ability they had at the start. -- Without completely understanding the mechanisms involved, CSL developed a number of research and operational protocols that appeared to be consistently successful in both domains. (S/NOFORN/SG/LIMDIS) SRI/SAIC’s basic research focus for the period 1973 to present was to develop an understanding of the physical, physiological, and psychological mechanisms of AC by: -- Identifying its source. That is, what is the "stuff" that is sensed with AC in analogy to photons in vision? REPRODUCTION REQUIRES WARNING NOTICE-INTELLIGENCE APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY FURTHER DISSEMINATION LIMITED DISSEMINATION ONLY AS DIRECTED BY PAG OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY . SECRET NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS STAR GATE 9 Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9
Approved For Release 2004/09/09srEpkFRDP96-00789R002900010001-9 _ -- Understanding the energy-transfer mechanism. That is, how does information propagate from point A to point B? -- Locating the "sensory" apparatus within the body. That is, what are the biological transducers, and how is the information from those transducers processed by the central nervous system? (S/NOFORN/SG/LIMDIS) . These items are defined as basic-research, The research by CSL has been based on a transmitter-receiver model as an underlying assumption. (S/NOFORN/WNINTEL/SG/LIMDIS) SAIC’s summary of the results of basic research for these three topics includes: -- During the CYs 1992-1994, CSL may have discovered the source of an AC signal. CSL found that the strength of the AC signal appears to be proportional to the total amount of "pure" information that is available at the target site. From information theory, this is technically called the total change of entropy. If this result can be confirmed by ongoing research,: target selection could be considerably enhanced. For example, we will know what target types will yield information from this brand of "sensor." In addition, this could provide a method of selecting potential viewers. If the information of a particular target remains constant, then it could be possible to correlate differences in the quality of data from various viewers with inherent talent. -- CSL identified a number of speculative theoretical approaches that could provide a transmission mechanism for a variety of AC signals, including the total change of entropy. Detailed models are difficult at this stage because AC, while statistically robust and behaviorally large, is "unreliable" in comparison to other physical systems. However, they developed one heuristic model, Decision Augmentation Theory, that organizes a 20-year data base for a specific class of experiments. SG1A REPRODUCTION REQUIRES WARNING NOTICE-INTELLIGENCE APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY FURTHER DISSEMINATION LIMITED DISSEMINATION © ONLY AS DIRECTED BY PAG OR HIGHER: DoD AUTHORITY SECRET NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS STAR GATE 10 Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9
Approved For Release 2004/09 (09--7CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9 REQUEST: -The DCI’s declassification committee should review the history and nature of this program to determine what parts of it may be declassified and be converted into an open-world activity. (U) RESPONSE: In March 1994, and prior to the receipt of Congressional language to review program documents for declassification, the DIA’s Technology Assessment and Support Activity in concert with the SAIC’s CSL initiated a review of SRI-originated R&D reports covering the period 1973 through 1989. As a result of that review, 45 SRI-originated project documents were reviewed and all references regarding DoD involvement were excised and the documents declassified. DIA’s General Counsel and Public Affairs Office concurred with the declassification action in September 1994. This DIA initiative should establish the precedent for the DCI’s declassification committee to continue this effort once the program is officially transferred to CIA. (S/NOFORN) REPRODUCTION REQUIRES WARNING NOTICE-INTELLIGENCE APPROVAL OF ORIGINATOR SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY . FURTHER DISSEMINATION LIMITED DISSEMINATION ONLY AS DIRECTED BY PAG OR HIGHER DoD AUTHORITY SECRET NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS STAR GATE 1] Approved For Release 2004/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002900010001-9