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(S/NF)
and selected the proper
time
to initiate
the
trial.
The military
implications
of the remote perturbation would depend on which of
the
two
mechanisms
is correct.
The data from these experiments were
inconclusive
2.
(U) Army Material Systems Analysis Activity (AMSAA)
(S/NF) Another Army Unit, AMSAA,
contracted
SRI
to remote view
daily field tests being conducted
at Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation.
These tests were generally unsuccessful.
The
SRI conclusion was
that
repetitive targeting on familiar sites
is more difficult
than viewing
strategic
targets.
When the tests were
successful,
the
site descriptions
were
of
a higher quality than the tracking data.
Since no
final reports
were produced
on this work,
it
is difficult
to evaluate
its contribution
to the
field.
This,
however,
may be an example of the penalty
for
attempting
to acquire operational
level data without having done enough
SGI
I
basic research.
We were warned of
this
source of error
as early
as
mid-1970
at
CIA.
Even now,
research has not yet established how
to search for or how to track a target
.
3.
(U)
Intelligence And Security Command (INSCOM)
(S/NF)
A third Army unit,
INSCOM,
provided $75,000
for research
at
SRI
in 1979-1980.
INSCOM and DIA would later form a joint
service
program
(described
in detail
in section
5).
Only their work prior
to
the
joint program will be discussed here.
It was also INSCOM that
compartmentalized the area of psychoenergetics under the code name Grill
Flame
.
(S/NF)
In 1978,
INSCOM was tasked by the Army to determine
if
parapsychology could
in any way be used
to collect
intelligence.
Specifically,
INSCOM was tasked to determine
if remote viewing can be used
as
a collection modality to gain operationally useful
data.
They chose
to
test
the
issue empirically.
A unit was assembled and organized
in 1979.
The
initial training phase was conducted at
SRI during that
summer.
This
was followed by an INSCOM in-house training program.
The first
operational
sessions
at
INSCOM were conducted
in September
1979.
In
December,
the
in-house remote viewing unit was declared an operational
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unit having the capability
to remote view targets
of
intelligence
interest
and provide accurate and useful
data.
INSCOM accepted tasks
from a variety
of DoD and other government organizations.
Since no comprehensive
analysis
of their data was made,
their
success must remain
a mystery.
It
again appears
that applications were demanded too early
in the program.
(S/NF)
INSCOM' s greatest contribution was
that
their operational
nature provided
a proving ground
for
the ongoing research.
They were also
able
to pose questions and
identify problems
they encountered
in their
operational
sessions
that could then guide research that could aid
applications efforts.
(S/NF)
To screen
a
large number
of
individuals and select
those
most
likely
to be good remote viewers
is
a difficult
task.
In
establishing the INSCOM unit,
attempts were made
to establish
physiological
and/or psychological parameters
that would differentiate
high performers
from low performers.
After
a
large number
of tests were
administered,
no clear profile parameters emerged on which an
a priori
screening procedure could be based.
SRI
did,
however,
postulate
that
individuals who do successful remote viewing would be confident,
outgoing,
adventurous,
broadly successful,
and have an artistic bent.
In 1988,
the
problem
of
identifying potentially good remote viewers was re-examined and
a major research effort
is now under way
.
(S/NF) Because
SRI had been doing research
in remote viewing
for
seven years,
INSCOM sent
six individuals
to
SRI
to be trained to do remote
viewing.
The goals were
to familiarize
the
individuals with
SRI
remote
viewing protocols and attempt
to achieve enhanced levels
of
functioning.
Four of
the
six participants produced results
that departed significantly
from chance expectations.
An example of
a successful viewing
is shown
in
Figure
11.
This work was
instrumental
in establishing that remote viewing
is
a transferable technology.
As the DoD becomes more
involved
in this
particular technology,
transferability
is an important point.
In the
second phase of the INSCOM orientation training program,
five of the
six
original participants returned to
SRI
for
an additional
two weeks of
instruction
.
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