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ARMY PSYCHOENERGETIC EFFORT
THE PURPOSE
OF THIS BRIEFING
IS TO
INFORM YOU OF ARMY'S
ROLE
IN A SENSITIVE,
CLOSE HOLD DOD PROJECT TO EXAMINE
POTENTIAL MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF
PSYCHOENERGETICS.,
A TERM
THAT COVERS A NUMBER OF UNEXPLAINED PSYCHIC PHENOMENA.
ARMY'S PURPOSE
IN THIS EFFORT
IS TO ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE
.
~ REALITY AND EXISTENCE
OF SUCH PHENOMENA.
ARMY'S EFFORT
IS A SMALL,
DISCREET,
MINIMALLY FUNDED PROJECT CENTERED ON
RE
ICATING,
IN-HOUSE,
CLAIMED EXPERIMENTAL SUCCESSES BY
OR
TIZATIONS SUCH
AS
SRI
INTERNATIONAL,
BY USING ARMY
PE
LE AND ACTIVITIES, CAREFULLY CONTROLLED REPLICATIONS
OF
PREVIOUS TEST PROCEDURES CAN BE CONDUCTED.
. AS
IT
IS,
MUCH ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE EXISTS THAT WARRANTS CLOSE SCRUTINY,
REPORTED
BY CREDIBLE,
RESPECTED PEOPLE
IN AND OUT OF DOD.
THREE SUB-AREAS
OF PSYCHOENERGETICS ARE THE MOST
RELEVANT,
PROVIDED THE PHENOMENA'S EXISTENCE
IS VERIFIED;
REMOTE
EWING,
REMOTE PERTURBATION AND
REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS.
MOTE VIEWING
IS THE PERCEPTION BY AN
INDIVIDUAL OF THINGS,
ACES OR EVENTS DISTANT
FROM HIM-ALSO
KNOWN AS CLAIRVOYANCE.
MOTE PERTURBATION,
OR PSYCHOKINESIS,
IS THE ABILITY OF A
PERSON TO CAUSE A CHANGE
IN STATE
IN SOME PHYSICAL OBJECT.
REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS
IS TELEPATHY.
THE ARMY
IS, PRESENTLY
INVOLVED IN PROGRAMS
OF
INVESTIGATION CONCERNING REMOTE VIEWING
AND REMOTE PERTURBATIONS.
PROJECTS
RELATED TO REMOTE COMMU-
NICATIONS ARE PLANNED
IN THE FUTURE
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GIVEN THE GROKING BODY OF SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE,
IT WAS
DECIDED THAT THE PHENOMENA OF PSYCHOENERGETICS' COULD NOT BE
^
IGNORED.
ARMY CHOSE TO PROCEED WITH A SMALL,. IN-HOUSE
PROGRAM ATTEMPTING
REPLICATION OF THE SRI
WORK.
THE
IDEA
IS TO VALIDATE,
IF POSSIBLE,
THE CLAIMED SUCCESSES AND TO
VERIFY THE EXISTENCE
OF THE PHENOMENA.
WORK
IS ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EMERGING
DOD GRILL FLAME PROGRAM AND
IS
INTERNALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN
THREE ARMY ELEMENTS:
THE ARMY MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ACTIVITY
(AMSAA) HAS THE
MISSION OF ACTING AS THE REMOTE VIEWING "FREE LANCE,*
THAT
IS,
AMI
WILL TRY NEW REMOTE VIEWING TECHNIQUES AND EXPERIMENTAL
PROCEDURES,
USING A SMALL
IN-HOUSE TEAM
OF FOUR OR FIVE VIEWERS
AND PROJECT MANAGERS.
THE SOURCE FOR NEW TECHNIQUES WILL
PRIMARILY
BE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS
SRI
INTERNATIONAL.
ONCE
AMSAA
IS SATISFIED THAT THE NEW PROCEDURE HAS MERIT,
IT WILL
BE PASSED ON FOR FURTHER APPLIED TESTING TO THE ARMY INTELLI-
GENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
(INSCOM).
AMSAA* S ENTRY
INTO
REMOTE VIEWING CAME
IN SPRING 1978
WHEN
IT WAS DETERMINED
.
THAT PSYCHOENERGETICS MAY OFFER SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR
TACTICAL APPLICATION.
AMSAA
IS CONCERNED FIRST WITH VALIDATING
THE SRI
WORK,
THEN SEEING HOW REMOTE VIEWING HAY BE TACTICALLY
EMPLOYED,
..SIMPLY
PUT,
AMSAA
IS INTERESTED
IN BATTLEFIELD
SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ACQUISITION,
IF A VI EWER, CAN "SEE"
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A V1FWFR CAN
"SEE"
CHANGES
IN SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC
REGIONS SUCH AS ENEMY
ASSEMBLY AREAS;
OR,
IF
HE
CAN DETECT CHANGES
IN AN ENEMY
UNIT'S STATUS,
FOR EXAMPLE MOVING TO CONTACT;, OR,
IF HE
CAN CONDUCT
A REAL TIME,
COMPREHENSIVE BATTLEFIELD DAMAGE;
SURVEY,
THEN ARMY HAS GAINED
A NEW SIGNIFICANT
INFORMATION
ACQUISITION SYSTEM.
SINCE SEPTEMBER 1978, AMSAA HAS
' COMMITTED
A TOTAL OF $220,000
IN CONTRACTS WITH
SRI
FOR A
PROGRAM TO CONDUCT TACTICALLY ORIENTED EXPERIMENTS,
THIS
PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE UNTIL APRIL 1980,
UNITS ASSIGNED TO
THE COMBAT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIMENTATION CENTER
(CDEC),
FORT GRD,
CALIFORNIA,
WILL ACT AS THE TARGETS FOR THIS SERIES,;
CDEC
IS AN
IMPORTANT ELEMENT BECAUSE
ITS UNITS ARE "WIRED" WITH
ELECTRONIC POSITION DETERMINING SYSTEMS SO THAT THEY CAN BE
SPATIALLY LOCATED WITH PRECISION AT ANY GIVEN
. MOMENT
.
THESE
DATA ARE PERMANENTLY RECORDED,
PROVIDING A MEANS OF QUICKLY
CROSS CHECKING THE ACCURACY OF A REMOTE VIEWER'S DETERMINATIONS.
THE MISSILE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND
(MIRADCOM),
REDSTONE ARSENAL,
ALABAMA,
IS DEVELOPING THE PILOT REMOTE
PERTURBATION
(PSYCHOKINESIS)
PROGRAM.
VALIDATION OF PRIOR
"PK" WORK
IS THE GOAL,
IN ORDER TO DETERMINE
IF THIS
PHENOMENON
EXISTS.
IN THE FUTURE,
MIRADCOM HOPES TO DEVELOP
A PURELY THOUGHT-ACTIVATED SWITCH.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
SRI,
MIRADCOM
IS RELYING PRIMARILY ON
INFLUENCING THE RANDOMNESS
OF THREE NOISE GENERATING DEVICES
PUT THROUGH AN
LSI -11—
A
SMALL MICROPROCESSOR.
THE RANDOM NOISE
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ARE:
AN
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AN ELECTRONIC NOISE DIODE AND A RADIOACTIVE BETA PARTICLE
DECAY SOURCE.
AS A CONTROL,
A PSEUDO-RANDOM SHIFT REGISTER
WILL ALSO BE WIRED THROUGH THE LSI -11.
ALTHOUGH PRESENTLY
UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF THE MISSILE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, A
PART OF MIRADCOM,
IN THE NEAR FUTURE THE PROJECT WILL SHIFT
TO ANOTHER MIRADCOM ELEMENT, THE R&D
LABORATORIES,
A PROJECT
MANAGER HAS BEEN CHOSEN.
THE TOTAL "PK" PROGRAM WILL FALL
INTO TWO PHASES,
THE FIRST,
FOR WHICH A $118,000 CONTRACT
HAS BEEN LET TO SRI,
INVOLVES DEVELOPMENT OF THE HARDWARE
AND SOFTWARE PACKAGE.
NO HUMAN SUBJECTS WILL BE INVOLVED
DURING THIS
PHASE.
DURING PHASE TWO,
SRI AND MIRADCOM WILL
ATTEMPT TO HAVE PEOPLE AFFECT THE NOISE SOURCES'
RANDOMNESS,
AN
INDIVIDUAL WILL SIT AT A C.R.T.
CONSOLE AND ATTEMPT TO
INFLUENCE A SMALL DOT MOVING
IN A RANDOM PATTERN,
USING ONLY
THE ELUSIVE "THOUGHT PROCESS,"
THIS EFFORT
IS OF ESPECIAL
INTEREST
IN THAT THE EFFECTS,
IF ANY,
WILL BE BOTH QUANTI-
FIABLE AND MEASURABLE,
DUE TO THE NATURE .OF RANDOM NUMBER
EXPERIMENTS.
INITIAL EXPEDNTURES FOR PHASE
II ARE EXPECTED
TO BE $90,000 WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING
CUP TO $190,000)
AVAILABLE
IF NEEDED.
THE INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND DEVOTES
ITS
EFFORT TO REMOTE VIEWING APPLICATION.
WORKING WITH A SMALL
TEAM OF APPROXIMATELY SIX VIEWERS,
INSCON WILL ATTEMPT TO
BOTH VALIDATE THE
RV PROCESS,
AND DETERMINE MILITARY USES
OF THE PHENOMENON.
IT
IS SIGNIFICANT jHAT THE
INSCQM TEffl
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BY
A LENGTHY,
COMPREHENSIVE
INTERVIEW PROCESS;
A FIRST dY ANY ORGANIZATION,
MILITARY OR CIVILIAN,
SOME
230 POTENTIAL CANDIDATES WERE SCRUTINIZED TO CHOOSE THOSE
WITH THE MOST
LIKELY CHANCE TO SUCCEED,
IN APRIL 1979,
A
$75,000 CONTRACT WITH SRI
WAS
LET,
WHICH CALLS FOR TRAINING
AND FAMILIARIZATION OF THE
1NSC0M REMOTE VIEWER CADRE.
INITIAL FEEDBACK FROM SRI
SCIENTISTS
IS THAT THE
INSCOM
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VIEWERS ARE DOING EXTRAORDINARILY WELL.
IT
IS
HOPEI) THAT
:
A REASONABLE
IN-PROGRESS REVIEW OF THE
INSCOM RV APPLICATION
EFFORT CAN BE MADE AROUND THE END OF THE YEAR.
RECOGNIZING THAT THE EFFORT TO DATE HAS NOT BEEN
SCIENTIFICALLY VALIDATED,
ARMY FEELS COMPELLED TO
INSURE
THAT ALL REASONABLE STEPS ARE TAKEN TO MAKE
ITS PROJECTS
AS CONTROLLED AND CREDIBLE AS POSSIBLE,
FIRST,
ALL WORK WILL
BE DONE WITHIN PARAMETERS ESTABLISHED BY WRITTEN PROTOCOLS
WHICH HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BYA SURGEON GENERAL
HUMAN
USE AND TESTING REVIEW
PANEL.
THIS PANEL HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED
IN ACCORD WITH FEDERAL LAW AND ARMY REGULATIONS,
LEGAL ASPECTS
OF THE PROJECT
HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE ARMY
AND DOD GENERAL COUNSELS.
NEITHER POSED OBJECTION TO THE WORK
AND PROVIDED FURTHER GUIDANCE PERTAINING TO THE AFOREMENTIONED
SURGEON GENERAL'S
PANEL.
FINALLY, A NUMBER OF QUALIFIED
SCIENTISTS,
ENGINEERS AND MEDICAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN FORMED
INTO A SMALL TEAM THAT WILL REVIEW THIS WORK BEING DONE BY
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ARMY.
THIS MONITORING TEAM U
I LL INSURE THAT EACH AGENCY
IS
FOLLOWING
ITS WRITTEN APPROVED PROTOCOL,
THE TEAM CHIEF
WILL PROVIDE THE COLLECTIVE OPINION
OF THE SCIENTIFIC MERIT
AND VALIDITY
OF THE WORK,
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IN CONCLUSION,
THERE
IS SUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION TO
• PURSUE THE EFFORT,
AT
LEAST TO THE POINT OF CONFIRMING OR
DENYING THE PHENOMENA'S EXISTENCE.
GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF
ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE A AILABLE WE WOUllD BE REMISS TO IGNORE
THE POSSIBILITY
OF NATIONAL SECURITY
IMPLICATIONS.
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ARMY PSYCHOENERGET I C EFFORT
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PURPOSE:
DETERMINE EXISTENCE OF PSYCHOENERGET I C PHENOMENA
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EXTENT OF ENEMY THREAT
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POTENTIAL MILITARY APPLICATIONS
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SCOPE OF EFFORT:
SMALL,
DISCREET, MINIMALLY FUNDED PROJECT
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FOCUS ON THREE ASPECTS OF PSYCHOENERGETICS
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REMOTE VIEWING
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REMOTE PERTURBATION
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REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS
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ARMY MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ACTIVITY
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DETERMINE EXISTENCE AND UTILITY OF REMOTE VIEWING
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$220,000 COMMITTED SINCE SEPTEMBER 1978
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MISSILE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND
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VALIDATION OF REMOTE PERTURBATION
(PSYCHOKINESIS)
EXPERIMENTS
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TWO PHASE PROGRAM
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DEVELOPMENT OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. ($118,000 COMMITTED)
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TESTING OF HUMAN CAPABILITIES ($90,000 PROJECTED)
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INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
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REMOTE VIEWING APPLICATIONS
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$75,000 COMMITTED
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CONTROL OF ARMY PSYCHOENERGETIC EFFORT
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ARMY SURGEON GENERAL REVIEW PANEL
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ASSESS HUMAN RISK
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COMMENT ON PROPRIETY OF EXPERIMENTS
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PROJECT REVIEW BY ARMY AND DOD GENERAL fOUNSELS
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MONITORING 'TEAM OF SCIENTISTS,
ENGINEERS AND MEDICAL AUTHORITIES
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