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MEMORANDUM for the
secretary
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SUBJECT
INSCOM GRILL FLAME Program
(IGFP)
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1.
(U)
Definitions.
a.
(U)
Psychoenergetics.
The
study
of
informational
and
energetic processes
associated with paranormal mental
functioning.
An
older
term commonly used
in relation
to
such phoenomena
is
extrasensory perception
(ESP),
which
includes
telepathy
and
clair-
voyance
.
b.
(U)
Remote Viewing
(RV)
.
One
of many
(apparent)
sub-
processes
of psychoenergetics which pertains
to
the
specific human
ability
to
acquire
and
describe,
by mental means,
information blocked
from ordinary perception by distance
or
shielding,
and
generally
believed
to
be
secure
against
such
access.
2.
(S/NOFORN)
General History.
a.
(S/NOFORN)
The
US
intelligence
community has
been involved
in evaluation
of psychoenergetics
since
1972.
Earliest
involvement
was
directed
toward a*/assessment
of
Soviet/Warsaw Pact
psychic
research*
b.
(S/NOFORN)
Prior
to
September
1978,
the
902d MI
Group,
US Army
Intelligence
and
Security Command
(INSCOM)
had begun pre-
liminary
threat
assessment
of
Soviet /Warsaw Pact psychoenergetics
research
in
an effort
to
evaluate Operations
Security
(OPSEC)
ramifications via-a-vis
US
Forces
(GONDOLA WISH).
c.
(S/NOFORN)
In
September
1978,
INSCOM was
tasked by ACSI,
DA
to establish
a program
to
examine potential
use
of pgychoenergetics
for intelligence purposes
(GRILL FLAME)
.
Initially,, specific
interest
was
focused
on
that
element
of psychoenergetics
identified
as Remote Viewing*
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d.
(S/NOFORN)
In y&ew of (then)
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concurrent DARCOM and MIA
(thru
FTD)
contract
involvement with Stanford Research
Institute,
International
(SRI)
in
the
area
of RV training,
funds
contributed
by ACS I
,
DA and
INSCOM were
allocated
to DARCOM for
the purpose
of
"satelliting"
initial
INSCOM personnel
training
on
the
extant
DARCOM/SRI
contract.
e.
(S/NOFORN)
Due
to
involvement
of
several diverse military
services
and DoD civilian agencies
in psychoenergetics
investigation/
training,
a DoD
level
joint working
group
(GRILL FLAME Working
Group)
was
established under
the auspices
of
Dr.
LaBerge
(then
Under
Secretary
of
the Army)
for
coordination purposes.
3.
(S/NOFORN)
INSCOM GRILL FLAME Program Development.
a.
(S/NOFORN)
In
September
1978,
INSCOM was
tasked by ACSI,
DA
to establish
a
training familiarization program using
specially
sel-
ected
INSCOM personnel,
establish RV Intelligence collection
tech-
niques,
and
to establish
a system
for
responding
to
intelligence
col-
lection
requirements
so
that
RV produced
data
is
quickly
and
efficiently used.
b.
(S/NOFORN)
Screening/selection
of prospective
INSCOM RV
personnel was
accomplished
during
the period December
1978
to
February 1979
employing
a general
sketch
of personality traits
which had been observed/compiled
by
SRI.
251
INSCOM personnel
in
the
Baltimore-Washing ton area were
considered,
117
of
these were
interviewed.
Of
30-40 highly prospective candidates,
12 were
finally
selected based
solely
on
their respective
future assignment
avail-
ability.
In February,
SRI researchers
in
conjunction with TGFP
management
selected
six
of
the
final
candidates
for
training based
on personal
interviews
conducted
at
Ft.
Meade,
MB,
Of
those
selected,
a
cross
section
of professionals
from the
three
general
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(RUMINT
,
PROTINT
,
and
SIGINT)
was
achieved.
c.
(S/NOFORN)
In-house
( INSCOM)
familiarization/training
of
the
RV
personnel
in
SRI RV protocol
to prepare
for
their
SRI
training
sessions began
in February
1979.
During
the period April-October
1979,
170 RV training sessions were
conducted.
During
the period
April-June
1979,
six
RV personnel were progressively
cycled
to
SRI
for
consecutive RV
training
days
each,
during which
they received
training
in
RV "beacon"
technology.
During
the period July-December
1979,
five
of
the original
six
RV personnel were returned
to
SRI
for
two weeks
each
for
further
"honing"
of
individual
abilities
observed
during
their earlier
training
sessions.
During
this
training
cycle,
emphasis was
placed variously
on
"beacon",
geographic
coordinate,
and
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35mm slide
techniques.
d.
(S/NOFORN)
In
the
absence
of
subsequent
SRI
training activity,
IGFP
in-house
training
of new RV personnel has
occurred
on
an
as
re-
quired basis
as personnel
shortages have
arisen.
4.
(S/NOFORN)
IGFP Operational
Summary.
a.
(S/NOFORN)
Commencing
September
1979,
IBFP
initiated
oper-
ational
sessions
directed against
"real world"
intelligence
gaps
at
a
low
level,
and
concurrant
to
on-going
training
activities.
This
pos-
ture was
abruptly modified
in November
1979 with
the
onset
of
the
US
hostage
situation
in
Iran
and
a
JCS
request
for
IGFP
collection
assistance.
Since
then,
IGFP
has been
fully operational
in
its
response
to
"real world"
US
intelligence needs,
and has
conducted
317
operational
sessions
toward
that
end.
Of
these
317
RV sessions,
142
have been performed
in
direct
support
of
JCS
requirements
stemming
from
the US hostage situation.
The
remaining
175 RV
sessions
have
been
in support
of
NSC,
CIA,
ACS1,
DA,
and
INSCOM analysts.
(S/NOFORN)
During
the period
17-25 April
1980,
a
total
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RV sessions were
conducted which were
targeted
against
the
US
hostage
situation;
comprising
the sole mission
of
the
IGFP
during
that
period.
of
these
28 sessions
occurred during
the
critical
23-25 April
1980 period when,
as
a
result
of
special
JCS
request,
IGFP staff
and
RV personnel were assembled
in
a
"safe
site"
to
pro-
vide
full
time around-the-clock collection
of
data.
At
this
time,
IGFP
continues
to
support
JCS
at
an approximate
frequency
of
RV
sessions
per
week.
c.
(S/NOFORN)
As
of
January
1980,
IGFP
has been
operating
under
a Task Force
structure
comprised
of
INSCOM personnel
spaces
taken
"out
of
hide".
The Task
Force configuration
is
scheduled
to
last until July
1981,
at which
time
a
thorough
review/ evaluation
of
the
effort will
be performed
to determine viability
as
a formal
collection
activity.
INSCOM’ s
attempts
to program increases
in
personnel
spaces
to prepare
for
the
eventuality
of
formalization
of
the
effort began with
the
FY
82 Program Objectives Memorandum
(POM)
,
in which
an
initial
space enhancement
of
personnel
spaces was
proposed
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