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I AM LTC JACHIM, PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE 1NSCQM PORTION OF
POD PROJECT GRILL FLAME.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH BACKGROUND
INFORMATION CONCERNING INSCOM'S INVOLVEMENT IN PROJECT
GRILL FLAME.
THIS BRIEFING
IS DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR PORTIONS.
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FIRST, THE HISTORY OF INSCOM'S INVOLVEMENT AND THE ROLES
OF DIA AND INSCOM
IN THE PROJECT,
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NEXT, A DISCUSSION OF REMOTE VIEWING AND EXAMPLES OF COMPLETED
PROJECTS FOR WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED THE REQUESTOR'S EVALUATION,
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AND, FINALLY, A REV1BT OF THOSE PROJECTS WHICH HAVE BEN COTLETED
BUT NOT EVALUATED.
FIRST THE HISTORY OF INSCOM'S INVOLVEMENT,
IN THE FALL OF 1978,
ACSI TASKED INSCOM TO DETERMINE IF PARAPSYCHOLOGY COULD BE USED
TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE ,
FOR OUR PURPOSES PARAPSYCHOLOGY IS
IEFINED IN TWO MAJOR CATEGORIES:
*u«. -*/ FIRST, PHYSICAL ACTIONS PERFORMED BY MENTAL POWERS THAT
\ CANNOT BE EXPLAINED BY KNOWN PHYSICAL MEANS.
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THIS
IS KNOWN AS TELEKENESIS OR PHYCHOKENISIS, AND
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SECOND, PERCEPTIONS WHICH CANNOT BE EXPLAINED THROUGH
,
KNOWN SENSORY MEANS.)
THIS IS KNOWN AS ESP. TELEPATHY
AND REMOTE VIEWING.
SPECIFICALLY,
INSCOM'S TASKING WAS TO DETERMINE TF REMOTE
kmVIEWING COULD E USED AS A COLLECTION METHOD.
REMOTE VIEWING
IS DEFINED.AS THE ABILITY OF AN INDIVIDUALS ACCESS INFORMATION
PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN.WITHOUT REGARD TO TIME, LOCATION, OR WY
ATTEMPT TO HIE THE TARGET ROM A COLLECTOR,
TO MEET ACSI 'S TASKING INSCOM ESTABLISHED A PROJECT TEAM UNDER
THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR HUMAN INTELLIGENCE,
THE CRITERIA DEVELOPED TO DETERMINE IF REMOTE VIEWING WOULD
BE A VIABLE COLLECTION METHOD WAS AS FOLLOWS:
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FIRST, COULD REMOTE VIEWING EE LEARNED?
EXT COULD REMOTE
VIEWING E APPLIED AS A COLLECTION METHOD?
AND, FINALLY,
COO REMOTE VIEWING RECTO TO COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS jN
A TIMELY MANNER ;
FIRST( COLD REMOTE VIEWING BE LEARNED :)
SRI
INTERNATIONAL,
AN ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER
IN THE FIELD OF PARANORMAL RESEARCH,
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WHICH
IS' LOCATED IN MENLO PARK, CAL I FORN IA*REL IED UPON E
ESTABLISHED PHYCHICS , WHO USED THEIR INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
TO REMOTE VIEW.
INSCQM, USING THE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND
CHARACTERISTI CS COMPILED BY SRI DURING THEIR WORK WITH
TFESE PHYCHICS, SCREENED APPROXIMATELY 250 INTELLIGENCE
PERSONNEL WITHIN THE BALTIMORE/W&INGTON AREA, LOOKING FOR
PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS.
(BASED ON SRI OBSERVATIONS,
SUCCESSFUL REMOTE VIEWERS TEND TO BE CONFIDENT, QjMLNG,
ADVENTUROUS, BROADLY SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUALS WITH SOME ARTISTIC
ENT.
) WE GLEANED MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION FROM COMMANDERS
AND SUPERVISORS.
WE THEN CONDUCTED OVER 100 INDIVIDUAL
THE.
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INTERVIEWS
AFTER A SERIES OF* SCREENINGS AND INTERVIEWS,
NINE PEOPLE WERE SELECTED .
THEY HERE A MIXTURE OF MILITARY
AND CIVILIAN. OFFICERS AND OUSTED, MEN AND WOMEN.
AFTER
ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS WITH THE SRI SCIENTISTS INVOLVED IN
PHYCHIC RESEARCH, SIX WEE SELECTED TO GO TO CALIFORNIA FOR
TWO WEEKS OF ACTUAL TRAINING.
UPON THEIR RETURN TO FORT MEADE
THEY CONTINUED IN AN IN-HOUSE TRAINING PROGRAM MODELED AFTER
THE SRI TRAINING PHASE.
TO DETERMINE HOW LONG THIS TRAINING
SHOULD LAST, SINCE NO ONE HAD ATTEMPTED TO TRAIN PHYCHICS,
GUIDANCE WAS AGAIN SOUGHT FROM SRI .
BASED UPON THEIR
JUDGMENT AN 18 TO 24 MONTH TRAINING CYCLE WAS ESTABLISHED .
MILESTONES EWRING THIS FIRST PERIOD WERE:
THE FALL OF 1978
THROUGH PRUARY 1979 - PERSONNEL WERE LOCATED: FROM FEBRUARY
1979 THROUGH DECEMBER 1979 -
INITIAL TRAINING AT SRI
IN CALIFORNIA
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AND FORT MEADE WAS UNDERTAKEN.
INSCOM'S FIRST TRAINING SESSION
WAS CONDUCTED ON 28 FEBRUARY 1979.
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EM THE PERSONNEL WERE LOCATED AND TRAINING HAD BEGUN,
TIE NEXT QUESTIONS TO BE ANSIERED APPLIED TO THE SECOND AND
THIRD CRITERIA CONCERNING OPERATIONS .
THAT
IS, COULD REMOTE
VIEWING BE APPLIED AS A COLLECTION METHOD?
IF SO, WOULD
THE IfFORMATION BE OF REASONABLE ACCURACY AND ACCEPTED AND
USED BY THE INTELLIGENCE ANALYST WHO RECEIVE THE PRODUCT,
FINALLY, COULD REMOTE VIEWING RESPOND TO COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS
IN A TIMELY MANNER?
WORK TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS WAS OVERCOME BY EVENTS.
IN
SEPTEMBER 1979, ACSI TASKED INSCOM TO LOCATE A MISSING NAVY
AIRCRAFT .
THE OltY INFORMATION PROVIDED WAS A PICTURE OF
THE TYPE AIRCRAFT MISSING AND THE Se§
QF THE CREW .
WHERE
THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING WAS NOT DISCLOSED.
ON 9 SEPTEMBER
1979, THE FIRST OPERATIONAL REMOTE VIEWING SESSION TOOK PUCE.
IN THIS INITIAL SESSION, TIE REMOTE VIEWER PUCED THE AIRCRAFT
TO WITHIN 15 MILES OF WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY LOCATED .
BASED
ON THESE RESULTS ,
INSCOM WAS TASKED TO WORK AGAINST ADDITIONAL
OPERATIONAL TARGETS.
THESE TASKINGS FORCED A PREMATURE HALT
TO THE INITIAL TRAINING PHASE,
f IN DECEMBER 1979 , THE PROJECT
WAS COMMITTED TO OPERATIONS.
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DIFFERENT ROLES OF DIA
AND INSCOM,
SINCE THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOME BLURRING OF
THESE DISTINCTIONS
IN THE PAST.
DIA IS CONCERNED WITH:
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ASSESSING TIE THREAT . PRINCIPALLY ROM HE SOVIET
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UNION AND CHINA.
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- IETERM1NING COUNTERMEASURES TO ANY U.S. VULNERABILITIES.
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AND, DETERMINING THE POTENTIAL OF REMOTE VIEWING
USING ESTABLISHED PSYCHICS .
DIA PERFORMS THIS FUNCTION PRIMARILY TROUGH CONTRACTS AT SRI.
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AS A SELECTION METHOD.
ANDCTO DETERMINE IF REMOTE VIEWING
M EE LEARNED BY PROFSSSIONAL INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL WHO ARE
NOT ESTABLISHED PSYCHICS.
OUR REMOTE VIEWING COLLECTION
IS DONE WITH ASSIGNED PERSONNEL.
/» WE CONTRACT ONLY FOR SPECIFIC ITEMS WHICH ENHANCE OUR
COLECTION .
FOR 0WPLE:
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WHICH TARGETING METHODS HAVE THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY
OF SUCCESS.
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CAN THE ACCURACY OF A REMOTE VIEWER E DETERMINED
FROM AN ANALYSIS OF HIS STATEMENTS?
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CAN TIE SRI NEW TRAINING TECHNIQUE INCREASE THE
QUALITY AND RELIABILITY OF COLLECTION:
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THIS COMPLETES HE BACKGROUND PORTION OF THE BRIEFING.
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THIS BRIEFING HAS COOED THE HSSffi OF INSCOM AND TTE GRILL
FLAME PROGRAM.
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H&MfefFSMHN ]>£ PROGRAM, AND SORE OF
Tl£ ACTIONS HE HAVE BEGUN TO HBjttflftfMBrL.,
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STIVES FOR THE FUTltfiE CONCERN:
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WE ARE' WORKING TO nFVFl fP A
ICTHOD OF SPURRING KCWHMNF. Ami IN rnnpniw»Ttr»i
ItiHOD OF BEflMING RRMTHFIff. AND JN COORDINATION
WITH
THE STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST, RBftUpttlfcDf INITIAL
SCREENING CRITEREa" USED. ^
NEXT,
STUDYING HOWTO ip,BBg THE SRI REPORT ON AUDIO
ANALYSIS.
THE SPEEUWCHOLOGIST IS ASSISTING US
B’jjtfflKING ON HCIYIDUAL REMOTE VIEWER BBfiFllcc
AND LOCATING PLACETWIERE ENHANCED INDIVIDUAL- TOH
COULD BE RECEIVED.*" AND^ WE ALSO WISH TO
THE JEW SftMiMPRQGRAM, SINCE TICY INDICATE
IT WILL M»$E TENDENCIES OF A REMOTE VIEWER
BEMSUgE RATHER THAN JUST REPORT, UffiASE TIE
PROVIDE SOME
PRODUCT,
LABILITY OF REMOTE VIEWING AND
xu ,
,r. ABOUT
m AOBUT ]}£ REMOTE VIEWING
IN SUMMARY:
THE COLLECTION OF INTELLIGENCE THROUGH REMOTE VIEWING HAS DEMONSTRATED
ITS VALUE,
REMOTE VIEWING
IS mm€1EMI,
IT
IS A «®SFUk
THE PROFESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS WHO ASSIGN
US PROJECTS, EVALUATE US BY THE INTELLIGENCE WE PRODUCE.
REMOTE
VIEWING SHOULD
ft BUT SHOULD BE USED
IN CONJUNCTION
WITH INFORMATION FROM OTTER INTELLIGENCE SOURCES.
ARMY REMOTE VIEWING
IS NOT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,
IT
IS'
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REMOTE VIEWING
IS 8HSIVE, I(§mSI\€, THERj
WSE AND THERE
IS
SCif , COLLECTION OTROMISE-»
THIS CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
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