Approved For Release ORR ERE Toe co7eeroe zoozs0076 = MFR SUBJECT: Information Briefing for Director, NSA (U) 3. (U) Information presented in the briefing seemed to be accepted by the attendees. Examples in the project book stimulated some general questions all of which were answered. 4, (S/NOFORN) At the conclusion of the briefing LT Gen Faurer stated that his scientific panel had reviewed parapsychology in the past. Another review would be undertaken with three options: cease all interest, pursue the subject within the agency or join the DoD community. LT Gen Faurer indicated he would inform BG Strom when a final decision had been made. R Soci 1 Incl ROBERT J. JACHIM as LTC, MI GRILL FLAME Project Manager SECRET Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700230005-5
(SLIDE @ OND (SLIDE @ OFF) (SLIDE 1 ON) (SLIDE 1 OFF) (SLIDE 2 ON) (SLIDE 2 OFF) (SLIDE 2A ON) (SLIDE 2A OFF) (SLIDE 2B ON) [CASSIEAUAN. i. SrPRE ak ih Stile ae PO od cla thin aia “OW GUAPEY SAO *PresRo01 700230006. 5 1 AM LTC JACHIM, PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE INSCOM PORTION OF DOD 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, . FIRST, THE HISTORY OF INSCOM’S INVOLVEMENT AND THE ROLES OF DIA AND INSCOM IN THE PROJECT, NEXT, A DISCUSSION OF REMOTE VIEWING AND EXAMPLES OF COMPLETED PROJECTS FOR WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED THE REQUESTOR’S EVALUATION, AND, FINALLY, A REVIEW OF TWO PROJECTS WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BUT NOT EVALUATED, FIRST THE HISTORY OF INSCOM’S INVOLVEMENT, {N THE FALL OF 1978, ACSI TASKED INSCOM TO DETERMINE IF PARAPSYCHOLOGY COULD BE USED TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE fe! FOR OUR PURPOSES PARAPSYCHOLOGY IS DEFINED IN TWO MAJOR CATEGORIES: FIRST, PHYSICAL ACTIONS PERFORMED BY MENTAL POWERS THAT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED BY KNOWN PHYSICAL MEANS, THIS IS KNOWN AS TELEKINESIS OR PSYCHOKINESIS, AND 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 IF REMOTE VIEWING COULD BE USED AS A COLLECTION meTHoDL#J REMOTE VIEWING IS DEFINED, AS THE ABILITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL, TO ACCESS INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN. WITHOUT REGARD TO TIME, LOCATION, OR ANY ATTEMPT To Cray GRILL FLAME
Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : “ete green -5 (SLIDE 2B OFF) (SLIDE 3 ON) (SLIDE 3 OFF) (SLIDE 3A ON) 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 METHOD WAS AS FOLLOWS: FIRST. COULD REMOTE VIEWING BE LEARNED? NEXT, COULD REMOTE VIEWING BE APPLIED AS A COLLECTION METHOD? AND, FINALLY, COULD REMOTE VIEWING RESPOND TO COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER? FIRST, COULD REMOTE VIEWING BE LEARNED: SRI_INTERNATIONAL, AN ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER IN, THE FIELD OF PARANORMAL RESEARCH, RELIED UPON ESTABLISHED PSYCHICS, WHO USED THEIR INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES To REMOTE VIEW. INSCOM, USING THE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS COMPILED BY SRI DURING THEIR WORK WITH THESE PSYCHICS, SCREENED APPROXIMATELY 250 INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL WITHIN THE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON AREA, LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS, BASED ON SRI OBSERVATIONS, SUCCESSFUL REMOTE VIEWERS TEND TO BE CONFIDENT, OUTGOING, ADVENTUROUS, BROADLY SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUALS WITH SOME ARTISTIC BENT, AFTER A SERIES OF SCREENINGS AND INTERVIEWS, NINE PEOPLE WERE SELECTED, THEY WERE A MIXTURE OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN, OFFICERS AND ENLISTED, MEN AND WOMEN, AFTER ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS WITH THE SRI WOT RELRASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIC YWALS
An SS ein 7 Rela RETR TARR ER SALA BG 00 4S. FEE LRT AT CR PSS COE I ATT Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : CIA- ane 00788R001700230005-5 (SLIDE 3A OFF) (SLIDE 5 ON) (SLIDE 5 OFF) (SLIDE 5A ON) (SLIDE 5A OFF) Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : cial SCIENTISTS SIX WERE “SELECTED TO GO TO CALIFORNIA - FOR TWO WEEKS OF ACTUAL TRAINING, UPON THEIR RETURN TQ FORT MEADE THEY CONTINUED IN AN IN-HOUSE TRAINING PROGRAM MODELED AFTER THE SRI TRAINING PHASE, AFTER THE PERSONNEL WERE LOCATED AND TRAINING HAD BEGUN. THE NEXT QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED APPLIED TO THE SECOND AND THIRD CRITERIA CONCERNING OPERATIONS, THAT IS, COULD REMOTE VIEWING BE APPLIED AS A COLLECTION METHOD? IF SO, WOULD THE INFORMATION 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 ONLY INFORMATION PROVIDED WAS A PICTURE OF THE TYPE AIRCRAFT MISSING AND THE NAMES OF THE CREW. WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING WAS NOT DISCLOSED, ON 4 SEPTEMBER 1979, THE FIRST OPERATIONAL REMOTE VIEWING SESSION TOOK PLACE. IN THIS INITIAL SESSION, THE REMOTE VIEWER PLACED 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 en ee a TRAINING PHASE.” If DECEMBER 1979, THE PROJECT WAS COMMITTED TO OPERATIONS Pe dk aR001700230005-5 ROT GUY PASART TR tT) TAPRTON TAamMTATATGa
(SLIDE 6 ON) (SLIDE 6 OFF) Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : GIA WOULD BE INCOMPLETE WITHOUT EXAMINING THE DIFFERENT ROLE Dee OF DIA AND INSCOM, SINCE THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOME BLURRING OF THESE DISTINCTIONS IN THE PAST, DIA IS CONCERNED WITH: 2 ASSESSING THE THREAT, PRINCIPALLY FROM THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA, o DETERMINING COUNTERMEASURES TO ANY U.S, VULNERABILITI e AND, DETERMINING THE POTENTIAL OF REMOTE VIEWING USING ESTABLISHED PSYCHICS, INSCOM TS APPLYING REMOTE ‘ames , IN ITS & EVALUATION AS A COLLECTION METHOD, AND TO DETERMINE IF REMOTE VIEWING CAN BE LEARNED BY PROFESSIONAL PSYCHICS, OUR REMOTE VIEWING COLLECTION IS DONE WITH ASSIGNED PERSONNEL, WE CONTRACT ONLY FOR SPECIFIC ITEMS WHICH ENHANCE OUR COLLECTION. FOR EXAMPLE: e WHICH TARGETING METHODS HAVE THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS, e CAN THE ACCURACY OF A REMOTE VIEWER BE DETERMINED FROM AN ANALYSIS OF HIS STATEMENTS? « CAN THE SRI NEW TRAINING TECHNIQUE INCREASE THE QUALITY AND RELIABILITY OF COLLECTION, THIS COMPLETES THE BACKGROUND PORTION OF THE BRIEFING, RDP96-00788R001700230005-5