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SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
CONGRESS IONALLY DIRECTED ACTION
STAR GATE
nFniiFST*
The DCI
is requested
to construct
a retrospective review and
SsSifal
analysis of the data that
has been produced by the program since Its
Inception
IS yells ago
Th“
Includes
an
Inventory and ana ys
s of the
files
held
P
fn the CIA, while
It administered the program, as well
as
In DIA.
e
study
should also address compliance with Congressional
direction.
(C)
DacriAweA-
tha Ha+a
for this retrospective
review,
technical
analysis,
phenomena SSJlirShlSsyO^^ls/NOFORN/SSlNTar
93 '
“ ^ ^
During
the period between
1975
and
1979,
the following DoO Service elements
supported
psl
research:
-- The
U
S
Navy
program was
to evaluate
an
individual
s
ability
to
a^tSsLas^*
1^ 35i?.?25riStat?srs
the Navy program.
tha
u
s
Air
Force National
Air
Intelligence Center,
formerly the
experiments.
No further
information
is on file
about the FTD work
in
this
arena.
arch
chose to
SG1B .. The
.
effort
focused on the use of RV to colled
abandon
the study for reasons
that
are unknown.
SG1B
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The u.S.
Army's Missile Research
and Development Command
(MIRADCOM)
had Stanford Research institute
(SRI)
under contract from
The work was done under the sponsorship of the Missile inteuigence Mgency
TM ta\
The objective
of the MIA program was to determine whether
sel
®.
J
individuals could
Interact
and
Influence,
by
, means
electronic equipment.
The extension of MIA’s effort was related to the
general
question
my^RILL^LAME proJect^MIRADCOM had^esponsibtlity
for^developing^^Remot^Perturbation^expBrimental
program.
The project was to
have been conducted
in
two phases.
—
From May
1979
to September
1979,
SRI
assisted MIRADCOM
In developing
sensitive measurement equipment for the experiment.
Phase
II was
to
be
InothU co!!t?«r3lth
SRI.
possibly involving human test subjects.
— The MIA portion was
to
be passed to another MIRADCOM element
(the
Missile RID Laboratory).
No further information
is
on
file regarding MIRADCOM’s efforts
in this
arena.
(S/NOFORN)
The Army Material
Systems Analysis Activity
(AMSAA) ^tended t he
»Ppl' c«J
ons-
(S/N0F0RN/WN1NTEL)
gSBd^SSoSTlS elso^asked^whethe^RV^could
1M ?o
g^.
«•=!»
s^ass:
were
to have been
included
for Project GRILL FLAMt tor n
isoi.
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
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The
following funding summary for the U.S.
Army portion of the program was
extracted from Project GRILL FLAME documentation.
Year
Sponsor
CY
1977-78
MIA
CY
1978
AMSAA
CY
1979
MIA
CY
1978-80
USAINSCOM
CY
1979-80
MIRADCOM
CY
1979-80
MIRADCOM
CY
1979-80
INSCOM
FY
1981
DA Staff/
USAINSCOM
FY
1981
DARCOM
Funding
(Dollars
In Thousands)
$80 Program VI
$220 Program VI
$118 Program VI
$75
Program
III
$90 Program
VI
S190 Program VI
$25
Program
III
$150
Program
III
$700 Program VI
Purpose
Psychokinesis
(PK)
Remote Viewing
(RV)
Psychokinesis
Remote Viewing
Psychokinesis
Unknown
Operations
Remote Viewing
Remote Viewing
Psychokinesis
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
During the period that DoO Service °FGAn 1 zat 1 ons were Involved, ^DIA^al so
pursued
threat assessient
and Intelligence data
however
to “pects clearly related lo^tnreee
as
1nd1v1duals
t0 d0 RV
and' supported attempts
by experienced remote
’ 9S"C“
on former Soviet sites
of operational
Interest.
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
The J#,K rS!rSnS
a
^i!SM
D
Jes«?ch
S
l?nim°d1«?^.
So^
^
KKSli *thei? respective m1st?Sn5 li
both ex?anded the already Identified
research
lines.
A chronology
Is
as follows:
-
in
FY
1981
the OIA program looked
at ways
to
Improve the reliability
of RV data” asslslid foreign research,
began work on countermeasures,
end
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explored methods
to
input
RV data
j2
t2**e
C
begun*t
devil op*a*coSSrehens 1 ve
manipuUtlon.^Additlonally,
orts
g
hand, ^ looking for ways
if data^from
its
in-house capability,
researched audio
analysis,
and means of targeting remote viewers.
Tha
fy
1982 research was primarily
an extension of the tasks
hegun
In
t h;"first identification of evaluation
as .a separata
and special
task.
mi
hut
one of the
areas researched during
FY
1983 were follow-on
..
+r^ Jhe
FY i982work
The one new task was
an
attempt
to develop
a
saarch*mattiodology
for ??S
/lost
Items
er people.
This «as dearly
an
effort
to
Improve the
Intelligence application of
RV.
"tI
hS
fS’dlh2 3d?r?e"ur??orrai
9^d
an
the
U
i.Tm;
d
t
-J;.
r
a
?rogr,m .
personnel.
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
under” the^staff'cogni«nce
of^the
A
forfiIer KXgSSSWK IT*
Instated objectives^ were tl°d!!cJ^
real
I He
SW3^
#4
no
thA
Lifldftrl vl nn
ITlfiChHm 5THS *
AHu
tO
peffifeirsM
t^
I^?rrk
o
tn
h
^“trfj
fo
.™r.s‘»tS?r‘;
ch -
neurophysiological
mechanisms
and specify
^l s?”l
#r
‘SliM
A
SS5 ^MWS^.f^tP5SSili optimal
appl!cat1on
strateg?es.
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
The FV
1991 Congressional
language directed^
1n
codeword'for^thl s”proJect ,
ias Renamed Project’STAR GATE
and restructured as
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"MDIS program vice
Its former SAP categorization.
The program objectives
iccompl
i shments
are
as
follows:
— Fundina of
$2 million received
and obligated
($1.5 million R&D,
$0.5
million 0&M1
Sole source
R&D contract
($1.5 million)
with the Cognitive
Laboratory
(CSL),
Science Applications
International
Corporation
(SAIC)
on
line by July
1991.
- Objectives
Included formulating
a
1 on
gT!t
,
tC?S rf
C
S«Eei5n
n
assessmen^
developing
an
integrated
foreign data base,
publishing foreign assessments,
developing proper documentation,
and obtaining external
assistance.
— Project STAR GATE established
on
31 January
1991.
—
published
Foreign Assessments,
Long-Range Comprehensive
Plan
by
30 May
1991.
—
published or documented
all
other project requirements
by June
1991
— Emphasized
foreign data
base development;
initiated select basic
research/appl ication research
projects.
- Magnetoencephalograph
(MEG) ^aln-wavj moasurement «ork at Los Alamos
National
Laboratory
(LAND.
Analysis
of results was reported to be
inconclusive.
— Planning completed
for
a new significant research project scheduled
0 March
1992 that may
isolate transmission mechanisms.
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL/SG/LIMDIS)
The
FV
1992 Congressional
Authorization directed that the following
be
accomplished:
— OIA realign
10 civilian billets.
Realignment completed
and Project
STAR GATE personnel
placed
in civilian billets.
—
Prepare
a 2-year architecture report within
120 days
and provide
it
to the Committees
on Appropriations.
The report,
g.rfl,1^Ct Archltgcturfi»
ODT-S-1042-SL,
30 March
1992,
was delivered
to the Committees.
,
^-!S'»;s!/rrasD^
ld
rD
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.t!on;Mr5
d
p
"^rip«i art«D»- Co»b‘d
‘Projpct A?ch1t.ctur.«
rsport
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Mfi.d
over
12 users to Include USS0C0M,
USCENTCOM.
and Joint
Interagency
-orces
East
(formerly OTF-4)
and West
(formerly JTF-5),
and JTF-6.
Py^ects
also
initiated with DIA analytical
elements*
~ An even balance between foreign assessments .operational
activities
and research.... such that the
three
areas
are
JgJJ* *!J
h
other.
The
"Project Architecture"
report developed approaches that were
implemented
for achieving
this
program balance.
—
An
additional
Congressional
plus
up of $2
f
The
R&D ‘
*ocus
of the
research effort was
to develop
an
integrated 5-year research
pi an! bolideResearch
support
for applications development
and conduct basic
research leading
to
an understanding of the mechanisms
for AMP.
( S /NOFORN/WN INTEL/S6/LIMDIS
)
The
FY
1993
Congressional
direction authorized $0.6 million for STAR GATE and
directed
the DIA Director to determine the feasibility oF transferri ng tha
Yo She ArSed SSei Medical
Intelligence CenteMAFM C), fort Detrlek.
M
ind.
The study was undertaken
and
a decision was made to retain the
project
at Fort Meade.
Major accomplishments
Included.
- Collection strategy revised
and new data received,
especially for the
former Soviet Union
and Peoples’
Republic
o°act1v?tv
T
collection
requirements personnel
briefed and sensitized to activity
requirements
- All
research Initiated
by the
$2 million funding received
In
FY
1991
Malor findings
rel atsd to factors
Important
in target/task
SRUiS; dS U^eSt methods,
and exploring select application areas.
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—
R&D funding
($2 million)
received
In
FY
1992 put on-line and most of
the research/support objectives
Initiated.
An
s olaJed^n^
Ri°
funding was programmed
for the remainder of FY
1993.
Emphasis placed on
psychophysical
correlates,
potential
mechanisms,
improved analysis methods,
foreign data base development,
and expanded foreign assessment support.
(S/NQFORN/WNINTEL/SG/LIMDIS)
The
FY
1994 Congressional
language requested that the
a program plan
and submit
an appropriate budget request for a research effort,
over several
years,
to determine whether the STAR GATE program can
s
w
results that are cost-effective
and that satisfy reasonable performance
criteria.
The plan
and
any research under this program was to
be subject to
neer review by neutral
scientific experts.
The Director of DIA was
also
directed
to prepare
the research
and peer review plan within existing program
funds.
—
pynipct STAR GATE Rese arch
and
Review Plan.
PAG-TA-1068-SL,
was
publ
1 shed
In June
1994.
with the rece1pt"of ^}®®JS
SnTA*lSSldid"
the plan
Initiatives were not completed along with other DIA unfunded
production requirements.
care RiD proqram funds expired
in May
1994.
SA1C was put on two
"no-
cost-to-the-government"
extensions with
final
expiration
of the contract on
31 December
1994.
Customer base expanded through visits
to USSOCOM,
USCENTCOM,
Joint
Interagency Task Force-East,
JTF-6.
£1
Paso
Intelligence Center
(EPIC),
and
with
in-house DIA elements.
—
intelligence requirements
In support of the Foreign Assessment
Program were briefed
to
key CONUS-based
Interagency
and DoD collection
elements.
—
Fortv five
SRI/SA1C contract-generated R&D project reports were
approved
by DIA for declassification.
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL/SG/LIMDIS)
fj..
ru
iqqa
thA mannower structure devoted
to
Project STAR GATE remained
S^StM
( 10 bl 1 letS) ?
SSf 1 n| “he same Rerlod OM and RID dollars
fluctuated,
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,
funding
summary,
extracted
from DIA documentation,
is
as
follows.
FV Year
Other
(O&M/R&D)
Remarks
($
in thousands)
1930
1981
1932
1983
1934
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
450
250
175
750
1.300
1,900
2.300
1,150
1,000
2,000
2,000
600
is?”
^ ^
1995
650
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL/SG/LIMDIS)
None
None
None
None
None
Army Surgeon general
Army Surgeon General
Army Surgeon General
Army Surgeon General
Congress +up
Congress +up
DIA
DIA
DIA
The technical
analysis presented be’ow
Is drawn
V?h2"x?e™al
'
SMC
dr
"n 1^vrS2tln«
y
lm
S
w5
!‘.fMthal
and SA1C for the period
1973 to
jsent:
--
evidence for
Th^^means the anomaly cannot be explained by poor^experlmental
design,
l^co^ldare^t^beVedlum-to-'arge^hen cS^.red to otSer known human
behaviors.
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,IC-suppl1ed data shows that the applied research focus for the period
1973
present was
as follows:
- Regardless of the final
use of
P 1
understanding),
the problems
are
similar.
To
improve the quality
results,
It
Is necessary
to:
-
Identify
Individuals
(called zss&hsn.)
who possess
skill
In AC.
- Develop training methodologies
to
Improve AC performance.
• Create protocols that are optimized to elicit AC.
-
Invent sensitive
and efficient analyses of AC data.
(S/NOFORN/SG/LIMDIS)
These topics
and their supporting activity
(e.g.,
* &5SS ,52?NTEL
1 °n *
included
in what
is defined
as
applied research.
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
A summary of applied
basic research results
for these four topic
areas
are
as
follows:
- Approximately
percent of the general
population appears
to meet
strict statistical
criteria for exhibiting
a robust AC
ability.
while
a number of training methodologies have been developed,
CSL
served
limited success!
HoSever,
In analyzing the results of
a number
,f %cliv™s? thSy fouSd that these receivers do not lose whatever ability
they had
at the
start.
— Without completely understanding the mechanisms
involved,
CSL
devel oped
a number o? research and operational
protocols
that .ppeared to bd
consistently successful
In both domains.
(S/NOFORN/SG/LIM
)
cpiKAir's basic research focus
for the period
1973
to present was to develop
l^unde^standlil of the physical,
physiological,
and psychological mechanism.
of AC
by:
- Identifying
Its source.
That
Is, what Is the
-stuff" that
Is sensed
with AC
In
analogy to photons
in vision?
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- Understanding the energy-tr.n.f.r nechenls*.
That
Is,
how does
Information propagate from point A to point
B7
- Locating the
"sensory” J^atus wlthlr^the body.^
^?c2inSnri hS
rSS^5t'‘^r^s
b^SUm!
h
*CS%SrCRN/ SG/LIHOIS>
h“ bM"
b“‘d
(S/N0F0RN/WNINTEL/SG/LIMD1S)
SAIC’S summary of the results of basic research for these three topics
includes:
rs
-
rve
1092-1994
CSL may have discovered the source of an AC
sign,,:' IA %S £s
tha
P
target
,
s1te.
th
fromNnfannat1on theory^ th1s
total
change of entropy.
I* thi*
resui t can
mmp^
wg will
know
target
selection could
be ^s^er
y
froiAhis brand of "sensor."
In
SSW^hM’ ir^Jeim«hod
n
Ojnr
1 .ct 1 n,
t
POtent1.1
viewers.
to^correlate°d1fferences'ln Quality of data froi various viewer, with
inherent talent.
.. CSL Identified
a
,
numberofcpmculatl v.theoretl cal
-bust
s
.nd
H
beh.v1or.lly largess ^reliable'
heuristic^ model”
«;*»»
that » rsa"1lM
*
d *U
base
for
a specific class of experiments.
- Although CSL bss not yet heen successful
at l^ntlfyln^physlol
?
raws*
*nd tha ver,f,c4t1on of
effects purported
for the so-called
"PHOENIX
Project.
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL/SG/LIMDIS)
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r'’"niiFCT‘
The dci’s decl assi f 1 catl on committee
should review the history
Ih 1 s
D
5ro|r^ t5 ‘detain, *h.t parts of
It may bo dMluilfltd •*
converted
Into
an open-world activity,
(u)
RFSPONSE*
In March
1994,
and prior to the receipt of Congressional
language
fPSUfe p^udoSait; fo?
»
ta,!*?S
tMI
d
BSSRItrt
C
-RID
2“Sr1ni tt? ?er”d
1973 th»5Jh 1989.
review of SRI-ori gin
SRI-orlginated project documents were reviewed
aa»SSrisfrS£3“
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