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Remote viewing
has
potential
for
US intelligence applications.
However,
at this
stage of development, descriptive content
(e.g,
,
sketches
,
configurations)
is more reliable than analytic content
(e.g.
,
function, complex technical
data).
o
A potential
threat
to
US national
security exists
from foreign
achievements
in psychoenergetics.
In
the USSR and
in
China
,
this
research
is well
funded
and receives
high-level
government
backing.
(S/NF)
There were
several
key recommendations
that resulted
from the
3-
year GRILL
FLAKE effort:
o
Applied
i ntel 1 i gence-ori ented research
in remote viewing should
be
continued.
o
Basic research
in
both
remote viewing and
psychokinesis
phenomena
should
be
initiated.
(S/NF/ORCON)
It was
further recommended that the application-oriented effort
be centralized, with overall
management
provided
by
DIA,
and that
a
close
interaction with basic research
be maintained.
Should
the
quality of remote viewing continue
to
improve ,
it was
recommended
that
a
joint service remote viewing unit
be established
to respond
to
DoD requirements.
(S/NF)
An
independent science
panel
also reviewed
the GRILL FLAME project
and concluded that
the external
assistance work
(at SRI) warrants
cautious continued
support,
and that research should
be conducted
as much
as
possible
in
an open unclassified mode
so
that
its
repro-
ducibility and accuracy can
be
independently verified by others.
(S/NF)
Consequently,
the above
findings
and
recommendations
provide
major guidelines
and objectives
for new
9<ft) efforts
in this area
.
BASIC OBJECTIVES :
(S/NF)
Basic objectives of this
integrated effort will
be
to evaluate application
potential
and
to
improve utility of remote viewing
(RV)
so that reliable applications
can
be
pursued
in
the"0o'D,
afi‘d
! to evaluate
application potential
of energetics
(PK)
effects.
A strong applied
and basic
research effort will
be established
so that underlying parameters
and
explanatory mechanisms
can
be
identified
for the various
phenomena.
Threat-
related aspects
(e.g.,
replication of foreign psychoenergetics
results)
will
also
be examined when possible
to assist
in evaluating threat
potential
of
forel gn use of psychoenergetics
,
and
to
identify possible countermeasures
.
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TO optimize project effectiveness,
there win
be:
.
Central
management
.
.
An executive review board.
•
Project teams.
Central
Management ;
the
wide
variety
t
of
research
Sid
1 ™"i
t
-e9ra
,ted
and
coordinated
effort
over
Project,
central
manag^m^T'nust^bp
0^™^
0”3
!
.actlvi ties
required
for
?his
main
thrust
of
this
work
T* “w.
P
!
ted
«"d
maintained.
Since
the
applications,
central
management
wVin^'iL
t?"ard
Potential
intelligence
Intelligence
Agency
( DIA)
throuqh
the of
? hsd
by
the
Defense
or
S&T
Intelligence.
This
individual
win
h
the
Assistant
VJ.cs
Directorate
aspects of the
program,
includlno
final
]
have
full
responsibility
for
all
t,
anc^
research
tasks.
As
Centra
a PPr®va l
°t
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operational
for
task
scheduling
and
time
nhacinn
*
Manager,
he
v#1 1 1
be
responsible
evaluation
sess ions', "for VnTurIng
th
at
the totll^eVT^^
dat *
review
and
and
for
a
variety
of
other
nrnm>am
me
otal
effort
is
fully
integrated
,
m»!tored ^
‘hat
contract
.7*. .S" 4™1
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insure
that
c^r,
f;.
Managed
.
and
will
provide
central
^
deflned
and
appropriately
monitoring
financial
aspects of the program?
administrating
and/o^
(C)
The
Central
Manager
will
akn
u-s
group to provide expert advice on various prog^teSca,
(u)
§ c
u
t i v e
Re view Boards
PflSpar'IdHCnU
representatives
from
the
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from
other
^oo' elements ml
be
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1n
th,a
Program?
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the/
could
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potential
users
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need-to-know
Thic^fl”’
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lf
they
mi 9 ht
otherwise contributP^n^?
1 ^6
?
develo Ped
in
this
This
board
would
be
primarily
resDoncihil
1n
later
P hases of the effort,
such
as
human
use,
lega?/ release
S
lf1nf
f0r
!
I!
a "agement
-
related
IssSesi
guidelines.
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responsibilities
would lnvo^
atl ° n
*i
and
pro 9 ram
security
and
assisting
in
resource
procurement
JhT hL
01 V^
ng ferity
conflicts
tive
review
of
project
activities
and*frnwr
S
doard
would
also
provide
execu-
1n
overall
evaluation.
Close c?ordi.,M„
dt
t"t
S
on
a
Portodic
basis
to
assist
Manager will
be maintained.
n
between
board
and
the
Centra]
3 * M
Project
Teams
^ D )
There
will
be
two
tpumc
*
i,l.
r
>>
i
_
Bf
1C
Research
These
h
Applicati°^
Team,
of the
Central
Manager.
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Teams
he
the
working
arm
oil
the
principal
R/0
and
intSlIa^J
con,posed ^ representatives frZ
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identify details of specific taru"?
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phasing,
prepare
research
requests
and
*
re^°*#aefld
task priority and time
recommend
facilities
for
conduction
th*
^
eva]uate
contractor
proposals
attend
to
all
the
technical
aspects^f \hp
9atl 0
"f
*
and
will
in
general
responsible
for
insuring
that
approoriatP
Program.
These
teams
will
also
be
tion
protocols,
and
scientific fpthL
da ^ a
eva
cation
method,
investi aa
operational
and research VfVo rts .
0l09y
are
app,1ed
t0
a ”
aspects
of
?he
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There
will
ultimately
be
several
research
ano" application
efforts
at
external
and
in-house
facilities
that
examine
different
aspects
of psychoenergetics.
Specific
tasks woud depend
on Select
priorities
and
funding
levels
available,
and
will
be
subject
' to
aoDroval
bv
the
Central
Manager.
Specifics
of
their
activities
will
hi
I
Chairmen
of
the
Applications
and
the
Research
tel™
\Va
k
,ne
J
the
guidance
provided
by the
Human
u!It Collttel
'
and
Wl11
be
baS6d
° n
1 »
( U )
O^firgtional
Investiga t i on s
;
1n-hous^°J^
composed
of
contractor
personnel
and
concerned
with
evaluatC
hi
JJ i
s° vern
ument
facilitdes
»*»
are
mainly
operational
problems
Vnitisi
0 f?
+
Psychoenergetics
can
be
applied
to
may
also
be
performed
at
b
l?-*-
S°me
dlrect
a PP”cations
work
training,
and
for projects where joint effort \s’ required?
111
de,elop"ent
and
util
(nf
/S
C0N
the
Th
n,os”f
ain^
° f tte
j 1rect
aPP”«tion
efforts
is
to
assess
environment
and
to
identify
"methods
°for
r9^h
CS
area
1n
an
“irrational
Results
from
this
work
will U
+h* L
f/
® nhancin 9
operational
utility,
capability into the
DoD for
a Variety of
y
use°^imp1ementation
this
potential
real-time
operational °probfems!
These ^tasks^wi 1 1 "h*
]
examine
protocofs^^peratTonr^
3^ ources^ma^'''
r
bf
“oppatible^wlth established
Research
tasks
will
also
be
levied
in
® PP
ied
,
or
basic
research
tasks,
priorities
and objectives,
and will
be approv^^^^
“J. ^^ ect
2 “
( u )
Applications
Research
;
variables
ttai “may" K ^rlt^or’TnV^Vt
0 " 5
r6S
?
arCh
I s
t0 «“>»•. a"
the
(PKfphe^na
.
phenomena ’
and
to
ex P lore
eppl ication^oSTaV^f
elieVg^tl^
(S/NF)
This
would
include
„
:al
rsi-i
correlate
correlativ,,,
application
reliability,
variables,
such
as
distance,
istics,
or
environmental
factors
constraints.
glcal
^paVaJetrS7
U
;tch^„1i
e
ca1
f0r
tra
e
?t
a
s
Ple
„V
if
c-tal " P^iolo
correlate
with
succe«;«ifiii
n c«rhna
*
,
,or
states^
of
consciousness
coul
correlations
would
be
useful ^for
Dred^lV’-
f
^
n
J
t l° r, i n 9-_
Such
possibl
«nni i raf inn
./.K.uu...
”
_
... predi cti ng
data
validity
and
improvin
n„ a
u
ll!)
aaza
va
i !dity
and
improvin
shfefdlnn
\
hB f
f
f
Cts
of
P^sible
physica
.*
shielding,
target
location,
target
character
actors,
would
help
in
identifying
operations
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(S/NF)
Applications
research
includes
development
of
all
data
evaluation
methodologies
so
that
statistical
significance
and
confidence
levels
can
be
determined
for
each
type
of
application.
Central
to
this
effort would
be
the
continuing
investigations
into
psychoenergetics
skill
identification,
develop-
ment,
and
enhancement
for
the
various
classes
of
phenomena
and
types
of
applications
considered.
Techniques
for
improving
data
interpretation
or
for
va11d
data
,frorn
the
spurious
would
be
pursued,
as
well
as
other
applications
research
issues.
(S/NF)
The
application
research
effort
would
investigate
and
attempt
to
appropr
late
fore ^9 n
research
in
order
to
assess
its
significance
for
to
r
si^
eS=
a^^. f
They
?° Uld
als -°
1nvest1 9ate
Potential
countermeasure
to possible
foreign
use of psychoenergetics
phenomena.
( S/NF )
Since
this
research
examines
both
informational
(RV,
ESP)
and
energetic
aspects
(PK)
of
psychoenergetics,
a
broad
ranee
of
research
tasks
government
r* h
Var
J
OU ?1 “".1vers1
,
ty Stories,
contractor
facilities! and
?h?fiJoH
research
facrllti es
where
appropriate
scientific
instruments,
shielded
rooms,
or other resources
are
located.
3.
(U)
Basic
Research
:
(C/NF)
This
research
would
require
assistance
from
basic
research
laboratories
,T
t
h
ractor facilities,
or
appropriate
government
laboratories ,
Main
focus
would
be
on
investigations
that
define
thenret irai
Ja?iJus
an
tvDes
da
nf
nt
nI
P
h
hysical
(
.and
menta1
)
mechanisms
that
help
explain
the
various
types
of
psychoenergetics
effects.
Physical
and
psvcholoaical
scientists
and
those
from
other
disciplines
(such
as
medical
,
biology,
neuro-
p ysiology }
would
be
involved
in
this
exploratory
work*
Some
of
this
effort
would complement investigation of the empirically based applied
research.
(S/NF)
Basic
research
could
include,
for
example,
long
distance
remote
viewing
experiments
to
deep
submarines
or
orbital
platforms
for
evaluating
be^developed^ "for
9 Wt ^
ra n sm ^ s
„s ^ 0 n models.
A
variety of experiments
would
° P5d
f
h
or
electromagnetic,
quantum
mechanical,
or
other
physical
theories
that
have
been
advanced
as
possible
explanatory
models
for
the
j^nn?ti
na *
Issue s
involving
brain/mind,
consciousness/subconsciousness
cognitive
research
would
be
examained
for
clues
that
might
suggest
how
Ine
f
r«t1c
0VT„h
e
.
reCe1Ve
1iv?
r0CeS5ed -
and
presented
cMsclousness
.
or
fn^?
6tlC
PSI
Phenomena
(PK)
are
mediated.
PK
effects ,
for
example
involve
a
complex
interaction
between
mental
and
physical
states.
Some’
jL,
e1
Ct/°maf
eti ^ufrequency
may
be
Senerated
by
the
central
nervous
system
iss
es
1^^
surrounding
material
for
some
types
of
PK
phenomenon,
effort.
h
h
and many others ’
would
bfi
explored
by the basic
research
or
PSI
how
' may
form
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1.
(S/NF/0RC0N)
DIA :
a.
DIA/DT will
provide central
management.
b.
DIA/DT-jS^will
provide the Chairman
for the operational
and appli-
cations
research team, and will
also provide the
Deputy Chairman
for
the basic research team.
c.
DIA/DTiS'/f'will
provide an on-site contract monitor at the major
psychoenergetics
research facility
(SRI
International).
2.
(S/NF/ORCON)
HQ DA/SGRD:
a.
SGRD will
provide the Chairman
for the basic research team,
and
will
also provide
the
Deputy Chairman
for the operational
and applications
research
team.
b.
SGRD will
provide direct assistance
in various executive committee
activities
(e.g. ,
human
use,
science
review,
security guidelines,
other).
fc.
For
FY
1984,
SGRD will
provide managemeriV^i stance
for the external
\
contract with
SRI
Internationa^.
SGRD .will
accept transfer of $0QOK
of Ml PER
* d
funds
for, applying
to, the previously Refined' statements
work that
has' been provided
to
SfeRD ind
SRI.
V-/
3.
(S/NF/ORCON)
Both
DIA and
HQ DA/SGRD will:
a.
Jointly develop detailed operating
plans according
to
guidelines
in
the operational
concept of this memorandum of agreement.
b.
Jointly develop and adhere
to
a
stri ct
set of securi ty guidelines
and
requirements,
and
be responsive
to other critical
project require-
ments
(e.g.,
human use)
c.
Jointly review
all
proposed
new work
(operational
and research)
,
and
jointly approve
new participants
In
this effort.
d.
Pursue various
funding sources as appropriate and according
to mutual
agreement.
e.
Jointly develop external
assistance
funding requirements and alloca-
tions.
Although various contractors will
probably
be
involved,
pri-
ority will
be on retaining the
SRI
team
for research continuity and
for keeping their unique capabilities
intact.
f.
Manage and control
their respective external
contracts;
however,
close coordination will
be
required
to assure that duplication
of effort does
not exist,
and
to assure that contract objectives are
compatible with over-all
project goals.
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