Approved For Release “ae ei") 5 PADEG IC STAFF BRIEFING 10 JANUARY 1985 IN FALL 1977, THE U.S. ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND CINSCOM) SAW THE NEED TO EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION USING THE THEN NEWLY EMERGING PSYCHOENERGETICS TECHNOLOGY OF REMOTE VIEWING, THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT WAS TO DETERMINE THE OPERATIONAL SECURITY (OPSEC) THREAT TO U.S. DEFENSE INTERESTS BY MIMICKING POSSIBLE HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES, DIRECTING THESE AGAINST SENSITIVE U.S. MILITARY TARGETS, AND EVALUATING THE RESULTS, IT SOON BECAME APPARENT THAT PSYCHOENERGETICS PROMISED FAR WIDER APPLICATIONS THAN JUST IN THE REALM OF OPSEC, IN FALL 1978 THE PROGRAM EMERGED FROM AN OPSEC COUNTERINTELLIGENCE PROGRAM TO A HUMINT COLLECTION ACTIVITY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR OPERATIONS--HUMINT (CADCSOPS-HUMINT) AT INSCOM AND THE HUMINT STAFF OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (ACSI DA) HUMINT STAFF. THERE IT MOVED THROUGH AN EVALUATION PHASE INTO AN “OPERATIONS AND TRAINING” MODE, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF TRAINING PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL TO CONDUCT PSYCHOENERGETIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION OPERATIONS. FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE AND QUALITY OF MATERIAL THAT WAS PRODUCED DURING THE EVALUATION PHASE OF THE PROGRAM, Approved For Release sordoaic, Gia Relas doreordge ER: | ANE
Approved For Release SEC 24 a paanaaianalnmaaa IN JULY 1979 AN INTERVIEWER AND A SOURCE CLOSED THEMSELVES IN A QUIET ROOM TO CONDUCT A REMOTE VIEWING SESSION. A THIRD INDIVIDUAL, REFERED TO AS A BEACON. LEFT THE AREA AND WENT TO A SITE UNKNOWN TO EITHER THE INTERVIEWER OR THE SOURCE. THIRTY MINUTES LATER, THE INTERVIEWER ASKED THE SOURCE TO DESCRIBE WHAT HE PERCEIVED ABOUT THE BEACON'S LOCATION. (SLIDE ON) THE TRAINEE BEGAN BY SAYING, “THE FIRST IMPRESSION I GET IS A REVOLVING LIGHT PATTERN. ITS MOVING IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M WATCHING SOMETHING MOVE, BUT PERHAPS. PERHAPS, I'M MOVING OR (THE BEACON) IS MOVING.” THE SOURCE WENT ON TO SAY, “I HAVE A FEELING THAT THERE ARE TREES AROUND HIM.” ,. . . “JTS SOME TYPE OF PARK, OR RECREATION AREA; I FEEL IT'S OUT DOORS.” AFTER THE SOURCE FINISHED HIS VERBAL DESCRIPTION OF THE DESIGNATED TARGET AREA AND SKETCHED HIS PERCEPTIONS, HE AND THE INTERVIEWER AWAITED THE RETURN OF THE “BEACON”. (SLIDE OFF) ON THIS DAY THE “BEACON” HAD CHOSEN TO JOG AROUND A TRACK AT THE TIME OF THE SESSION, (SLIDE ON) 1eePAUSE vies (SLIDE OFF) Approved For netoase Hooda bacrbvese-oovssnoot7o0z80002
SG1A te “ty, RET Approved For Release 2063/09/16: 1% A-RDP96-00788R001700280002- -3 na BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY AND REPLICABILITY OF THESE RESULTS. OPERATIONAL TRAINING WAS EXPANDED, AND IN 1979, SEVEN SEPARATE COLLECTION PROJECTS WERE CONDUCTED, IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, AND ARMY INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS. AS OUR EXPERIENCE FACTOR INCREASED, AND THE REMOTE VIEWING TECHNIQUE EVOLVED FURTHER, IT BECAME POSSIBLE FOR US NOT ONLY TO EXPLORE MORE DIVERSE AND WIDER APPLICATIONS FOR THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT TO EXPAND OUR COLLECTION CAPABILITIES. IN 1980, THE CIA BECAME A’ REGULAR CUSTOMER, AND IN SUPPORTING THAT AGENCY AS WELL AS OUR SC1 PREVIOUS SUBSCRIBERS, 41 SEPARATE COLLECTION PROJECTS WERE A CONDUCTED, Approved For Release obodoudl ob elae ds o0rsar001700280002-3 z
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Approved For Release 200 ROTTS CORO ESE po7seRont700280002-3 IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE: SEPARATE IN MAY, 1980. IN RESPONSE TO CIA TASKING, TWOASOURCES WERE SHOWN A PHOTOGRAPH OF AN UNIDENTIFIED BUILDING AND ASKED TO DESCRIBE ANY AREA OF THE BUILDING WHICH MIGHT BE OF INTELLIGENCE INTEREST. NEITHER SOURCES NOR INTERVIEWERS WERE GIVEN ANY INDICATION AS TO ITS LOCATION. NATIONALITY OR USE. HERE IS AN EXTRACT OF VIEWER RESPONSES: VIEWER #1: UPPER FLOOR AREA, WHICH WAS USED “MAINLY FOR SLEEPING.” CONTAINS A DEN-LIKE AREA WITH SMALLER AREAS WHERE CONFIDENTIAL. SMALL, USUALLY ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS ARE HELD. CIA ANALYST COMMENTS: SG1A VIEWER #1: SMALLER ROOM ON GROUND FLOOR USED FOR LISTENING POST, CONTAINS EQUIPMENT SUCH AS: SWITCHBOARD, WIRES, CONSOLES- RECORDING DEVICES, ETC, THERE IS ONE OPERATOR WEARING HEADPHONES. MONITORING IS CONDUCTED PRIMARILY AGAINST CONVERSATIONS IN A LARGE DEN-LIKE ROOM, Approved For Release sande Eee Jorsaroo:7ooz00002. 5
Approved For Release “SECRET VIEWER #2: ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ON THE FIRST FLOOR. UPPER FLOOR HAD A “SAFE HOUSE” ATMOSPHERE, AND SEEMED TO BE A RESIDENTIAL LOCATION. WITH AN INN OR TAVERN FEEL ABOUT IT: THERE WAS SOMETHING IMPORTANT ABOUT PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. SMALL ROOM ON GROUND FLOOR CONTAINS A COMMUNICATION ROOM, WITH RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING CAPABILITY; BASICALLY ONE OPERATOR, WEARING HEADPHONES. BUILDING USED FOR GATHERING OF PEOPLE IN A SMALL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. ONE OF THE VIEWERS PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING SKETCH: (SLIDE) CIA ANALYST COMMENTS: SG1A THE RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY OF APPLIED OPERATIONAL REMOTE VIEWING CONTINUED TO IMPROVE THROUGH 1981 AS OUR TRAINED PSYCHOENERGETIC SOURCES GAINED GREATER EXPERTISE. THIS, COUPLED WITH INCREASED EXPERIENCE IN SOURCE TARGETING AND INFORMATION ANALYSIS BY PROJECT SECRET Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700280002-3 6
Approved For Release 20 TE ORE Po ors000s SUPPORT PERSONNEL, GREATLY ENHANCED COLLECTION CAPABILITY. TWENTY-FIVE NEW COLLECTION PROJECTS WERE ADDED TO OUR MOUNTING TOTAL OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS. A REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT ILLUSTRATING THE COUNTER-TERRORIST POTENTIAL OF REMOTE VIEWING IS AS FOLLOWS, ro Approved For Release rooshohe Sut KRvbe-obsaroo1700280002-3 7
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fe, | seek Approved For Release 2oogidgyss { C)4-RUIPa6 0788R001700280002-3 sc IN 1982, THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY BEGAN TO SEE THE VALUE OF REMOTE VIEWING TO OBTAIN INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION IN ASSESSING THE FOREIGN THREAT TO U.S. COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, AND TASKED THE INSCOM PSYCHOENERGETIC PROGRAM TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION, DURING THE YEAR, ELEVEN SEPARATE COLLECTION PROJECTS WERE UNDERTAKEN. AS 1982 ENDED, PROGRAM DIRECTION CHANGED. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE CONDUCTING HUNDREDS OF PSYCHOENERGETIC COLLECTION OPERATIONS, IT WAS NOW POSSIBLE TO DEFINE BOTH THE CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE ROLE REMOTE VIEWING SHOULD PLAY IN SERVING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE U.S, INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED THROUGH YEARS OF OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE, A REVOLUTIONARY, EVOLVING, STATE OF THE ART PSYCHOENERGETIC TRAINING PROGRAM KNOWN AS COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING (CRV) WAS INITIATED TO INSURE THE RESPONSIVENESS OF SOURCE CAPABILITIES TO IDENTIFIED NEEDS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND ITS INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS, THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY DESIGNATED THE INSCOM PSYCHOENERGETICS PROGRAM A SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM (SAP) AND WE BECAME KNOWN AS CENTER LANE. SECRET Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700280002-3 9
Approved For Release ofa fel iB hes o07eeR001700280002-3 DURING 1983, WE CONDUCTED 15 COLLECTION PROJECTS. AS WE BEGAN TO RECOGNIZE THAT COLLECTION CAPABILITIES HAD EVOLVED TO THE POINT THAT SG1A REMOTE VIEWING COULD BE USED TO EXPLOIT EVEN MORE TECHNICAL TARGETS, Approved For Release OFC : PE he ooreeno01700280002.3 10
SG1A Approved For Release 2000 FCB FRD Fae f>7e8R001700280002-3 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE PROGRAM, DIA AND [NSCOM HAVE ENJOYED A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. FOR YEARS EO Ey COPINECT, ON a6 Ve KL OW # CV LOS EXISTED UNDER PROJECT GRILL FLAME. AFTER POLLLICAL CONSIDERATIONS FORCED A SEPARATION OF THE TWO EFFORTS IN FALL 1982, INSCOM CONTINUED TRAINING AND OPERATIONS. WHILE DIA PURSUED RESEARCH AND Approved For Release SEG REolec.covesro01700280002-2 il
Approved For Release 20031 FRR fof 22R00 17002800023 DEVELOPMENT, STRONG RECIPROCAL BENEFITS RESULTED, WITH DIA SPONSORED R&D PRODUCING DRAMATIC REFINEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC THEORY, WHILE ARMY INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS IN TURN VALIDATED R&D RESULTS AND IDENTIFIED FURTHER AVENUES AND POSSIBILITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATE SOURCE CAPABILITIES RECENTLY DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF THE NEW TRAINING PROGRAM, FROM A GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE ALONE, ONE OF OUR SOURCE TRAINEES CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED THE ST. LOUIS ARCH. FOR HIM, SUCH A TASK HAD BECOME RELATIVELY ROUTINE. AT THIS POINT, HOWEVER, HE WAS DIRECTED TO DESCRIBE WHAT WAS LOCATED 14,8 KILOMETERS SOUTHWEST OF THE ARCH. HE IDENTIFIED A BUILDING aT THIS LOCATION AND PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF SITE INFORMATION WITHOUT BEING PROVIDED ANY FURTHER DATA BY THE INTERVIEWER. Coeeaiiey “THE BUILDING 14,8 KM SW OF THE ST. LOUIS ARCH HAS A SOMBER, QUIET, OFFICIAL FEEL. PEOPLE GO TO THIS PLACE WITH A COMMON PURPOSE; TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE. THEY ARE INTERESTED AND CURIOUS ABOUT THE BUILDING AND ITS HISTORY. THE HISTORY QF THIS BUILDING DEALS WITH OLD sito &) COLONIAL AMERICA. , THE BUILDING IS LOCATED ON FLAT LAND, LIKE A FARM AND HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH A MAN. THIS MAN (DEAD NOW) WORE A UNIFORM AND WAS A HISTORICAL MILITARY Approved For Release eG FRET sovoozoosro0ze0002- 12
Approved For Release 2 E RR Pn 7002800028 LEADER. THIS BUILDING WAS THIS MAN'S HOME. THIS MAN WAS A LEADER AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 5'10” TALL. HAD BLACK HAIR AND A BEARD, WAS HEAVYSET AND STONEFACED, IN THINKING ABOUT THE ABOVE INFORMATION [| SEE A PICTURE IN MY MIND OF U.S. GRANT. CSLIDE) AS YOU CAN SEE. THE SITE WAS INDEED THE HOUSE AND FARM, NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH WAS ONCE OWNED BY ULYSSES S. GRANT. UNDER THIS NEW TRAINING TECHNIQUE, TARGET OR SITE RESOLUTION CAN BE SO HIGH THAT THE SOURCE'S PERCEPTION OF THE SITE EXCEEDS HIS CAPABILITY TU DESCRIBE IT ANALYTICALLY. AND HE IS THEREFORE TRAINED TO CONSTRUCT AN ACTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF THE SITE. THIS ABILITY IS NOT USED SOLELY AS AN ATTEMPT TO RENDER A MORE EXACT REPRESENTATION OF THE SITE THAN CAN BE DONE VERBALLY, OR BY MEANS OF DRAWING. RATHER, THE KINESTHETIC ACTIVITY DURING MODELING APPEARS TO (1) REDUCE MENTAL NOISE AND (2) ACT AS A TRIGGER TO PRODUCE FURTHER ANALYTICAL CONTENT ON THE SITE--EVEN CONCERNING ASPECTS NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED BY THE MODELING. THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE DEMONSTRATES THE SUCCESS WE HAVE ENJOYED USING THIS PHASE OF THE TECHNOLOGY, THE TRAINER READ THE GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES TO THE SOURCE, SOURCE DESCRIBED A LARGE, SMOOTH, GRAY BROWN MANMADE STRUCTURE WHICH SLOPED UP, THE SOURCE THEN CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED THE SECRET Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700280002-3 13
Approved For Release SE CRE 7002800028 SITE AS A DAM, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL HE MODELED THE SITE (SLIDE ON) THAT SOURCE REPORTED A POWER GENERATION PLANT. WHILE MANY DAMS HAVE POWER GENEREATION CAPABILITY, SOURCE'S MODEL SO ACCURATELY MATCHED THE SITE, THAT THERE WAS NO DOUBT HE WAS REMOTE VIEWING THE GRAND COULEE DAM (SLIDE ON). ANOTHER EXAMPLE: HAVING BEEN PROVIDED WITH GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES, SOURCE DESCRIBED WHAT SEEMED TO HIM TO BE A COMPLEX MANMADE STRUCTURE NEAR THE WATER. THIS STRUCTURE SEEMED TO HIM STRANGE AND INTERESTING. AS HE MODELED THE SITE. (SLIDE ON) HE DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS AN OLD PYRAMID STRUCTURE. AS HE COMPLETED THE MODEL HE STATED THAT THE NAME OF THIS OLD PYRAMID STRUCTURE SOUNDED PHONETICALLY LIKE “To Loo.” (SLIDE ON) THE SITE WAS IN FACT THE MAYAN PYRAMID OF TOLUM ON THE EAST COAST OF YUCATAN. PSCHOENERGETIC TECHNOLOGY IS CERTAINLY NOT A PANACEA, BUT IT is A VALUABLE RESOURCE IN COLLECTING AGAINST TARGETS INACCESSIBLE TO MORE CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS--IE,, COLLECTION IN TOTALLY DENIED AREAS, | SECRET Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700280002-3 14
Approved For Release eS RR Pe AGAINST UNUSUALLY HEAVILY DEFENDED TARGETS, IN SITUATIONS REQUIRING ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS RESPONSE, OR. AGAINST TARGETS WHOSE LOCATIONS ARE UNKNOWN. QNE HUNDRED AND SIX PROJECTS SINCE 1979 HAVE ESTABLISHED REMOTE VIEWING AS A VALID AND WORTHWHILE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEM, IT OFFERS THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AN ADDITIONAL TOOL, COMPLEMENTARY TO THE SIGINT/HUMINT/IMINT TRIAD, BUT WITH ITS OWN UNIQUE AND VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAKE TOWARDS EFFECTIVE MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT. Approved For Release rte ER Goh cores001700280002-3 15