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I am LTC Jachim,
Project Manager for the INSC0M portion ofn
D0D Project GRILL FLAME.
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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 INSC0M
in the project.
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Next,
a discussion of remote viewing and examples of completed
projects for which we received the requestor's evaluation.
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And,
finally,
a review of
those projects which have been
completed but not evaluated.
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First the history
of INSCOM's involvement.
In the fall of
'1978,
ACSI tasked INSC0M
t.o determine if parapsychology could
be used to collect intelligence.
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 p&ychoMri<£sis, and
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Second,
perceptions which cannot be explained
through known sensory means.
This is known as ESP,
telepathy and remote viewing.
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Specifically,
INSC0M"S tasking was to determine
if Remote
Viewing could be used as
a collection method.
Remote Viewing
is defined, as the ability
of an individual,
to access information
previously unknown, without regard to time,
location,
or
any attempt
to hide the target from
a collector.
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To meet ACSI's tasking INSC0M 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 be learned?
Next could remote
'
viewing be applied as
a collection method?
And,
finally,
could remote viewng respond to collection requirements
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First,
could remote viewing be learned:
SRI
International,
an acknowledged leader
in the field of paranormal reseach,
which
is located
in Menlo Park, California relied upon
established
pfcfythics, who used their individual abilities to
remote view.
INSC0M,
using the personality traits and
characteristics compiled by SRI
during their work with these
pl^chics,
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.
( We
,
(gleaned much. of this information from commanders and supervisors.)
We gleaneB much of”Ehis“ information from commanders and
supervisors.
We then conducted over
100 individual interviews.
After the 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 scientists involved
in pj^chic
research,
six were 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 th^s training should last,
since no one had
attempted to train
pjKychics,
guidance was again sought from SRI.
Based upon their judgment an
to 24 month training cycle was
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established.
Milestones during this first period wereg
the
fall of 1978 through February
1979
- personnel were located;
f
rom February
1979 through December 1979 - initial training
t SRI
in California and Fort Meade was undertaken.
INSCOM's
first training session was conducted on
28 February
1979.
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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?
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Work,
to answer these questions was overcome by events.
In
September
1979,
ACSI tasked
INSC0M 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
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