Cor Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788R0011004 4p,aht _— a DEFENSE, TLIGENCE AGENCY WAGGHEEPIOS TOM. fbi PUA. MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE . SUBJECT: GRILL FLAME Program ~ ACTION ME MORANDUM (U) (5) The Uefense intelligence Agency (MTA) proposes contracting for tests procedure Known a4 remote y fewing, This procedure ws an tntellectual endeavor iy which & person Ts asked Co mentally perceive characteristics uf a remote Toce thor, For example, an ; ndividual would be provided with map coordinates and asked to locate, identify or describe» Large fs withtr. the coordinates. Ra- ,oHob invadye « any electronic sensing devices at or focused at ner interpreta ki on oF phoetagraphs obtained fron overhead or gel i que. moans. Ne spec ia equipment or environment is required for the testing, and tndividuals te Pwilt wot be given drugs or other stimuli. While it ds arguable that this contract fiself would not require approval under Procedure 1% of Boll Mirective 240,18, prudence would dictate that 7k be sa treated, and it ig clear that the underdying Memorandum of Understanding (MOU} and any further ‘development would reaguire such approvat. , mote ¥ ¥ewing doe ike (S) Enclosure T is a * brepased nou which would establish a jeint service (DIA, Army and Aiy Tored} . fort known as GRIEL FLAME, to determine the operationay narane Ler or and i veal ness OF the phenomenon of poychoonorgetics . This Lenn. paychoe merge ti ipcludes bath the programs discussed below. The y funded hy DIA, Army and the Air Force. This % total program would be jot intl pregnant Will include contracting for tests to examine remote viewine (clair- yayance} and psychokineties Crenote Herturbabion}. As ar examrte of the former, an todividual would be provided with map coardinates and asked Lo locate, tden- tify or desertbe target “oowithin those coordinates. Psychokinetics is the ability te meve imanimale objects from a distances many examples can be hypathesized. =) Lrctosure 2 cantaing the minutes of a meeting of the Army Surgeon General's ad huc subcemmitiee of the Human Sabject's Research Review Board. While these state thal there fs ao "known hazard to the persons involved," the possi ychotogicial or physical harm to an individual from the clairvoyance — or  seychokitettes experience was not categoricalty ruled cut. Moreaver, while the subcommittee addressed the existing protocel of the Shanfard Research Insti- tute ( the proposed contrac or}, and concluded that the present slate of the Project is such that tt docs not envision research or clinical investiqations involving hular subjects. they Indicate that tf 7s possible that follow on work may be so categorized. io) Enclosure 2 is an Army paper for the Assistant to the Chairman af the Joint Chiefs of Staff on GRILL FLAME which, at pago ?, discussed an ad hoc panel review of this area of research, The host ‘hight fieant results of this panel review are cooRD Chast ft he. DIA DT-1 BR CY Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : CIA: RDP96- 00788R001100440040-9 GC CHRON CY yer vine uh 13 Nov 2000
Hhat the Deputy Une Secretary of Defunse for Research and Fnginearing oyderrad cyurtatiment af all pragraul monies, bub posed no objection to continuance of nonresearch and development. intelligence application efforts. , on secretary ar Deputy Secretary af Defense of DIA parlicipa- sion in Lhe foregaing proposal would he required by Procedure TO 4 the tests gndertakenm aS part of the contract or extenstons of the contract or Jater can- tracts pursuant toa fhe MOU, “may expase an individual to the possibility uf a injury (incl Sy Approval by the luding phys teat, psychological, or social injury) that increases the ordinary risks of daily life Tor the subject...ar that temporarily adversely affects a person's mental ar physical condition." 5) The proposal werits your approval im order to assess the practicality in pp tying paranorna | Functions ba military and intelligence doals. Further, the research would delerming 7f Funcbions can be utilized by intelligence analysts ty & through application of paychoenergetic techniques to military targets. (5 xX ats Enclosures: GRILL FLAME praposed Memorandum of Understanding (S) 1 Cy DoA Memorandum, 2 April 1979 (u) 1 Cy DoA OACST Memorandum, 22 July 1980 (S) 71 Cy Coordination: pod GC puSD (PR) detache pitncndes Neale mE A A Tw “USA/GC USAF/GC _ a neceineninennnnasenryecrierstin mim tecmnniens tt aaa ett SA MONAT Approved For Release 2003/09/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001100440040-9 2 ribanee their grasp, anderctanding and knowledge of arcas of uilitary interest