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JCS/J3/SOD
MEMORANDUM FOR: LTC WATT/USA/DA/-IAFM-OPS-HU-SA
SUBJECT:
INTERIM EVALUATION, GRILL FLAME PROJECT
1.
APPLICATION OF PROJECT GRILL FLAME TO ONE OF SOD'S CURRENT
AREAS OF INTEREST WAS ACTIVELY INITIATED BY DA DURING MID-
NOVEMBER 1979, WITH THE INITIAL SESSION OCCURRING ON 27 NOV 79.
2.
JCS/J3/SOD WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPRAISED OF THE PROGRAM, AND
IN CONJUCTION WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER DEVELOPED A JOINT EX-
PLOITATION APPROACH WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT DURING THE FIRST
WEEK IN DECEMBER,
1979.
DURING THE 1 DECEMBER -
28 FEBRUARY
TIME FRAME,
69 GRILL FLAME REPORTS WERE PREPARED ON BEHALF OF
JCS/SOD.
3.
THE COMMENTS PROVIDED BELOW ARE BASED UPON AN EXAMINATION OF THE
REPORTS CITED ABOVE AND REFLECT A JUDGEMENTAL ANALYSIS, AFTER
COMPARISON OF THE REPORT DATA WITH OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THIS
OFFICE.
SUFFICIENT CORELATION OF PHYSICAL VERIFIABLES HAS BEEN OB-
TAINED TO INDICATE THAT GRILL FLAME DATA HAS VALUE WHEN USED IN CON-
JUCTION WITH OTHER SOURCE MATERIAL. jfT^ILL FLAME DATA APPEAR TO PRO-
VIDE INSIGHTS THAT WOULD NOT BE READILY AVAILABLE THROUGH OTHER
SOURCES, PARTICULARLY WHEN WORKING AGAINST A TARGET IN A DENIED OR
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.
4.
GRILL FLAME REPORTING APPEARS TO HAVE INCREASED POTENTIAL WHEN
PROPER CARE IS TAKEN TO MAP OUT A STRATEGY WHICH INVOLVES:
A.
A THOROUGH REQUESTOR UNDERSTANDING OF THE GRILL FLAME PRO-
CESS,
ITS LIMITATIONS, AND ITS SUSCEPTABILITY TO MISINTERPRETATION
WHEN VIEWED IN ISOLATION OR WHEN ASSUMED TO BE PRECISE.
B.
A FAMILIARIZATION OF THE CONTROLLER WITH THE TARGET AREA
(IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL VERIFIABLES AND DESIRED TYPES OF INFORMATION)
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SELECTION OF PROPER SOURCE IN RELATION TO DESIRED INFORMATION
(GEOGRAPHIC, PHYSICAL, OR INTELLECTUAL)
D.
GENERAL ORIENTATION OF SOURCE WITH TARGET AREA
(GENERAL PHYSICAL
OR FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION)
E.
EXERCISE OF PROPER DIRECTION OF SOURCE DURING MISSION PERIOD.
F.
OBJECTIVE CORELATION OF GRILL FLAME DATA BY COMPETENT ANALYST
(REQUESTOR) WHO HAS INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER AVAILABLE INTELLIGENCE .
5.
IN SUMMARY, GRILL fiLAME DATA APPEARS TO HAVE POTENTIAL VALUE AS
A SU^EMENTAL OR KEYING SOURCE.
ANY DECISIONS BASED SOLEY ON GRILL
FLAME MATERIAL,
HOWEVER, WOULD BE EXTREMELY RISKY AND NOT RECOMMENDED.
FINAL EVALUATION OF THE GRILL jzLAME DATA AND VALIDATIONS/INVALIDATIONS
OF THE COMMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS MEMO CANNOT BE MADE UNTIL THE SITUATION
WHICH WAS TARGETED IN THESE REPORTS IS RESOLVED AND THE PARTIES INVOLVED
ARE FREE TO DISCUSS THE EVENTS.
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SUBJECT:
INTERIM EVALUATION, GRILL FLAME PROJECT
1.
APPLICATION OF PROJECT GRILL FLAME TO ONE OF SCO'S CURRENT
AREAS OF INTEREST WAS ACTIVELY INITIATED BY DA DURING MID-
NOVEMBER 1979, WITH THE INITIAL SESSION OCCURRING ON 27 NOV 79.
2.
JCS/J3/SOD WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPRAISED OF THE PROGRAM, AND
IN CONDUCTION WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER DEVELOPED A JOINT EX-
PLOITATION APPROACH WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT DURING THE FIRST
WEEK IN DECEMBER,
1979.
DURING THE
1 DECEMBER - 28 FEBRUARY
TIME FRAME,
69 GRILL FLAME REPORTS WERE PREPARED ON BEHALF OF
JCS/SOD.
3.
THE COMMENTS PROVIDED BELOW ARE BASED UPON AN EXAMINATION OF THE
REPORTS CITED ABOVE AND REFLECT A JUDGEMENTAL ANALYSIS, AFTER
COMPARISON OF THE REPORT DATA WITH OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THIS
OFF.ICE.
SUFFICIENT CORELATION OF PHYSICAL VERIFIABLES HAS BEEN OB-
TAINED TO INDICATE THAT GRILL FLAME DATA HAS VALUE WHEN USED IN CON-
DUCTION WITH OTHER SOURCE MATERIAL.
GRILL FLAME DATA APPEAR TO PRO-
VIDE INSIGHTS THAT WOULD NOT BE READILY AVAILABLE THROUGH OTHER
SOURCES, PARTICULARLY WHEN WORKING AGAINST A TARGET IN A DENIED OR
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.
4.
GRILL FLAME REPORTING APPEARS TO HAVE INCREASED POTENTIAL WHEN
PROPER CARE IS TAKEN TO MAP OUT A STRATEGY WHICH INVOLVES:
A.
A THOROUGH REQUESTOR UNDERSTANDING OF THE GRILL FLAME PRO-
CESS,
ITS LIMITATIONS, AND ITS SUSCEPTABILITY TO MISINTERPRETATION
WHEN VIEWED IN ISOLATION OR WHEN ASSUMED TO BE PRECISE.
B.
A FAMILIARIZATION OF THE CONTROLLER WITH THE TARGET AREA
(IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL VERIFIABLES AND DESIRED TYPES OF INFORMATION)
.
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JCS/J3/SOD
MEMORANDUM FOR: LTC WATT/USA/DA/-IAFM-OPS-HU-SA
SUBJECT:
INTERIM EVALUATION, GRILL FLAME PROJECT
1.
APPLICATION OF PROJECT GRILL FLAME TO ONE OF SOD'S CURRENT
AREAS OF INTEREST VJAS ACTIVELY INITIATED BY DA DURING MID-
NOVEMBER 1979, WITH THE INITIAL SESSION OCCURRING ON 27 NOV 79.
2.
JCS/J3/SOD WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPRAISED OF THE PROGRAM, AND
IN CONJUCTION WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER DEVELOPED A JOINT EX-
PLOITATION APPROACH WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT DURING THE FIRST
WEEK IN DECEMBER,
1979.
DURING THE 1 DECEMBER - 28 FEBRUARY
TIME FRAME,
69 GRILL FLAME REPORTS WERE PREPARED ON BEHALF OF
JCS/SOD.
3.
THE COMMENTS PROVIDED BELOW ARE BASED UPON AN EXAMINATION OF THE
REPORTS CITED ABOVE AND REFLECT A JUDGEMENTAL ANALYSIS, AFTER
COMPARISON OF THE REPORT DATA WITH OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THIS
OFFICE.
SUFFICIENT CORELATION OF PHYSICAL VERIFIABLES HAS BEEN OB-
TAINED TO INDICATE THAT GRILL FLAME DATA HAS VALUE WHEN USED IN CON-
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JUCTION WITH OTHER SOURCE MATERIAL.
GRILL FLAME DATA APPEAR TO PRO-
VIDE INSIGHTS THAT WOULD NOT BE READILY AVAILABLE THROUGH OTHER
SOURCES,
PARTICULARLY WHEN WORKING AGAINST A TARGET IN A DENIED OR
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.
4.
GRILL FLAME REPORTING APPEARS TO HAVE INCREASED POTENTIAL WHEN
PROPER CARE IS TAKEN TO MAP OUT A STRATEGY WHICH INVOLVES:
A.
A THOROUGH REQUESTOR UNDERSTANDING OF THE GRILL FLAME PRO-
CESS,
ITS LIMITATIONS, AND ITS SUSCEPTABILITY TO MISINTERPRETATION
WHEN VIEWED IN ISOLATION OR WHEN ASSUMED TO BE PRECISE.
B.
A FAMILIARIZATION OF THE CONTROLLER WITH THE TARGET AREA
(IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL VERIFIABLES AND DESIRED TYPES OF INFORMATION)
.
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(REQUESTOR) WHO HAS INTIMATE KNCWLEDGE OF OTHER AVAILABLE INTELLIGENCE
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5.
IN SUMMARY, GRILL GLAME DATA APPEARS TO HAVE POTENTIAL VALUE AS
A SUPLEMENTAL OR KEYING SOURCE.
ANY DECISIONS BASED SOLEY ON GRILL
FLAME MATERIAL, HOWEVER, WOULD BE EXTREMELY RISKY AND NOT RECOMMENDED.
FINAL EVALUATION OF THE GRILL GLAME DATA AND VALIDATIONS/INVALIDATIONS
OF THE COMMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS MEMO CANNOT BE MADE UNTIL THE SITUATION
WHICH WAS TARGETED ..IN THESE REPORTS IS RESOLVED AND THE PARTIES INVOLVED