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MEMORANDUM FOR
THE RECORD
SUBJECT:
ACSI/INSCOM GRILL FLAME Status Review,
July 1980
(U)
1.
(U)
PURPOSE:
This MFR covers the major points discussed during the ACSI/INSCOM
Grill Flame Status Review held on
28 July 1980.
The meeting commenced
at 1300 hrs,
and adjourned at 1530 hrs.
The following personnel attended the meeting:
MG THOMPSON
MG ROLYA
COL WHITE
MR.
KELLY
LTC SASAI
LTC WATT
MAJ STONER
MAJ HAY
ACSI
CG,
INSCOM
ADCSOPS-HUMINT,
INSCOM
Special Assistant,
ACSI
OACSI
INSCOM,
GF Project Manager
OACSI
OACSI
2.
(C)
LTC Watt reviewed the progress/development
of the INSCOM Grill Flame program.
Several operational tasks were discussed
in detail.
See
Incls
1 and
2.
LTC Watt
also discussed the following:
a.
(U)
: Status of recommended DOD joint program being suggested by DIA.
Currently,
DIA
is preparing draft MOU that
all primary elements will be asked to approve.
This
MOU should shortly be released by DIA.
b.
(C)
Status of new area that INSCOM Grill Flame project will be moved
to.
LTC Watt announced that they will move the
1st week
of August and that operational
sessions should commence again NLT
the middle of August.
c.
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Status of individuals assigned to the
INSCOM GF Project,
including fact
that all personnel
(military) will be subject to rotation
by July 81.
3.
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COL White mentioned that POM item for creation of formal TDA unit had been cut
by DIA and that smaller
5 man effort was being proposed
in its place.
MG Thompson
indicated that
he was aware
of the action.
4.
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COL White briefed
on the recent personality profile tests that the INSCOM
GF personnel had taken under the supervision
of the INSCOM Staff Psychologist.
Results should
be available within the next 45 days.
The objective of these tests
was to see if there are any "common threads" among the people involved
in the GF
program.
Also,
the tests might help
in screening people
if and when
INSCOM tries to
expand the program.
5.
(S)
MG
Rolya gave the following guidance:
a.
(U)
That after the Staff Psychologist finishes his study,
we are to brief him
on the results and then he will look
at the possibilities
of expanding the program.
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b.
.(c)
That
it appeared to him that CIA was our "biggest" tasker and he wanted
a more
balanced effort.
c.
(S)
That over the next few months he will look at the personnel situation as
regards possible losses due to rotation.
(NOTE:
Everyone agreed that doing remote
viewing on
a full-time basis would not be an acceptable approach.)
6.
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MAJ Stoner stated that the Under Secretary of the Army was scheduled to review
the Army Grill Flame Program on
14 Nov
80.
7.
(S)
After the formal review portion of the meeting ended,
Mr.
Ingo Swann,
independent
consultant from
SRI,
was introduced to the members.
Mr.
Swann briefed
on the progress
he has made in developing
a new method for improving remote viewing results.
Basically,
Mr.
Swann's findings revolve around the principle of separating the components
or
SIGNAL/NOISE from one another and being able to improve the ratio between the two items.
Prior to training the ratio
is 20% signal and 80% noise,
but after training the ratio
is
reversed.
He stated that his research had led him to place "noise" m the following
categories:
NOISE
TYPES & FREQUENCY
OF OCCURRENCE
1.
Analytical Overlay
2.
Session Conditions
3.
Allegorical Overlay
4.
Peripheral Overlay
.
Miscellaneous
6.
Monitor Overlay
NOTES:
Analytical:
99% start with qualifier:"like
"
Allegorical:
"This reminds me....."
Peripheral:
Room should be sterile.
He then broke the "signals"
into the following categories:
1.
Major Signals
(Gestalts)
2.
Sensory Signals
3.
Motion Signals & Mobility
4.
Minor Signals
(within Gestalts)
3.
Special Characteristics Signals
6.
Sonic Signals:
Reading signs,
language
7.
Change of state
NOTE:
It took Swann 4 months to train people
on the 1st two stages.
Finally,
he presented training steps that helps one identify what
is going
on.
75%
15%
5%
3%
2%
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TRAINING
SIGNAL RECOGNITION & DISCRIMINATION OF NOISE CHARACTERISTICS
STEPS
1.
Recognition
& decoding of gestalts.
2.
Acceptance
of sensory signals.
3.
Achieving mobility within target signals.
4.
Recognition and decoding of minor signals while sustaining major gestalts
5.
Decoding special characteristics
of target.
6.
Analytical recognition and decoding of non-physical aspects of the target
Incl
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MURRAVB. WATT
LTC,
MI
Project Manager
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CHAD B.
COL,
GS
ADCSOPS-HUMINT,
INSCOM
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