Approved For Release 2004/08/16 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001100020001-7 CONTENTS 1. GENERAL 2. DEFINITIONS 3. OBJECTIVES 4. APPLICATIONS 5. SELECTION OF PERSONNEL 6. TRAINING PROCEDURES 7. OPERATIONS PROCEDURES 8. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES 9. CONFIDENTIALITY 10. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT APPENDICES: A. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW B. HUMAN USE ISSUES C. PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST DESCRIPTIONS D. EVALUATION PROCEDURES E. EVALUATION CRITERIA F. TRAINING TARGETS; CLASSES AND DEFINITIONS G. DETAILS OF TRAINING PROCEDURES H. DETAILS OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY - CHAIN OF COMMAND - IC TASK COORDINATING GROUP - USER INTERFACE - DETAILED PROCEDURES Approved For Release 2004/08/16 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001100020001-7
Approved For Release Raphod i} <i4-RDpo6-o07s9R001 100020001-7 16 December 1985 DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SUN STREAK PROJECT MANUAL l. (S/NOFORN) GENERAL: This manual describes procedures and activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Special Access Program ,(SAP) SUN STREAK. The mission of SUN STREAK is to develop an operational psychoenergetics capability (i.e. remote viewing) for the U.S. Intelligecne Community. SUN STREAK is conducted within approved "human use" guidelines and does not involve any practices which expose participants to harmful circumstances or substances such as drugs. 2.  (S/NOFORN) DEFINITIONS: ae (U) Psychoenergetics: A mental process by which an individual perceives, communicates with, and/or perturbs characteristics of a designated target, person, or event remote in space and/or time from that individual. It does not involve any electronic devices located or focused at the target, nor does it involve classical photo interpretation of photographs obtained from overhead or oblique means. b. (U) Psychoenergetic Source: A person who perceives, of communicates with, and/or perturbs characteristics a designated target, person, or event._ : c. (U) Psychoenergetic Trainee: - A person being trained to be a psychoenergetic source. d. (U) Psychoenergetic Session: A single attempt by a psychoenergetic source and an interviewer/monitor to perceive, communicate with, and/or perturb characteristics of a designated target, person, or event. e. (U) Interviewer/Monitor: The individual who interacts. directly with the psychoenergetic source before, during, and after the session. CLASSIFIED BY DIA DT: DECLASSIFYON. OA a SECRET = ~~ NOT RLEASABLE Ty FURoL GN Dad es Approved For Release 2004/08/16 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001100020001-7 ee
ee geo Approved For Release sofayfn rk eked oorsanoct 100020001-7 £. (U) Remote Viewing: The name of a method of psychoenergetic perception. A term coined by SRI-International (SRI-I) and defined as "the acquisition and description, by mental means, of information blocked from ordinary perception by distance, shielding, or time." g. (U) Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV): A Remote Viewing technique that requires the use of coordinates as targeting information. h. (U) Targeting Information: An abstract referent which represents the target of interest. i. (U) Target/Site: A specific area, person or event at a specific time. j. (U) Discrete State: A type of psychoenergetic activity in which the source perceives his consciousness to be located at the target. 3. (S/NOFORN) OBJECTIVE: It is the objective of this manual to document psychoenergetic training and applications procedures so aS to maintain reasonable uniformity and consistency in present and future SUN STREAK training and operations. 4. (S/NOFORN) APPLICATIONS : SUN STREAK applications of psychoenergetics include but are not limited to: (1) targeting of key enemy personnel from covert agents to key military commanders, (2) monitoring hostile military movements, lines of communication, and -specific technologies, (3) detecting changes in the state of military units, (4) detecting and assessing hostile intelligence efforts targeted against friendly units/missions, and (5) detecting and assessing hostile technological capabilities in specific locations. Since US Department of Defense personnel, command and control locations and systems, units, materiel, and operations are subject to a Similar hostile intelligence service threat, SUN STREAK can assist in devising countermeasures to eliminate or reduce vulnerabilities. 5.  (U) SELECTION OF PERSONNEL: a. (S/NOFORN) Current Selection Criteria: After over a year of participation within the psychoenergetic project, original source personnel were tested by the INSCOM Staff Psychologist in an attempt to determine a suitable profile by which further participants could be identified. The specific tests administered were (see Appendix B for test descriptions): SEOKE. | Approved For Release 2004/08/16 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001100020001-7
Approved For Release 2° CRET 100020001-7 (1) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). (2) Gordon Personal Profile - Inventory (GPI). (3) Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation- Behavior (FIRO-B). (4) California Psychological Inventory (CPI). (5) Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS). (6) Personal Orientation Inventory (POI). For the most part, the group presented itself as emotionally Stable with no marked trends. There did appear to be an interesting similarity in defensive style, a tending toward artistic, aesthetic, and cultural interests, and an introversive style of emotional expression. From these test results the INSCOM Staff Psychologist constructed a test that may be used as an initial screening tool in the selection of new psychoenergetic participants. This new test is called the INSCOM Factor Questionnaire. This instrument is used to compare the personality; profiles of prospective Project candidates with successful psydbenergetic operatives. A high score’ suggests that individuals have Similar characteristics to operational psychoenergetic personnel and may be potential selectees for the _ project. A score of 20 or higher is considered to indicate - Significant similarity to successful psychoenergetic personnel. Individuals who score within the parameters specified by the INSCOM psychologist would then receive personal interviews with SUN STREAK Project personnel. From these interviews new project _participants would be selected and trained. b. (S/NOFORN) Projected Selection Criteria: SRI-I has completed a contract to investigate and report on a particular aspect of psychoenergetics relating to operational management of personnel; that is, to determine if a personality testing technique can be created which, when applied to a_ general population, would delineate specific individuals who exhibit a higher degree of talent for psychoenergetic abilities. Though the results provided by SRI-I came far short of providing either a thorough list of dependable selection criteria or a reliable selection system, they did establish a valuable data base and a promising point of departure for a future project that should be able to Fovide expetiy-what—4 rected veien CC trys ey movpr (rnd vhko 0 CAL OT pPrrteded, Cc. (S/NOFORN) Voluntary Consent: As reguired under the regulations governing "Human Use" (see para 2., Appendix A), all SECRET Approved For Release 2004/08/16 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001100020001-7 LZ H,lee :
Approved For Release SECRET 100020001-7 personnel operate on aé_ strictly voluntary basis, and may withdraw at any time without any form of prejudicial action or consideration directed against them. Further, participants are informed of any known or potential risks that might be inherent in program participation. This is accomplished through the use of a verbal briefing from a knowledgeable SUN STREAK official, and the execution of a personalized Statement of Consent form outlining all pertinent information and considerations. The voluntary consent requirement pertains to individuals assigned to the SUN STREAK Project and contractors/consultants. A sample of the voluntary consent form is attached as fnclosure 5, Appendix A, oo 6. (S/NOFORN) TRAINING PROCEDURES: To provide a framework for the standardizing of the task of psychoenergetic learning, a number of methodologies are being utilized and conducted within the SUN STREAK Project. These are as follows: a. (S/NOFORN) Orientation Testing/Training: (1) Purpose: To provide new personnel with = an introduction to training and applications procedures. (2) Administered by: SUN STREAK Project personnel and selected contractor and subcontractors. (3) Location: Fort George G. Meade, Maryland and other designated locations. (4) Duration: One to six months. (5) Description of Procedures: Orientation testing/training is developed from the practical application of state-of-the-art psychoenergetic technology drawn from academic institutions, scientific laboratories, and research establishments around the world. It is an eclectic approach, using those methods which have applications potential. have aptitudes which would be of operational value and could be developed through training. This orientation testing consists of a series of controlled’ exercises in psychoenergetic functioning. New personnel may be asked to attempt to perceive, communicate with, and/or perturb characteristics of a designated target, person, or event remote in space and/or time from that individual. Orientation training is composed of practical exercises in Remote Viewing, lectures, literature review, and observation of others. It includes the use of locally significant sites, as well as more remote geographical locations SECRET Approved For Release 2004/08/16 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001100020001-7 Orientation testing is designed to determine if new personnel.._.__..
Approved For Release 200408 F16 (C)4-Ropes6-po7e9R001 4100020001-7 as targets. A target pool consists of a controlled group of sites or targets and their associated targeting information. Prior to the beginning of a training session, a target is randomly selected from this target pool. Information available concerning the target is kept from the trainee until after the session. (6) Training Session Preliminaries: Before a first training session is scheduled, the person being trained is oriented fully to the procedure to be followed by the monitor. The trainee is instructed that he or she should state only raw perceptions, since experience has shown that specific definitions are quite often wrong while initial raw perception tends to be correct. Personnel being trained are always encouraged to express their feelings and ideas for enhancing all aspects of the psychoenergetics collection process. (7) Training Session Dynamics: During the 30-60 minutes prior to the agreed-upon time of a training session, the monitor offers some encouragement to the trainee in the same manner that a coach might give a pep talk to his team. During the 15 minutes immediately before the session the trainee and monitor are generally silent. Experience has shown (unpublished data) that this quiet time enhances the training process. The training room is homogeneously-colored, acoustic-tiled, and featureless, with light controlled by a dimmer, so that environmental distractions can be minimized. During the entire Process the trainee and monitor function as a team. The monitor - provides encouragement with words of reassurance that the task ~ is, in fact, possible. At no time is the session conducted by the trainee in the absence of all other persons. If the trainee does not have any immediate sensory impressions, the monitor applies no pressure. Rather, the monitor reassures the trainee that there is no time limit for the training session. If it appears to the monitor that the impressions are in some way contradictory or inconsistent, the monitor may then attempt clarification by asking questions in order to verify what the trainee first describes. All sessions are tape-recorded, and pen and paper are available for the trainee to sketch his or her perceptions. Experience has shown that some trainees prefer to combine written and oral descriptions, while some prefer to work sequentially. The average training session for orientation is approximately 15 minutes of actual perception. Trainees generally are not permitted to go beyond 30 minutes as this leads to perceptual confusion and eventual loss of the training affect. (8) Post Session Dynamics: After the training session is over, the trainee and monitor obtain specific information SECRET Approved For Release 2004/08/16 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001100020001-7
Approved For Release 2060p (cla OP a§-00789R001 400020001-7 about the target, either in picture descriptive form for remote geographic sites, or--as in the case of local sites--by actually visiting the target site. The trainee and monitor then discuss the session results. The purpose of this post-session activity is to provide the trainee with the satisfaction of knowing how well he or she did while mental perceptions of the targeted site are still fresh in mind. b, (S/NOFORN) CRV Training: (1) Purpose: To provide trainees with the requisite skills necessary to perform certain psychoenergetic applications. (2) Administered bys: In-house, contractor and Subcontractor personnel. (3) Location: Ft. Meade, MD; SRI-I Menlo Park, CA/New York, NY; and other mutually agreed locations as required. (4) Duration: 12 to 18 months. (5) Description of Procedure: External CRV training waS a contracted service provided by SRI-I. The training itself involves lectures on theory coupled with practical exercises and drills. Particularly effective instructional procedures include active participation wherein the trainee interacts with the curriculum materials by responding, practicing, and testing each step of the material to be mastered; information feedback, wherein the trainee finds out with minimal delay whether — the response is correct; and individualized instruction, wherein the trainee moves ahead at his or her own rate. The training procedures have been broken down into several stages representing various elements of CRV phenomena. These stages both facilitate training and actually follow the predictable course of increasing perception which builds itself in specific increments and impact. Stages 1 through 3 appertain to general site features, which become increasingly refined as individual competency with Stage 3 techniques develops. Stage 4 involves perception of specific site elements, a good portion of which may not be available to any other intelligence techniques, save for actual penetration of the site. Stage 5 allows the trainee in a sense to reverse the procedure and "interrogate" his Perceptions, allowing clarification of various specific or Subtle features of the site. Stage 6 permits the construction of 3-dimensional models of major site characteristics, with increasing refinements. in detail. Experience and_ theory extension indicates that additional increments exist beyond Stage 6. Research is underway to develop and define the parameters and potentials of these additional fields. SECRET Approved For Release 2004/08/16 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001100020001-7
~~ Approved For Release 2ooaobret-ca ppR . 0{89R001100020001-7 (6) Session Dynamics: In conducting a CRV session, a remote viewer or trainee and a monitor begin by seating themselves at the opposite ends of a table in a special remote viewing room equipped with paper and pens, a tape recorder, and an overhead TV camera which allows either recording for documentation, or monitoring by individuals outside the room. The room is homogeneously-colored, acoustic-tiled, and featureless, with light controlled by a dimmer, so_ that environmental distractions can be minimized. The session begins when the monitor provides targeting information, in the form of specific site coordinates, to the trainee. For training purposes the monitor is allowed to know enough about the site to enable him to determine when accurate versus inaccurate information is being provided. The session then proceeds with the monitor repeating the targeting information at appropriate  _ intervals and providing necessary feedback. The feedback procedure was designed to reinforce the trainee's contact with the site but not to assist him by random cuing. The remote viewer generates verbal responses and sketches, until a coherent response to the overall task requirement emerges. The use of the quick reaction-response procedure has been found useful in minimizing imaginative embellishment. (7) Post Session Dynamics: After the training session is over, the trainee and monitor obtain specific information about the target. As in the case of orientation training, this is presented in- picture descriptive form for remote geographic sites, or in the case of - local sites, may involve actually visiting the target site. The trainee and monitor then discuss the session results, again with the purpose of providing the trainee with the satisfaction of knowing how well he or she did while mental perceptions of the targeted site are still fresh. Cc. (S/NOFORN) Applications Training: (1) Purpose: To enable advanced trainees to integrate and expand acquired skills for psychoenergetic applications. (2) Administered by: SUN STREAK Project personnel. (3) Location: Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. (4) Duration: Continuous. (5) Description of Procedure: Procedures for applications training are essentially identical as those previously presented except in the style of target presented. Applications targets are actual targets of military interest, SECRET Approved For Release 2004/08/16 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001100020001-7
Approved For Release 2004 EE COREE Porro 100020001-7 such as US facilities or USSR sites from which data are available or can eventually be obtained. Targets of this type provide a basis for judgements regarding utility, accuracy, calibration, and depth of detail for any given trainee ina real world environment, CP eRAIUNMS TRE PURES 7. (S/NOFORN) APPEEICATIONS: SUN STREAK sources can be used to perform psychoenergetic applications in support of intelligence and counterintelligence requirements (see paragraph , above). The dynamics of applications sessions parallel those of training sessions, The sequence of events consists of the following: (1) tasking; (2) development of a collection plan; (3) conduct of psychoenergetic session(s); (4) reporting; (5) evaluation. Applications sessions are always conducted under the control and management of SUN STREAK personnel. Sessions may be conducted at Fort Meade or other locations as deemed necessary. Psychoenergetic consultants/contractors may be employed when required to meet applications requirements, 8. (S/NOFORN) ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES: a. Sources and trainees may be monitored using appropriate non-intrusive biological monitoring equipment. b. The maximum number of applications sessions for each source will not exceed ten per week. c. The maximum number of training sessions for each source will not exceed 20 per week. d. (U) SUN STREAK procedures do not involve the use of drugs, substances, or circumstances harmful to participants. Facilities at Kimbrough Army Hospital, Fort Meade, MD, are available if required. 9. (S/NOFORN) CONFIDENTIALITY: Individuals performing as psychoenergetic trainees, sources, and monitors under the SUN STREAK Project will not have their roles identified outside of their parent organization without their specific prior consent, and they will be referred to in project reports only by an alpha-numeric designator. Products of SUN STREAK such as tapes, drawings, transcripts, rosters, or other materials which might reveal the identity of the source will be coded to assure the protection of their identity. 10. (S/NOFORN) PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: Psychoenergetic sessions will be conducted in an ordinary room at ambient temperature and humidity during the normal waking hours of the participants. The only limitations on these parameters will be for security from electronic eavesdropping and elimination of ordinary distractions, such as radio, office machinery, and outside noises, SECRET Approved For Release 2004/08/16 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001100020001-7