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Under
Secretary
of
the
Army,
INSCOM
became
the
only
active
operational
GRILL FLAME
element
in
the
Army.
Program management
for
GRILL
FLAME
was
transferred
to
Commander,
INSCOM
effective
February
1981.
OACSI,
DAMI-ISH
remained
the
Army
focal
point
for
policy matters
and
interlace
at
the
national
level.
Overall
DoD
responsibility
resided
with
the
Defense
Intelligence
Agency
(DIA).
Also
in
1981,
a
joint
services
GRILL
FLAME
Committee
consisting
of
DIA,
the
US
Air
Force
and
US
Army
was
formed.
Later
the
Air
Force
Chief
of
Staff
directed
that
the
Air
Force
withdraw
from
the
committee
and
all
psychoerterget ic
programs.
A
comprehensive
program
was
designed
to
determine
the
operational
parameters
and
usefulness
of
psychoenergetics
and
assess
the
threat
these
phenomena
posed
to
national
security.
At
that
time
DIA
was
R&D
oriented
and
INSCOM' s
GRILL
FLAME
Project
was
applications
oriented.
In
the
FY83
DoD
budget
review
the
Budget
Subcommittee
of
the
Senate
Select
Committee
on
Intelligence
curtailed
all
p s ychoene r ge t i c
activities
funded
by
the
Army
in
the
National
Foreign
Intelligence
Program
(NFIP),
but
directed
that
DIA
could
complete
the
third
year
of
their
effort
and
that
all
future
Army
funding
be
budgeted
outside
the
NFIP.
INSCOM
terminated
formal
involvement
with
GRILL
FLAME
at
the
end
of
FY
82;
in
the
fall
of
1982,
in
keeping
with
congressional
desires,
the
Commanding
General
INSCOM
provided
funding
from
Security
and
Investigative
Activities
( S ft I A )
monies,
and
continued
its
efforts
under
a
provisional
eompa r t men
t: ed
SAP
nicknamed
CENTER
LANE,
On
September
1983,
the
Secretary
of
the
Army
approved
continued
Army
participation
in
CENTER
LANE
activities
within
INSCOM
and
with
appropriate
contractors
in
a
cooperative
effort
with
DIA.
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S ELECTI O N
O F
P ERSONNEL
:
a.
(S/CL-3 /NOFORN )
Cur rent
Se lectio n
Criteria:
After
over
a
year
of
participation
within
the
psych oenergetic
project,
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):
(1)
The
Minnesota
Multiphasic
Personality
Inventory
(MMPI )
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Gordon Personal
Profile
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Inventory
(GPI).
(3)
Fundamental
Interpersonal
Relations
Orientation-- Be h avior
(FIRO-B),
( 4 )
California
P s y c. h o 1 o g
i. c a 1
inventory
(CPI).
(5)
Edwards
Persona
L
Preference
Schedule
(EPPS).
(6)
Personal
Orientation
Inventory
(POI).
For
the
most
part,
t h e
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.
part i c t p a n t s
.
T his
new
test
is
c a 1 1 e d
the
INSCOM Factor
Questionnaire.
This
instrument:
is
used
to
compare
individuals
with
CENTER
LANE
sources.
A
high
score
suggests
that
individuals
have
similar
characteristics
to
operational
personnel
and
m a y
be
potential
candidates
for
the
project.
A
score
of
or
higher
is
considered
to
be
similar
to
CENTER
LANE
personnel.
Individuals
who
score
within
the
parameters
specified
by
the
INSCOM
psychologist
would
then
receive
personal
interviews
with
CENTER
LANE
Project
personnel.
From
these
i nterviews
new
project
participants
would
be
selected
and
t r a 1 n e d
.
b.
(S/CL-3/N0F0RN)
Projected
Sel ectio n
Criteria;
SRI-I
has
been
contracted
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,
will
delineate
specific
individuals
who
ex h i b
L t
a
higher
degree
of
talent
for
p sychoenergetic
abilities.
c.
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Voluntar y
Cons e njt
:
As
required
u n cl e
the
regulations
governing ""Human“lJse " ’ (see
- para
2.,
Appendix
A),
all
personnel
operate
on
a
strictly
voluntary
basis,
and
may
withdraw
at
any
tim e
w 1 t h o lit
any
form
of
prejudicial
action
or
c o n sideration
directed
against:
them.
Further,
participants
are
informed
of
any
known
or
potential
risks
that
might
be
inherent
in
program
participation.
This
is
accomplished
through
t h e
use
of
a
verbal
briefing
from
a
knowledgeable
CENTER
LANE
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
CENTER
LANE
Project
and
contractors/consultants.
A
samp Lc
of
t h e
voluntary
consent
Form
is
attached
as
In closure
,
Appendix
A.
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TRAINING
PR OCEDURE S:
To
provide
a
I ramework
for
the
standardizing
of
the
task
of
psychoenergetic
learning,
a
number
of
me t hodol ogles
are
being
utilized
an d
conducted
within
the
CENTER LANE
Project.
These
are
as
follows:
a
.
(S/CL-3/N0F0RN)
Orion lat io n
Testing/Tra ining
:
( 1 )
Purpose:
To
provide
new
personnel
with
an
introduction
to
training
and
applications
procedures.
(2)
Administered
by:
CENTER
LANE
Project
personnel
and
s elected
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.
Orientation
testing
is
designed
to
determine
if
new
personnel
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
i ncl u d e s
the
use
of
locally
significant
sites,
as
well
a s
mote
remote
geographical
locations
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 )
T raining
Session
Preliminaries:
Before
a
first
training
session
is
scheduled,
the
person
being
trained
is
oriented
fully
t:o
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.
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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
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
t r a in i n g
room
is
homogeneously - co 1 or ed
,
aeons t i
c. -tiled,
and
f e a L u t e 1 ess,
w 1 1 h
1 i g h L
c ontro 1 led
by
a
d
i mme r
,
so
that
environmental
distractions
can
be
minimized.
During
the
entire
p r o c ess
t h e
t r a
i n o e
a n d
m o n
i tor
f unction
as
a
t o am.
The
moni to
provides
encouragement
with
words
of
reassurance
that
the
task
is,
in
fact,
possible.
At
no
time
is
the
session
conducted
by
t h e
t rainec
in
the
a b s e n c e
o f
all
o t h e r
p e r sons.
I f
the
trai n e
e
d o e s
no t
h a v c
a n y
i mm edlate
sensory
Impressions,
the
monitor
applies
no
pressure.
Rather,
the
monitor
reassures
the
trainee
1 hat.
the r e
is
no
time
limit
for
t h e
train jji g
session,.
If
it
appears
to
the
monitor
that
the
impressions
are
in
some
way
contradictory
or
inconsistent,
the
monitor
may
then
attempt
c lari f i c a t ion
by
asking
questions
in
order
to
ver i
J: y
wh a t
t h e
trainee
first
describes.
All
sessions
are
tape-recorded,
and
p en
and
paper
are
a v a i 1 a b 1 e
for
t h e
trainee
to
s k etch
his
or
h e r
perceptions.
Experience
has
shown
that
some
trainees
prefer
to
combine
w r i tten
and
o r a 1
descriptions,
while
some
prefer
to
work
sequentially.
The
average
training
session
for
orientation
is
a p proximately
minutes
o f
a c
t u a 1
perception.
Trainees
g enerally
are
n o t
per in j
1: e d
to
go
beyond
m i n utes
as
t h i s
leads
to
percep t u a 1
confusion
a n d
eventua 1
1 o s s
o f
t h e
t: r a i n
i. n g
affect
.
( 8
)
Post
S e s sion
D y n a mica:
After
the
training
ucsslon
is
over,
the
trainee
and
mo n i t o r
obtain
specific
inf or m a 1 1 o n
about
the
target,
either
in
picture
descriptive
form
for
remote
geographic
sites,
or— as
in
the
case,
of
local
sites--by
actually
visiting
t he
target
si t e
.
T h e
t r a i nee
and
monitor
then
discuss
t. he
session
res u 1 1 s
.
The
purpose
of
this
p o s t-ses s i o n
a c t i v 1 1 y
is
to
provide
the
trainee
with
the
satisfaction
of
knowing
how
w e 1 i
he
or
she
d i d
w h i 1 e
m e n t a 1
p erceptions
of
the
targeted
site
are
still
fresh
in
mind.
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)
Purpose:
To
provide
trainees
with
the
requisite
s k. i 1 Is
necessary
to
p e r I:o r m
certain
psychoenerget ic
applications.
(2)
Administered
by:
Contractor
and
subcontractor
personnel.
(3)
Location:
SRI-T
Menlo
Park,
CA;
SRI--I
New
York,
NY;
SRI-I
Washington
D.C.;
and
other
mutually
agreed
locations
a s
r enquire d
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