Approved For Release 2000/08/@8r. Bh4 NF i 86 -00788R001700330002-7 I am LIC BuzBy,. PROJECT MANAGER FOR INSCOM PROJECT CENTER LANE. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY DEPUTY, BILL RAY. AND MY OPERATIONS OFFICER, FRED ATWATER. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING I$ TO ORIENT YOU TO A UNIQUE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION PROJECT THAT USES THE CENTER LANE TECHNIQUE. ' I WILL DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM, TRAINING,’ OPERATIONS, AND OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.’ FOLLOWING THE BRIEFING. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A TOUR OF OUR OPERATIONAL BUILDING. THE OVERALL CLASSIFICATION OF THE BRIEFING 1S SECRET. CENTER LANE Levet 4. Sip, CENTER LANE 1S A REGISTERED DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM. THAT STATUS AND THE SENSITIVITY OF THE CENTER LANE MISSION KEQUIKE US TO ADHERE TO STRICT SECURITY PROCEDURES.” AS PART OF THOSE PROCEDURES. WE ASK ALL PERSONNEL WHO RECEIVE A CENTER LANE BRIEFING TO COMPLETE A SECURITY BRIEFING CERTIFICATE THAT ACKNOWLEDGES AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF CENTER LANE INFORMATION. GENTLEMEN? I HAVE A RECORD THAT YOU COMPLETED THE CERTIFICATES WHEN YOU REVIEWED THE CENTER LANE PKOJECT WITH LTC FOX IN LATE JANUARY 1984. (CHART 1) Sir,’ THE INSCOM CENTER LANE PROJECT INVOLVES THE USE OF PSYCHOENERGETICS FOR INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES. PSYCHOENERGETICS ARE THE PROCESSES BY WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL MAY PSYCHICALLY INTERACT WITH OBJECTS LOCATIONS? ORGANISMS OR EVENTS. THIS INCLUDES SUCH DISCIPLINES AS PSYCHOKENESIS. REMOTE VIEWING, AND REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 THE CENTER LANE MISSION 1S TO USE PSCHO ENERGETICS TO ENHANCE OTHE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEMS;. THAT IS SIGINT. IMIN], AND HUMINT. OUR MISSION IS AS SHOWN ON THE NEXT CHART. CONDUCT INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS UTILIZING ALL PSYCHOENERGETIC PROCESSES APPLICABLE. TRAIN SELECTED PERSONNEL IN STATE-OF-THE-ART PSYCHOENERGETIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND COUNTERINTELL1IGENCE TECHNIQUES + EXPAND OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND TRAINING BEYOND THE CONFINES OF INFORMATION COLLECTION INTO THE FIELDS OF PSYCHOENERGETIC COMMUNICATION AND PSYCHOKENESIS. \He US ARMY'S INTEREST IN PSYCHOENERGETICS GOES BACK TO 15872. WHEN THE SURGEON GENERAL THROUGH THE MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION AGENCY (MLIA). TOGETHER WITH DIA, PUBLISHED STUDIES OF SOVIET BLOCK WORK.’ IN 1976/°THE MISSILE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (MIA) INFORMALLY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN US REPLICATION OF CLAIMED SOVIET EXPERIMENTS IN PSYCHOKENESIS.:’ SR] DEVELOPED A SMALL PROGRAM FOR THEM AND IN AUGUST 1977, MIA AWARDED SRI AN $80K ONE-YEAR R&D CONTRACT..' DURING THE SAME TIME,’ ANOTHER DARCOM Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : ALA-RDPIG-00788R009700330002-7
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7 AGENCY»: THE ARMY MATERIAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AGENCY WAS INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF REMOTE VIEWING CONCEPTS WITH SRI.’ THESE EFFORTS CONTINUED THROUGH FY 1980, IN MARCH 1980, WILLIAM J. PERRY, THEN UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, ORDERED CURTAILMENT OF ALL P6 MONIES SUPPORTING THE PkUGRAM? “BUT POSED NO OBJECTION TO CONTINUANCE OF NON-R&D INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS EFFORTS.’ THIS ACTION EVENTUALLY CAUSED DARCOM To CEASE ALL ACTIVITY. (CHART CHANGE) THE US ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND'S INVOLVEMENT WITH PSYCHOENERGETICS BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER 1977. AT THAT TIME, AN INSCOM ELEMENT IMPLEMENTED THE GONDOLA WISH PRUGRAM WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE THE SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN PSYCHOENERGETIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION THREAT INTO THE ALL=SOURCE OPERATIONS SECURITY COPSEC) SUPPORT SCENARIO. bY SPRING OF 1978, THE ARMY ACSI] CONCLUDED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO WARRANT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM TO EXPLUKE MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOENERGETICS. HE CANCELLED THE GONDOLA WISH EFFORT, PLACED A COMPLETE SECURITY ENVELOPE OVER ARMY'S INTEREST IN PSYCHOENERGETICS, AND IMPLEMENTED A NEW PROGRAM DIRECTED TOWARDS INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION USING KEMOTE VIEWING, ° THE NEW EFFORT WAS GIVEN THE UNCLASSIFIED NICKNAME GRILL FLAME. IN OcToBER 1978, ACSI TASKED Approved For Release 2000/08/ Na GIA-RDP96-00788R001700330002-7