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CONTENTS
.
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
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DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
SUN STREAK PROJECT MANUAL
1.
(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
anj|_
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 ;
a.
(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,
communicates
with,
and/or
perturbs
characteristics
of
a
designated
target,
person,
or
event.:
c.
(U)
Psychoenergetic
Trainee :
- A
person
being
trained
to
be
a psychoenergetic source.
<3.
(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.
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(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."
9.
(0)
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)
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(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^ prof iles
of
prospective
Project
candidates
with
.
successful
psycbenergetic
operatives.
A
high
score
suggests
iaW'
> „
that
individuals
liave
similar
characteristics
to
operational
psychoenergetic personnel
and
may be
potential
selectees
for
the
project.
A
score
of
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
, pr^»v4de
-ip--fvee<iked
,
c.
(S/NOFORN)
Voluntary
Consent ;
As
reguired
under
the
regulations governing
"Human Use"
(see para
2.,
Appendix A),
all
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operate
on
a
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.
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.
,-.p
Orientation
testing
is
designed
to
determine
if
new
personnel
. ^
have
aptitudes
which
would
be
of
operational
value
and
couid
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
pertu rb 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
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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
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
minutes
of
actual
perception.
Trainees
generally
are
not
permitted
to
go
beyond
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
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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
;
d)
Purpose:
To
provide
trainees
with
the
requisite
skills necessary
to perform certain psychoenergetic applications.
(2)
Administered
by:
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:
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
minima l
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
through
appertain
to
general
site
features,
which
become
increasingly
refined
as
individual
competency
with
Stage
techniques
develops.
Stage
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
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
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.
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(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.
c.
(S/NOFORN)
Applications Training :
(1)
Purpose:
To
enable
advanced
trainees
to
integrate
Gad 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.
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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
in
a
real
world environment.
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7.
(S/NOFORN)
A^PItTCATIONS
:
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
per
week.
<3.
(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.
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