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IN THE
PAST
FEW WEEKS
A
GREAT DEAL
OF
I LI T ARY-RELATED PARAPSYCHOLOGY
HAS
BEEN GENERATED
AT
I Li ARMY
LEVEL.
SPECIFICALLY,
DR.
LABERGE,
USOFA
,
ISSUANCE
OF
UNCLASS I-
intfrfst
IN
THE DEPARTMENT
IS PERSONALLY
ivOLVED,
AND
OACSI
IS
PUTTING TOGETHER
AN
INFORMATION
PACKAGE
FOR
W
IM.
TO
ASSURE ADEQUATE SECURITY
PROTECTION
FOR
THIS
INCREASINGLY
iNSITIVE SUBJECT,
THE
FOLLOWING
POLICY MESSAGE
(REE
ABOVE)
IS
ETRA NSMITTED
:
QUOTE
"RECENTLY
INCREASED HIGH LEVEL
INTEREST
IN
ARAPSYCHOLOGY/REMOTE
VIEWING
(PY/RV)
,
ALONG WITH
INHERENT
SENSI-
-viTIES,
NOW WARRANT USE OF
AN UNCLASSIFIED
NICKNAME.
THE
LASSI FIED NICKNAME GRILL FLAME WILL REPLACE
ANY
OPEN REFERENCE
US
ARMY
INVOLVEMENT
IN
PY/^V RESEARCH,
EXPERIMENTS,
APPLICATION,
1C.
THE FACT
OF
US
ARMY
INTEREST
OR WORK
IN
PY/RV
IS
CLASSIFIED
EGRET
NOFORN
.
FROM
THE US ARMY
STANDPOINT,
A
STRICT NEED-TO-ENOW
'aVEAT
IS
NOW OPERATIVE
IN
ANY SITUATION
INVOLVING PY/RV."
END
.'UOTE
.
(S/NOEORN)
IT
IS KNOWN TEAT
A
NUMBER
OF
I)OD
"PLAYERS,” WHO
jACSI
IS
TRYING TO
IDENTIFY,
ARE
INVESTIGATING THE
PY/RV PHENOMENA.
i'ACSI
IS
AWARE
THAT
INSCOM
IS ALSO MOVING FORWARD
IN
AN
ASPECT
OF
HIS
ENDEAVOR.
( S/NOFOP N
)
THERE
IS
A
SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT
OT ON-GOING ACTIVITY
-Y
SEVERAL ARMY OPERATING
AGENCIES
AND
DOD ELEMENTS REGARDING PY/RV
SEARCH
FED
ICR
?. VYANCE
?0 JECTS
DEVELOPMENT,
AND APPLICATION.
THERE
IS
NO DOUBT
OF THE
A
COHERENT ARMY/DOD
PROGRAM.
UNTIL
SUCH TIME
AS
THE FULL
OPTIONS
ARE DEVELOPED
BY
OACSI,
REQUEST
INSCOM HOLD
IN
„
ANY PLANNED EXECUTION WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES
OF
ANY
OF THIS
NATURE.
THIS OFFICE WILL KEEP
INSCOM
UPDATED WITH
N FORMAT ION
RECEIVED AMD OPTIONS
DEVELOPED
IN
ORDER TO
ENHANCE
STERNAL PLANNING
AND FUTURE
ACTION.
INSCOM
IS
TO BE COMMENDEI
INITIATIVE
TAKEN
IN
THIS
ENDEAVOR.
THE
SENSITIVITY
OF
THE
NTIRE SUBJECT
OF MILITARY-RELATED PY/RV
IS
SUCH THAT MAXIMUM
UTION
IS
ADVISED,
PRECLUDE POSSIBILITY
OF COMPROMISE.
DELIVER
TO ADDRESSEE
ONLY,
DURING
NORMAL DUTY FOURS.
DEC
2008.
FOR
NOTE
:
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(ressrach
DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
(RESEARCH.
ENGINEERING AND SYSTEMS)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
(RESEARCH,
DEVELOPMENT AND LOGISTICS)
SUBJECT:
GRILL FLAME Activity
(U)
(S)
This note
is
respect
to OUSDRE
and
its potential
for
the purpose of establishing policy with
support of investigations
into parapsychology
military applications.
(S)
Based upon the December
19 79
report of
the
GRILL. FLAME
Scientific Evaluation Committee and upon my own sense of
f°r ef
^or fs within
th ® OUSDRE,
I believe it appropriate
that
the Recommendations
of Chapter
3,
pages
l 0
and
relati no
to OUoDRE activities be
implemented
.
n?r*
s^st'ance of those" recbnunenaalfbns ‘ as"they “relate “to
techno! oav^™^ was
. to
^ ad to be not appropriate to fund
-----
technology programs
aimed at scientific demonstration of
the
existence of
the
subject effects,
and that as
a consequence
orxiad bv^DL^
a "? B “ntsvllle
in
«
no t ba Lth-
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UsDRc,
.
Therefore,
no new work will be initiated under
apolication^fP ° £ °USD?V
n
thK areaS of Potential .niUtary
(application of parapsychology effects,
*
(S)
Other recommendations
in
the report deal with intelligence
related RtD and suggest
a continuation of
low level efforts
within the INSCOM.
These activities clearly are outside Se
responsibility of OUSDRE
and therefore are Neither endorsed
-
nor denied,
when intelligence
related pat apsychologic&J
efforts
require support by OUSDRE personnel
or facilities,
I would
like
•r° be
a(Jvi£>ed,
but interpose
no objection
if
the
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PATRICK M.
HUGHES.
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FOR UNDER. SECRETARY
OF THE ARMY
,/w/S >
SUBJECT:
GRILL FLAKE
(U) — DECISION MEMORANDUM
1.
(S)
Section
of
Procedure
18 requires
the approval
of
Under
Secretary
of
Army
in order
for Army
Intelligence,
to continue
its
GRILL FLAME activities.
2.
(S/NOFORN)
Army
1NSC0M GRILL FLAME activities meet or exceed
the
requirements
of
Section
of
Procedure
18.
Important
foreign
intelli-
gence and counterintelligence purposes arc served by GRILL FLAME exper-
imentation.
Informed
consent
of
all.
subjects is obtained
in writing and
only
in accordance with guidelines
issued
by Department
of Health Education
and Welfare setting conditions
that
safeguard
the welfare
of
the subjects.
3.
(S)
Request
the Under Secretary approve
our participation
in GRILL
FLAME activities under Procedure
18.
FOIAb5
ARMY
t
R. THOMPSON
Major General, USA
ACofS
for
Intelligence
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OF
ANY
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OF
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CONTINUED
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and
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MAJ
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DAM I -I SI
AND
LTC
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i'UMINT.
1.
(S/NOFORN)
EFFECTIVE
JAN
»1
,
BY
APPROVAL
OF
(JNDER
SECRETARY
>F
ARMY,
INSCOM
IS
NOW
THE
ONLY
ACTIVE
OPERATIONAL
GRILL
FLAME
(OF)
EM ENT
IN
ARMY.
IN
ORDER
TO
ENSURE
A 'CONTINUED EFFECTIVE
OF
PROGRAM
AT
ALLOWS
MAXIMUM
RESPONSIBILITY /AUTHORI TT
TO
INSCOM,
PRO ORAM
MAN-
rG l ME NT
FOR
GF
IS
TRANSFERRED FROM
OACSI
DA
TO
CDR
INSCOM
EFFECTIVE
HIS
DATE.
OACSI,
PAMI-ISH
WILL
CONTINUE
TO CLOSELY
MONITOR
OF,
MND REMAIN
THE
ARMY FOCAL
POINT
FOR POLICY
MATTERS,
AND
*'J£N
RE-
I HFD INTERFACE
AT
THE NATIONAL
LEVEL.
THE
ACSI
WILL
CONTINUE
TO
BE
INFORMED
OF SIGNIFICANT
OF
ACTIONS /DEVELOPMENTS
AS
REQUIRED.
(n)
oproMMTTMD
T NS COM
OF ELEMENT
CONTINUE
TO
ENSURE
ALL LEGAL/
'EDI CAL HUMAN
USE
ISSUES
ARE MET PRIOR
TO
CONDUCT
OF
ANY
ME i
GF
INI-
TIATIVES.
FURTHER
REQUEST CONTINUED
CLOSE COORDINATION
BETWEEN
‘A MI -I SR
AND
GF
PROJECT OFFICER.
REVtf
ON
MAY
.09.
if:0
NOTE:
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DUTY
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
ADCSOPS-HUMINT
SUBJECT:
Briefing of New ACSI a
BG ODOM
1.
(U)
On
20 November
1981,
from 1030-1130 hours.
BG Odom was briefedby
COL Norman
S.
Wells,
Director,
Intelligence Systems,
OACSI
and MAJ Dennis O’Keefe,
OACSI GRILL FLAME Project Officer.
2.
(FOUO)
The OACSI
briefing covered the history of the project, participants
past and current,
significant actions,
funding
and future planning.
I provided
a summary of
INSCOM activities
and requestors,
and selected samples of successful
projects.
3.
(S)
BG Odom described himself
as
an honest skeptic.
He expressed
an
interest
in Army becoming involved
in
an R&D effort to prove or disprove the
existence of the phenomena.
BG Odom questioned the
low
(40%)
useful
data ratio
provided requestors,
and while COL Wells,
MAJ O'Keefe and
I
tried to put
it
into
the same perspective
as other collection
systems,
I
do not think
he was completely
satisfied.
(After the brief,
COL Wells recommended to MAJ O'Keefe
an update on
this
after
BG Odom becomes more familiar with GRILL FLAME.
)
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Incl
ROBERT
J.
JACHIM
1 .
Opns Summ
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2.
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Grill
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FOR SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
SUBJECT:
GRILL FLAME
(U)— DECISION MEMORANDUM
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f
1.
(S/N0F0RN)
The
US Army Intelligence
and Security Command's
(INSC0M)
Project GRILL FLAME investigates
and applies
remote
viewing phenomena
in support
of Important
foreign intelligence
and
US
counterintelligence requirements.
INSCOM employs
active
duty military
and -Department
of the
Army
civilians
in- the
execu-
tion of
the project.
Both the
Defense
Intelligence
Agency
(DIA)
and INSCOM purchase the services
of private
contract
personnel,
in support
of GRILL FLAME.
During FY
82,
INSCOM plans
to train
two newly assigned personnel
in remote viewing techniques
and con-
tinue
to conduct operational sessions against
Important
foreign
Intelligence
and counterintelligence requirements.
FO'IAb5
ARJV1Y
3.
(S/N0F0RN)
The US Army INSCOM GRILL FLAME activities
satisfy
.
the human
use standards of Section
»
Procedure
18.
All
Army GRILL
FLAME participants
are volunteers who have executed written state-
ments
of Informed
consent.
Representatives
from the Army General
Counsel
and
the
Office
of the
Army Surgeon General provide
legal’
and medical oversight
.
All contracts entered
Into
by
INACOM
con-
tain the written commitment
that
the provisions
of Procedure
18,
DOD Regulation 52A0.1-R will
be
followed
.
The
DIA contract monitor
ensures
the
contracted party executes their Procedure
18 responsi-
bilities
.
The
Deputy Secretary
of Defense authorized DIA partici-
pation
in GRILL FLAME on
11 Dec
(Incl
1)
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-4.
(C)
Congress
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FY
funding
for GRILL FLAME.
At
the
same
time.
Congress approved the
Army
request
for
five
permanent
personnel positions
for GRILL FLAME.
With
the
Commander,
US Army
Intelligence
and Security
Command,
I
am exploring the various
options
for maintaining
a GRILL FLAME effort
in FY
82.
I will,
by
separate
correspondence,
keep
you
informed
on
the
future
status of
GRILL FLAME FY
funding
.
In the meant Ime
,
Army
' s authority
to
conduct GRILL FLAME operations
under the provisions
of Procedure
18,
DOD Regulation 5240. 1-R past
14 Jan
82 must
be renewed.
5-
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Request
the
Secretary
of the Army approve our continued
participation
in GRILL FLAME activities within INSCOM and with the
DIA and
its contractor.
Army participation will
be
in strict
ac-
cordance with
the provisions of Procedure
18 ,
DOD Regulation 5240. 1-R
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MEMORANDUM FOR
ADCSOPS-HUMINT
SUBJECT:
Termination of The Army GRILL FLAME
(U)
Attached
is
a copy of
a paper provided 0ACSI
by the GDIP Staff
indicating
the Army GRILL FLAME Program would not be funded for FY 83.
2.
(S/NOFORN)
MAJ Fox,
OACSI,
GRILL FLAME Protect
flfficnr
„
ACSI letter
tn rr
TMcrnivi
nef
•
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1 ro J eet urricer ,
is preparing an
Mtol letter to LG,
INSC0M officially notifying him of the project termination
The letter will also seek to determine
if INSC0M wishes to attempt to continue
XSlTo™"“
If the “ “iShe° t0
into
the
S'ff'-Jr*
lt th°
,INSC0M peroonnel could be integrated
V
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o
^
he
. na
J
> ear of the
three year DIA program.
In
the
third year a crime
objective is .the completion and verification of the
net, SRI Saining P^ogrZ
INSC0M'l»I|
SMffS2
>
Detef” in
f
if «*> director
,
NSA uould integrate the current
INdLUM GRILL FLAME project into any NSA program.
in FYM iTLD°tneT
B " ***
^ b°
4.
(F0U0)
Integrate
the current
INSC0M GRILL FLAME project
into a
Tairung and evaluation program under
the auspices of the INSC0M Staff
Psychologist or Organizational Effectiveness Officer.
4-
*-
^r!
Reassign the current military personnel
into Fort Meade oroaniza
fM°FY 84.
Y Qj Pendln9 COmpletion of the DIA Program and Congressional Lview
3.
(S/N0F0RN)
Options:
a.
Option
1 and
2 would continue the program but without
INSC0M control.
b.
Funds to implement option
3 may not be available or reprogramable
.
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Vitiation
of
a training/evaluation program without
operational mission funded and supported "out-of-hide
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d.
Option 5 suspends activity
in
the program for a minimum of
1 year.
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4.
Options 1/2 and 4 appear
to be
the most viable approaches.
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J.
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as
LTC,
MI
GRILL FLAME Froject Manager
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