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The three-year program report recommended Alternative
2.
The
basis
for this choice
is
found
in the performance
of
the primary
SRI
viewer
and several
of
the
INSCOM viewers.
Each did considerably better
than chance over
a series
of operational remote viewings.
This
statistically significant
series
should not be taken
to mean that
an
operational capability exists;
it
means only that there
is
a potential
that might be developed into
a useful
intelligence collection
tool.
For
instance,
the configural and analytical content
of RV sessions must be
improved.
Even today,
SRI
does not claim to be able
to train and develop
a cadre
of remote viewers who can consistently produce operational-quality
intelligence.
Someday,
hopefully
soon,
this will be possible.
(S/NF)
A complete assessment
of the Grill Flame project can be
found
in
"The Three-Year Grill Flame Program,"
dated
22 August
1983.
The key
findings are
as
follows:
•
Remote viewing
is
a real phenomenon and
is not degraded by
distance
•
Remote viewing can be improved by appropriate training
procedures
•
Remote viewing also has potential
for U.S.
intelligence
applications and
a potential threat
to national
security
exists from foreign achievements
in psychoenergetics.
(S/NF)
It
should again be noted that there was a wide gap between
Army INSCOM,
and DIA' s understanding as
to what
the current
state of
the
art
is
in psychoenergetics research.
To give
the Three Year Program some
semblance
of order and direction,
eight major areas
of
interest were
identified.
Each bears directly on the applications orientation
of
the
two sponsors.
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A.
(U)
Training
(S/NF) The effort was divided
into research and development,
and
training personnel
from client organizations.
At the end of
the program,
the assumption was
that
improved remote viewing can be achieved through
training.
While almost
all
of
the effort during the Three-Year Program
was placed on only one methodology,
research was begun on another training
program when the Three-Year Program was concluded.
Additional
training
methodologies
that should yield more and better training programs are
continually reviewed
at
SRI.
B.
(U) RV Enhancement
(C)
To this point,
most
of the targeting has been using
coordinates.
Other targeting strategies were
investigated and they
show
promise.
In addition an attempt
to
identify and separate good from bad
data during sessions was made.
Calibration trials and audio linguistic
analysis were both looked
at but did not hold enough promise
to warrant
their continuance.
C.
(U)
Search
(C)
Search
is
looking for an object or person that
is
lost.
Some
progress was
made,
however,
this problem still baffles the researchers.
D.
(U)
Evaluation
(C)
A number of evaluation methods have been developed over
the
years,
yet no standard procedure exists.
Very little was accomplished on
this
subject during the Three Year Program,
but
the research on this
important area continues.
E.
(U) Data Base Management
(C)
During the program a system was developed to store and
sort
both RV data and intelligence
information.
F.
(U)
Countermeasures
(C)
Research on this area still largely resides on gaining an
improved understanding of the RV phenomena.
Direct
searches
for
countermeasure techniques cannot take place without having some basic
understanding of
the phenomena.
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(U)
Evaluation Recommendations
(C)
The
final
section
of
the Three-Year Grill Flame Program Report
made
two recommendations.
It
is
interesting both
have been followed.
The recommendations were:
•
Applied
intelligence-oriented
research
in
remote
viewing
should
be
continued.
(It
has,
although
through
another
funding
source.)
•
Basic
research
on
RV
and
PK
should
be
initiated.
(It
has,
also through another
source.)
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6. THE FOLLOW-ON PROGRAM (U)
(S/NF)
In FY
1984,
the U.S.
Congress
imposed
a prohibition on
spending KFIB money
for psychoenergetics research.
At
this point,
the
Three-Year Grill
Flame Program had ended and an assessment
of
the research
was made.
The recommendation was
that
the work showed very promising
potential,
especially the use
of RV to gather
intelligence.
Fortunately
both Army and DIA were able
to
secure R&D funds
to continue financing the
research at
SRI
.
A.
(U) FY 1984
(S/NF)
In FY 1984,
as before,
the Army portion of the program was
dedicated
to topics
that would assist
INSCOM
in
improving
the performance
of their
in-house RV group.
The DIA funds were used
to continue
lines
of
research that began
in the Grill Flame
era.
A complete
list
of areas
investigated and
the FY 1984 budget are shown
in Table
8.
Prior
to FY
1984,
only one training methodology had been investigated and
it was used
to train
a number
of
individuals
to do
RV.
During FY 1984,
research
on
an
alternative program was begun and good
initial results were obtained using
that
technique.
(S/NF) Also
in FY 1984,
a major emphasis was placed on methods
to
evaluate data derived from RV.
Until
then,
RV research had concentrated
on training people
to do
RV,
improving the quality of RV data,
and looking
at
variables
that affect
RV.
A very vital
area,
evaluation,
had received
some attention but no concentrated effort.
Evaluation
is,
of course,
critical
to any research effort and evaluating RV data has been an
especially difficult
task and one that
is surrounded by much controversy.
Complete and detailed reports are available on each
of
the
tasks
investigated
in FY 1984.
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