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PROTOCOL
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AMSAA APPLIED REMOTE VIEWING
PROTOCOL
(S-ORCON)
.
(S-ORCON)
General
This
protocol
contains
the procedure for AMSAA sponsored remote
viewing.
It
is
in effect for
the period required
to accomplish
the
•scope of work.
Remote viewing
(RV)
is
an
intellectual
process
by which
a person perceives
characteristics of
a
location
remote from that
person.
RV does
not involve any electronic
sensing devices
at or
focused
at. the target site,
nor does
it
involve
classical
photo
inter-
pretation of photographs obtained from overhead or
obi ique means
.
The
individual
performing
RV
(the remote
viewer)
is
provided with
a unique
identifier such
as stationary map coordinates,
a
specific
structure,
an
identifiable vehicle
(aircraft
tail
number)
or
a
specific
individual
(name,
place of birth,
age,
and/or photograph).
The
task of the remote
viewer
is
to
locate,
identify and/or describe
the
target.
The
task
is
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No
drugs,
hypnosis,
special
sensory
(visual,
.
auditory or olfactory)
or proprioceptive
stimuli,
liminal
or subliminal,
electrical
or electromagnetic
stimulus will
be
used
in
this
RV
protocol.
2.
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MILITARY OBJECTIVE
It
is
the objective of this
protocol
to
standardize
the process of
RV
so that
it may become an established
task
in
the
spectrum of
intel-
ligence and information gathering functions
and for target acquisition
appl ications
.
3.
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MILITARY APPLICATIONS
RV provides
a capability
to target field mobile weapons which
are
currently difficult or impossible
to
detect prior
to
launch,
such
as
tactical
missiles and rockets
and attack
helicopters.
RV
can
be
used
to:
target on
key enemy military individuals
from covert agents
to
key
battle commanders;
detect
the
change
in
state of military units,
to
rapidly determine the damage resulting from non-nuclear weapon attack;
..
to determine the access
code
to computers
and other electronic devices;
and
to determine
the
general
content of documents
and other
informational
items found
in military organizations.
US Army Personnel,
units, materiel
and operations are vulnerable
to
RV.
Countermeasures must
be devised
to
reduce this
vulnerability.
4.
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APPROVAL HISTORY
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The Commander,
US Army Materiel
Development
and Readiness
Command
(DARCOM) approved
in
principle
the
US Army Materiel
Systems Analysis
Activity
(AMSAA)
involvement
in what
is
now
known
as
project GRILL
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in April
1978.
ligence
(ACSI)
tions.
Overall
Agency
(DIA).
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1978,
the Assistant Chief of Staff for
Intel
accepted
lead responsibility for GRILL FLAME applica-
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the
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5.
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DEFINITIONS
a.
Remote Viewing
(RV)
:
an
intellectual
process
by which
a
person perceives characteristics of
a
location remote from that person,
it does not involve any electronic sensing devices
at or focused
at the
target nor does
it involve classical
photo
interpretation of photographs
obtained from overhead or oblique means.
b.
Remote Viewer :
the person who
locates,
identifies
and/or
describes
the
target.
c.
Interviewer:
the person who
interacts with
the
remote viewer
before,
during
and after
the
RV session.
d.
Remote Viewing Session
:
a single attempt
by
the remote viewer
to
locate,
identify and/or describe
a
target.
e.
Project Officer
:
the overall,
responsible
individual
for
all
aspects
of the
pro j ect :
John
W.
Kramar
(For curriculum vitae,
see Tab
A).
6.
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Procedure
To
provide
a framework for standardizing
the task of RV,
a
series
of
RV sessions
will
be conducted.
The elements
of
an
RV
session are
(1)
target selection;
(2)
remote viewer session
preliminaries;
(3)
remote viewing session;
and
(4)
post-session analysis.
The procedure
will
be described
using geographic coordinates
as
the remote target
identi fier.
(1
)
TARGET SELECTION
From
a target
pool
of
-
100 geographical
coordinates
previously selected
by an individual,
called
the
target
pool
selector
(TPS),
the TPS will
select
a
target
for the session.
This
person
does
not communicate at any time with
the remote viewer or
the
interviewer.
The
-
100 individual
targets
are randomized,
numbered and stored
in
a
secure container accessible only to the TPS.
A target
is presented only
once
to the remote
viewer.
(2)
REMOTE VIEWER SESSION PRELIMINARIES
Before
a
first
RV
session
is
scheduled,
the remote viewer
is oriented
to the procedure
to
be followed
by
the
interviewer.
The
remote viewer needs
to
understand that
he or
she should state raw
perceptions;
experience
has
shown ^
that specific interpretations
are
quite often wrong while the
initial
raw perception
tends
to
be correct.
Remote viewers are always
encouraged
to
express
their feelings
and
ideas
for enhancing
all
aspects of the
RV
process.
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REMOTE VIEWING SESSION
During
the
-
60 minutes
prior
to the agreed-upon start
time of
a
session,
the interviewer offers
some encouragement
to
the
remote viewer
in the manner of
a coach giving
a
pep
talk
to
his
team.
During
the
15 minutes
immediately before the
session,
the
remote viewer and interviewer are generally silent.
Experience has
shown
(unpublished data)
that this
"quiet
time"
enhances
the
RV
process.
During
the
15 minute, viewing
period,
the remote viewer and
the interviewer function
as
a
team.
The
interviewer provides encourage-
ment with words
of reassurance that the
task
is
in fact possible.
At
no
time
is
the session conducted
by
the remote viewer
in
the absence of
all
other persons.
If the remote viewer does
not have any
immediate sensory
images,
the interviewer applies
no pressure;
rather,
the
interviewer
reassures
the remote viewer that they
have
all
the time
i n
the world.
When
the remote viewer
has
an
image of the remote target site,
the
interviewer,
in conversation with
the remote
viewer,
may then
suggest
that the remote viewer intellectually move around
at
the
site and
describe the
site more fully
(e.g.,
buildings,
terrain
features,
people,
activities, machinery,
etc).
If
it appears
to
the
interviewer that the
images
are
in
some way contradictory or
inconsistent,
the interviewer may then attempt
clarification by asking questions
in order
to
verify what the remote
viewer first described.
The
RV
session
is
tape recorded
and
pen and paper are
available for the remote viewer
to sketch
his perceptions.
Experience
has
shown^
that some remote viewers
prefer
to
combine written
and oral
descriptions,
while
some prefer
to work sequentially.
The average
RV
session
is approximately
30 minutes
and
never exceeds
60 minutes.
(4)
POST-SESSION ANALYSIS
After
the
RV session
is
over,
the
remote viewer and
interviewer obtain from the TPS specific information about the target
information package and compare their session results with
these data.
The remote viewer and the interviewer discuss
the session
results.
The
purpose of this
post-session analysis
is
to provide the remote viewer
with the satisfaction of knowing how well
he or she
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7.
(S-ORCON)
VARIATIONS
IN PROCEDURE FOR
RV
a.
GENERAL REMOTE VIEWING
The foregoing
has
focused
on
the
use of coordinates
to
obtain
from
a
remote viewer
the description of that site.
Another
approach
to
the same
goal
is
to access
the target site
on
the
basis of
a
person
in place of
a coordinate.
For example,
the
remote viewer
is
provided
some personal
information and
then
proceeds
to
describe
the
location of the
individual.
Thus,
the
individual
serves
as
a
beacon
to
locate the target
by
RV.
To standardize
this
approach,
the procedure
described
in paragraph
is modified.
The
elements
of this
procedure
consist of
(1)
target
selection;
(2)
remote
viewer
session' prel iminaries
(3)
activity of person who
serves
as
beacon;
(4)
remote viewing session;
and
(5)
post-session analysis.
(1
)
TARGET SELECTION
A target
pool
of
-
100 targets
will
be
selected
by
a
TPS.
The targets
chosen
will
be distinctive,
but
to
include more
than one example of each
type.
This
precludes
the
remote viewer from
eliminating
a perception of
a target because one of that type was
used
before.
The remote viewer
is
informed that the target
pool
consists of
similar as well
as different
types of targets.
All
other. aspects
of the
target selection element of the procedure remain the
same.
(2)
REMOTE VIEWER SESSION PRELIMINARIES
This
element
is
identical
to that of the
basic
RV
procedure.
(3)
ACTIVITY
OF
PERSON WHO SERVES
AS
BEACON
At
the beginning of the RV
session,
the remote viewer
and
interviewer are given one or more items
of biographical
information
or may even meet briefly,
for 3-5 minutes,
the
individual
serving
as
the
beacon.
If the latter
is
the
case,
the beacon
individual
departs
the
meeting and obtains
the target
from the TPS.
This procedure eliminates
the possibility of the beacon
individual
divulging
any hint of the
target.
The beacon
individual
travels
to
the
target,
arriving there at
the previously specified
time.
He or she then
interacts with
the
site
for the predetermined
length
of time of the
RV
session.
(4)
REMOTE VIEWING SESSION
This
element
is
identical
to that of the basic
RV
procedure.
(5)
POST-SESSION ANALYSIS
This
element
is
identical
to that of the
basic
RV
procedure.
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b.
TACTICAL REMOTE VIEWING
Currently envisioned military
RV
applications
will
draw on
general
RV
techniques
utilized
in coordinate
and beacon
RV
.
To standard-
ize this approach
the procedure
described
in paragraph
6 and
7a
is
modi fied.
(1)
TARGET SELECTION
Tactical
targets
will
be selected from U.S.
military
units
involved
in military exercises;
they will
range from field test
units with military vehicles
such
as
tanks
and
helicopters which are
instrumented
to determine their spatial
location throughout
a
field
trial,
operational
units
involved
in
routine
field exercises
and
small
units likely
to undertake no-notice exercises.
(2)
REMOTE VIEWING SESSION PRELIMINARIES
This
element consists
of
the
basic
RV procedure
augmented
by
a
briefing on some
known aspects
of the
target.
(3)
ACTIVITY AT TARGET
Target activity will
be
as prescribed
by the commanders
and umpires and will
be totally
independent of the
RV
session.
(4)
REMOTE VIEWING SESSION
This element
is
identical
to
that of the basic
RV
procedure.
(5)
POST-SESSION ANALYSIS
After
the
RV
session
is
over,
the
remote viewer and
interviewer discuss
the
session results
and formulate specific questions
about the target activity,
location,
and
state during the period of RV
.
When information on the military exercise
is available
the
interviewer
and
the remote viewer compare
it with
the session
results.
The purpose
of this post-session analysis
is
to
provide
the
remote viewer with
the
satisfaction of knowing
how well
the remote viewer performed.
8.
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SCOPE
OF TARGETS
FOR REMOTE VIEWING
AMSAA sponsored
RV
will
exclude non-program associated US
civilian and military,
allied,
or neutral
nation's
citizens
as
targets.
9.
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PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
AMSAA
is
the performing organization.
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PROJECTED MAXIMUM NUMBER OF REMOTE VIEWERS AND
INTERVIEWERS
2 active duty military,
assigned
to AMSAA
(officers)
8 DA civilians
(GS
12 and above)
assigned
to AMSAA
3 AMSAA civilian consultants
(retired
general
officer)
Persons
involved will
be principally either remote viewers or
interviewers,
but there may
be
some exchange of roles.
11.
(S-ORCON)
SELECTION
OF REMOTE VIEWERS AND
INTERVIEWERS
A number of AMSAA personnel
were introduced
to
the
RV phenomena
by
a
guest speaker presentation
on
the
subject.
Following
th'is
initial
introduction,
others became familiar with
the phenomena
through
the
circulation of open literature
publications
on
RV.
Discussions about
the military applications
of
RV
phenomena
by
interested analysts
re-
sulted
in
a decision
by AMSAA management
to
seek establishment of
a
program to define
the military utility of
the
process.
Individuals who
had previously shown
an
interest
in
the potential
application of the
RV
process were invited
to participate
as
a
remote viewer or interviewer.
Individuals
desiring
to participate
in these
tasks were accepted.
Other
individuals
selected after
the
initial
participants were identified were
given an orientation
on
the phenomena
and asked
to read published
materials
on
RV.
After
a familiarization with
the
RV
process
and
procedures,
individuals were asked
if they would
be willing
to partici-
pate
as
a remote viewer or
interviewer.
Only those
individuals who
indicated
a positive desire
to participate were accepted.
12.
(S-ORCON)
REPLICATION
OF THE
RV
PROCESS
It
is
proposed
to
conduct
up
to
RV
sessions
per month.
Three principal
RV
procedures
have
been described:
one
uses map co-
ordinates,
one
uses
a
beacon
individual
(introduced
to
the remote
viewer)
and
a third
uses
a
beacon
individual
(not
introduced
to
the
remote reviewer).
It
is our
goal
to have each
person participating
as
a
remote viewer
(about
8 persons)
perform each of the
3 RV
procedures
at
least
times
in
the course of this
protocol
(8 x
3 x
=
120 RV Total).
The minimum time required
to achieve this
goal
at
the rate of about
RV sessions
a month
is
6 months.
Realistically,
participants
will
not
be available from other duties
on such
an
intensive
basis.
Therefore,
we project at least
10 months
to accomplish
this
number of
RV
sessions.
For each participant,
the maximum number of RV sessions
will
be
per day and
no more than
3 per week.
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13.
(S-ORCON)
EVALUATION
The recorded
RV
Images
are independently evaluated
by one or
more
individuals
in
the
following manner
to
semi-quantitati vely determine
the correspondence of the
RV
results
to
the intended
remote
targets.
!_•
Determine
the principle concepts
(PC)
stated
in
the
images
recorded
in
each
RV session transcript.
2 .
At each
target
site judge
the correspondence on
a scale of
to
10,
of each
PC of each
transcript.
3_.
Calculate
the appropriate
statistics
including
the mean and
variance of all
the judged
PCs
of each
RV session
for each
target.
4.
Rank
the correspondence of each
RV
session
for
each
target
using
the calculated mean values.
5 .
Review
the correspondence ranking
utilizing any drawings
or
sketches
to fine-tune
the rankings
to establish
a
final
rank ordering of
each
RV session with each
target.
14.
(S-ORCON)
CONFIDENTIALITY
Individuals
performing
as
remote viewers
and
interviewers
under
the AMSAA GRILL
FLAME programs will
not
be
identified outside of their
parent organization without their prior consent and
they will
be refer-
red
to
in project records only
by an alpha-numeric designator.
Products
of remote viewers
and
interviews
such
as
tapes,
drawings,
transcripts,
rosters,
or other materials which might
reveal
the
identity of the
remote viewer will
be coded
to assure
the protection of their identity.
15.
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PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
RV sessions will
be
conducted
in
an ordinary room at ambient
temperature and humdity during
the normal
waking
hours
of the partici-
pants.
The only limitations
on these parameters will
be security from
electronic eavesdropping and elimination of ordinary distracting noises
such as
a radio and office machinery.
16.
(S-ORCON)
Based on
the preliminary results of the
26 March
1979 meeting of the Ad Hoc Assembly of
the Surgeon General
Human
Use
Review Board,
this
remote viewing protocol
is
approved
for AMSAA use.
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